Three Drop Thursday
Friends of Confluence West –
Welcome to Three Drop Thursday, a snapshot of what
we’ve been paying attention to this week.
For the West,
Kimery
May the gods help the Colorado River
Many of us are still trying to recover from Tuesday’s Colorado River announcements. (Grim, grimmer, and grimmest.) Fortunately, we have a number of outstanding western water reporters, so if you haven’t been following the coverage here are, among many, two good ones: Colorado River Crisis Continues; and an NPR interview. (See previous Three Drop on how the science has been generally ignored for the past 20 years.)
Meanwhile, back in the forest (aka western water source)
The Ecological Restoration Institute at Northern Arizona is out with another excellent paper Evidence for Widespread Changes in the Structure, Composition, and Fire Regimes of Western North American Forest Landscapes (they’re scientists, so we can forgive for the wonky title.) The Institute continues to set the standard on forest health research (maybe a federal agency or two could start using some of their findings?)
Thinking outside of the proverbial box (needed this week)
Here at HQ, we learned a new word this week “Solarpunk” (of course, this may not be new for anyone under 30.) Wikipedia describes it as a movement “that envisions how the future might look if humanity succeeded in solving major contemporary challenges with an emphasis on sustainability, human impact on the environment, and addressing climate change and pollution.” So here’s to all of you and the world we’re working for.
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