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In a region starved for housing, some welcome the prospect, but environmentalists and a number of locals worry about the potential impacts. \u003ccite>(Matt Leddy)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Blumenfeld says, \"Really, the question before us today is: Should it be afforded Clean Water Act protection or not?\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Why is the EPA considering this question now?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It took a long time for us to work out exactly what was happening in terms of the jurisdictional determination,\" Blumenfeld says, \"and whether it would indeed benefit from additional scrutiny and oversight by the EPA.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That's not to say EPA is moving to stop development, but rather, to determine how much if any of the property falls under the protection of the Clean Water Act. If so, and if the development involves fill or dredged material in those areas, Cargill would have to apply to the Army Corps of Engineers for a special permit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The company has not yet responded to requests for comment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Oakland attorney David Smith, who has been representing the project, said he is \u003cspan class=\"st\">\"disappointed and confused.\"\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"EPA has been involved with this since Day One. As far back as eight years ago, we had sit-down meetings with them asking for their engagement,\" Smith says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He says developers asked the EPA to resolve the jurisdiction question three years ago, but the agency declined.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"They've done nothing but sit on the sidelines,\" Smith adds. \"We just want an answer.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10461559\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 400px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/03/RS14554_Harvest.Cargill_RWC_1204-008-qut.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-10461559\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/03/RS14554_Harvest.Cargill_RWC_1204-008-qut-400x261.jpg\" alt='Cargill and the developer DMB want to develop 1,478 acres of salt ponds along the waterfront of Redwood City. The US EPA claims jurisdiction under the Clean Water Act, but a representative for the developer argues the land \"has been completely severed from the bay and any tidal interaction since 1940.\"' width=\"400\" height=\"261\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/03/RS14554_Harvest.Cargill_RWC_1204-008-qut-400x261.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/03/RS14554_Harvest.Cargill_RWC_1204-008-qut-800x521.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/03/RS14554_Harvest.Cargill_RWC_1204-008-qut-1440x938.jpg 1440w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/03/RS14554_Harvest.Cargill_RWC_1204-008-qut-1180x769.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/03/RS14554_Harvest.Cargill_RWC_1204-008-qut-768x500.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/03/RS14554_Harvest.Cargill_RWC_1204-008-qut-320x209.jpg 320w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/03/RS14554_Harvest.Cargill_RWC_1204-008-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cargill and the developer DMB want to develop 1,478 acres of salt ponds along the waterfront of Redwood City. The US EPA claims jurisdiction under the Clean Water Act, but a representative for the developer argues the land \"has been completely severed from the bay and any tidal interaction since 1940.\" \u003ccite>(Cargill, Inc.)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The website for \u003ca href=\"http://www.rcsaltworks.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Redwood City Saltworks\u003c/a>, as the project is known, notes the plan has been adjusted to reflect feedback from the community so far:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>Our revised approach will confine development to less than half the acreage of the earlier “50/50 Balanced Plan” and focus on areas where industrial uses have long occurred and where the land is already highly engineered and has been subject to the greatest industrial use and historic disturbance.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>Proponents of the plan see property strategically located near Facebook and Oracle in a region hungry for housing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Others see an area better suited to wetland restoration.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Save the Bay couldn't be happier\" with the EPA's latest move, said the group's communications director, Cyril Manning.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The EPA has taken a good step in asserting its authority in the case. Ultimately, that site should be part of the national refuge,\" Manning says, referring to the \u003ca href=\"http://www.fws.gov/refuge/don_edwards_san_francisco_bay/\" target=\"_blank\">Don Edwards San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to the \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfei.org/sites/default/files/sfbaygoals031799.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">San Francisco Estuary Institute\u003c/a>, there used to be 190,000 acres of tidal marsh around the bay. Currently, there are 40,000 acres of restored and historic tidal marsh, and 31,000 acres more slated for restoration.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Manning adds, \"There are plenty of places to develop housing that are appropriate. Developing on the bay is something we did in the past that we don't intend to do anymore.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Concern over the proposal extends beyond environmental groups.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Dan Ponti, president of \u003ca href=\"http://www.rcnu.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Redwood City Neighbors United\u003c/a> said Friday, \"Our group has maintained that this is really a dumb place to build, and a really dumb place to put people.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He notes the site would need levees to protect it from flooding, both from storms in the short term and rising sea levels in the long terms. Limited access points for traffic would increase congestion, he says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The city, Ponti says, has a growth plan in place that is attempting to concentrate development around transit corridors. \"And what this (Cargill/DMB) plan represents is really the antithesis of that vision.\"\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has stepped into one of the most contentious development battles along the San Francisco Bay shoreline. The \u003ca href=\"http://www.mercurynews.com/drought/ci_27747719/san-francisco-bay-huge-development-project-redwood-city\" target=\"_blank\">San Jose Mercury News\u003c/a> reports the agency has asserted its authority to review a major bayfront development in Redwood City under terms of the federal \u003ca href=\"http://www2.epa.gov/laws-regulations/summary-clean-water-act\" target=\"_blank\">Clean Water Act\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since 2009, Arizona-based developer DMB has been seeking permission to \u003ca href=\"http://www.rcsaltworks.com/\" target=\"_blank\">develop 1,478 acres\u003c/a> with up to 12,000 homes on a site owned by food and agricultural products company Cargill. There’s a long history of salt ponds in San Francisco Bay, stemming back to the 19th century, but in recent decades the EPA and state and local agencies have been engaged in a multimillion-dollar \u003ca href=\"http://www.southbayrestoration.org/\" target=\"_blank\">effort to restore\u003c/a> the ponds to their previous incarnation: tidal wetlands.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe width=\"512\" height=\"376\" src=\"http://video.pbs.org/viralplayer/2365343054\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"iframe-class\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 2003, Cargill \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Salt-ponds-on-way-to-becoming-wetlands-Cargill-2816609.php\" target=\"_blank\">sold 16,500 acres\u003c/a> of its salt ponds to the public for $100 million, but the company still has substantial holdings in the bay.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last year, the Army Corps of Engineers determined the property was not subject to the Clean Water Act. But 11 members of the Bay Area's congressional delegation protested, and California Sen. Dianne Feinstein, who brokered the original 2003 deal, also expressed concern.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jared Blumenfeld, the local regional EPA administrator, says his office has been working with the Corps from the beginning. He says his office will launch \"an extensive investigation,\" and should reach a decision by early next year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10461557\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 400px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/03/RS14555_Saltworks2-qut.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-10461557\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/03/RS14555_Saltworks2-qut-400x271.jpg\" alt=\"Cargill and the developer DMB want to develop 1,478 acres of salt ponds along the waterfront of Redwood City. In a region starved for housing, some welcome the prospect, but environmentalists and a number of locals worry about the potential impacts.\" width=\"400\" height=\"271\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/03/RS14555_Saltworks2-qut-400x271.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/03/RS14555_Saltworks2-qut-800x543.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/03/RS14555_Saltworks2-qut-1440x977.jpg 1440w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/03/RS14555_Saltworks2-qut-1180x800.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/03/RS14555_Saltworks2-qut-768x521.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/03/RS14555_Saltworks2-qut-320x217.jpg 320w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/03/RS14555_Saltworks2-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cargill and the developer DMB want to develop 1,478 acres of salt ponds along the waterfront of Redwood City. In a region starved for housing, some welcome the prospect, but environmentalists and a number of locals worry about the potential impacts. \u003ccite>(Matt Leddy)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Blumenfeld says, \"Really, the question before us today is: Should it be afforded Clean Water Act protection or not?\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Why is the EPA considering this question now?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It took a long time for us to work out exactly what was happening in terms of the jurisdictional determination,\" Blumenfeld says, \"and whether it would indeed benefit from additional scrutiny and oversight by the EPA.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That's not to say EPA is moving to stop development, but rather, to determine how much if any of the property falls under the protection of the Clean Water Act. If so, and if the development involves fill or dredged material in those areas, Cargill would have to apply to the Army Corps of Engineers for a special permit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The company has not yet responded to requests for comment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Oakland attorney David Smith, who has been representing the project, said he is \u003cspan class=\"st\">\"disappointed and confused.