Splash pool and lawns in downtown L.A.
Two new open spaces, one at the south lawn of City Hall, the other in the old Civic Center Mall, opened this summer to promote downtown Los Angeles as the heart of a livable urban core. Both are heavy on water-intensive turf. Should these parks get the environmental equivalent of diplomatic immunity because they encourage planning density?A lens into paradise
LA artists Ray Cirino and Leigh Adams will be participating in a gate-building workshop over Labor Day weekend to benefit Southern California's most eccentric and beloved compost proponent Tim Dundon.Is Vegas shortstopping Colorado River water?
The recently published final environmental impact statement for the Las Vegas pipeline shows Southern Nevada arguably tapping Colorado River water as an "instate resource."“Hottest month on record for the nation”
July 2012 was “3.3°F above the 20th century average, marking the hottest July and the hottest month on record for the nation,” reports the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Click here for the report or on the image to enlarge it.…
High good, low bad: Mead in July 2012
There may be less water in the Colorado than in bumper years past but there's a fine new park near Laughlin to watch the water flow by. Plus bits and bobs about California corruption and a Colorado River watershed-wide supply study nearing completion. « go back — keep looking »North American Native Plant Societies
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