News from MSBEC and elsewhere on the internets
Medicine Lake Volcano’s complex strata, lava tubes and ice caves collect, filter and store more water volume (36-40 million acre-feet) in this underground aquifer than all of California’s reservoirs combined!
Fire Safe Building Materials A class with Steve Quarles This one-hour class from the website of the California Fire Science Consortium covers information on different home design and building material issues relevant to wildfire safety for homeowners in fire-prone areas.
Molly Brown: We have only seen our mountains a few times since lightning started the Nachez Fire to the northwest. It got much worse when the Carr Fire blew up. Now whatever way the wind blows, we get smoke.
The strange and fascinating story behind Rep. Doug LaMalfa's bill to restore rights to a Native tribe which a recent study says didn't exist! Is this about water, or casinos? We don't know!
Molly brown: Why doesn’t the Market require compostable bags? Well, it turns out that when compostable bags get mixed in with plastic bags in recycling, they literally gum up the works. And it’s very hard to separate compostable bags from plastic bags, because they look pretty much the same.
Wayne Kessler: Have you been debating whether to plant a garden this year or not? Read this before deciding. Here are a few ideas that involve a little planning and a light amount of elbow grease. Maybe we can eliminate your indecision and excuses.
Community members say no to corporate welfare for Crystal Geyser...
First year data collected at Sission Meadow!
Angelina Cook: The work of transformation requires attention to sensory details, which are easy to ignore in our fast-paced, competitive, techno-industrial, producer-consumer economy.
LaMalfa: "...environmental extortion..."; Feinstein: "...studying the Shasta raise..."
