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An Alaska Picture Portfolio
John Moore
We headlined our newsletter last week with an article about my recent eco-tour of southeast Alaska in the Tongass National Forest. Aboard the M/V Liseron, thirteen guests cruised the inside passage from Juneau to Sitka marveling at glaciers sliding toward the sea, whales rolling and blowing around the boat, hiking ashore in the temperate rainforest, fishing for halibut and trout, and overall having a wonderful time. The article concluded with observations about the fragile balance of the ecology there.
Although the article included a number of pictures from the trip, there were many more, even better ones, documenting the trip. In lieu of a longer article this week, we've included below some of these additional pictures I believe you might enjoy. These tours are operated by The Boat Company, a not-for-profit project of the McIntosh Foundation, and further information can be found on their website at theboatcompany.com.
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"The importance of water to our society is, of course, nothing new...What is new today is the realization that the status quo is unsustainable, both economically and environmentally. The traditional disparate machinisms for managing our water resources are no longer sufficient to meet society's needs amid new and difficult challenges. The confluence of new patterns in population, weather, energy production, and climate is demanding that we approach our water resources in a more holistic, integrated fashion, using not just new techniques and new organizations, but a whole new mindset and ethic about water, its use, its managment, and its worth. In essence, we need a deeper and more secure foundation for water management in the 21st Century, and beyond."
From What's Water Worth?
The Clean Water America Alliance's National Dialogue Report
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3 Missouri beaches closed because of bacteria
ColumbiaMissourian.com
July 29, 2010
JEFFERSON CITY - Missouri officials have closed three state swimming beaches because of high E. coli bacteria. The Department of Natural Resources said Wednesday that the beach at Wakonda State Park and Grand Glaize Beach at the Lake of the Ozarks will remain closed until bacteria levels drop. The beach at Mark Twain State Park remains closed because of high water as well as excessive bacteria.
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Missouri official plans meeting to discuss Lake of Ozarks water quality
ColumbiaMissourian.com
July 29, 2010
JEFFERSON CITY - The Missouri attorney general's office plans a two-day meeting to discuss water quality issues at the Lake of the Ozarks. Attorney General Chris Koster says next month's meeting will look at scientific, technical and regulatory challenges at the sprawling mid-Missouri recreation area. Water quality at the Lake of the Ozarks has become a prominent issue after revelations last year that the release of reports of high E. coli bacteria were delayed.
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Arkansas Watershed Advisory Group's (AWAG) Watershed Conference
The Summer's heat seems to increase our awareness of water's importance on our daily lives. The water needed to keep our bodies hydrated, to sustain our crops and livestock, and for our recreational enjoyment becomes more of a concern.
Arkansas's waters will be highlighed at the Arkansas Watershed Advisory Group's (AWAG) Watershed Conference on November 18th through the 20th at the Ozark Folk Center in Mountain View, Arkansas which is located in the Middle White River Watershed. There will be a pre-conference field tour, including visits to the Ozark St. Francis National Forest, USGS Monitoring Station, Stream Restoration Sites and tours of a local water and wastewater treatment plant.
The pre-conference workshop will also include nationally and state recognized Project WET, Project WILD, and Project Learning Tree for formal and non-formal educators. The key-note speaker, wil be Chad Pregracke, author of From the Bottom Up and organizer of the only "industrial strength" river clean-up organization and founder of Living Lands & Waters, an organization recently featured on the Discovery Channel. Mr. Pregracke will recount watershed stories and describe his journey along the Mississippi, North America's largest river.
For more information about this exciting and one of a kind Watershed Conference visit the AWAG website at www.awag.org. We hope you will be able to join us.
Sincerely,
Sarah R. DeVries
Environmental Program Coordinator
Arkansas Department Environmental Quality
5301 Northshore Drive
North Little Rock,AR 72118
(501) 682-0022
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