\"\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"EPA has been involved with this since Day One. As far back as eight years ago, we had sit-down meetings with them asking for their engagement,\" Smith says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He says developers asked the EPA to resolve the jurisdiction question three years ago, but the agency declined.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"They've done nothing but sit on the sidelines,\" Smith adds. \"We just want an answer.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10461559\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 400px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/03/RS14554_Harvest.Cargill_RWC_1204-008-qut.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-10461559\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/03/RS14554_Harvest.Cargill_RWC_1204-008-qut-400x261.jpg\" alt='Cargill and the developer DMB want to develop 1,478 acres of salt ponds along the waterfront of Redwood City. The US EPA claims jurisdiction under the Clean Water Act, but a representative for the developer argues the land \"has been completely severed from the bay and any tidal interaction since 1940.\"' width=\"400\" height=\"261\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/03/RS14554_Harvest.Cargill_RWC_1204-008-qut-400x261.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/03/RS14554_Harvest.Cargill_RWC_1204-008-qut-800x521.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/03/RS14554_Harvest.Cargill_RWC_1204-008-qut-1440x938.jpg 1440w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/03/RS14554_Harvest.Cargill_RWC_1204-008-qut-1180x769.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/03/RS14554_Harvest.Cargill_RWC_1204-008-qut-768x500.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/03/RS14554_Harvest.Cargill_RWC_1204-008-qut-320x209.jpg 320w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/03/RS14554_Harvest.Cargill_RWC_1204-008-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cargill and the developer DMB want to develop 1,478 acres of salt ponds along the waterfront of Redwood City. 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Ultimately, that site should be part of the national refuge,\" Manning says, referring to the \u003ca href=\"http://www.fws.gov/refuge/don_edwards_san_francisco_bay/\" target=\"_blank\">Don Edwards San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to the \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfei.org/sites/default/files/sfbaygoals031799.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">San Francisco Estuary Institute\u003c/a>, there used to be 190,000 acres of tidal marsh around the bay. Currently, there are 40,000 acres of restored and historic tidal marsh, and 31,000 acres more slated for restoration.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Manning adds, \"There are plenty of places to develop housing that are appropriate. 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"content": "\u003cp>It's hard to conceive that $1 billion in any state project would be seen merely as a good start, but that's the general consensus of the drought relief package unveiled Thursday in Sacramento.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"There's more to do,\" said Gov. Jerry Brown at a news conference with legislative leaders from both parties, a sentiment each of them echoed in discussing the proposal.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Language of \u003ca href=\"http://gov.ca.gov/news.php?id=18893\" target=\"_blank\">the legislative proposal\u003c/a> wasn't unveiled on Thursday, and may not be complete until next week. But the outline provided by legislative staff shows that the largest chunk of funds -- $660 million from a 2006 statewide flood control bond measure -- would not directly provide additional water to thirsty California interests.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[soundcloud url=\"https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/196739494\" params=\"color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\" iframe=\"true\" /]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The lion's share of the actual drought package, some $121.6 million, would pay for projects outlined in the governor's January state budget plan. That includes emergency drinking water for parched communities; food assistance for those whose dinner tables have taken a hit during the drought; and new money to help coordinate statewide emergency drought response activities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"This is just a down payment on our efforts to address this drought,\" said Senate President pro Tem Kevin de León (D-Los Angeles). \"This is just the first round. We have much work to do.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Still, water policy officials around the state said they were pleased with the package.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The expedited bond funding,\" said Tim Quinn, executive director of the Association of California Water Agencies, \"will help needed projects get out of the gate more rapidly -- including recycled water projects that are ready to go and can be brought on line relatively quickly.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Brown defended the large amount of money earmarked for flood control, telling reporters that the drought should be seen in the context of \"extreme weather events\" brought about by climate change.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The announcement, originally billed as one by the governor and top Democrats, became a bipartisan event at the last minute when the Legislature's top two GOP members joined at the podium. But they took the opportunity to, in effect, lower the expectations that some supporters might otherwise have been selling.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I would be remiss if I didn't point out that this is a Band-Aid,\" said Assembly GOP Leader Kristin Olsen (R-Modesto). \"This is a temporary, small step toward fixing a monumental problem.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And when it comes to the historic water crisis, there is no lack of signs of just how big the problem is ... or... how hard it will be to forge the right path forward.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Three times during the news conference, the governor was asked about whether he has come around to backing mandatory water restrictions or whether state water officials (\u003ca href=\"http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-state-officials-watering-restrictions-20150317-story.html\" target=\"_blank\">who took new action this week\u003c/a>) have done enough.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There was a twinge of frustration in the answer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I'm not going to second-guess them,\" said Brown. \" But I would share your urgency that we step it up in the weeks and months ahead.\"\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>It's hard to conceive that $1 billion in any state project would be seen merely as a good start, but that's the general consensus of the drought relief package unveiled Thursday in Sacramento.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"There's more to do,\" said Gov. Jerry Brown at a news conference with legislative leaders from both parties, a sentiment each of them echoed in discussing the proposal.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Language of \u003ca href=\"http://gov.ca.gov/news.php?id=18893\" target=\"_blank\">the legislative proposal\u003c/a> wasn't unveiled on Thursday, and may not be complete until next week. But the outline provided by legislative staff shows that the largest chunk of funds -- $660 million from a 2006 statewide flood control bond measure -- would not directly provide additional water to thirsty California interests.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cdiv class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__shortcodes__shortcodeWrapper'>\n \u003ciframe width='100%' height='166'\n scrolling='no' frameborder='no'\n src='https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/196739494&visual=true&color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false'\n title='https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/196739494'>\n \u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/div>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The lion's share of the actual drought package, some $121.6 million, would pay for projects outlined in the governor's January state budget plan. That includes emergency drinking water for parched communities; food assistance for those whose dinner tables have taken a hit during the drought; and new money to help coordinate statewide emergency drought response activities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"This is just a down payment on our efforts to address this drought,\" said Senate President pro Tem Kevin de León (D-Los Angeles). \"This is just the first round. We have much work to do.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Still, water policy officials around the state said they were pleased with the package.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The expedited bond funding,\" said Tim Quinn, executive director of the Association of California Water Agencies, \"will help needed projects get out of the gate more rapidly -- including recycled water projects that are ready to go and can be brought on line relatively quickly.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Brown defended the large amount of money earmarked for flood control, telling reporters that the drought should be seen in the context of \"extreme weather events\" brought about by climate change.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The announcement, originally billed as one by the governor and top Democrats, became a bipartisan event at the last minute when the Legislature's top two GOP members joined at the podium. But they took the opportunity to, in effect, lower the expectations that some supporters might otherwise have been selling.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I would be remiss if I didn't point out that this is a Band-Aid,\" said Assembly GOP Leader Kristin Olsen (R-Modesto). \"This is a temporary, small step toward fixing a monumental problem.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And when it comes to the historic water crisis, there is no lack of signs of just how big the problem is ... or... how hard it will be to forge the right path forward.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Three times during the news conference, the governor was asked about whether he has come around to backing mandatory water restrictions or whether state water officials (\u003ca href=\"http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-state-officials-watering-restrictions-20150317-story.html\" target=\"_blank\">who took new action this week\u003c/a>) have done enough.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There was a twinge of frustration in the answer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I'm not going to second-guess them,\" said Brown. \" But I would share your urgency that we step it up in the weeks and months ahead.