... total California rainfall and 16 years of California water draws for agriculture. That's water that doesn't infiltrate as groundwater to feed wells or perennial streams, or grow food, or evapotranspire through wetlands, grasslands, woodlands, and forests, or provide water for wildlife (aquatic and terrestrial) and the billion humans on the planet who don't have access to unpolluted water. The World Commission on Dams estimates that 3.1 ...

...was quite light. Because of this, dark-coloured (melanic) moths resting on those trees could easily be noticed by the birds that fed on them and therefore they had very little chance of survival. Fifty years later, in woodlands where industrial pollutionhas killedthe lichens, the barks of the trees had darkened, and now the light- coloured moths became the most hunted, since they were the most easily noticed. As a result, the proportion of ...

... activism: Environmental advocacy remains a fringe activity. If you go: Sign up for courses in the College of Forest Resources -- many of them include field trips to the Pacific Northwest's awe-inspiring woodlands. Score: 84 10. Tufts University, Medford, Mass.: 8,500 students Often teased for being an Ivy League wannabe, Tufts surpassed its prestigious peers in environmental stewardship years ago. Recent eco-moves include joining ...

...> amongst trees etc. Or, if goat meat became more acceptable, on uncleared scrubland... OTOH, if you're planting crops, you definitely need to be clearing the land. It's much more prevalent, of course, amongst third-world countries wishing to develop global food export trade. Which would mean that much of our Ancient Woodland would need to be cleared to provide additional space for crops. Are you happy with that Doug?

... Museum of the American Indian and many other concert stages across the U.S. both solo and sharing stages with Grammy award winners Joanne Shenandoah, Mary Youngblood, Tito LaRosa, and with Nammy-winners Arvel Bird and Jeff Ball. WOODLAND WINDS, Seiden's solo CD, was a 2004 nominee for the Indian Summer Music Awards. MEMORY OF TIME, her newest CD, debuted on the charts at #19 (New Age Reporter, April 2008). For further information, visit ...

.... "Internet mapping is wiping the rich geography and history of Britain off the map, Britain's most senior cartographer warned yesterday. Churches, cathedrals, stately homes, battlefields, ancient woodlands, rivers, eccentric landmarks and many more features which make up the tapestry of the British landscape are not being represented in online maps, which focus on merely providing driving directions, said Mary ...

...> > "Internet mapping is wiping the rich geography and history of Britain off the map, Britain's most senior cartographer warned yesterday. Churches, cathedrals, stately homes, battlefields, ancient woodlands, rivers, eccentric landmarks and many more features which make up the tapestry of the British landscape are not being represented in online maps, which focus on merely providing driving directions, said ...

.... "Internet mapping is wiping the rich geography and history of Britain off the map, Britain's most senior cartographer warned yesterday. Churches, cathedrals, stately homes, battlefields, ancient woodlands, rivers, eccentric landmarks and many more features which make up the tapestry of the British landscape are not being represented in online maps, which focus on merely providing driving directions, said Mary ...

... go and dig up the body of Harry Beck(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ Harry_Beck_(graphic_designer)) so we can blackmail the London Underground into including all "Churches, cathedrals, stately homes, battlefields, ancient woodlands, rivers, eccentric landmarks and many more features which make up the tapestry of the British landscape" on the London Underground map.- Hide quoted text - Brian, the Thames is shown on the...

.... "Internet mapping is wiping the rich geography and history of Britain off the map, Britain's most senior cartographer warned yesterday. Churches, cathedrals, stately homes, battlefields, ancient woodlands, rivers, eccentric landmarks and many more features which make up the tapestry of the British landscape are not being represented in online maps, which focus on merely providing driving directions, said Mary Spence...