Mark your calendar
THERE is one more week to see the Ocean and Surf Photography of Brown W. Cannon III at Casa Romantica Cultural Center and Gardens in San Clemente. Or click here for a full calendar of dry garden events, including a special class in Arts and Science for Kids at the Theodore Payne Foundation, Monday morning garden chats at the Buena Vista Audubon Nature Center, behind-the-scene tours at Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden, LADWP sprinkler clinics and sky gazing in Huntington Beach. …
Secret of vanishing water
NASA's Grace satellites measured the depletion of groundwater in northwestern India between 2002 and 2008. Image: NASA/Trent Schindler and Matt Rodell
PASADENA, Calif, from the Jet Propulsion Laboratory: Using NASA satellite data, scientists have found that groundwater levels in northern India have been declining by as much as 33 centimeters (1 foot) per year over the past decade. Researchers concluded the loss is almost entirely due to human activity. For the full story, click here.…
In praise of Pat
August 19, 2009
To: Chairperson Shari Buck, Vice Chair Steven Kirk, Director Susan Brager, Director Tom Collins, Director Duncan McCoy, Director Steve Sisolak and Director Lois Tarkanian, Board of Directors, Southern Nevada Water Authority
Dear Directors,
I write in praise of Patricia Mulroy, or, as she prefers, Pat. No place in the country has a smarter, harder working, more formidable water manager than Pat Mulroy. And nowhere deserves her more than Los Angeles.
Pat Mulroy is a miracle of energy, intelligence and ambition. Plus, let it be noted, she’s hot.…
Central Valley, observed
THANKS to Aquafornia, the news feed for the Water Education Foundation, for catching this NASA image from the Earth Observatory. From NASA: The image was made from data collected by NASA’s Terra satellite between July 12 and July 27, 2009. This image shows how vegetation fared in 2009 compared to 2000 and 2008. To see a larger image with key and to read an excellent accompanying article, click here.…
Heartbreak, anger in the West Desert
“DOES anyone think Southern Nevada [Water Authority] is going to build a $15 billion pipeline and then let somebody turn it off?” — Snake Valley rancher Cecil Garland, pictured above center.…
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