\"\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cp>Dear Boston,\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We would like your snow. Like the \u003ca href=\"http://thevane.gawker.com/what-would-it-take-to-drive-bostons-snow-to-california-1687550292\" target=\"_blank\">civic-minded folks at Gawker\u003c/a>, we've looked at your pictures on the Internet and thought, \"Wouldn't it be great if \u003cem>we\u003c/em> had gotten all \u003ca href=\"http://www.weather.gov/box/BostonRecordSnow#\" target=\"_blank\">108.6 inches\u003c/a> of that snow?\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gawker's idea was to take the mountains of snow that have fallen on Boston proper and load it up in 500,000 tanker trucks and drive it here.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Yeah, \u003cem>right\u003c/em>. Like we out here in the heart of the Cadillac Desert don't know \u003ca href=\"http://www.mwdh2o.com/mwdh2o/pages/yourwater/supply/colorado/colorado04.html\" target=\"_blank\">a thing or two\u003c/a> about moving H\u003csub>2\u003c/sub>O.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Really, if you're talking about moving water from the East Coast to the West, the only rational way is unicorns.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Imagine that as soon as each snowflake hit the ground in Boston, unicorns could transport it to Shasta Lake, California's largest reservoir -- after all, they're unicorns. Our water supply problems would be fixed, right?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Let's do the math.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10457939\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/03/foundyourwater.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-10457939\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/03/foundyourwater-800x693.jpg\" alt=\"New England, your snow would not help that much.\" width=\"800\" height=\"693\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/03/foundyourwater-800x693.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/03/foundyourwater-400x347.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/03/foundyourwater-768x666.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/03/foundyourwater-320x277.jpg 320w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/03/foundyourwater.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">You're looking at about two days' worth of water.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The problem is that Boston's 108.6 inches of snow doesn't convert one-to-one to rainfall. Snow at different densities and wetness levels can create different amounts of water.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gawker calculated how much it would cost to ship the snowpack in Boston on Feb. 17, but since we're already using magic, let's grab \u003cem>all\u003c/em> the snow. Boston's \u003ca href=\"http://www.weather.gov/climate/index.php?wfo=box\" target=\"_blank\">mean temperature\u003c/a> this winter was 27 degrees Fahrenheit in January and 19 degrees Fahrenheit in February.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At those temperatures, 15 inches of snow equate to about 1 inch of water, according to the \u003ca href=\"http://www.erh.noaa.gov/box/tables/snowfall-meltwater.html\" target=\"_blank\">National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration\u003c/a>. So, Boston has received roughly about 7.24 inches of \"water equivalent\" this winter.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now one inch of rain over one square mile produces about 17,380,000 gallons of water, \u003ca href=\"http://water.usgs.gov/edu/earthrain.html\" target=\"_blank\">according to the U.S. Geological Survey\u003c/a>. That leads to 125,831,200 gallons of water falling in one square mile. Now we're going to multiply that by 48.42 square miles, Boston's size. So, this winter our unicorns would have captured 6,092,746,704 (6 billion-some) gallons of water equivalent falling over Boston.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>What did that net us?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Reservoirs are vast, so we use acre-feet to calculate their volume. Imagine a standard American football field covered with 12 inches of water. That's an acre-foot, or 325,581 gallons.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>All of the snow that fell on Boston this winter would yield 18,697.93 acre-feet of unicorn-transported water. Boston's water equivalent fills only 0.4 percent of Shasta's 4,552,0000 acre-foot capacity, or enough to raise it by 4 inches.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That's not nothing. But consider the \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2014/12/09/our-next-storm-very-windy-and-very-wet\" target=\"_blank\">big storm we had in December\u003c/a>. On just one day -- Dec. 11 -- 131,391 acre-feet of water flowed into Lake Shasta -- seven times as much as Boston's snow would have contributed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>How many days would it take Californians to use that sweet unicorn-transported water?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The average Californian used 72.6 gallons of water per capita per day in January, according to the \u003ca href=\"http://ca.gov/drought/topstory/top-story-25.html\" target=\"_blank\">Water Resources Control Board\u003c/a>. Let's multiply that by our population of 38,332,521, according to the 2013 American Community Survey, and divide up 6,092,746,704 gallons. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Imagine that as soon as each snowflake hit the ground in Boston, unicorns could transport it to Shasta Lake, California's largest reservoir -- after all, they're unicorns. Our water supply problems would be fixed, right?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Let's do the math.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10457939\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/03/foundyourwater.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-10457939\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/03/foundyourwater-800x693.jpg\" alt=\"New England, your snow would not help that much.\" width=\"800\" height=\"693\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/03/foundyourwater-800x693.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/03/foundyourwater-400x347.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/03/foundyourwater-768x666.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/03/foundyourwater-320x277.jpg 320w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/03/foundyourwater.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">You're looking at about two days' worth of water.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The problem is that Boston's 108.6 inches of snow doesn't convert one-to-one to rainfall. Snow at different densities and wetness levels can create different amounts of water.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gawker calculated how much it would cost to ship the snowpack in Boston on Feb. 17, but since we're already using magic, let's grab \u003cem>all\u003c/em> the snow. Boston's \u003ca href=\"http://www.weather.gov/climate/index.php?wfo=box\" target=\"_blank\">mean temperature\u003c/a> this winter was 27 degrees Fahrenheit in January and 19 degrees Fahrenheit in February.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At those temperatures, 15 inches of snow equate to about 1 inch of water, according to the \u003ca href=\"http://www.erh.noaa.gov/box/tables/snowfall-meltwater.html\" target=\"_blank\">National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration\u003c/a>. So, Boston has received roughly about 7.24 inches of \"water equivalent\" this winter.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now one inch of rain over one square mile produces about 17,380,000 gallons of water, \u003ca href=\"http://water.usgs.gov/edu/earthrain.html\" target=\"_blank\">according to the U.S. Geological Survey\u003c/a>. That leads to 125,831,200 gallons of water falling in one square mile. Now we're going to multiply that by 48.42 square miles, Boston's size. So, this winter our unicorns would have captured 6,092,746,704 (6 billion-some) gallons of water equivalent falling over Boston.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>What did that net us?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Reservoirs are vast, so we use acre-feet to calculate their volume. Imagine a standard American football field covered with 12 inches of water. That's an acre-foot, or 325,581 gallons.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>All of the snow that fell on Boston this winter would yield 18,697.93 acre-feet of unicorn-transported water. Boston's water equivalent fills only 0.4 percent of Shasta's 4,552,0000 acre-foot capacity, or enough to raise it by 4 inches.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That's not nothing. But consider the \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2014/12/09/our-next-storm-very-windy-and-very-wet\" target=\"_blank\">big storm we had in December\u003c/a>. On just one day -- Dec. 11 -- 131,391 acre-feet of water flowed into Lake Shasta -- seven times as much as Boston's snow would have contributed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>How many days would it take Californians to use that sweet unicorn-transported water?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The average Californian used 72.6 gallons of water per capita per day in January, according to the \u003ca href=\"http://ca.gov/drought/topstory/top-story-25.html\" target=\"_blank\">Water Resources Control Board\u003c/a>. Let's multiply that by our population of 38,332,521, according to the 2013 American Community Survey, and divide up 6,092,746,704 gallons. That comes to about 2.1 days of residential water use, and that's not counting agricultural use, which is where the real water story resides.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So, Californians, even unicorns' snow can't save us from this drought.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Lindsey Hoshaw contributed to this report.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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(NOAA)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration announced \u003ca href=\"http://farallones.noaa.gov/\" target=\"_blank\">Gulf of the Farallones National Marine Sanctuary\u003c/a> will now extend from south of the islands, whose jagged granite peaks can be seen on the clearest of days from the mainland, to the waters off Point Arena, in Mendocino County. Currently, the northern edge of the protected waters is off Bodega Bay. The Farallones sanctuary will grow from 1,282 square miles to 3,295 square miles.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The adjoining \u003ca href=\"http://cordellbank.noaa.gov/\" target=\"_blank\">Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuary\u003c/a>, northwest of the Golden Golden Gate, will be extended westward into the Pacific and grown from 529 to 1,286 square miles. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The sanctuary will be off-limits to oil drilling, and large industrial developments cannot set up shop along the coastline to use ocean water. In total, more than 2,700 square miles are being added to sanctuaries.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A nutrient-rich upwelling zone originating off Point Arena makes this region an incredibly productive ecosystem. The varied habitats within the sanctuaries support a wide range of sea life, including 25 endangered or threatened species, thousands of breeding seabirds and one of the most significant white shark populations on the planet.