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To supporters of rewilding, the success of the wolf is a kind of ecological restorative justice.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_654142\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 750px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-654142\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2016/04/Sheet-Music-I-Love-You-CA.jpg\" alt=\"Grizzlies appear to have loved California's varied habitats--but do Californians love the bears enough to bring them back?\" width=\"750\" height=\"1020\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2016/04/Sheet-Music-I-Love-You-CA.jpg 750w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2016/04/Sheet-Music-I-Love-You-CA-400x544.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Grizzlies appear to have loved California’s varied habitats–but do Californians love the bears enough to bring them back? \u003ccite>(University of California/Bancroft Library)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Bringing back grizzly bears to California is the latest rewilding idea. Last year, the \u003ca href=\"http://www.biologicaldiversity.org/\">Center for Biological Diversity\u003c/a>, an Arizona-based conservation group, filed a petition with the \u003ca href=\"http://www.fws.gov/\">U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service\u003c/a> to consider reintroducing the grizzly in the Southwest and California. The agency denied the request, and now the organization plans to petition the \u003ca href=\"https://www.wildlife.ca.gov/\">California Department of Fish and Wildlife\u003c/a> to bring back the bear.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Grizzly bears were a common part of the California landscape and had been there for eons, and we wiped them out,” says \u003ca href=\"http://www.biologicaldiversity.org/about/staff/index.html#noah\">Noah Greenwald\u003c/a>, the endangered species coordinator at the Center for Biological Diversity. “By bringing them back we would be righting a historic wrong.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_663460\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 689px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-663460\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2016/04/Coho-griz-negative-copy103-copy.jpg\" alt=\"Grizzlies originally occupied varied habitats in California, including river valleys during seasons when salmon were plentiful.\" width=\"689\" height=\"856\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2016/04/Coho-griz-negative-copy103-copy.jpg 689w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2016/04/Coho-griz-negative-copy103-copy-400x497.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 689px) 100vw, 689px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Grizzlies originally occupied varied habitats in California, including river valleys during seasons when salmon were plentiful. \u003ccite>(Laura Cunningham/Basin and Range Watch)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Returning grizzlies to California would have real ecological advantages. Wildlife biologists have shown that restoring large predators to a landscape can have consequences that ripple across an ecosystem. This phenomenon is called “trophic cascades.” Imagine: a wolf reappears on the scene. Suddenly, the elk and deer have to be alert. Their newly cautious behavior gives aspen and willow a chance to thrive, which provide fresh habitat for beaver and songbirds.\u003ca href=\"https://environment.yale.edu/profile/david-mattson/\"> David Mattson\u003c/a>, a lecturer at the \u003ca href=\"http://environment.yale.edu/\">Yale School of Forestry\u003c/a>, says grizzlies would have “demonstrable ecosystem effects” were they reintroduced to California. Brown bears would assist with seed dispersal and soil aeration as they tear into the ground hunting for gophers and voles. Coastal grizzly would move nutrients upstream and inland via their consumption of spawning salmon.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But state wildlife officials are cool on the idea. “Grizzly bears traditionally would roam oak woodlands and even beaches and eat whale carcasses and whatnot,” says California Fish and Wildlife spokesperson \u003ca href=\"https://www.linkedin.com/in/jordan-traverso-895208a\">Jordan Traverso\u003c/a>. “So you’d be introducing them in places where people are now, not the typical black bear habitat. So we are not supportive of that proposal, even a little bit.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_654222\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-654222 size-full\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2016/04/Bears-whale.jpeg\" alt=\"Grizzly bears feeding on a beached whale carcass, as imagined by artist Laura Cunningham.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1281\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2016/04/Bears-whale.jpeg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2016/04/Bears-whale-400x256.jpeg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2016/04/Bears-whale-800x512.jpeg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2016/04/Bears-whale-768x492.jpeg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2016/04/Bears-whale-1440x922.jpeg 1440w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2016/04/Bears-whale-1920x1230.jpeg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2016/04/Bears-whale-1180x756.jpeg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2016/04/Bears-whale-960x615.jpeg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Grizzly bears feeding on a beached whale carcass, as imagined by artist Laura Cunningham. \u003ccite>(Laura Cunningham/Basin and Range Watch)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Still, the idea is not as outlandish as it might sound.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A study of Europe published in the journal Science found that large carnivores are successfully sharing landscapes with people. Some 17,000 brown bears (\u003cem>Ursus arctos\u003c/em>, essentially the same species as the North American grizzly) live in 22 European countries, making the bear the most abundant large carnivore on the continent. Europe is also home to 12,000 wolves, twice as many as in the United States, despite the continent having twice the population density. The study found that large carnivores “have shown an ability to recolonize areas with moderate human densities if they are allowed, and to persist in highly human-dominated landscapes and in the proximity of urban areas.