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It’s also an important resting and feeding area for thousands of migrating birds which use the Pacific flyway, making it a popular destination for birdwatching, hunting, hiking and canoeing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[pullquote size=\"medium\" align=\"right\" citation=\"Hollin Kretzmann, Center for Biological Diversity\"]'We shouldn't be in the business of propping up new fossil fuel infrastructure and exploration projects. We should be in the business of protecting the environment, protecting frontline communities and moving us away from fossil fuels.'[/pullquote]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The gas drilling permit was submitted by Sunset Exploration Inc., an oil and gas company based in nearby Brentwood. If approved, the project would create 100 feet of new road and a one-acre drilling pad built on the site of an abandoned, sealed well. If new drilling finds the well to be productive, the site would expand to include storage tanks and a mile and a half of new gas pipeline to connect with an existing pipeline.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a Feb. 26 \u003ca href=\"https://www.biologicaldiversity.org/programs/climate_law_institute/pdfs/21-02-26-Hunters-Point-Gas-Drilling-Project-2011-00065N.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">letter\u003c/a> opposing the project sent to the Army Corps of Engineers on behalf of a dozen environmental groups — including the Sierra Club and San Francisco Baykeeper — Center for Biological Diversity Senior Attorney Hollin Kretzmann detailed the potential environmental damage the project could inflict on the marsh's delicate habitat and on surrounding communities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The letter notes the permit application lacks details of the location of the road, and which chemicals might be used for drilling and maintenance of the well. 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What are your other options here that don't involve putting fill in wetlands?\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Clean Water Act requires the Army Corps to permit the least environmentally damaging plan, but Cohen said when it comes to surrounding communities, they usually fall outside the scope of the Corps' jurisdiction, which only covers actions that occur on waterways. Cohen said it usually doesn’t include a city 5 miles away.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It all starts from, ‘What are they putting in the wetlands?’ then, ‘What are they proposing that adds onto that?'\" she said. \"There's executive orders about environmental justice that we are going to look at for our analysis. But there is a scope limitation, so we don't know how far that extends yet.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cohen was referencing potentially stricter executive orders around environmental justice forthcoming from the Biden administration, but there are also several court cases that limit the scope of the Corps' jurisdiction. 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"content": "\u003cp>Somewhere near his 56th straight hour of chasing flames, Cal Fire Capt. Matt Newberry and his crew were hitting a wall. They’d been dispatched to the wildfire days earlier in the middle of the night. By the next morning, the fire had already ripped across 11,000 acres of Napa County, tearing even through the night the way fires do now.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[pullquote size=\"medium\" align=\"right\" citation=\"Christine Eriksen, social impacts of wildfire researcher\"]‘Many of these firefighters who are often portrayed as heroes in media reportage, they don’t feel like heroes. They feel like they failed.’[/pullquote]\u003cbr>\nDespite everything they’d done, hundreds of homes were in smolders.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A good friend and fellow firefighter, “one of the toughest dudes in our unit,” Newberry said, broke down. “Just fall to his knees and cry. He couldn’t do it anymore.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Newberry had been there himself: Exhausted. Exasperated. Overwhelmed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Firefighting has always been hard work. But each year fires just seem to get worse. \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2020/10/07/921209244/four-million-acres-have-burned-in-california-why-thats-the-wrong-number-to-focus\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Four million acres\u003c/a> in California. Millions more in \u003ca href=\"https://www.opb.org/article/2020/09/21/oregon-wildfires-climate-change-role/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Oregon\u003c/a>, Washington and\u003ca href=\"https://www.cpr.org/2021/01/25/colorados-east-troublesome-wildfire-may-signal-a-new-era-of-big-fire-blow-ups/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> Colorado\u003c/a>. Flames sweeping across\u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2020/03/28/820294861/fires-where-they-are-not-supposed-to-happen-in-australia-s-ancient-rainforest\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> Eastern Australia\u003c/a>, the \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2020/08/14/902659716/brazils-environmentalists-worry-fire-season-will-worsen-amazons-deforestation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Amazon\u003c/a> and\u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2020/12/18/943219856/2020-may-be-the-hottest-year-on-record-heres-the-damage-it-did\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> the Arctic\u003c/a>. Thousands of homes destroyed. Lives lost.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You just feel defeated,” said Newberry, who’s been fighting fire for more than 20 years. “The things that we used to do that worked 10 years ago are no longer working anymore.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11862267\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11862267\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/02/gettyimages-1228838218_custom-205ab31c5bf27c86c7ba965eed53535d4821c2d6-800x476.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"476\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Firefighters work the scene as the Glass Fire continues to burn in Calistoga, California, on Oct. 1, 2020. The United States’ west coast experienced a record-breaking fire season, with five of the state’s six biggest blazes in history burning simultaneously, and nearly 4 million acres scorched. \u003ccite>(Josh Edelson/AFP via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The warming climate is making fire seasons longer, and increasing the frequency, intensity and range of wildfires around the world. That’s put a growing psychological strain on the people tasked with trying to contain them. Society still expects firefighters to put fires out — a conviction demonstrated every time \u003ca href=\"https://www.pnas.org/content/115/13/3314\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">a new subdivision or home\u003c/a> is built in a fire-prone area. Firefighters still expect to corral flames and protect homes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“That becomes a very difficult tradition to uphold when something like climate change is completely obliterating all of the parameters that they used to live within,” said Christine Eriksen, a researcher who focuses on the social impacts of wildfire.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Overnight lows are getting hotter, \u003ca href=\"https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/one-climate-change-wildfire-risk-lurks-in-the-dark/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">fueling more active fires at night\u003c/a>. Warming temperatures and human development are making \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2020/03/28/820294861/fires-where-they-are-not-supposed-to-happen-in-australia-s-ancient-rainforest\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">more parts of the world\u003c/a> susceptible to flame. Big fires, 10,000 acres and up, used to happen on Newberry’s unit a few times a year. “Now we’re burning 10,000 acres in a couple hours,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The change is unsettling.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11857060\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11857060\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/RS44829_021_KQED_BigBasin_Fire_09102020-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/RS44829_021_KQED_BigBasin_Fire_09102020-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/RS44829_021_KQED_BigBasin_Fire_09102020-qut-1020x679.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/RS44829_021_KQED_BigBasin_Fire_09102020-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/RS44829_021_KQED_BigBasin_Fire_09102020-qut-1536x1022.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/RS44829_021_KQED_BigBasin_Fire_09102020-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Redwood trees after the CZU Lightning Complex wildfires burned much of the area at Big Basin Redwoods State Park on Sept. 10, 2020. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“Many of these firefighters who are often portrayed as heroes in media reportage, they don’t feel like heroes. They feel like they failed,” Eriksen said. “So there are some real issues going on in terms of their well being.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Firefighters are more likely to die from suicide than in the line of duty, according to the Firefighter Behavioral Health Alliance, a nonprofit that tracks first responder suicides in the U.S. and offers support to their families. Depression, addiction, anxiety, post-traumatic stress disorder aren’t uncommon. At times, the symptoms reveal themselves during fire season. More often, it’s in the weeks and months after the smoke has cleared.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside tag=\"wildfires\" label=\"More wildfire coverage\"]For Steve Hillyar, a volunteer firefighter in Australia’s New South Wales, it was sleepless nights and smoke detectors that got to him.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Most people don’t realize that when a house is on fire, or multiple houses, that’s all you hear,” he said, standing by the charred wreckage of his home. “Smoke detectors.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sophie Taylor was having trouble sleeping, too. She’d been made a brigade captain on Australia’s South Coast just months before the historic wildfires chased people in her area from mountains to beach. Without the adrenaline rush, she said, “You just feel flat all the time.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ian Spall, a chaplain with New South Wales’ Rural Fire Service, was grappling with his faith after spending a summer talking to the families of dead and injured firefighters.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“From a spiritual and psychological perspective I found this space very confronting, because I have faith that God intervenes and I had faith that God would intervene,” Spall said. “And then it didn’t happen.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11862269\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11862269\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/02/dsc03113-edit_custom-3366a60d8f67df975beee1a1650613ba1d1d38cf-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sophie Taylor was made a brigade captain on Australia’s South Coast just months before historic wildfires chased people from mountains to the beach. She says she feels flat without the adrenaline rush of fighting an active fire. \u003ccite>(Nathan Rott/NPR)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch3>\u003cstrong>‘I Crumbled’\u003c/strong>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>For Newberry, it was an accumulation of events. He’d be shook up after a call, but just “sucked it up,” he said. “Because that’s how it’s been for 100 years.” Then in 2015, four firefighters, local guys, were badly burnt on the\u003ca href=\"https://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/news/burned-firefighters-were-out-gunned-by-valley-fire/?gallery=BA691395-0402-4683-9FE9-EA33C4981D37\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> Valley Fire\u003c/a>. One was a good friend. The next summer, on \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11405049/widow-of-bulldozer-operator-killed-in-soberanes-fire-struggles-to-get-by\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">the Soberanes Fire\u003c/a>, a bulldozer drove off a steep embankment right near Newberry, pinning its driver to the ground and killing him.