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[soundcloud url=\"https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/195601803\" params=\"color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\" iframe=\"true\" /]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Not into sharks? Fear not. There are a lot of cute things in these waters, too. Among the 36 types of marine mammals you'll find are blue, gray and humpback whales, harbor seals, elephant seals, Pacific white-sided dolphins and Steller sea lions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10453674\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 400px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/03/birdz.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-10453674\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/03/birdz-400x225.jpg\" alt=\"Common murres are abundant along the California coast and are still recovering from historic egg collecting, fisheries bycatch and oil spill mortality. 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(Courtesy of Bob Talbot)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“This expansion is the outcome of a tremendous collaborative effort by government, local communities, academia and elected officials to provide additional protection for critical marine resources,” said Daniel J. Basta, director of NOAA’s Office of National Marine Sanctuaries, in a press release. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It presents a bold vision for protecting the waters off the Northern California coast for current and future generations.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The boundaries of the expansion are final, and will go into effect after a 45-day congressional review period.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Learn more about the wildlife in the region and the scientific work being done on the Farallon Islands in this \u003ca href=\"http://science.kqed.org/quest/video/the-farallon-islands-californias-galapagos/\" target=\"_blank\">QUEST video.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe src=\"http://science.kqed.org/quest/video/the-farallon-islands-californias-galapagos/?embed=1\" height=\"359\" width=\"639\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"iframe-class\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10453710\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1200px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/03/graywhales.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-10453710\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/03/graywhales.jpg\" alt=\"Gray whales migrate south and north along the coast and prime viewing locations during migration season include Point Arena and Bodega Head. (NOAA)\" width=\"1200\" height=\"792\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/03/graywhales.jpg 1200w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/03/graywhales-400x264.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/03/graywhales-800x528.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/03/graywhales-1180x779.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/03/graywhales-768x507.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/03/graywhales-320x211.jpg 320w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gray whales migrate south and north along the coast, and prime viewing locations during migration season include Point Arena and Bodega Head. (NOAA)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10453711\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1800px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/03/harbor-seal2.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-10453711\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/03/harbor-seal2.jpg\" alt=\"A harbor seal along the shores of the expansion area of Gulf of the Farallones National Marine Sanctuary. (Bob Talbot)\" width=\"1800\" height=\"780\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/03/harbor-seal2.jpg 1800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/03/harbor-seal2-400x173.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/03/harbor-seal2-800x347.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/03/harbor-seal2-1440x624.jpg 1440w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/03/harbor-seal2-1180x511.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/03/harbor-seal2-768x333.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/03/harbor-seal2-320x139.jpg 320w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1800px) 100vw, 1800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A harbor seal along the shores of the expansion area of Gulf of the Farallones National Marine Sanctuary. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>Well, at least someone in the Bay Area is getting more housing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Two marine sanctuaries off the coast of Northern California are more than doubling in size under a federal agency decision announced Thursday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10453672\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 400px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/03/california-expansion-map.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-10453672\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/03/california-expansion-map-400x465.jpg\" alt=\"Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuary, located 42 miles north of San Francisco, will expand from 529 square miles to 1,286 square miles. Gulf of the Farallones National Marine Sanctuary will expand from 1,282 square miles to 3,295 square miles of ocean and coastal waters. (NOAA)\" width=\"400\" height=\"465\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/03/california-expansion-map-400x465.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/03/california-expansion-map-800x930.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/03/california-expansion-map-1440x1675.jpg 1440w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/03/california-expansion-map-1180x1372.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/03/california-expansion-map-768x893.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/03/california-expansion-map-320x372.jpg 320w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuary, located 42 miles north of San Francisco, will expand from 529 square miles to 1,286 square miles. Gulf of the Farallones National Marine Sanctuary will expand from 1,282 square miles to 3,295 square miles of ocean and coastal waters. (NOAA)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration announced \u003ca href=\"http://farallones.noaa.gov/\" target=\"_blank\">Gulf of the Farallones National Marine Sanctuary\u003c/a> will now extend from south of the islands, whose jagged granite peaks can be seen on the clearest of days from the mainland, to the waters off Point Arena, in Mendocino County. Currently, the northern edge of the protected waters is off Bodega Bay. The Farallones sanctuary will grow from 1,282 square miles to 3,295 square miles.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The adjoining \u003ca href=\"http://cordellbank.noaa.gov/\" target=\"_blank\">Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuary\u003c/a>, northwest of the Golden Golden Gate, will be extended westward into the Pacific and grown from 529 to 1,286 square miles. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The sanctuary will be off-limits to oil drilling, and large industrial developments cannot set up shop along the coastline to use ocean water. In total, more than 2,700 square miles are being added to sanctuaries.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A nutrient-rich upwelling zone originating off Point Arena makes this region an incredibly productive ecosystem. The varied habitats within the sanctuaries support a wide range of sea life, including 25 endangered or threatened species, thousands of breeding seabirds and one of the most significant white shark populations on the planet.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cdiv class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__shortcodes__shortcodeWrapper'>\n \u003ciframe width='100%' height='166'\n scrolling='no' frameborder='no'\n src='https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/195601803&visual=true&color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false'\n title='https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/195601803'>\n \u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/div>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Not into sharks? Fear not. There are a lot of cute things in these waters, too. Among the 36 types of marine mammals you'll find are blue, gray and humpback whales, harbor seals, elephant seals, Pacific white-sided dolphins and Steller sea lions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10453674\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 400px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/03/birdz.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-10453674\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/03/birdz-400x225.jpg\" alt=\"Common murres are abundant along the California coast and are still recovering from historic egg collecting, fisheries bycatch and oil spill mortality. (Courtesy of Bob Talbot)\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/03/birdz-400x225.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/03/birdz-800x450.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/03/birdz-1440x810.jpg 1440w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/03/birdz-1180x664.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/03/birdz-768x432.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/03/birdz-320x180.jpg 320w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/03/birdz.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Common murres are abundant along the California coast and are still recovering from historic egg collecting, fisheries bycatch and oil spill mortality. (Courtesy of Bob Talbot)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“This expansion is the outcome of a tremendous collaborative effort by government, local communities, academia and elected officials to provide additional protection for critical marine resources,” said Daniel J. 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(NOAA)\" width=\"1200\" height=\"792\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/03/graywhales.jpg 1200w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/03/graywhales-400x264.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/03/graywhales-800x528.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/03/graywhales-1180x779.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/03/graywhales-768x507.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/03/graywhales-320x211.jpg 320w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gray whales migrate south and north along the coast, and prime viewing locations during migration season include Point Arena and Bodega Head. (NOAA)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10453711\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1800px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/03/harbor-seal2.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-10453711\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/03/harbor-seal2.jpg\" alt=\"A harbor seal along the shores of the expansion area of Gulf of the Farallones National Marine Sanctuary. (Bob Talbot)\" width=\"1800\" height=\"780\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/03/harbor-seal2.jpg 1800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/03/harbor-seal2-400x173.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/03/harbor-seal2-800x347.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/03/harbor-seal2-1440x624.jpg 1440w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/03/harbor-seal2-1180x511.