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://web.stanford.edu/~mwlewis/\">Martin Lewis\u003c/a>, a geographer at \u003ca href=\"http://www.stanford.edu/\">Stanford\u003c/a> who has studied the politics of rewilding, says the problem with grizzly reintroduction is not a lack of suitable habitat. But, he says, “there are questions about coexistence. People can learn to live with them, but there will be trade-offs. There will be encounters, and some of those encounters will be negative.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[contextly_sidebar id=”yXiMJJ9nodz2h61dfgro0bCts8PBMEwe”]Let’s face it. Wolves eat cattle and prized game like elk. Grizzlies sometimes attack backpackers. Mountain lions sometimes go after hikers. Acknowledging such dangers is not being callous toward human life, but recognizes that the lives of these animals, and the role they play in the environment, also matter.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The risks are worth it. The presence of grizzlies and mountain lions and wolves are reminders that nature in its wilder states is not here to serve us, and that wild animals and wild places have their own interests. Can we cohabitate with wild animals though they might pose a threat to us?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Such coexistence will require us to rethink some of our assumptions about wild nature. Do we want nature to always conform neatly to human desires — a garden to be tended by our hands, or an idyllic retreat imagined by the Romantics? Or are we willing to live with a nature that is wilder? A nature that is uncontrolled, unpredictable, and possibly dangerous. One where you could end up as lunch if you’re not careful.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To accept the return of large carnivores will demand a selflessness to which, as a species, we are unaccustomed. It will also require a measure of courage. After all, it’s easy to love a nature that just looks pretty. It’s a much more difficult task to live with a nature that can be threatening — a wolf pack in the pasture, a lion on the prowl under streetlights and, yes, grizzlies in the woods.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Jason Mark is the author of “\u003ca href=\"http://www.islandpress.org/book/satellites-in-the-high-country\">Satellites in the High Country: Searching for the Wild in the Age of Man\u003c/a>” and editor of Sierra magazine.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Featured art by Laura Cunningham, author of \u003ca href=\"https://heydaybooks.com/book/a-state-of-change/\">A State of Change\u003c/a> and co-founder of the desert conservation group \u003ca href=\"http://www.basinandrangewatch.org/\">Basin and Range Watch\u003c/a>.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>In the mid-19th century, there were as many as 10,000 brown bears in California — a greater population density than in Alaska today. The last documented sighting was in 1924. Now all that remains is the profile of the powerful bruin on the state flag.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>No doubt some people will freak out at the prospect of the Lower 48’s biggest predator haunting the woods. But there are good reasons to return the animal to the Bear Flag Republic. Grizzly reintroduction would have clear ecological benefits. And it would have cultural benefits, too, by prompting us to rethink what nature is “good for.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California is already crawling with predators. We have mountain lions in Los Angeles — where the Internet-famous “\u003ca href=\"http://www.urbancarnivores.com/p22-the-hollywood-lion/\">Hollywood Lion\u003c/a>” stalks mule dear in Griffith Park — and one in San Francisco, too, where \u003ca href=\"http://www.businessinsider.com/r-mountain-lion-spotted-roaming-around-san-francisco-2015-7\">a cougar was captured on a security camera\u003c/a> last summer.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignright\">‘The presence of grizzlies and mountain lions and wolves are reminders that nature in its wilder states is not here to serve us’\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>The reappearance of mountain lions is an example of what conservation biologists call “rewilding.” In some instances, like that of the mountain lion, the wild animals find their way back on their own. In other cases, state or federal agencies have made determined efforts to bring back animals hunted and trapped to oblivion or pushed out by development.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The reintroduction of gray wolves to the Northern Rockies in the late 1990s is the best-known rewilding story. Twenty-one years after wolves were returned to Yellowstone National Park, there is an established population and some have migrated as far as Northern California, where, in August, a pack was confirmed in the state for the first time since 1924.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The return of the gray wolf to the rural West has been hugely controversial, marked by serial court cases, Capitol Hill maneuverings, vigilantism (in the form of poaching animals listed as endangered) and fiery debates that have scorched western communities. For many ranchers and hunters, the return of the wolf represents a dangerous surrendering of human control over the landscape. To supporters of rewilding, the success of the wolf is a kind of ecological restorative justice.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_654142\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 750px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-654142\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2016/04/Sheet-Music-I-Love-You-CA.jpg\" alt=\"Grizzlies appear to have loved California's varied habitats--but do Californians love the bears enough to bring them back?