***Save the Giant Sequoias
- March 17 is the deadline for comments on the Forest Service’s proposal to log Giant Sequoia National Monument. Tell them that logging mature, fire-resistant trees is unacceptable.
“Visitors to the monument may be surprised to see the George Bush giant sequoia, named for the elder Bush, who made a campaign stop [...]
***Just for fun
I added a like (Equipage) to a backpacking equipment list that I put together for Talusdancers pack trips. (This is a group of friends who join for at least one long Sierra pack trip each summer.)
I also added a note to the end of the equipment list that talks about some of the [...]
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(The original copy of this obsessively detailed backpacking checklist is currently posted at the Talusdancers web site.)
Dan’s Equipment List: Clothing
Dan’s Equipment List: Disclaimer
Dan’s Equipment List: Camp Gear
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Clothing
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Camp Gear
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***Giant Sequoia National Monument
- “How do you protect the largest trees on Earth? Trees that were heading skyward when Europe was still in the Dark Ages? Don’t harm them in the first place” [Backpacker]
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***Study of Antarctic Points to Rising Sea Levels.
New evidence from a rapidly warming part of Antarctica suggests that ice can flow into the sea much more readily than had been predicted. By Andrew C. Revkin. [New York Times: Science]
***The Photographer Who Found a Way to Slow Down Time.
Eadweard Muybridge’s Yosemite photographs would have secured him [...]
***Scientists find mounting environmental, social, economic effects from oil drilling in Alaska
- “The report, an 18-month effort costing $1.5 million, offers the most comprehensive look so far at the cumulative environmental effects of oil drilling in Alaska. It is expected to provide ammunition to all sides in an ongoing debate over whether to expand drilling [...]
*** Restoring a Forest Goes Slowly, and Advocates Seethe.
The restoration of the Bitterroot National Forest has become the focus of a dispute between environmental groups and the United States Forest Service. By Jim Robbins. [New York Times: Science]
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***March begins
- and the signs of spring are appearing in the San Francisco Bay Area. Trees are beginning to produce leaves and flowers, the hills are green, and I’m starting to think about backpacking.
***Skyline trail a pleasant stroll to soothe the soul
- SFGate’s Tom Stienstra describes another nice local hike: “It is the Skyline trailhead [...]
2003.03.18
***Senate Rejects Oil Drilling in Alaska Refuge
- “The Senate rejected the keystone of President Bush’s energy plan this afternoon, narrowly defeating a proposal to begin oil drilling in the Alaska wildlife refuge.”
“The vote, 52 to 48 against opening the refuge to drilling, was largely along party lines. The result had been expected, since Republican vote-counters [...]