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/03/harbor-seal2-768x333.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/03/harbor-seal2-320x139.jpg 320w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1800px) 100vw, 1800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A harbor seal along the shores of the expansion area of Gulf of the Farallones National Marine Sanctuary. 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"content": "\u003cp>The South Africa exhibit at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park is home to more than 100 animals, and rhinos are at the top of the pecking order.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The sweeping enclosure is designed to replicate their African habitat. This is Jane Kennedy’s domain. She is lead keeper and she knows many of the animals by name. The unquestioned star is Nola, a 40-something northern white rhino.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kennedy’s truck pulls up to Nola’s feeding trough.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“So what we’re doing here is preparing the medication for Nola,” Kennedy said. “She’s got a little bit of a sinus infection.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kennedy delivers a plastic tub full of food pellets and apples with medicine sprinkled in.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[soundcloud url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/194624400″ params=”color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false” width=”100%” height=”166″ iframe=”true” /]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nola is a senior citizen nearing the end of her life, and Kennedy said that’s why the sinus infection is so serious. The rhino gave keepers a scare in December when she first got sick. Nola’s energy level plummeted as the sickness grabbed hold. But a few weeks of medicine and some hands-on care did a world of good.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Keepers are restoring her health, but the situation isn’t so bright for her species.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>War and poaching in the Democratic Republic of Congo extinguished northern white rhinos in the wild. Besides Nola, there is a northern white rhino in a Czech Republic zoo, and three more on a reserve in Kenya.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I like to try to think that Nola isn’t different than any other animal. But she is,” Kennedy said. “She’s one of five northern white rhinos left in the world. \u003ca href=\"http://www.sandiegozooglobal.org/institute\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">And what we humans do makes a difference for the extinction of this animal\u003c/a>. I’m sorry, it makes a difference what we do here.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>http://youtu.be/ON2o2WP6Tf4?list=PL_wiEYr9F4elrC6Utl6IlRo4H_qHnW6al\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A large part of Kennedy’s job with Nola is to make sure the animal is comfortable. It is hospice care. That can mean a friendly early-morning ear rub for the 4,000-pound animal. It can be making sure Nola gets the proper medical attention. Or it can be a comforting presence as she works through the final hours of life.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kennedy is ready for whatever happens.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’ve known quite a few rhinos over the years. She truly is the sweetest rhino I’ve ever known. I can walk up to her any day and I can read her personality,” Kennedy said. “And she sees me in the morning. She’ll actually get up and she’ll greet me. She’ll make that shuffle and blow and it’s like, ‘Hi, Jane. How ya doing?’ ”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>‘Another Door Closing’\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nola’s sudden December illness hit the Safari Park team especially hard because of Angalifu. The male northern white rhino died just a week before Nola got sick. He was old and suffering from arthritis, but the death was still unexpected.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There’s only one other male left. And unfortunately, he’s not fertile. So this was the last fertile male that we had. And losing that, I mean, that was really tough because that was another door closing,” said Randy Rieches, the San Diego Zoo Safari Park’s curator of mammals.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[contextly_sidebar id=”oGQUdxxmFfGVkqTVivdhbCYMg6Nub9p7″]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That slamming door prompted a “Come to Jesus” meeting for zoo staff, Rieches said. Veterinarians, researchers, keepers and administrators did some soul-searching. They asked themselves if this was it. Was the northern white rhino essentially extinct? Did they fail?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Every species that we have brought on grounds — that we have put into our collection — and we had a breeding group of, we have reproduced here. Except the northern white rhinoceros,” Rieches said. “It’s our only animal that we have not reproduced. And that in itself kinda goes down hard. But not to have reproduced it and then to watch it go down to extinction, that’s something that none of us want to see.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Management, Conservation\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But there is hope. There was a successful revitalization of the closely related southern white rhino. There were fewer than 100 of those animals a century ago. Careful management and conservation allowed the population to swell to more than 20,000 today.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10449905\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 486px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/03/Nola_by_Truck1920.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-10449905\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/03/Nola_by_Truck1920-400x225.jpg\" alt=\"Northern white rhino Nola lingers near a Safari Park truck, Jan. 16, 2015.\" width=\"486\" height=\"274\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/03/Nola_by_Truck1920-400x225.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/03/Nola_by_Truck1920-800x450.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/03/Nola_by_Truck1920-1440x810.jpg 1440w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/03/Nola_by_Truck1920-1180x664.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/03/Nola_by_Truck1920-768x432.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/03/Nola_by_Truck1920-320x180.jpg 320w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/03/Nola_by_Truck1920.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 486px) 100vw, 486px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Northern white rhino Nola lingers near a Safari Park truck on Jan. 16, 2015. \u003ccite>(Nicholas McVicker/KPBS)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>At the San Diego Safari Park, more than 80 southern whites have been born. But that success story is the exception, not the rule for rhinos.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Southern white rhinos are the only rhino species \u003ca href=\"http://kpbs.media.clients.ellingtoncms.com/img/photos/2015/02/09/rhinos_project-0215.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">not considered critically endangered\u003c/a>. The large animals are poached and their habitat is squeezed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Rieches worries the Javan rhino is slipping into the danger zone.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“With a species that has a 16-month gestation period and 3.5-year birth interval, they’re only putting one calf on the ground every 3½ years. You have that in conjunction with the number that are being poached. We could be at the exact same place in a very short period of time with another of the rhino species,” Rieches said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Clock Keeps Ticking\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Building the body of knowledge about rhinos is an ongoing process. Having success with one species could boost the future prospects of another. And the clock keeps ticking.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Saving a species that still currently lives is one thing. Going back and looking at saving a species that has already passed into extinction is a whole other issue,” Rieches said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That puts the northern white rhino’s future in the hands of researchers like Barbara Durrant. She filled a plastic tub with liquid nitrogen so she can show a box of frozen samples. The nitrogen is required to keep the samples colder than 135 degrees centigrade. Viability of the sperm degrades quickly at warmer temperatures.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>These \u003ca href=\"http://www.kpbs.org/news/2013/nov/19/san-diego-researchers-discuss-bringing-back-extinc/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">frozen samples could be a key\u003c/a> to the northern white’s future.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The sperm might be used to impregnate a southern white rhino female, creating a blended offspring, Durrant said. Tissue cells might be used to develop northern white eggs for laboratory fertilization. Or the frozen cells could be the basis for the development of a clone.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But there are limitations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We try to use the simplest possible technique that involves the least amount of manipulation. Because we change the way genes express themselves when we manipulate cells,” Durrant said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The science for reviving the northern white rhino in the lab is still being developed, but there is enough potential there to create hope. Durrant is confident that the species can still persevere, even if the five remaining rhinos die.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>One Key Piece\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We can wait for the technology,” Durrant said. “We can work on things in the meantime, with non-endangered model species. We can develop our skills. We can communicate with the other communities that are doing this work.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10449906\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 449px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/03/Durrant_at_FZoo_t250.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-10449906\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/03/Durrant_at_FZoo_t250.jpg\" alt=\"Barbara Durrant prepares to retrieve samples from the frozen zoo, on Jan. 16, 2015. \" width=\"449\" height=\"252\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Barbara Durrant prepares to retrieve samples from the frozen zoo on Jan. 16, 2015. \u003ccite>(Nicholas McVicker /KPBS)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>One key piece of the rhino’s future lies in another tank full of frozen samples. It contains cell tissue from 12 individual northern white rhinos. That’s a bigger pool of genetic diversity than what exists in the living population.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Durrant said researchers are working on techniques that will allow them to turn the tissue cells into eggs and sperm. She said that idea hasn’t yet made the transition to the lab, but the potential energizes researchers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re getting the foundation pieces together,” Durrant said. “\u003ca href=\"http://www.sandiegozooglobal.org/what_we_do_banking_genetic_resources/frozen_zoo/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">We’re saving the things we need to save\u003c/a>.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Then we go one step at a time. I think what drives us is the image in our imagination of Angalifu’s babies sometime in the future. A little rhino prancing in a field in South Africa that has Angi’s genes,” Durrant said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The northern white rhino is likely rumbling toward extinction, but researchers hope that disappearance may not be permanent.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Update: \u003ca href=\"http://www.kpbs.org/news/2015/mar/02/san-diego-zoo-gets-funding-help-save-northern-whit/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">San Diego Zoo Gets Funding To Help Save Northern White Rhinos\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\n",