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“At that point, I just wanted to quit,” Newberry said. “I crumbled.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He started drinking and using drugs. His marriage was falling apart, as was his relationship with his four daughters. All of the joy he took from firefighting was gone.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>His employer, California’s fire agency, helped check him into a post-trauma retreat for first responders, where he underwent a week of intense psychotherapy. “It probably saved my life,” Newberry said. “It definitely saved my marriage and my career.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11862270\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11862270\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/02/n0a2836_custom-6285c0700303ef18a67549e18bdaf986681a51d8-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">For Newberry, it was an accumulation of events. He’d be shook up after a call, but just “sucked it up,” he said. “Because that’s how it’s been for 100 years.” \u003ccite>(Talia Herman/NPR)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Demand is growing for post-traumatic retreats for firefighters and first responders as awareness of mental health issues grows and fires worsen. Newberry guesses at least 40 people from his unit alone have been to a similar program.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>During last year’s unprecedented fires in California, Newberry, who now doubles as a peer counselor, said he was taking three or four calls a day from colleagues looking for help. The calls continued weeks after fire season officially ended in December.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Men and women were having trouble adjusting to life back home after being away in some cases for more than a month. “You always think, ‘Oh yeah, it’ll be the same as it was before I left for work,’ ” Newberry said. “And it’s not. S… happened.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For seasonal and volunteer firefighters, the offseason can bring isolation. They’re no longer with their crew; no longer around a community of people with shared experiences. Finances can grow tight. No fires, no money. Beneath all of it can be the post-adrenaline feeling of flatness that Taylor experienced.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Good statistics on firefighter mental health are hard to find. But a \u003ca href=\"https://www.samhsa.gov/sites/default/files/dtac/supplementalresearchbulletin-firstresponders-may2018.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">recent research bulletin \u003c/a>posted by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services says that firefighters are more likely than the public to suffer from depression, stress, substance abuse, post-traumatic stress disorder and suicidal thoughts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11862271\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11862271\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/02/n0a2764_custom-30c43087ec6fdf3e216da75d4b934e1d540998f2-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">California’s fire agency helped check Newberry into a post-trauma retreat for first responders, where he underwent a week of intense psychotherapy. ‘It probably saved my life,’ he said. \u003ccite>(Talia Herman/NPR)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>A \u003ca href=\"https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29573853/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">2018 study\u003c/a> out of Florida State University, which surveyed a small number of wildland firefighters, found that they experienced an even higher risk of suicide than their urban counterparts. The concern is that worsening fire seasons will only amplify the problem.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mike Ming, the head of Cal Fire’s Employee Support Services, which focuses on the mental and physical health of the state’s roughly 8,000 firefighters, said the last three to five years — some of the worst fire seasons in state history — have been particularly bad.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>They’ve seen increases in firefighters suffering from burnout, PTSD, depression, anxiety, domestic violence and divorce. The pandemic, he said, is only making all of those things worse.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Even your 30-year veterans,” Ming said. “They’re being brought to their knees by the stuff that we’re seeing that’s atypical in our careers.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003cstrong>Support Expands as Demand Grows\u003c/strong>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>A decade ago there were four people in Ming’s health and wellness program. Today, they have 26 permanent positions, on top of peer support members and others.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The idea of the program is to not only help California firefighters get the support or counseling they need \u003cem>after\u003c/em> an incident, but to give them the tools they need to better process what they’re experiencing in the moment. They’re taught mindfulness and wellness, breathing techniques that are used by Navy SEALs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We tell them Navy SEALs do this and then they’re like, ‘OK cool, we can do that. You’re cool? I’m cool,’ ” Ming said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11862272\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11862272\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/02/n0a2419_custom-7242f70fda11bc53d00952c6b32e9aa84b26c5fe-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Members of the Napa County Fire Rescue Team participate in training in Yountville. Demand is growing for post-traumatic retreats for firefighters and first responders as awareness of mental health issues grows and fires worsen. \u003ccite>(Talia Herman/NPR)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>There can be grumblings from older veterans. In both Australia and California, firefighters talked about an old guard — veteran firefighters who aren’t keen to share feelings or put up with people who do.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ming thinks they’ve broken through that stigma at Cal Fire. Older veterans, shaken by recent fires, are more willing to listen. Younger recruits are open to the conversation from the start.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bodie Ronk, the national system coordinator for fire at the Bureau of Land Management, said the same is true for their firefighters. The Bureau of Land Management and U.S. Forest Service are adding mental fitness to their preseason training regimens. It’s now a priority. A push, Ronk said, that was prompted by suicides.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“[We’re] really focusing time on having these conversations, and stressing the importance of [firefighters] being able to have those conversations amongst each other,” Ronk said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The National Wildfire Coordinating Group, which coordinates federal, state, tribal and private firefighting groups, selected \u003ca href=\"https://www.nwcg.gov/sites/default/files/committee/docs/mhsc-newsletter-burnout-2021.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">burnout as the topic \u003c/a>of its first newsletter in 2021.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Burnout might occur if your work seems meaningless or if there is no end in sight under difficult work conditions,” it wrote.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A Forest Service employee who identifies as a smokejumper and former Hotshot wrote \u003ca href=\"https://www.change.org/p/united-states-department-of-agriculture-usda-improve-wildland-firefighter-mental-health-and-lower-our-suicide-rates?redirect=false\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">a petition on the website Change.org\u003c/a>, asking Congress to address the issue by — among other things — hiring psychologists for every national forest.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11862273\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11862273\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/02/n0a2259_custom-1fa7fba7bc35d4701d558e2847a8006b6a6ca2d9-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Newberry (center) attends a training with his Napa County Fire Rescue Team. The wellness program aims to not only provide support after an incident, but also help firefighters better process what they experience in the moment. \u003ccite>(Talia Herman/NPR)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“Don’t call us ‘Heroes’ either because when divorces, mental health problems and declining wages are the reality, we don’t feel like heroes at all,” the smokejumper wrote.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Researcher Eriksen, who’s worked with firefighters in the U.S. and Australia, agrees that more resources would help, especially as climate change makes wildfire seasons more difficult to manage. But she said there are also things everyone can do.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“As a society we really need to step up and become more emotionally literate and more emotionally intelligent in the way that we deal with the fright of these types of events,” Eriksen said. “We need to step up and provide avenues for people to say, ‘I’m not coping. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>For Steve Hillyar, a volunteer firefighter in Australia’s New South Wales, it was sleepless nights and smoke detectors that got to him.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Most people don’t realize that when a house is on fire, or multiple houses, that’s all you hear,” he said, standing by the charred wreckage of his home. “Smoke detectors.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sophie Taylor was having trouble sleeping, too. She’d been made a brigade captain on Australia’s South Coast just months before the historic wildfires chased people in her area from mountains to beach. Without the adrenaline rush, she said, “You just feel flat all the time.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ian Spall, a chaplain with New South Wales’ Rural Fire Service, was grappling with his faith after spending a summer talking to the families of dead and injured firefighters.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“From a spiritual and psychological perspective I found this space very confronting, because I have faith that God intervenes and I had faith that God would intervene,” Spall said. “And then it didn’t happen.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11862269\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11862269\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/02/dsc03113-edit_custom-3366a60d8f67df975beee1a1650613ba1d1d38cf-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sophie Taylor was made a brigade captain on Australia’s South Coast just months before historic wildfires chased people from mountains to the beach. She says she feels flat without the adrenaline rush of fighting an active fire. \u003ccite>(Nathan Rott/NPR)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch3>\u003cstrong>‘I Crumbled’\u003c/strong>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>For Newberry, it was an accumulation of events. He’d be shook up after a call, but just “sucked it up,” he said. “Because that’s how it’s been for 100 years.” Then in 2015, four firefighters, local guys, were badly burnt on the\u003ca href=\"https://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/news/burned-firefighters-were-out-gunned-by-valley-fire/?gallery=BA691395-0402-4683-9FE9-EA33C4981D37\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> Valley Fire\u003c/a>. One was a good friend. The next summer, on \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11405049/widow-of-bulldozer-operator-killed-in-soberanes-fire-struggles-to-get-by\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">the Soberanes Fire\u003c/a>, a bulldozer drove off a steep embankment right near Newberry, pinning its driver to the ground and killing him.