\" width=\"750\" height=\"1020\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2016/04/Sheet-Music-I-Love-You-CA.jpg 750w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2016/04/Sheet-Music-I-Love-You-CA-400x544.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Grizzlies appear to have loved California’s varied habitats–but do Californians love the bears enough to bring them back? \u003ccite>(University of California/Bancroft Library)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Bringing back grizzly bears to California is the latest rewilding idea. Last year, the \u003ca href=\"http://www.biologicaldiversity.org/\">Center for Biological Diversity\u003c/a>, an Arizona-based conservation group, filed a petition with the \u003ca href=\"http://www.fws.gov/\">U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service\u003c/a> to consider reintroducing the grizzly in the Southwest and California. The agency denied the request, and now the organization plans to petition the \u003ca href=\"https://www.wildlife.ca.gov/\">California Department of Fish and Wildlife\u003c/a> to bring back the bear.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Grizzly bears were a common part of the California landscape and had been there for eons, and we wiped them out,” says \u003ca href=\"http://www.biologicaldiversity.org/about/staff/index.html#noah\">Noah Greenwald\u003c/a>, the endangered species coordinator at the Center for Biological Diversity. “By bringing them back we would be righting a historic wrong.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_663460\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 689px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-663460\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2016/04/Coho-griz-negative-copy103-copy.jpg\" alt=\"Grizzlies originally occupied varied habitats in California, including river valleys during seasons when salmon were plentiful.\" width=\"689\" height=\"856\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2016/04/Coho-griz-negative-copy103-copy.jpg 689w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2016/04/Coho-griz-negative-copy103-copy-400x497.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 689px) 100vw, 689px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Grizzlies originally occupied varied habitats in California, including river valleys during seasons when salmon were plentiful. \u003ccite>(Laura Cunningham/Basin and Range Watch)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Returning grizzlies to California would have real ecological advantages. Wildlife biologists have shown that restoring large predators to a landscape can have consequences that ripple across an ecosystem. This phenomenon is called “trophic cascades.” Imagine: a wolf reappears on the scene. Suddenly, the elk and deer have to be alert. Their newly cautious behavior gives aspen and willow a chance to thrive, which provide fresh habitat for beaver and songbirds.\u003ca href=\"https://environment.yale.edu/profile/david-mattson/\"> David Mattson\u003c/a>, a lecturer at the \u003ca href=\"http://environment.yale.edu/\">Yale School of Forestry\u003c/a>, says grizzlies would have “demonstrable ecosystem effects” were they reintroduced to California. Brown bears would assist with seed dispersal and soil aeration as they tear into the ground hunting for gophers and voles. Coastal grizzly would move nutrients upstream and inland via their consumption of spawning salmon.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But state wildlife officials are cool on the idea. “Grizzly bears traditionally would roam oak woodlands and even beaches and eat whale carcasses and whatnot,” says California Fish and Wildlife spokesperson \u003ca href=\"https://www.linkedin.com/in/jordan-traverso-895208a\">Jordan Traverso\u003c/a>. “So you’d be introducing them in places where people are now, not the typical black bear habitat. So we are not supportive of that proposal, even a little bit.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_654222\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-654222 size-full\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2016/04/Bears-whale.jpeg\" alt=\"Grizzly bears feeding on a beached whale carcass, as imagined by artist Laura Cunningham.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1281\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2016/04/Bears-whale.jpeg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2016/04/Bears-whale-400x256.jpeg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2016/04/Bears-whale-800x512.jpeg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2016/04/Bears-whale-768x492.jpeg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2016/04/Bears-whale-1440x922.jpeg 1440w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2016/04/Bears-whale-1920x1230.jpeg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2016/04/Bears-whale-1180x756.jpeg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2016/04/Bears-whale-960x615.jpeg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Grizzly bears feeding on a beached whale carcass, as imagined by artist Laura Cunningham. \u003ccite>(Laura Cunningham/Basin and Range Watch)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Still, the idea is not as outlandish as it might sound.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A study of Europe published in the journal Science found that large carnivores are successfully sharing landscapes with people. Some 17,000 brown bears (\u003cem>Ursus arctos\u003c/em>, essentially the same species as the North American grizzly) live in 22 European countries, making the bear the most abundant large carnivore on the continent. Europe is also home to 12,000 wolves, twice as many as in the United States, despite the continent having twice the population density. The study found that large carnivores “have shown an ability to recolonize areas with moderate human densities if they are allowed, and to persist in highly human-dominated landscapes and in the proximity of urban areas.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://web.stanford.edu/~mwlewis/\">Martin Lewis\u003c/a>, a geographer at \u003ca href=\"http://www.stanford.edu/\">Stanford\u003c/a> who has studied the politics of rewilding, says the problem with grizzly reintroduction is not a lack of suitable habitat. But, he says, “there are questions about coexistence. People can learn to live with them, but there will be trade-offs. There will be encounters, and some of those encounters will be negative.