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rooting for fruit: filaments from China
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Wednesday, March 11, 2009. To preoccupied (I would write for fun, but I’ve really got to think about that paper due in five weeks) to currently inundated (those papers, due next week, don’t have a sentence to their titles). This last frantic phase, however, is also the coziest nook from which to write. Indeed, to write for fun. How does one remain attentive to the global within the local economy? Darra Goldstein, editor of the chicly erudite journal Gastronomica. Marin County. Every frilly green cabb...
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Circling the Lafayette Reservoir | Car-Free Outdoors
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Auto-Free Outdoor Adventures in the San Francisco Bay Area. Circling the Lafayette Reservoir. Circling the Lafayette Reservoir. September 18, 2009. Lafayette Reservoir (East Bay Municipal Utilities District – EBMUD), Moraga Road to Reservoir Rim Trail (City of Lafayette trail system). 85 miles (7.25 mile shorter option). PDF) , Moraga Road to Reservoir Rim Trail. Flat and paved to and from the reservoir, continuous rolling ups and downs (some steep) on the dirt rim trail. Start and end point:. If you do ...
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Local Ecologist: June 2015
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About Trees, edited by Katie Holten. June 30, 2015. I am so excited about Katie Holten's new book, About Trees. I pre-ordered a copy. You too can pre-order a copy of About Trees at Broken Dimanche Press (BDP). If you pre-order by Wednesday, July 1st, your name will be included in the book as an early supporter. Also, to celebrate Katie's residency, BDP is offering pre-sale copies of About Trees. More about the book:. Thank you for reading. Comments are welcome. 0. June 25, 2015. What was your experience ...
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Local Ecologist: Book Reviews
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My review of books, listed in reverse chronology:. Nature Anatomy, by Julia Rothman. Feral Cities, by Tristan Donovan. Read our interview with Tristan Donovan. Clay, by Melissa Harrison. Among the Ancients, by Joan Maloof. Under Cape Cod Waters, by Ethan Daniels. Public Produce, by Darrin Nordahl. Seeds, by Richard Horan. Biophilic Cities, by Timothy Beatley. Urban Green, by Peter Harnik. For off-blog writing, read my essays at the Human Flower Project. Updated: 10 Most Common Street Trees in NYC.
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Local Ecologist: April 2015
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Tree species of Washington Square Park. April 29, 2015. Have you used the mobile WSP Eco Map of the trees and historic Minetta Creek of Washington Square Park? There's nothing to download. Simply go to www.wspecoprojects.org. To use the map. The map includes almost all of the trees growing in the park. To come: locations of the nesting boxes and trees with ID tags and memorial plaques. Here's a list of the trees you can expect to find in the park. PS The Eco Map was written about at WSP Blog. Your first ...
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Local Ecologist: TreesCount! 2015 in Washington Square
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2015 in Washington Square. June 8, 2015. 2015 homepage (screen capture). One of the most popular posts on this blog is the 10 Most Common Street Trees in NYC. The data on which the post is based was taken from the 2005 Street Tree Census. Ten years ago I did not live in New York so I could not participate in the tree inventory. Did you? Luckily for me, the census is being held again this year. Join me and co-trainer Annie in mapping the street trees in a 50-block area around Washington Square Park!
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Secret Sausalito Stairways to the Marin Headlands | Car-Free Outdoors
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Auto-Free Outdoor Adventures in the San Francisco Bay Area. Secret Sausalito Stairways to the Marin Headlands. Secret Sausalito Stairways to the Marin Headlands. September 11, 2009. Marin Headlands (Golden Gate National Recreation Area), Sausalito stairways. 97 miles (11.5 miles, with the side trip to Hill 88; shorter 3.5 mile option without the Headlands loop). Stairways: steep ups and downs; trails: mix of steady uphill and downhill, with some sections of level hiking. Start and end point:. Heading int...
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Local Ecologist: New York Citizen Science Projects on SciStarter
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New York Citizen Science Projects on SciStarter. July 6, 2015. We are big fans of citizen science. A few years ago, we volunteered with Your Wild Life. To collect Ants on Broadway. WSP Eco Projects was fortunate to work with SciStarter. On a prototype wildlife observation tool called WSP Nature Finds. The launch of the prototype coincided with the last day of the World Science Festival 2015. To see data collected on May 31, go to www.wspecoprojects.org. Gotham Whale monitors marine mammals in the waters ...