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“At that point, I just wanted to quit,” Newberry said. “I crumbled.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He started drinking and using drugs. His marriage was falling apart, as was his relationship with his four daughters. All of the joy he took from firefighting was gone.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>His employer, California’s fire agency, helped check him into a post-trauma retreat for first responders, where he underwent a week of intense psychotherapy. “It probably saved my life,” Newberry said. “It definitely saved my marriage and my career.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11862270\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11862270\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/02/n0a2836_custom-6285c0700303ef18a67549e18bdaf986681a51d8-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">For Newberry, it was an accumulation of events. He’d be shook up after a call, but just “sucked it up,” he said. “Because that’s how it’s been for 100 years.” \u003ccite>(Talia Herman/NPR)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Demand is growing for post-traumatic retreats for firefighters and first responders as awareness of mental health issues grows and fires worsen. Newberry guesses at least 40 people from his unit alone have been to a similar program.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>During last year’s unprecedented fires in California, Newberry, who now doubles as a peer counselor, said he was taking three or four calls a day from colleagues looking for help. The calls continued weeks after fire season officially ended in December.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Men and women were having trouble adjusting to life back home after being away in some cases for more than a month. “You always think, ‘Oh yeah, it’ll be the same as it was before I left for work,’ ” Newberry said. “And it’s not. S… happened.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For seasonal and volunteer firefighters, the offseason can bring isolation. They’re no longer with their crew; no longer around a community of people with shared experiences. Finances can grow tight. No fires, no money. Beneath all of it can be the post-adrenaline feeling of flatness that Taylor experienced.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Good statistics on firefighter mental health are hard to find. But a \u003ca href=\"https://www.samhsa.gov/sites/default/files/dtac/supplementalresearchbulletin-firstresponders-may2018.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">recent research bulletin \u003c/a>posted by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services says that firefighters are more likely than the public to suffer from depression, stress, substance abuse, post-traumatic stress disorder and suicidal thoughts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11862271\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11862271\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/02/n0a2764_custom-30c43087ec6fdf3e216da75d4b934e1d540998f2-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">California’s fire agency helped check Newberry into a post-trauma retreat for first responders, where he underwent a week of intense psychotherapy. ‘It probably saved my life,’ he said. \u003ccite>(Talia Herman/NPR)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>A \u003ca href=\"https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29573853/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">2018 study\u003c/a> out of Florida State University, which surveyed a small number of wildland firefighters, found that they experienced an even higher risk of suicide than their urban counterparts. The concern is that worsening fire seasons will only amplify the problem.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mike Ming, the head of Cal Fire’s Employee Support Services, which focuses on the mental and physical health of the state’s roughly 8,000 firefighters, said the last three to five years — some of the worst fire seasons in state history — have been particularly bad.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>They’ve seen increases in firefighters suffering from burnout, PTSD, depression, anxiety, domestic violence and divorce. The pandemic, he said, is only making all of those things worse.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Even your 30-year veterans,” Ming said. “They’re being brought to their knees by the stuff that we’re seeing that’s atypical in our careers.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003cstrong>Support Expands as Demand Grows\u003c/strong>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>A decade ago there were four people in Ming’s health and wellness program. Today, they have 26 permanent positions, on top of peer support members and others.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The idea of the program is to not only help California firefighters get the support or counseling they need \u003cem>after\u003c/em> an incident, but to give them the tools they need to better process what they’re experiencing in the moment. They’re taught mindfulness and wellness, breathing techniques that are used by Navy SEALs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We tell them Navy SEALs do this and then they’re like, ‘OK cool, we can do that. You’re cool? I’m cool,’ ” Ming said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11862272\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11862272\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/02/n0a2419_custom-7242f70fda11bc53d00952c6b32e9aa84b26c5fe-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Members of the Napa County Fire Rescue Team participate in training in Yountville. Demand is growing for post-traumatic retreats for firefighters and first responders as awareness of mental health issues grows and fires worsen. \u003ccite>(Talia Herman/NPR)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>There can be grumblings from older veterans. In both Australia and California, firefighters talked about an old guard — veteran firefighters who aren’t keen to share feelings or put up with people who do.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ming thinks they’ve broken through that stigma at Cal Fire. Older veterans, shaken by recent fires, are more willing to listen. Younger recruits are open to the conversation from the start.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bodie Ronk, the national system coordinator for fire at the Bureau of Land Management, said the same is true for their firefighters. The Bureau of Land Management and U.S. Forest Service are adding mental fitness to their preseason training regimens. It’s now a priority. A push, Ronk said, that was prompted by suicides.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“[We’re] really focusing time on having these conversations, and stressing the importance of [firefighters] being able to have those conversations amongst each other,” Ronk said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The National Wildfire Coordinating Group, which coordinates federal, state, tribal and private firefighting groups, selected \u003ca href=\"https://www.nwcg.gov/sites/default/files/committee/docs/mhsc-newsletter-burnout-2021.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">burnout as the topic \u003c/a>of its first newsletter in 2021.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Burnout might occur if your work seems meaningless or if there is no end in sight under difficult work conditions,” it wrote.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A Forest Service employee who identifies as a smokejumper and former Hotshot wrote \u003ca href=\"https://www.change.org/p/united-states-department-of-agriculture-usda-improve-wildland-firefighter-mental-health-and-lower-our-suicide-rates?redirect=false\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">a petition on the website Change.org\u003c/a>, asking Congress to address the issue by — among other things — hiring psychologists for every national forest.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11862273\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11862273\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/02/n0a2259_custom-1fa7fba7bc35d4701d558e2847a8006b6a6ca2d9-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Newberry (center) attends a training with his Napa County Fire Rescue Team. The wellness program aims to not only provide support after an incident, but also help firefighters better process what they experience in the moment. \u003ccite>(Talia Herman/NPR)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“Don’t call us ‘Heroes’ either because when divorces, mental health problems and declining wages are the reality, we don’t feel like heroes at all,” the smokejumper wrote.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Researcher Eriksen, who’s worked with firefighters in the U.S. and Australia, agrees that more resources would help, especially as climate change makes wildfire seasons more difficult to manage. But she said there are also things everyone can do.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>Chevron says an incorrectly labeled electrical diagram caused a power outage at its Richmond refinery last November and led to a series of flaring incidents and the release of more than 100,000 pounds of toxic gases.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One of California's top air quality health experts says the electrical incident, which the company disclosed in a report to regional air regulators, amounts to a \"Chevron screw-up\" that could have triggered serious health effects for people living downwind of the refinery.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The series of events started Nov. 2, when the plant belched out a plume of black smoke that could be seen throughout the central Bay Area. Hours after the flaring began, Chevron said a power disruption to part of the massive facility had triggered the incident.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Refinery officials provided details of the mistake and subsequent problems at the refinery in a series of reports filed earlier this month with the Bay Area Air Quality Management District.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[pullquote size='medium' align='right' citation='John Balmes, professor of medicine at UCSF who sits on the California Air Resources Board']'That sounds like a Chevron screw-up that should not have been beyond the reasonable control of Chevron.'[/pullquote]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The company says the issues began as workers tested a communication system that uses acoustic signals to control valves at the plant. During the test, circuit breakers at two electrical substations tripped, causing a power outage to part of the refinery.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"This was due to an incorrectly labeled drawing that did not match the circuitry in the field,\" \u003ca href=\"https://www.baaqmd.gov/~/media/files/compliance-and-enforcement/flares/causal-reports/2020_1102_a0010_s6013_01-pdf.pdf?la=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">one of Chevron's reports\u003c/a> says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It sounds like a routine maintenance check that went south,\" said Eric Smith, a Tulane University professor who specializes in refinery operations, and who read the company's reports.