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Ken Burns Does Yosemite
Baseball, Jazz, War... and now "The National Parks: America's Best Idea.""In Europe, you had the Roman coliseum or Notre Dame or the Cologne cathedral, but we didn't have anything like that in America," said Dayton Duncan, who wrote the script and authored the companion book, to be published by Alfred Knopf. "But we did have these spectacular natural landscapes that were as unique and ancient as anything in the Old World. But unlike in Europe, they did not belong to monarchs or nobility. They belong to everyone."
The 12-hour, six-part series is set to air on PBS in fall 2009.
The full press release on EarthTimes.
Posted on July 14, 2008
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Cell Phones in the Wilderness
Spurious spruce (Business Week)"Go for Verizon Wireless and stay away from T-Mobile," writes Alena Samuels (LAT). "Although your best bet is probably to get a homing pigeon."
The LA Times compares reception in the national parks.
Posted on July 3, 2008
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Backcountry Sequoia Burns
(The Clover Fire, Backcountry Sequoia National Forest, from US 395, June 22, 2008. Photo: Steve Hyman, LA Times) "The fire has burned about 4,000 acres," writes Steve Hyman on his Bottleneck Blog for the LA Times, "and grew big enough that the U.S. Forest Service had to divert hikers from the Pacific Crest Trail over the weekend."
Smoke continued to clog the skies across the Eastside of the Sierra into Tuesday.
Posted on June 24, 2008
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Drought! It's official!
(David McNew / Getty Image)"We must recognize the severity of this crisis we face," said governor Schwarzenegger, proclaiming a statewide drought (and blaming court-ordered protections for San Joaquin salmon).
"The snowpack has been disappearing," said state Department of Water Resources Director Lester Snow, "and it has not manifest itself as runoff."
The solution? "Upgrade California's water infrastructure," said the governor. "Let's fix all of these things that need to be fixed rather than waiting and waiting and waiting."
Evan Halper, LA Times.
Posted on June 5, 2008
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If There Aren’t Any Trees Left, How Can They Burn?
(Old-school fireproofing, Converse Basin, Giant Sequoia National Monument.) "Check out this plot hatched deep in the bowels of the Interior Department," writes Joan McCarter, in her Diary of a Mad Voter.
“The financial incentive of the forest service in implementing the forest plan," wrote Judge John T Noonan Jr of the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, "is as operative, as tangible, and as troublesome as it would be if ... the agency was the paid accomplice of the loggers...”
Posted on May 28, 2008
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CA Wilderness Bills Climb Out of House Committee
Hamilton Lake, High Sierra Trail, Sequoia National Park. The California Desert and Mountain Heritage Act and The Sequoia-Kings Canyon National Park Wilderness Act, together aimed at granting Wilderness status to more than 300,000 acres in California, passed the House Committee on Natural Resources last week, thereafter to face the full House.
"This legislation," said Senator Barbara Boxer, who is pushing companion bills in the Senate, "will ensure that these beautiful areas will be sustained and preserved as part of California’s identity and rich, natural heritage.”
Senator Boxer's Press Release.
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On June 9, the House passed all three bills by voice vote. Next up: the Senate.
“We are seeing a real renaissance in wilderness protection in this country,” said Mike Matz, executive director of the Campaign for America's Wilderness.
World Wire Press Release.
San Jose Mercury News.
“We are seeing a real renaissance in wilderness protection in this country,” said Mike Matz, executive director of the Campaign for America's Wilderness.
World Wire Press Release.
San Jose Mercury News.
Where the Crowds Go
1. Times Square: 35 million/year; 2. Vegas Strip: 31 million/year. NYT PHOTO.Not the National Parks, apparently. Lake Mead beats the Grand Canyon by 3 million visitors annually. And Disney's Magic Kingdom beats the waterfalls of Yosemite by... wanna guess?
14 million credit-card wielding human beings per year.
America's Top 25 most-visited tourist destinations (forbestraveler.com)
Posted on May 8, 2008
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Oh Yeah, that Pesky Drought
Playa, lee side Red Hill cinder cone, Owens Valley
February looked good, with 98% normal snowpack and the reservoirs nearly full. Then came March and April, together the driest since 1921.
"I have not seen a more serious water situation in my career, and I've been doing this 30 years," said Timothy Quinn, executive director of the Assn. of California Water Agencies.
Uh-oh. What are we going to water our lawns with?
From the LA Times.
Posted on May 3, 2008
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Traveling Through California: The Vroman's Interview
What’s the process for writing a guidebook? Obviously, it involves a lot of research, but how much of that is done first-hand? In other words, how many of the restaurants have you eaten in, etc? And how much is done through other avenues of research?The full interview.
Posted on April 29, 2008
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Sierra May Have Risen Earlier Than Previously Thought
Owens Valley and Sierra Nevada Escarpment from the Inyo Range
Based on studies of volcanic glass and ancient variations of rainfall, scientists have found that portions of the Sierra Nevada may have reached their present elevation 8 or 9 million years earlier than the commonly thought 3 or 4 million years before the present.
"For the first time, we were able to document that we can track the rain shadow on both sides of the mountain range over very long time scales," said Andreas Mulch, professor of tectonics and climate at the University of Hannover in Germany.
The Stanford Report.
Posted on April 26, 2008
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