Fresh Local Organics, Specials and Demo. At For Goodness Sake Natural Foods, Leesburg, VA
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Here is a link to a most excellent interactive tool that shows the danger of the sometimes placid looking waters below Great Falls of the Potomac River. Kudos to Sohail Al-Jamea, Bonnie Berkowitz, Emily Chow, Laris Karklis and Todd Lindeman for the design and development of this excellent online tool. Also see and read the related story In the Potomac’s grip: The deceptively placid waters at Great Falls by Steve Hendrix.
Sources
Brent O’Neill, National Park Service site manager at Great Falls Park; Steve Taylor, an engineer and investigator for a 1992 Maryland Department of Resources study of Potomac hydrology; USGS geologist Scott Southworth; USGS hydrologist Jonathan Dillow; Fairfax County Fire and Rescue’s swift-water team; Jason Beakes and Gil Rocha of the Potomac Paddlers Volunteer Corps; American Whitewater. Published Aug. 10, 2013
Endangered Species Designation Offers Diamond Darter a Chance to Shine On : Wildlife Promise
Endangered Species Designation Offers Diamond Darter a Chance to Shine On : Wildlife Promise. ”
“It is an honor and a responsibility to have one of the rarest fish in the world surviving in one of our rivers,” says Angie Rosser, executive director of the West Virginia Rivers Coalition (WVRC), which advocated for listing the darter as endangered with critical habitat designation. An affiliate of National Wildlife Federation, WVRC is dedicated to protecting the quality of West Virginia’s water resources and striving to conserve and restore the state’s exceptional rivers and streams. – See more at: http://blog.nwf.org/2013/08/endangered-species-designation-offers-diamond-darter-a-chance-to-shine-on/#sthash.DzXy2oWr.dpuf”
Birthplace of Rivers National Monument in the works – WVPubcast.org
“The project plans to include about 123,000 acres in and around the Cranberry Wilderness which includes the headwaters of the Cranberry, Williams, Cherry, Greenbrier, Gauley and Elk rivers.”
Birthplace of Rivers National Monument in the works – WVPubcast.org.
Fracking Linked to Well Water Methane | Sci-Tech Today
Fracking Linked to Well Water Methane | Sci-Tech Today.””Some of the problematic wells are most likely due to some of the issues around casing and cementing problems” in northeastern Pennsylvania, says geoscientist Susan Brantley of the Earth and Environmental Systems Institute at Penn State.””
Fresh Local Cherry Tomatoes – Home – For Goodness Sake
Fresh Local Cherry Tomatoes – Home – For Goodness Sake.
A tomato is way better if freshly picked. These taste so sweet!
Daniel Ellsberg: NSA leaker Snowden made the right call – The Washington Post. – a though provoking read …
The reasons why everyone should telework | ITProPortal.com
http://www.itproportal.com/2013/07/02/the-reasons-why-everyone-should-telework/ Lets invest in fiber to the curb instead of increasing taxes for more highways ….
Environmental coalition alleges state environmental agency not protecting the environment
“A new coalition of 18 environmental groups is rallying together with a message highly critical of state environmental regulators in the West Virginia coalfields.
The CARE, or Citizens Action for Real Enforcement, campaign claims that the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection is “failing to protect its citizens from chronic pollution, environmental degradation, human suffering and costs resulting from inadequate regulation of coal extraction by the state government.”” It is asking that the Federal OSM take over the regulation of mining in West Virginia.”
Fresh Local Bananas From Shiloh Farms of Purcellville, VA – Home – For Goodness Sake
Fresh Local Bananas From Shiloh Farms of Purcellville, VA – Home – For Goodness Sake. Get The real scoop on Bananas and if you live and around Loudoun County VA. find out where you can purchase locally grown bananas that have the taste of a pineapple!
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