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Or it can be a comforting presence as she works through the final hours of life.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kennedy is ready for whatever happens.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’ve known quite a few rhinos over the years. She truly is the sweetest rhino I’ve ever known. I can walk up to her any day and I can read her personality,” Kennedy said. “And she sees me in the morning. She’ll actually get up and she’ll greet me. She’ll make that shuffle and blow and it’s like, ‘Hi, Jane. How ya doing?’ ”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>‘Another Door Closing’\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nola’s sudden December illness hit the Safari Park team especially hard because of Angalifu. The male northern white rhino died just a week before Nola got sick. He was old and suffering from arthritis, but the death was still unexpected.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There’s only one other male left. And unfortunately, he’s not fertile. So this was the last fertile male that we had. 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But not to have reproduced it and then to watch it go down to extinction, that’s something that none of us want to see.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Management, Conservation\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But there is hope. There was a successful revitalization of the closely related southern white rhino. There were fewer than 100 of those animals a century ago. 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But that success story is the exception, not the rule for rhinos.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Southern white rhinos are the only rhino species \u003ca href=\"http://kpbs.media.clients.ellingtoncms.com/img/photos/2015/02/09/rhinos_project-0215.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">not considered critically endangered\u003c/a>. The large animals are poached and their habitat is squeezed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Rieches worries the Javan rhino is slipping into the danger zone.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“With a species that has a 16-month gestation period and 3.5-year birth interval, they’re only putting one calf on the ground every 3½ years. You have that in conjunction with the number that are being poached. We could be at the exact same place in a very short period of time with another of the rhino species,” Rieches said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Clock Keeps Ticking\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Building the body of knowledge about rhinos is an ongoing process. Having success with one species could boost the future prospects of another. And the clock keeps ticking.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Saving a species that still currently lives is one thing. Going back and looking at saving a species that has already passed into extinction is a whole other issue,” Rieches said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That puts the northern white rhino’s future in the hands of researchers like Barbara Durrant. She filled a plastic tub with liquid nitrogen so she can show a box of frozen samples. The nitrogen is required to keep the samples colder than 135 degrees centigrade. Viability of the sperm degrades quickly at warmer temperatures.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>These \u003ca href=\"http://www.kpbs.org/news/2013/nov/19/san-diego-researchers-discuss-bringing-back-extinc/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">frozen samples could be a key\u003c/a> to the northern white’s future.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The sperm might be used to impregnate a southern white rhino female, creating a blended offspring, Durrant said. Tissue cells might be used to develop northern white eggs for laboratory fertilization. Or the frozen cells could be the basis for the development of a clone.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But there are limitations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We try to use the simplest possible technique that involves the least amount of manipulation. Because we change the way genes express themselves when we manipulate cells,” Durrant said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The science for reviving the northern white rhino in the lab is still being developed, but there is enough potential there to create hope. Durrant is confident that the species can still persevere, even if the five remaining rhinos die.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>One Key Piece\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We can wait for the technology,” Durrant said. “We can work on things in the meantime, with non-endangered model species. We can develop our skills. 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That’s a bigger pool of genetic diversity than what exists in the living population.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Durrant said researchers are working on techniques that will allow them to turn the tissue cells into eggs and sperm. She said that idea hasn’t yet made the transition to the lab, but the potential energizes researchers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re getting the foundation pieces together,” Durrant said. “\u003ca href=\"http://www.sandiegozooglobal.org/what_we_do_banking_genetic_resources/frozen_zoo/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">We’re saving the things we need to save\u003c/a>.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Then we go one step at a time. I think what drives us is the image in our imagination of Angalifu’s babies sometime in the future. 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"content": "\u003cp>Southern California struck back in the water (conservation) wars slightly in December, and significantly in January, according to \u003ca href=\"http://www.waterboards.ca.gov/waterrights/water_issues/programs/drought/conservation_reporting_info.shtml\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">new statistics\u003c/a> on H\u003csub>2\u003c/sub>O savings released Tuesday by the state Water Resources Control Board.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>State regulators started publishing the data on year-over-year residential water conservation last June. Since then, the San Francisco Bay Area has maintained a steady conservation trend, using less and less water each month compared with the same month the previous year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>SoCal stumbled, using more water in June 2014 than the previous year despite California’s historic drought. And while the Bay Area’s conservation trended upward throughout the second half of last year, SoCal slipped in August and September and \u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/science/2014/12/02/new-residential-water-use-numbers-indicate-conservation-backslide/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">plunged\u003c/a> to just under 2 percent conservation (again, compared with the previous year) in October. That same month, the Bay Area saved more than 15 percent.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But then the sunny South rebounded, marginally in September and sharply in December, the same month the State Water Board hosted a water conservation workshop in Los Angeles — a not-too-subtle prod. The state points out a very wet December likely contributed to water savings in all regions, but then again, who’s to say SoCal didn’t catch a bit of conservation envy from its selfless (or is it self-righteous?) northern neighbors?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If your Bay Area pride is bruised, take heart, because people in this region use less water, per person per day, than any other, even if we’ve been embarrassed by our smaller strides, and fall-backs, into using even less.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>How much less? The Bay Area’s residential water use averages 56 gallons per person per day. SoCal residents use an average of 75 gallons per person every day.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Overall, the state reports that conservation since June 2014 has saved 146 billion gallons of water, or enough for almost 2 million Californians for a year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But January, the driest since record keeping began more than 150 years ago, brought bad news.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1-NBM-zs10FbfOhwUsA5g0DNnFF4DOSUVumervgJe9Bc/pubchart?oid=1966517324&format=interactive\" width=\"100%\" height=\"500\" scrolling=\"yes\" class=\"iframe-class\" frameborder=\"0\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Conservation dropped across the board. The Bay Area went from 21.6 percent conservation, compared with December 2013, to 3.7 percent in January. SoCal’s conservation also took a dive, from 23.3 percent to 9.2 percent. You read that right. Not only was water saving abysmally low as California entered its fourth year of drought, but SoCal’s conservation topped the Bay Area’s in both December and January.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s not just the bitter rivalry between North and South at stake. The two regions together make up about three-fourths of the state’s residential water users.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Water conservation wasn’t the only bad drought news today. The state Department of Water Resources \u003ca href=\"http://www.water.ca.gov/news/newsreleases/2015/030315.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reported today\u003c/a> that the critical mountain snowpack is a small fraction of its normal level. Electronic monitors, which capture some high-altitude locations, show a composite average of 19 percent for March 3; manual measurements of snow courses show just 13 percent of the March 3 average.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We are in an extremely serious situation. We can and must do better conserving our water during 2015 because there’s just no guarantee this horrendous drought will end anytime soon,” state water board Chair Felicia Marcus said in a statement. “Clearly state residents used their outdoor irrigation in January, which appears to account for the decline in water conservation. At a time when communities are running out of water, fields continue to remain fallowed for a second year, and fish and wildlife are suffering, the prospect that this year will be worse than last year is very real.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Later this month, the water board will consider renewing emergency regulations that could punish water-wasters with fines of up to $500 a day.