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Nov. 2 outage led to gases being routed through several of the refinery's flares. The initial malfunction also affected other parts of the facility's operations, leading to further flaring over the following week.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"That sounds like a Chevron screw-up that should not have been beyond the reasonable control of Chevron,\" said John Balmes, a professor of medicine at UCSF who sits on the California Air Resources Board.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It seems like it was a serious incident that led to a release of a large volume of climate forcing and toxic gases,\" Balmes said. \"If an asthmatic patient was outside downwind from the SO2 (sulfur dioxide) release, they could have experienced an asthma attack.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hours after the flaring started, the air district said it had received 20 complaints from people nearby who said they could see the smoke or smell an odor coming from the plant.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Nov. 2 flaring operation lasted 17 hours, into the early hours of Nov. 3. [ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When the refinery began starting up parts of its hydrogen plant that afternoon, \u003ca href=\"https://www.baaqmd.gov/~/media/files/compliance-and-enforcement/flares/causal-reports/2020_1103_a0010_s6021_01-pdf.pdf?la=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">it sent more methane and non-methane hydrocarbons through its flares\u003c/a> between Nov. 3 and Nov. 8.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Nov. 9, as the refinery restarted several hydroprocessing units, its flare gas recovery system got overloaded and sent \u003ca href=\"https://www.baaqmd.gov/~/media/files/compliance-and-enforcement/flares/causal-reports/2020_1109_a0010_s6039_01-pdf.pdf?la=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">another round of pollutants, including sulfur dioxide, into the air. \u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In all, more than 100,000 pounds of sulfur dioxide, 8,000 pounds of methane and 9,000 pounds of non-methane hydrocarbons (this includes chemicals like propane and benzene, among others) were released in the three incidents, the company's reports say.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The amount of sulfur dioxide released following the early November outage was nearly equal to the total amount of the pollutant the refinery released in flaring operations in all of 2019, according to \u003ca href=\"https://www.baaqmd.gov/~/media/files/compliance-and-enforcement/flares/graphs/flare-emissions-charts/2019/refinery_flaring_so2-emissions_2019-pdf.pdf?la=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">public data from the air district\u003c/a>. It's also tens of thousands of pounds more than the total amount of sulfur dioxide that all other Bay Area refineries released during flaring that same year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"That was a lot of very lengthy flaring,\" said Matt Krogh, oil and gas campaign director for the environmental group Stand.earth. \"Chevron should have better systems in place.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[pullquote size='medium' align='right' citation='Matt Krogh, oil and gas campaign director for the environmental group Stand.earth']'That was a lot of very lengthy flaring ... Chevron should have better systems in place.'[/pullquote]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"If it was an emergency, it was a preventable emergency,\" Krogh said. \"Chevron has been flaring excessively for years. Why can't they get a handle on what's flowing through their processing units?\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 2018 and 2019, Chevron's Richmond refinery experienced \u003ca href=\"https://www.baaqmd.gov/~/media/files/compliance-and-enforcement/flares/graphs/flare-emissions-charts/2019/frequency_of_flaring_2019-pdf.pdf?la=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">a spike in flaring incidents\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sulfur dioxide is a common chemical released during flaring operations, which are described by air regulators and the industry as safety techniques used to dispose of hydrocarbon gases safely. (You can learn more about refinery flaring on this air district\u003ca href=\"https://www.baaqmd.gov/plans-and-climate/emission-tracking-and-monitoring/flare-minimization-plans\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> webpage\u003c/a>.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Another environmental advocate, Matt Renner, who lives in Richmond and has consistently criticized the refinery for such episodes, said the November flaring raises significant concerns.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"This plant is not being operated safely,\" Renner said. \"The fact that they admit that their own documentation is wrong and that they don't have procedures for restarting safely after an unplanned outage begs the question: If Chevron doesn't know how to operate this plant safely, who does?\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A Chevron representative declined to offer more specifics about the sequence of events that led to the mistaken circuitry drawings and outage but emphasized that the company has worked to reduce flaring at its refineries around the world and in Richmond.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"With the exception of flaring that occurred in 2019 as part of overcoming the challenges of integrating $1 billion of new, \u003ca href=\"http://www.ci.richmond.ca.us/3552/Chevron-Richmond-Refinery-Modernization-\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">modernized equipment\u003c/a>, Richmond has reduced the frequency and volume of flaring events over the last 10 years. We continue to focus efforts to both reduce flaring and facility down time,\" said Chevron spokeswoman Linsi Crain. [aside tag=\"chevron,air-pollution\" label=\"more coverage\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The company told the air district that it has updated diagrams for the electrical substations involved in the outage and is working on other changes to prevent a repeat.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Chevron identified and employed preventative measures to protect against this type of power loss in the future,\" Crain said. \"Similar to protections against mechanical failures, Chevron employs multiple layers of safeguards and systems to reduce human error.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Importantly, air monitoring data during the incidents in question demonstrated no exceedances above health-based standards for the chemicals monitored,\" Crain said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>November's flaring incident is under investigation by the air district but not by the hazardous materials program at Contra Costa County Public Health Services. Officials at the health agency did not seek a 72-hour report on the incident.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The flaring operations were not deemed to be a major chemical accident or release so the refinery is not required by county officials to perform a root-cause analysis, according to Matt Kaufmann, director of the county's hazardous materials programs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The November case was the second significant incident at the refinery in a matter of six months.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Aug. 14, in the midst of a Bay Area heat wave, Chevron had a \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11833406/smoke-from-flaring-at-chevrons-richmond-refinery-seen-from-across-the-bay\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">malfunction\u003c/a> tied to the weather. According to a \u003ca href=\"https://www.baaqmd.gov/~/media/files/compliance-and-enforcement/flares/causal-reports/2020_0814_a0010_s6016_01-pdf.pdf?la=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">causal flare report\u003c/a> filed with the air district, after it reached 90 degrees that day, one of the facility's fire suppression systems mistakenly activated. A steam unit tripped offline, causing pressure problems that prompted the refinery to send gas to its flares.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For comparison, that flaring led to the release of close to 630 pounds of sulfur dioxide.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Jan. 16, there was another malfunction at the refinery. Other than Chevron's description of a \"unit upset\" at the facility, details about that incident have not been released. A causal report for that flaring operation is due by the end of March.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Earlier this month, a \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11859660/chevron-richmond-refinery-spill-as-crews-mop-up-investigators-move-in\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">ruptured pipeline\u003c/a> at Chevron's Long Wharf led to the release of up to 750 gallons of low sulfur diesel mixed with water into San Francisco Bay. That triggered a health advisory, the closure of a local beach, several investigations, a \u003ca href=\"https://www.courthousenews.com/herring-fishermen-sue-chevron-over-california-oil-leak/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">lawsuit\u003c/a> from a local fishing group and a \u003ca href=\"http://sireweb.ci.richmond.ca.us/sirepub/cache/2/eyohtnyq2nr312ut5nd4yjwb/61432002192021070349512.PDF\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">hearing\u003c/a> before the Richmond City Council.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cp>Every February, photographers and nature lovers alike flock to Yosemite National Park in the hope of glimpsing the famed \"firefall\": a natural phenomenon that makes Horsetail Fall on El Capitan appear like it's on fire at sunset.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This year, Yosemite's \"Firefall Week\" began Feb. 12 and lasts through Feb. 24, according to \u003ca href=\"#restrictions\">special viewing restrictions imposed by the park.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Photographer Aaron Meyers, who provides \u003ca href=\"https://blog.aaronmphotography.com/2021/01/15/horsetail-falls-2021-yosemite-national-park/\">Yosemite firefall photography advice and timings on his site\u003c/a>, predicts that sunset on \u003ca href=\"https://blog.aaronmphotography.com/2021/01/15/horsetail-falls-2021-yosemite-national-park/\">Sunday, Feb. 21\u003c/a> will be the optimum date to catch Horsetail Fall this year.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>How Does the Yosemite Firefall Happen?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Yosemite Horsetail Fall firefall is a rather \u003cem>particular\u003c/em> phenomenon — in order for the full \"lava flow\" effect to appear, conditions have to be perfect. Horsetail Fall itself, a small waterfall that usually only flows during winter, needs to actually have water in it. It's this water that glows orange when it's lit from behind by the setting sun. The firefall also requires a clear sky, because any haze or cloudiness affects the quality of the illusion.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/visualdavid/status/1362471683567742976\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 2020, the hoped-for firefall actually \u003ca href=\"https://www.latimes.com/travel/story/2020-02-13/yosemites-natural-firefall-may-not-glow-this-year\">failed to fully materialize\u003c/a> because of imperfect conditions. On Feb. 11, the National Park Service warned of \u003ca href=\"https://www.kcra.com/article/firefall-yosemite-valley-horsetail-fall-no-water-flow/30882971#\">\"little to no water\"\u003c/a> in Horsetail Fall ahead of the projected 2021 firefall, although that particular alert is no longer visible on \u003ca href=\"https://www.nps.gov/yose/planyourvisit/horsetailfall.htm\">Yosemite's firefall webpage\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you're thinking of trying your luck, keep your eye on \u003ca href=\"https://www.nps.gov/yose/planyourvisit/conditions.htm\">park conditions on Yosemite's website\u003c/a> and watch the weather forecast. And if conditions \u003cem>aren't\u003c/em> perfect to see a Yosemite firefall this year, at least there's plenty of other natural wonders to witness in Yosemite National Park.