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>Let’s face it. Wolves eat cattle and prized game like elk. Grizzlies sometimes attack backpackers. Mountain lions sometimes go after hikers. Acknowledging such dangers is not being callous toward human life, but recognizes that the lives of these animals, and the role they play in the environment, also matter.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The risks are worth it. The presence of grizzlies and mountain lions and wolves are reminders that nature in its wilder states is not here to serve us, and that wild animals and wild places have their own interests. Can we cohabitate with wild animals though they might pose a threat to us?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Such coexistence will require us to rethink some of our assumptions about wild nature. Do we want nature to always conform neatly to human desires — a garden to be tended by our hands, or an idyllic retreat imagined by the Romantics? Or are we willing to live with a nature that is wilder? A nature that is uncontrolled, unpredictable, and possibly dangerous. One where you could end up as lunch if you’re not careful.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To accept the return of large carnivores will demand a selflessness to which, as a species, we are unaccustomed. It will also require a measure of courage. After all, it’s easy to love a nature that just looks pretty. It’s a much more difficult task to live with a nature that can be threatening — a wolf pack in the pasture, a lion on the prowl under streetlights and, yes, grizzlies in the woods.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Jason Mark is the author of “\u003ca href=\"http://www.islandpress.org/book/satellites-in-the-high-country\">Satellites in the High Country: Searching for the Wild in the Age of Man\u003c/a>” and editor of Sierra magazine.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>The realities of water distribution in California have caused regional strife over the years. Most of the state’s precipitation falls in the northern part of California, but the greatest demand for water is in the Central Valley and further south. So California engineered the country’s most complex plumbing system to send water hundreds of miles south, much to the chagrin of many of the state’s northern residents.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The lynchpin to this system is the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, a water source for 25 million people and 3 million acres (1.2 million hectares) of agricultural land. Pumps at the south end of the Delta divert water via aqueducts to farms and cities further south and west.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Delta has more than 1,000 miles (1,600km) of waterways snaking between numerous islands, many of which support farms and small communities. The area also provides vital habitat for migratory birds and many fish species.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the Delta is threatened. Many of its islands are below sea level (and sinking), relying on levees that are one strong seismic shake away from disaster. And the ecosystem itself faces serious challenges. The Delta needs enough fresh water to sweep away pollutants, limit saltwater intrusion and protect fish.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For decades, various interests have battled over how much water should be pumped out of the system for south-of-the-Delta water users. At the same time, federal regulators have stepped in to protect fish and place limits on pumping at certain times of the year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gov. Jerry Brown is championing a plan, California Water Fix, he says will protect the Delta’s ecosystem and deliver water more reliably to those south of the Delta. But first he needs buy-in from some of the state’s biggest water users. For the most part, support for the project has fallen along familiar regional lines, with the biggest proponents in the Central Valley and Southern California, and the biggest opponents in the north.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Silicon Valley residents may think of themselves as Northern Californians, but when it comes to water supply, they actually have more in common with Southern Californians. As of right now, Santa Clara Valley Water District – the water wholesaler for Santa Clara County that provides water for nearly 2 million people – is weighing whether or not to participate in California Water Fix, which has a hefty price tag. The district’s decision could affect more than just Silicon Valley.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Weighing the Costs and Benefits\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When Barbara Keegan travels to Southern California she hears a lot about how crucial California Water Fix is to the future of the state. But when Keegan returns home to Santa Clara County, where she is the board chair of the Santa Clara Valley Water District, she hears her constituents talking about how Southern California is “trying to steal our water.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_659646\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-659646\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2016/04/Water-Deeply_photo-2.jpg\" alt=\"A tour guide at the Silicon Valley Advanced Water Purification Center in San Jose, California, shows off a container of treated water. 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Santa Clara Valley Water District hopes to expand its water reuse program. \u003ccite>(Tara Lohan)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“A lot of people like to characterize this as a battle of north versus south,” said Keegan. “What a lot of people don’t realize is that anyone who is south of the Delta, even if you’re in Northern California, you are dependent on that water.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Santa Clara County imports more than half of its water and 40 percent of that comes through Delta conveyance.