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Newton: Water ethics and a peripheral canal
Jeff Hart is a scientist who knows the history of the San Joaquin-Sacramento River Delta better than most. He explains its emergence from the Ice Age, traces it through the arrival of the Spanish, recalls the figures of the California Gold Rush and points...
Tags: Politics, Ethics, Jerry Brown, Religion and Belief, Water Supply
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Author Cynthia Barnett's 'Blue Revolution' starts in the garden
L.A. at HomeCynthia Barnett "Blue Revoution": Cynthia Barnett's new book, "Blue Revolution: Unmaking America’s Water Crisis,” is a call to action, urging the average home gardener to realize that he or she has choices, and making ethical ones can have a... -
Book review: 'The View from Lazy Point' by Carl Safina
Special to the Los Angeles TimesThe View from Lazy Point A Natural Year in an Unnatural World Carl Safina Henry Holt: 416 pp., $30 "The View from Lazy Point" is a naturalist's notebook, a record of a year at Carl Safina's home on the Sound side of eastern Long Island, north of...Tags: Conservation, Book, Ecosystems, Lifestyle and Leisure, Nature
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Book review: 'Fire Season: Field Notes From a Wilderness Lookout'
Los Angeles TimesFire Season: Field Notes From a Wilderness Lookout Philip Connors Ecco Press; 246 pp., $24.99 With its glowing orange cover and title, "Fire Season" looks like another western tale of man versus flame. It turns out to be far rarer than that: a...Tags: Forestry and Timber, Book, Natural Resources, September 11, 2001 Attacks, Pulitzer Prize Awards
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Obama, like Sarah Palin, hails hunting, killing wild animals
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National Hunting and Fishing Day -- do you approve of this celebration?
OutpostsNational Hunting and Fishing Day is Saturday and I'll celebrate by stalking trout on the shores of some Eastern Sierra creek. I can't wait. In the extended-entry field below is President Obama's official proclamation. The first such proclamation was made.... -
Discoveries: 'Shoplifting From American Apparel'
Shoplifting From
American Apparel
A Novella
Tao Lin
Melville House: 104 pp., $13 paper
It's easy to be skeptical. There's little character development, less plot and scrawny dialogue. Landscape? The warm blue glow of Internet Explorer, the NYU campus...Tags: Death, Education, American Apparel, Tangier (Accomack, Virginia), Theft
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The big bad wolf
It's been nearly 100 years since 22-year-old graduate biology student Aldo Leopold shot and killed one of the last wolves in New Mexico. He later recounted the event with regret, describing having watched in the animal's eyes the "dying of that fierce...Tags: Politics, National Parks, Biology, Death, Ecosystems
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Let's Leave a Trickle for Birds Without Borders
If you want to know what's wrong with the Colorado River, visit Cucapá el Mayor in Mexico, 40 miles below the border. A century ago, the Cucapá Indians could get in their boats to fish and travel to a vast and bountiful estuary where the Colorado River...Tags: Environmental Issues, Rivers, Mexico, Water Restrictions, United Nations
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David Brower, crusader for the environment, dies at 88
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterDavid Brower, an oracle for wilderness and the most indomitable environmental warrior of 20th century America, has died. He was 88. Brower, who died of bladder cancer Sunday at his home in Berkeley, was a combative, prickly, inspirational and visionary...Tags: Environmental Pollution, Bars and Clubs, Richard Nixon, Environmental Issues, Rivers
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Applications for Leopold Conservation Award being accepted until March 9
PIERRE - Sand County Foundation, the South Dakota Cattlemen's Association and the South Dakota Grassland Coalition are accepting applications for the $10,000 Leopold Conservation Award, which honors South Dakota landowners who demonstrate responsible...Tags: Conservation, Human Interest, Natural Resources, Environmental Issues, Conservation
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Leopold Conservation Award presentation Dec. 7 in Pierre
PIERRE – Todd Mortenson & Family will be presented the 2011 Leopold Conservation Award in conjunction with the South Dakota Cattlemen’s Association’s (SDCA) Annual Convention and Trade Show on Wednesday, December 7 in Pierre. The...
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