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In addition to \u003ca href=\"#restrictions\">Yosemite's own restrictions within the park\u003c/a>, remember that the state of California's current COVID-19 travel recommendations ask that Californians \"\u003ca href=\"https://covid19.ca.gov/travel/\">not travel more than 120 miles from their home\u003c/a> for non-essential purposes such as pleasure or recreation.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you do travel, the state asks that you take appropriate COVID-19 safety precautions, including wearing a face covering, maintaining social distance of 6 feet from people who aren't in your household and frequent hand-washing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11861072\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1966px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11861072\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/02/Stacy-Yosemite2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1966\" height=\"1312\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/02/Stacy-Yosemite2.jpg 1966w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/02/Stacy-Yosemite2-800x534.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/02/Stacy-Yosemite2-1020x681.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/02/Stacy-Yosemite2-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/02/Stacy-Yosemite2-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/02/Stacy-Yosemite2-1920x1281.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1966px) 100vw, 1966px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Yosemite's \"firefall\" in action this year \u003ccite>(Stacy Brand)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch3>Making a Reservation for Yosemite Firefall 2021\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>You can make a Yosemite National Park day reservation for $35 per car (National Park pass holders only pay a $2 reservation fee) through \u003ca id=\"https://www.recreation.gov/timed-entry/10086745|\" href=\"https://www.recreation.gov/timed-entry/10086745\">Recreation.gov\u003c/a>. Some things to know:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Day-use tickets become available two days before the reservation date, at 8 a.m. PT. (That means that if you want to visit on Sunday, Feb. 21, day-use tickets will go online at 8 a.m. on Friday, Feb. 19.)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Have an account already made and be logged in, ready to make your reservation. The tickets go fast!\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>If you weren't lucky, don't despair. Yosemite says that canceled reservations become available immediately on \u003ca id=\"https://www.recreation.gov/timed-entry/10086745|\" href=\"https://www.recreation.gov/timed-entry/10086745\">Recreation.gov\u003c/a>, so it's worth returning to see what might have become available since your last attempt\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>One reservation is needed per vehicle: It doesn't matter how many people are in the vehicle, but the reservation holder must be one of them, and have photo ID to enter the park\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>These day-use permits are valid for unlimited entries lasting seven days after you first enter. You don't need a day reservation if you have an existing reservation for camping, lodging or a vacation rental in Yosemite National Park.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.recreation.gov/timed-entry/10086745\">Make a day reservation for Yosemite National Park.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003ca id=\"restrictions\">\u003c/a>Know the Restrictions on Viewing\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>If you're lucky enough to snag a reservation, you should know and plan for the restrictions that'll be in place within Yosemite National Park to limit crowding.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To view Horsetail Fall, park officials say you'll have to park at Yosemite Falls and walk 1.5 miles each way to the viewing area near El Capitan Picnic Area. You're advised to bring warm clothes and a headlamp/flashlight for safety on the walk.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If your vehicle has a disability placard, you will be permitted to drive straight to El Capitan Picnic Area and park there. \u003ca href=\"https://www.nps.gov/yose/planyourvisit/horsetailfall.htm\">Detailed instructions for accessing Horsetail Fall\u003c/a> can be found on \u003ca href=\"https://www.nps.gov/yose/planyourvisit/horsetailfall.htm\">Yosemite National Park's site\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Yosemite National Park says these restrictions are in place owing to a sharp increase in visitors straining to get a glimpse of the firefall phenomenon. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003ca id=\"restrictions\">\u003c/a>Know the Restrictions on Viewing\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>If you're lucky enough to snag a reservation, you should know and plan for the restrictions that'll be in place within Yosemite National Park to limit crowding.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To view Horsetail Fall, park officials say you'll have to park at Yosemite Falls and walk 1.5 miles each way to the viewing area near El Capitan Picnic Area. You're advised to bring warm clothes and a headlamp/flashlight for safety on the walk.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If your vehicle has a disability placard, you will be permitted to drive straight to El Capitan Picnic Area and park there. \u003ca href=\"https://www.nps.gov/yose/planyourvisit/horsetailfall.htm\">Detailed instructions for accessing Horsetail Fall\u003c/a> can be found on \u003ca href=\"https://www.nps.gov/yose/planyourvisit/horsetailfall.htm\">Yosemite National Park's site\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Yosemite National Park says these restrictions are in place owing to a sharp increase in visitors straining to get a glimpse of the firefall phenomenon. One day alone in February 2019, says the park, \u003ca href=\"https://www.nps.gov/yose/planyourvisit/horsetailfall.htm\">over 2,000 people gathered to see Horsetail Fall\u003c/a> \"in areas mostly lacking adequate parking and other facilities,\" trampling the ground, congregating in the Merced River itself and leaving litter behind them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cp>Two state lawmakers unveiled a proposal Wednesday that would gradually bring to a halt drilling methods that have produced about a fourth of California’s petroleum production in its oil fields.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB467\">The bill\u003c/a>, authored by state Sens. Scott Wiener, D-San Francisco, and Monique Limón, D-Santa Barbara, would prohibit new permits for hydraulic fracturing, known as fracking, and block companies from renewing existing permits for the controversial technique.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The proposal would do the same for several other oil production methods, but not for traditional oil and gas drilling, which is responsible for most petroleum production in California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The techniques subject to the moratorium would be barred altogether starting in 2027.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It is time that California’s leaders take on the state’s behemoth oil industry,” Ann Alexander, a senior attorney at the Natural Resources Defense Council, said in a statement announcing the proposal along with the two state lawmakers. [pullquote size='medium' align='right' citation='State Sen. Scott Wiener, D-San Francisco']‘Extracting massive amounts of oil, particularly with destructive techniques such as fracking, is totally inconsistent with California’s commitment to a sustainable climate future.’[/pullquote]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The council is one of six environmental groups that supports the bill. The organizations have emphasized for years that oil drilling poses dangers to the environment and public health — especially to communities of color and low-income residents. They note that some of the methods, like fracking, can cause earthquakes, water contamination and oil spills.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Extracting massive amounts of oil, particularly with destructive techniques such as fracking, is totally inconsistent with California’s commitment to a sustainable climate future,” Wiener said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s time to transition away from these oil extraction methods, protect our community’s health and water supply, and create a brighter future for out state and our planet,” he added.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Industry groups representing oil companies will likely lobby aggressively against any new limits on oil production.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Western States Petroleum Association and the California Independent Petroleum Association have said in the past that proposals to ban fracking and other drilling techniques will mean oil workers will suffer and California’s reliance on fuel from sources outside of the country will increase.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The groups say bans on oil drilling will hurt consumers; that demand for gasoline in the state is too high to cut down on oil production; and that California is not set up yet energize enough electric cars and will need to rely on fossil fuel for years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>They also say environmentalists have misled the public about the dangers of well stimulation often done deep under the ground, far away from drinking water sources, and in remote parts of Kern County. [ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hours after the proposal was released, the head of the California Independent Petroleum Association called the bill “legally questionable” and said it would kill thousands of union jobs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Shutting down energy production under the toughest regulations on the planet will devastate the economies of oil producing regions — especially the Central Valley — and make the Saudi royal family even richer while eliminating the industry that is investing in the innovation needed to significantly reduce the state’s carbon footprint,” said Rock Zierman, the association’s president, in a statement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Labor unions that represent oil industry employees have also raised concerns that the state curtailing petroleum production could hurt quality, high-paying blue-collar jobs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Wiener and Limón bill would also bar all new or modified permits for all oil and gas production, including the most traditional methods, from taking place within 2,500 feet of homes, schools, health facilities, dormitories and prisons by 2022.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Oil production in and near our communities has had long-lasting health impacts,” Limón said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A similar effort to create buffer zones around oil and gas wells \u003ca href=\"https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-08-13/setbacks-legislation-california-oil-gas-production-environmental-protections-newsom\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">failed\u003c/a> in the state Legislature last year after pushback from the oil industry and labor unions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The bill also calls for the California Geologic Energy Management Division (CalGEM), which regulates the industry, to help transition oil employees away from drilling. The division would offer incentives to well remediation contractors to hire former oil workers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last September, Gov. Gavin \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11839533/gov-newsom-wants-to-ban-gas-powered-car-sales-by-2035-is-this-a-big-deal\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Newsom called on state lawmakers\u003c/a> to develop legislation that would eliminate new fracking licenses by 2024 — but at least one top state lawmaker wants to go further. [aside tag=\"fracking\" label=\"more coverage\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>State Sen. Henry Stern, D-Los Angeles, chair of the Natural Resources and Water Committee, told KQED that state lawmakers needed to create a package of legislation that\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11839879/not-just-fracking-cut-all-oil-drilling-in-california-says-key-lawmaker\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> limits multiple kinds of oil drilling, not just fracking.