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This board is prepared to make some tough decisions in the coming months,” Marcus said, “including adopting permanent, rather than emergency water conservation measures, going forward. It is that serious.”\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cp>The latest shoe to drop in the Great Drought of 2011-15 (and counting): Farms that have contracts to get water from the federal Central Valley Project can expect none -- zero, nothing, nada -- this year. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For those customers, this news from the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation belongs in the \"not-shocking-but-terribly-disappointing\" category. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Zero. My first thought is, it sucks,\" said Carl Janzen, chairman of the San Joaquin Valley's Friant Water Authority board and a retired dairyman. 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Removing plants from public or private land without permission is illegal, so foragers do not reveal the names of the public parks where they gather their food.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As the practice grows in popularity, Feinstein and Rabins hope that parks will find common ground with foragers, who often gather plants that are invasive or overgrown. “Instead of spraying the weeds with toxic herbicides that pollute the planet … instead we can eat the weeds to remove them,” Feinstein said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Rabins thinks it’s only a matter of time before foraging is legalized and regulated. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>By picking greens throughout San Francisco and diving for seafood along the coast, Rabins said he wants to “show people that the world is bigger than they think it is.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Nature isn’t just something you should look at through glass, but something that you can actually interact with,” he explained.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10444169\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 400px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/02/Screen-Shot-2015-02-26-at-5.29.09-PM.png\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/02/Screen-Shot-2015-02-26-at-5.29.09-PM-400x224.png\" alt=\"Iso Rabins of ForageSF picks nasturtiums in a local park.\" width=\"400\" height=\"224\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-10444169\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/02/Screen-Shot-2015-02-26-at-5.29.09-PM-400x224.png 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/02/Screen-Shot-2015-02-26-at-5.29.09-PM-800x448.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/02/Screen-Shot-2015-02-26-at-5.29.09-PM-1440x806.png 1440w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/02/Screen-Shot-2015-02-26-at-5.29.09-PM-1180x660.png 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/02/Screen-Shot-2015-02-26-at-5.29.09-PM-768x430.png 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/02/Screen-Shot-2015-02-26-at-5.29.09-PM-320x179.png 320w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Iso Rabins of ForageSF picks nasturtiums in a local park. \u003ccite>( Katie Brigham/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Foraged Ingredients in Eight-Course Meal\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Over Valentine’s Day weekend, Rabins hosted dinners on Saturday and Sunday night, highlighting foraged ingredients in each of his eight courses. From wild mushroom wonton raviolis to eucalyptus Campari Jell-O shots, Rabins explained the unique ingredients to his guests between courses.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Just helping people make that leap — to the idea that things in nature can be eaten — is a lot of what we’re trying to do,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But while our ancestors foraged freely in the wilderness, today’s urban foragers must be secretive if they plan to gather food outside their own property. Removing plants from public or private land without permission is illegal, so foragers do not reveal the names of the public parks where they gather their food.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As the practice grows in popularity, Feinstein and Rabins hope that parks will find common ground with foragers, who often gather plants that are invasive or overgrown. “Instead of spraying the weeds with toxic herbicides that pollute the planet … instead we can eat the weeds to remove them,” Feinstein said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Rabins thinks it’s only a matter of time before foraging is legalized and regulated. Feinstein said that the current popularity of foraging is more than a passing trend.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“People have been foraging since 99.99 percent of all human history,” Feinstein said, so he’s not surprised such an ancient practice is back in vogue.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Time will tell whether it’s kind of a fad or not, but I don’t think so because it’s not new. … I think that people have been missing their connection to their place, and their food and the community that that brings about. So I think it’s here to stay.”\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cp>The Field Poll has been surveying Californians in good times and bad for decades, and rarely does it find respondents unanimous -- or virtually unanimous -- on anything.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the weeks after the 9/11 terror attacks in 2001, the poll found \u003ca href=\"http://www.field.com/fieldpollonline/subscribers/Rls2008.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">83 percent\u003c/a> support for military action against whoever was responsible. Summary: Five of six say, \"Bomb 'em.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In September 2010, Field recorded its \u003ca href=\"http://www.field.com/fieldpollonline/subscribers/Rls2357.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">record low rating\u003c/a> for the California Legislature, with 80 percent disapproving of how lawmakers were doing their job (and just 10 percent approving). Summary: Four of five tell solons, \"You stink.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Those are pretty big numbers. But now the poll is out with an even bigger one that suggests drought and water worries have brought Californians together in a way that not even Osama bin Laden and legislative incompetence could.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A new Field Poll finds that 94 percent of Californians view the drought, now in its fourth year, as either extremely (68 percent) or somewhat (26 percent) serious. Just 5 percent said the drought, which has resulted in deep cuts to surface water shipments to many Central Valley farmers and has led to a dramatic increase in groundwater pumping, is not serious. One percent of the 1,241 registered voters surveyed said they had no opinion.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Summary: 19 of 20 Californians say, \"It's too dry.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"To give you some context, back in 1977, in the midst of what was then the most serious drought in modern history, a similar Field Poll question found only 51 percent saying the drought situation was extremely serious,\" said Field Poll Director Mark DiCamillo.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The poll also found:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>A continuing lack of enthusiasm for mandatory water rationing. Thirty-four percent of respondents said they'd back mandatory limits, up from 27 percent last spring. But 61 percent said they want to continue the current regime of voluntary consumption cuts.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>A continuing split on whether environmental safeguards for fish, wildlife and their habitats ought to be waived to guarantee water for farms and cities. Fifty percent said they'd support suspending protections, while 46 would not.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Increasing concern about the state's long-term water supply. Forty-three percent said the state's existing storage and supply facilities were inadequate, a sharp increase from polling in the 1980s. On the other hand, 10 percent of the new poll's respondents said water storage and supply facilites are more than adequate and 38 percent said existing facilities are \"barely adequate.\"\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>DiCamillo said that the new survey, conducted from late January through mid-February, showed less of a divide among regions on most drought-related issues:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>In past droughts, there has been maybe more regionality in public opinion. That is, Northern Californians may have felt one way about things and the Southern Californians view it somewhat differently. In this series of polls, regionality is there to some extent, but it's nowhere near the extent we saw in previous history. For example, if you go all the way back to the Peripheral Canal, which was a very hot topic in the early '80s, Northern Californians felt one way -- I think it was nine out of 10 voters voted no on the Peripheral Canal -- whereas Southern Californians were supportive, two to one.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>The issue that proved an exception to that rule involves the question of \"bypassing\" environmental regulations that protect threatened species and Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta habitat in dry years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Only respondents in the Bay Area opposed that idea -- and by a large margin, 64 to 33 percent. Every other region of the state supported that suggestion. Those in the Central Valley, a region whose farm economy is largely dependent on water pumped from the Delta, supported suspension of protections by 61 percent to 38 percent.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cp>It would not be an odd sight in the spring. But there is something depressing about a closed ski slope in the middle of winter. The trails are bare and grassy. The chairlifts just hang there, waving a little with the breeze. It’s like walking into an empty restaurant on a Friday night.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That is the mood at Lake Tahoe these days. Everyone is talking about this strange weather — on the radio, in the shops, on \u003ca href=\"http://www.kolotv.com/home/headlines/Tahoe-Businesses-Adapting-to-Lack-of-Snow-240224891.html\">local TV\u003c/a>. You can’t escape it. This is the fourth lousy winter season in a row for the ski industry, and it has been economically devastating for the area. Some of the smaller resorts are barely hanging on, while larger players are carving out new ways to turn a profit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[soundcloud url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/193176851″ params=”color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false” width=”100%” height=”166″ iframe=”true” /]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.skihomewood.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Homewood Mountain Resort\u003c/a> is one of those struggling with the weather. It is a smaller ski area frequented by locals. Unlike the bigger resorts, Homewood sells lift tickets for under $50, and it isn’t filled with restaurants and retail chains. The base of the mountain starts right at the lake, a relatively low elevation that gives it beautiful views but not much snow.