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That’s in part because the technique makes up a small portion of oil field production. The controversial oil well stimulation method works to get fuel out of the ground by using water and chemicals to crack open geological formations, injections that allow petroleum under the ground to flow more freely.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hydraulic fracturing led to the production of 2.3 million barrels of oil in California, or 1.5% of the state’s oil production, in 2019, according to CalGEM’s most recent available data.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The state started issuing fracking permits in 2016 under \u003ca href=\"https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Senate Bill 4\u003c/a>. Last July, the state put in place a \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11810791/after-9-month-pause-california-issuing-fracking-permits-again\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">months-long moratorium\u003c/a> on new fracking permits while independent experts conducted a review of the agency’s pending well stimulation permits.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cyclic steaming, which would also eventually be banned under the new bill, accounted for 21% of California’s oil production in 2019. That method was the one used in connection with a massive petroleum release in a Kern County oil field, prompting state officials to issue a $2.7 million \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11777971/top-state-lawmakers-question-chevron-oil-spill-fine\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">fine\u003c/a> against Chevron.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But traditional oil and gas drilling, which the proposal would not ban unless it takes place near local communities, made up 77% of California’s oil product in 2019.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Still, environmental groups praised the effort.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The state should focus its attention on the drilling techniques that are most dangerous for California,” said Juan Flores, community organizer with the Center on Race, Poverty and the Environment, which sponsored the bill.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Flores notes that oil production in California has been on the decline.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Propping up a failing industry will hurt local economies, workers and residents in the long run,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cp>At first, the trip unfolded as just an academic tracing of family history.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>John Tonai had for years heard the stories from his father, Minoru, about the Amache internment camp in southeastern Colorado, where the U.S. government transported thousands of Japanese Americans from California and held them behind barbed wire and guard posts for three years during World War II. The family lore became a constant soundtrack that, over time, receded to a kind of background noise — always heard, seldom absorbed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But in 1990, as a master’s student at the University of Northern Colorado, Tonai actually visited the site just outside the town of Granada. He explored the remnants of building foundations and other landmarks for an independent study project in photography.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>His father had described the exact location of the family barracks — Building 9L, Apartment B. Tonai approached a slight dip in what remained of the foundation, a subtle reminder of the doorway to another time.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Just stepping across that threshold proved a life-changing experience.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When I did that,” recalls Tonai, 60, “the stories came flooding back. My father used to talk about things like walking down a certain road at the camp, and now I could envision him as a 13- to 16-year-old boy, actually doing it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since Tonai’s experience decades ago, the Amache site has been curated and improved, largely under the leadership of the Amache Preservation Society, a local school project headed by John Hopper, a social studies teacher-turned-principal of Granada High School. Hundreds of local students have found the single square mile of land a valuable historical resource, but it also has hosted years of pilgrimages for the former incarcerees and their families and drawn more than 20,000 visitors annually.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>All of that has led Amache to another threshold. Supporters of the site have pushed to establish it as a unit of the National Park System, a designation that could literally put Amache on the map as a federally run tourist destination. It also would shift most of the work around caring for it — a tall task that up to now has been mostly the province of Hopper and a handful of high school kids — to federal authorities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>People like Tonai and his father, about to turn 92, have lent their voices to the ongoing preservation of a site that has broad historical and cultural importance, but particular resonance for the families of those who experienced Amache firsthand.[pullquote size=\"medium\" align=\"right\" citation=\"John Tonai, who heard stories of Japanese internment from his father\"]'My dad was a teenager, just coming into his own, and he was always very angry about it. He has always supported preserving the memory of the camp.'[/pullquote]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“He probably has stronger thoughts than almost anybody I know,” Tonai, who now works as an exhibit preparator and photographer for the Japanese American National Museum in Los Angeles, says of his father. “My dad was a teenager, just coming into his own, and he was always very angry about it. He has always supported preserving the memory of the camp.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The effort on the federal level officially began in late 2019 with the John D. Dingell Jr. Conservation, Management, and Recreation Act. The massive legislation included dozens of initiatives and effectively launched a study of the Amache site’s suitability. But months later, the gears ground to a halt: Most significantly, the COVID-19 crisis stifled the normal schedule of public comment and wreaked havoc on the prescribed timeline.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Right now, it’s kind of in limbo,” Hopper says. “The way I’m looking at it, we’ve lost a year with the COVID deal, not being able to meet in person.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>An already lengthy federal process — the study and recommendation alone have a three-year timeline — suddenly seemed to get nudged even further into the future. For Hopper, who has seen his work with Amache become an all-consuming passion, the prospect of handing the lion’s share of the responsibility for the site to the government experts sooner rather than later offers peace of mind — not to mention the chance for actual retirement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s something that not only has become a part of my life, but it’s on my mind just about every day — doesn’t matter what day,” Hopper, 57, says of Amache. “It’s always on my mind. It’s made me what I am, from an educational standpoint with these students. I want to make sure that the school continues to be involved as well.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At a time when rural Colorado struggles with declining population and attendant economic challenges, Amache offers restorative opportunities. The work of the Amache Preservation Society has already helped restore a valuable historic and cultural marker. And in combination with both the Sand Creek Massacre National Historic Site near Eads and a similar attraction at Bent’s Old Fort in La Junta — each less than an hour’s drive from Granada – it creates a historic triangle on the Eastern Plains.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>National Park designation would only add to the attraction, Hopper figures.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“People would be a lot more aware,” he says. “Once they’re down here and tour all these sites, there are a lot of others. We’ve got the Santa Fe Trail, plus museums in Holly and Las Animas. We’re building up a decent historical area for people to come and see.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At Amache, structures from barracks to the camp’s guard and water towers have been reconstituted on the grounds. Memorials have been constructed or restored. An original recreation center at the camp that had been moved to Granada’s city park was returned to its original foundation. A museum in town has slowly collected an impressive array of artifacts from the era.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“People come from a long distance away to see Amache,” Hopper says. “That’s a help for the community, as well as people spending dollars and time in Granada. That’s the other thing: You become a National Park site, and it helps the community with more jobs and kind of solidifies that the community will stay.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>COVID-19-related delays in the federal study’s public engagement effort, which stalled last spring, could push that portion of the process to next spring, notes Jeremy Sweat, chief of planning and compliance for the National Park Service regional office in Lakewood. Some meetings scheduled to take place in person, including some on the West Coast to accommodate original internees and their families, had to be canceled.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Once a new NPS team has been assembled, he adds, some virtual meetings will be added to the schedule to receive public input. When that portion of the process is complete, the federal staffers will start analyzing the four key criteria that figure into the study recommendation to the Secretary of the Interior, who then forwards the report to Congress.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Congress isn’t bound by the findings, which are designed simply to inform lawmakers. Any member could still introduce a bill to establish Amache as a unit of the National Park System, Sweat says.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003cstrong>Checking the boxes\u003c/strong>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>The Amache incarceration site already has been designated a National Historic Landmark. But to become a unit of the National Park System, it would need to pass four additional tests during the site study. On average, about one in four studies results in a recommendation for inclusion.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Even with approval, the NPS notes, it can take as long as 10 years to get a new national park up and running.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For now, Amache is hoping to clear four hurdles of the site study:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Significance: Amache’s status as a National Historic Landmark already pretty well checks this box.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We typically still do some level of analysis to make sure nothing has changed, that there’s no new information,” Sweat says. “But in this case, it’s safe to say it’s nationally significant.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A couple of other factors also weigh in its favor.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gov. Ralph Carr’s welcoming the arrival of Japanese Americans, in stark contrast to many other reactions across the country and even sentiment within Colorado, bolsters the site with a unique set of historical circumstances. Additionally, Amache experienced much less conflict and violence than other incarceration sites.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Suitability: This is where the process becomes even more detailed, as the focus turns to the site’s uniqueness and whether or not it’s represented or protected by other entities. Here, the study completes a comparative analysis to other sites — and among the 10 camps that were scattered across the interior U.S., a handful of others have already achieved federal recognition.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sweat explains that the study looks at whether other sites tell the exact same story or have similar resources. But he emphasizes that the fact that there are other incarceration sites in other areas of the country in no way disqualifies Amache from consideration. The U.S. has many federally recognized sites that reference the same general historical narrative, such as the Civil War or Revolutionary War or even other Japanese American sites.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“As long as it’s demonstrated that the site has a unique history and resources, that doesn’t count against it,” he says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Feasibility: This portion of the study looks at whether the site is of sufficient size and appropriate configuration to allow the NPS to manage it at a reasonable cost. Sweat says that access is a key factor here — whether the site can be accessed safely by visitors, but also that it can be acquired as federal land.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Amache grounds are owned by the town of Granada, which Hopper says currently seems disposed to offer the land for a National Park site. But that can change with the political winds, which is another reason Hopper would like to see this process move quickly.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“With local elections, you never know,” he says. “Maybe down the road people say maybe we don’t want to donate the land now. That’s why I’d like to move this along. But it’s not going to move along anytime soon.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Need for NPS management: The question here is whether NPS management is the “clearly superior” approach to other options. Could a site continue under its current management or move to management by some other entity, whether state or federal, private or nonprofit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The fact that Amache already benefits from the management of the Amache Preservation Society doesn’t necessarily mean that this is the optimal approach — and won’t count against the site in the study. [aside tag=\"internment, japanese\" label=\"More Related Stories\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s definitely not a disqualifier that there’s an existing organization,” Sweat says. “Most that are considered for inclusion in the Park Service usually have a managing entity. The real question is whether it’s necessary for the federal government and Park Service to manage, or does it receive adequate protection from the existing organization?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hopper feels that National Park designation would be optimal, though if the federal government were to disagree he would probably pursue other avenues, such as the creation of a state park on the site. But he has looked hard at all the NPS criteria and, by his calculation, Amache more than measures up.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I thought we were a good fit on all of them,” he says. “Amache is nationally significant, and we’d be the furthest east of all the other National Park camps. We’re right on Highway 50, a coast-to-coast highway that’s well traveled. And Amache has a uniqueness about it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Maintenance isn’t easy\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>The site can be a handful for the students to maintain.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hopper has nine students participating this year, and their time has been consumed re-staining the guard tower, mowing, trimming trees, conducting tours and working at the museum. They also typically give presentations about the camp to schools in Colorado, Kansas and Oklahoma. Every other year — at least before COVID — students also visited Japan and stayed with host families to learn more about the culture.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A current project has featured students helping to erect a replica of a historic kiosk that displayed the names of all the internees from Amache who served in the U.S. military.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re talking around a thousand names — plus a Medal of Honor recipient, and of course the 31 who died fighting for the United States,” Hopper says. “I’ve got students filing names correctly so we can get them to a company to manufacture panels for us. I used to be a roofer, so I built the roof myself.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When it’s finished, the kiosk will greet visitors at the main gate, with a series of flagpoles behind it flying the American flag, Colorado state flag, the flag for the 442nd Infantry Regiment that included almost entirely soldiers of Japanese American ancestry and a yet-to-be designed flag representing Amache.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Then we’ll light it up so people will understand that the people at Amache fought for the United States,” Hopper says. “So many people don’t understand that. You wouldn’t believe it. We still have people saying they were POWs.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Meanwhile, if the study process moves Amache to the next stage, a member of Congress could introduce a bill to authorize the creation of a new National Park. That would then need to pass in both the House and Senate and be signed into law by the president.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That’s the outcome that would bring Hopper a sense of completion.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When I retire, I want to feel good about it,” he says. “I want to walk away and let the next generation take it on.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And that’s where Tanner Grasmick comes in.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The 26-year-old social studies teacher grew up around Granada and, in his senior year, worked at Amache fixing signs, doing restoration, giving tours and then traveling to spread the word around the region. He even visited Japan, where he met a host family with whom he remains in touch.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>His dedication to Amache now has the familiar echo of Hopper’s as he works the dark history of the camp into his own teaching at Granada High School. That’s why Hopper already has tagged him as his successor.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Whether the National Park Service takes control of the site or not, there will always be a role for the area kids — even if it’s just managing the museum, which would remain a separate, local entity.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Grasmick feels like he’s up for the task of following in his teacher’s footsteps.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’ve met countless people from pilgrimages to Amache, and they’re such great people that I’d love to continue on with what Mr. Hopper has done and keep it going for them, too,” he says. “I’d definitely like to do it for a lifetime commitment.”\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“He probably has stronger thoughts than almost anybody I know,” Tonai, who now works as an exhibit preparator and photographer for the Japanese American National Museum in Los Angeles, says of his father. “My dad was a teenager, just coming into his own, and he was always very angry about it. He has always supported preserving the memory of the camp.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The effort on the federal level officially began in late 2019 with the John D. Dingell Jr. Conservation, Management, and Recreation Act. The massive legislation included dozens of initiatives and effectively launched a study of the Amache site’s suitability. But months later, the gears ground to a halt: Most significantly, the COVID-19 crisis stifled the normal schedule of public comment and wreaked havoc on the prescribed timeline.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Right now, it’s kind of in limbo,” Hopper says. “The way I’m looking at it, we’ve lost a year with the COVID deal, not being able to meet in person.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>An already lengthy federal process — the study and recommendation alone have a three-year timeline — suddenly seemed to get nudged even further into the future. For Hopper, who has seen his work with Amache become an all-consuming passion, the prospect of handing the lion’s share of the responsibility for the site to the government experts sooner rather than later offers peace of mind — not to mention the chance for actual retirement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s something that not only has become a part of my life, but it’s on my mind just about every day — doesn’t matter what day,” Hopper, 57, says of Amache. “It’s always on my mind. It’s made me what I am, from an educational standpoint with these students. I want to make sure that the school continues to be involved as well.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At a time when rural Colorado struggles with declining population and attendant economic challenges, Amache offers restorative opportunities. The work of the Amache Preservation Society has already helped restore a valuable historic and cultural marker. And in combination with both the Sand Creek Massacre National Historic Site near Eads and a similar attraction at Bent’s Old Fort in La Junta — each less than an hour’s drive from Granada – it creates a historic triangle on the Eastern Plains.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>National Park designation would only add to the attraction, Hopper figures.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“People would be a lot more aware,” he says. “Once they’re down here and tour all these sites, there are a lot of others. We’ve got the Santa Fe Trail, plus museums in Holly and Las Animas. We’re building up a decent historical area for people to come and see.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At Amache, structures from barracks to the camp’s guard and water towers have been reconstituted on the grounds. Memorials have been constructed or restored. An original recreation center at the camp that had been moved to Granada’s city park was returned to its original foundation. A museum in town has slowly collected an impressive array of artifacts from the era.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“People come from a long distance away to see Amache,” Hopper says. “That’s a help for the community, as well as people spending dollars and time in Granada. That’s the other thing: You become a National Park site, and it helps the community with more jobs and kind of solidifies that the community will stay.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>COVID-19-related delays in the federal study’s public engagement effort, which stalled last spring, could push that portion of the process to next spring, notes Jeremy Sweat, chief of planning and compliance for the National Park Service regional office in Lakewood. Some meetings scheduled to take place in person, including some on the West Coast to accommodate original internees and their families, had to be canceled.