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10443120\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 435px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/02/RS14383_Tahoe-and-more-266.JPG-qut.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-10443120\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/02/RS14383_Tahoe-and-more-266.JPG-qut-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"Doug Pendleton says this is shaping up to be the worst winter ever for his hotel\" width=\"435\" height=\"326\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/02/RS14383_Tahoe-and-more-266.JPG-qut-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/02/RS14383_Tahoe-and-more-266.JPG-qut-400x300.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/02/RS14383_Tahoe-and-more-266.JPG-qut-1440x1080.jpg 1440w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/02/RS14383_Tahoe-and-more-266.JPG-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 435px) 100vw, 435px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Doug Pendleton, of Tahoe City, says this is shaping up to be the worst winter ever for his hotel. \u003ccite>(Sam Harnett/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>When I visited Homewood in mid-February, it was closed. There was a trail of snow where the bunny slope would be and another one leading up to the lift. They were both packed down hard, making a sad white outline around the patches of mud and grass that covered the bottom of the mountain.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Up top there was some snow, but Homewood doesn’t have a gondola to ferry people up there. It’s planning on building one in the next few years so that it can better handle the warm, dry weather.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This season, a lack of snow forced Homewood to shut down for two weeks in February. It partially reopened the day after I visited, thanks to a storm. But now it is closed again and, according to the website, “has its fingers crossed for \u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/science/2015/01/29/shrinking-sierra-snowpack-heightens-drought-worries/\">Miracle March\u003c/a>.” Homewood might get some snow this weekend, but who knows if it will be enough to reopen.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Homewood is not the only resort suffering. Donner Ski Ranch, Dodge Ridge and others all have gone on hold at some point this season. Even the bigger resorts have had to shut trails and rely on snowmaking.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Dennis Willard runs a sports and rental shop in Tahoe City. “I’ve been up here 35 years and it has never really been this bad,” he says. It is so warm that the golf course near Willard’s shop has opened, and he says that some stores are renting out bikes alongside skis and snowboards. He has even started doing kayak rentals. The tourists who come up here are just searching for something to do, he says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Willard runs the shop with his family. His son, Dax, worries that businesses like theirs will get pushed out by chain stores that can weather the unpredictable climate. Dax fears Tahoe will become more corporate — “Wal-Martized.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[contextly_sidebar id=”CdSqLevoShGiOGceyWBeGB3tOGXfVBAY”]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“People are leaving town,” he says, “and the community and culture are getting lost a little bit.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The ski resorts themselves are already getting more consolidated. Five of Tahoe’s ski areas are now owned by either Powdr Corp. or Vail Resorts, both industry giants. Over the last few years, the private equity firm KSL Partners has merged operations at Squaw Valley and Alpine Meadows resorts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Professor Daniel Scott studies tourism and climate change at the University of Waterloo in Canada. He says variable weather favors bigger companies. “The problem with mom-and-pop resorts is if you have two or three bad years in a row, your financial reserves are gone,” he says. “You can’t make a go of it anymore.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Larger corporations are more climate-resilient, Scott says. They have capital reserves to ride out bad years and can invest in snowmaking to hedge a lack of precipitation. Many resort chains are now buying ski areas across the country so they can cash in wherever the snow falls. Scott puts it this way: Climate change is hastening the trend toward consolidation in the ski industry.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some of the bigger resorts in Tahoe seem to be handling the bad seasons better than others.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Squaw Valley is a much larger and higher-elevation resort than Homewood. 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It offers season passes that can be used at other resorts, so skiers and snowboarders can chase the powder — that is, if they have the money to travel. Squaw also has attractions besides the mountain: restaurants, retail, a winter park with tubing. And there is a plan in the works for further development.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Wirth says, “We know for a fact we need additional nightly rental lodging units of a higher quality to compete with the great ski resort complexes of Colorado and Utah.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Not everyone is applauding this competition. Tom Mooers heads Sierra Watch, a local conservation group. He worries about the impact on the already drought-afflicted environment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mooers says, “You can make an argument for some kinds of amenities arms race, but that’s probably not the best strategy for the long-term health of Squaw Valley and Tahoe and the Sierra Nevada.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mooers and I are standing by Squaw Creek, which has shrunk to a trickle during these dry years. It is a telling metaphor for Tahoe’s winter sports industry. Like local businesses and resorts, the creek depends on cold, snowy winters. Without that, it could disappear altogether.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>It would not be an odd sight in the spring. But there is something depressing about a closed ski slope in the middle of winter. The trails are bare and grassy. The chairlifts just hang there, waving a little with the breeze. It’s like walking into an empty restaurant on a Friday night.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That is the mood at Lake Tahoe these days. Everyone is talking about this strange weather — on the radio, in the shops, on \u003ca href=\"http://www.kolotv.com/home/headlines/Tahoe-Businesses-Adapting-to-Lack-of-Snow-240224891.html\">local TV\u003c/a>. You can’t escape it. This is the fourth lousy winter season in a row for the ski industry, and it has been economically devastating for the area. Some of the smaller resorts are barely hanging on, while larger players are carving out new ways to turn a profit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cdiv class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__shortcodes__shortcodeWrapper'>\n \u003ciframe width='”100%”' height='”166″'\n scrolling='no' frameborder='no'\n src='https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/193176851″&visual=true&”color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false”'\n title='”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/193176851″'>\n \u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/div>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.skihomewood.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Homewood Mountain Resort\u003c/a> is one of those struggling with the weather. It is a smaller ski area frequented by locals. Unlike the bigger resorts, Homewood sells lift tickets for under $50, and it isn’t filled with restaurants and retail chains. The base of the mountain starts right at the lake, a relatively low elevation that gives it beautiful views but not much snow.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10443120\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 435px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/02/RS14383_Tahoe-and-more-266.JPG-qut.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-10443120\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/02/RS14383_Tahoe-and-more-266.JPG-qut-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"Doug Pendleton says this is shaping up to be the worst winter ever for his hotel\" width=\"435\" height=\"326\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/02/RS14383_Tahoe-and-more-266.JPG-qut-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/02/RS14383_Tahoe-and-more-266.JPG-qut-400x300.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/02/RS14383_Tahoe-and-more-266.JPG-qut-1440x1080.jpg 1440w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/02/RS14383_Tahoe-and-more-266.JPG-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 435px) 100vw, 435px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Doug Pendleton, of Tahoe City, says this is shaping up to be the worst winter ever for his hotel. \u003ccite>(Sam Harnett/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>When I visited Homewood in mid-February, it was closed. There was a trail of snow where the bunny slope would be and another one leading up to the lift. They were both packed down hard, making a sad white outline around the patches of mud and grass that covered the bottom of the mountain.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Up top there was some snow, but Homewood doesn’t have a gondola to ferry people up there. It’s planning on building one in the next few years so that it can better handle the warm, dry weather.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This season, a lack of snow forced Homewood to shut down for two weeks in February. It partially reopened the day after I visited, thanks to a storm. But now it is closed again and, according to the website, “has its fingers crossed for \u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/science/2015/01/29/shrinking-sierra-snowpack-heightens-drought-worries/\">Miracle March\u003c/a>.” Homewood might get some snow this weekend, but who knows if it will be enough to reopen.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Homewood is not the only resort suffering. Donner Ski Ranch, Dodge Ridge and others all have gone on hold at some point this season. Even the bigger resorts have had to shut trails and rely on snowmaking.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Dennis Willard runs a sports and rental shop in Tahoe City. “I’ve been up here 35 years and it has never really been this bad,” he says. It is so warm that the golf course near Willard’s shop has opened, and he says that some stores are renting out bikes alongside skis and snowboards. He has even started doing kayak rentals. The tourists who come up here are just searching for something to do, he says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Willard runs the shop with his family. His son, Dax, worries that businesses like theirs will get pushed out by chain stores that can weather the unpredictable climate. Dax fears Tahoe will become more corporate — “Wal-Martized.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“People are leaving town,” he says, “and the community and culture are getting lost a little bit.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The ski resorts themselves are already getting more consolidated. 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