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Once a new NPS team has been assembled, he adds, some virtual meetings will be added to the schedule to receive public input. When that portion of the process is complete, the federal staffers will start analyzing the four key criteria that figure into the study recommendation to the Secretary of the Interior, who then forwards the report to Congress.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Congress isn’t bound by the findings, which are designed simply to inform lawmakers. Any member could still introduce a bill to establish Amache as a unit of the National Park System, Sweat says.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003cstrong>Checking the boxes\u003c/strong>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>The Amache incarceration site already has been designated a National Historic Landmark. But to become a unit of the National Park System, it would need to pass four additional tests during the site study. On average, about one in four studies results in a recommendation for inclusion.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Even with approval, the NPS notes, it can take as long as 10 years to get a new national park up and running.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For now, Amache is hoping to clear four hurdles of the site study:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Significance: Amache’s status as a National Historic Landmark already pretty well checks this box.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We typically still do some level of analysis to make sure nothing has changed, that there’s no new information,” Sweat says. “But in this case, it’s safe to say it’s nationally significant.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A couple of other factors also weigh in its favor.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gov. Ralph Carr’s welcoming the arrival of Japanese Americans, in stark contrast to many other reactions across the country and even sentiment within Colorado, bolsters the site with a unique set of historical circumstances. Additionally, Amache experienced much less conflict and violence than other incarceration sites.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Suitability: This is where the process becomes even more detailed, as the focus turns to the site’s uniqueness and whether or not it’s represented or protected by other entities. Here, the study completes a comparative analysis to other sites — and among the 10 camps that were scattered across the interior U.S., a handful of others have already achieved federal recognition.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sweat explains that the study looks at whether other sites tell the exact same story or have similar resources. But he emphasizes that the fact that there are other incarceration sites in other areas of the country in no way disqualifies Amache from consideration. The U.S. has many federally recognized sites that reference the same general historical narrative, such as the Civil War or Revolutionary War or even other Japanese American sites.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“As long as it’s demonstrated that the site has a unique history and resources, that doesn’t count against it,” he says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Feasibility: This portion of the study looks at whether the site is of sufficient size and appropriate configuration to allow the NPS to manage it at a reasonable cost. Sweat says that access is a key factor here — whether the site can be accessed safely by visitors, but also that it can be acquired as federal land.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Amache grounds are owned by the town of Granada, which Hopper says currently seems disposed to offer the land for a National Park site. But that can change with the political winds, which is another reason Hopper would like to see this process move quickly.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“With local elections, you never know,” he says. “Maybe down the road people say maybe we don’t want to donate the land now. That’s why I’d like to move this along. But it’s not going to move along anytime soon.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Need for NPS management: The question here is whether NPS management is the “clearly superior” approach to other options. Could a site continue under its current management or move to management by some other entity, whether state or federal, private or nonprofit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The fact that Amache already benefits from the management of the Amache Preservation Society doesn’t necessarily mean that this is the optimal approach — and won’t count against the site in the study. \u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cem>This post has been updated.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Federal, state and local agencies are continuing to investigate a spill from a wharf at Chevron's Richmond refinery that spread for several miles across San Francisco Bay, prompted a health advisory for nearby residents and led to the closure of a local beach.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A California Department of Fish and Wildlife spokesman said late Wednesday that up to 750 gallons of low sulfur diesel fuel mixed with water was released from a pipeline on the Chevron Long Wharf on Tuesday. The wharf extends 4,000 feet into the bay from the refinery complex.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In \u003ca href=\"https://www.baaqmd.gov/~/media/files/compliance-and-enforcement/incident-reports/2021/chevron-incident-02_09_2021-pdf.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">a brief incident report\u003c/a>, the Bay Area Air Quality Management District said refinery officials were alerted to a sheen on the water at 2:32 p.m. that afternoon by someone from the local community. The substance was spurting from a quarter-inch hole in the pipeline and continued leaking for as long as two and a half hours before the line was clamped shut.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Contra Costa County officials issued a temporary advisory, warning residents of Richmond, North Richmond and San Pablo who have \"respiratory sensitivities\" to stay indoors. Health authorities lifted the advisory at 9 p.m. Tuesday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Helicopter and drone video showed the sheen from the spill spread more than a mile along the Point Richmond shoreline by nightfall Tuesday. By Wednesday morning, responding agencies said the sheen was visible in the water from Point Molate to Brooks Island, a distance of about four miles.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BYFFCdzLVpM&f\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The spill prompted East Bay Regional Park District to close Keller Beach at Point Richmond's Miller-Knox Regional Shoreline. The beach remained closed Wednesday afternoon.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Chevron, the California Department of Fish and Wildlife's Office of Spill Prevention and Response, the U.S. Coast Guard and Contra Costa County health officials are working to contain the spill.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A CDFW spokesman, Eric Laughlin, said crews have not yet observed any oiled wildlife. 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Understanding what caused this will be key to preventing this in the future.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gioia said Chevron would most likely have to pay for the cleanup and Contra Costa County will require the company to perform a root cause analysis into the incident.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The county supervisor said the pipeline that ruptured was not under high pressure at the time it began leaking.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The diesel smelled bad. Though both the air district and county health authorities said ground-level monitors had picked up no elevated levels of air pollution, there were at least two public complaints about the spill's odor.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gioia, who also sits on the board that oversees the Bay Area Air Quality Management District, said agency officials planned to brief members of the board about the spill next Wednesday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The spill prompted Assemblymember Buffy Wicks, D-Oakland, to start working on a potential proposal to increase fines for certain refinery oil releases.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It's infuriating. We cannot tolerate a single drop of oil in our bay,\" Wicks, who represents the area of the Chevron facility, said in an interview Wednesday afternoon.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After seeing the images of the spill, Wicks reached out to Gioia, other state legislators and state fish and wildlife officials. 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On the same day, far-right, mainly white supporters of former President Trump, violently attacked and invaded the Capitol.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Berkeley-based nonpartisan group, which tracks the influence of money in politics, found that Chevron, its workers and its PAC donated over $1.1 million to 97 of those GOP legislators during that time period.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Chevron's political donations belie a philosophy that there's nothing wrong with the status quo of the oil industry — and that petroleum is the future of American energy,\" said Paasha Mahdavi, an assistant professor of political science at UC Santa Barbara, who specializes in energy and environmental politics, and examined Maplight's data.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[pullquote size=\"medium\" align=\"right\" citation=\"Paasha Mahdavi, assistant professor of political science at U.C. Santa Barbara\"]'That these same congressional leaders tacitly supported an insurrection is seemingly irrelevant to Chevron.'[/pullquote]\"That these same congressional leaders tacitly supported an insurrection is seemingly irrelevant to Chevron,\" Mahdavi said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Maplight's figures do not include contributions Chevron has made to industry groups like the American Petroleum Institute and Western States Petroleum Association, which lobby for the interests of the oil industry.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Its analysis found that some of the company's largest donation totals to members of Congress in the last 15 years went to some of Trump's strongest allies, including two of his closest California supporters.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Chevron gave $106,000 to House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Bakersfield, who hails from Kern County, home to a network of Chevron oil drilling sites, and $58,000 to Rep. 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We are working to help achieve that goal by reducing our carbon intensity, increasing renewables and offsets, and investing in low-carbon technologies. We recognize the findings of the United Nation’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change that the use of fossil fuels contributes to increases in global temperatures. We support the Paris Agreement and well-designed climate change and energy policy.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In recent weeks, executives for several large U.S. corporations have said they would either halt or review political donations to lawmakers who voted to overturn the election after the violent mob attacked the Capitol.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In an earlier statement, Comey said the company is looking into the issue:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We continue our practice of regularly reviewing our policies, procedures and expenditures for political activities, including political contributions,\" he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Recent events will be part of our review process. 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