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“So we have a stake in finding a solution,” said Keegan. “Because if 40 percent of our water were to disappear, that would be a big problem.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Few people disagree that the Delta is in trouble, but there is no easily agreed upon solution. Keegan said her water district has faced declining allocations over the years because of regulatory requirements, which has meant less water. If the district says no to the project, it doesn’t mean things stay the same, said Keegan. “Maintaining the status quo isn’t really maintaining the status quo because it means constantly diminishing water. It could also potentially mean further degradation of the Delta.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The water district will likely be expected to take a position on the project by late fall. “We haven’t made up our minds yet,” she said. “We are still considering things and there are a lot of complex issues involved.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For starters, the project is controversial. While Brown and his supporters say it will increase water reliability and protect the ecosystem, others are concerned that siphoning water at the north end of the Delta will mean worsening water conditions and less water flowing through the Delta farmers and wildlife.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But we’ve been here before with this deadlock. California Water Fix is actually a new name given to a pretty old idea. For decades water managers and politicians have been scheming over ways to bypass the Delta with a water conveyance system that would more directly deliver water to southern users. Back in the 1980s, Gov. Brown proposed the idea of a peripheral canal that would skirt the Delta. Voters soundly defeated the proposition in 1982.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fast forward to 2006 when work first began on the Bay Delta Conservation Plan, conceived as an attempt to fund new water conveyance along with a massive restoration of the Delta’s ecosystem. When the 40,000-page draft of the plan was finally released in 2013, it didn’t get rave reviews. So last year, the Brown administration divided the plan, creating California Water Fix to address water conveyance issues and California Eco Restore, which pared down the habitat restoration efforts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The heart of the California Water Fix is now twin tunnels that go under the Delta. The tunnels would be a massive 40ft (12m) in diameter and sunk up to 150ft (46m) underground. They’d siphon water from the Sacramento River and deliver it to export facilities in the South Delta. It would eliminate the need to pump all the exported water out of the South Delta, as is done now, which has caused river flows to be reversed and proved a danger to fish species that are caught in the pumps or pulled off their migration course.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The plan comes with a hefty price tag, calculated right now at $15 billion for capital design and construction, and closer to $17 billion with mitigation, operations and maintenance costs figured in. Keegan said her agency would be on the hook for about 5 to 6 percent of the project, which puts the minimal cost for Santa Clara County around $1 billion. But it’s not the initial price tag that has her worried.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’m a civil engineer by trade and I know the history of large infrastructure public works projects,” she said. “There are very few of them that come within budget. A successful project could be one that only goes over by 50 percent or doubles.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It is not yet clear to the water district’s board if the plan would be cost-effective for Santa Clara County, she said. There are still a lot of unknowns. “What if costs increase? What if some of the other partners drop out?” she questioned. “Could our county end up having to pay a disproportionate share of the project?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And how to pay for the project is another issue. The district receives Delta water through the State Water Project, which is paid for through property taxes. But raising property taxes to pay for the tunnels project might not be possible. 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"content": "\u003cp>Discarded plastic cups and bottles are so prevalent, they’re almost invisible. Whether it’s an iced coffee cup from Starbucks or a red Solo cup at a party, or a water bottle bought from a gas station, they are made to be used and thrown away minutes later.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Two artists are trying to raise awareness of the harmful impact of these plastic objects. Using post-consumer recycled plastic, they created two large inflatable sculptures, each about the size of a school bus. One is shaped like a simple plastic bottle. 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Later, during hikes through national parks, the couple would see plastic trash thrown everywhere.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But it was her personal health that really moved Cruder to act.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[contextly_sidebar id=\"eHFv77HSVvhO7klVm7GaalxH3nvIzLLG\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“My mother had breast cancer most of my life and when she passed away, I did a ton of research to make sure that I don't get breast cancer,” Cruder says. “And one of the things that I learned was about plastic and how it affects women specifically, our endocrine systems. And from that awareness, this choice in eradication of plastic out of my life happened.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Policy activists say the amount of plastic that ends up in our oceans has created a public health crisis. Visual artist Dianna Cohen runs Plastic Pollution Coalition, a global alliance of NGOs and businesses. She came out to the park to see the artwork herself.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Some people have heard of the \u003ca href=\"http://education.nationalgeographic.org/encyclopedia/great-pacific-garbage-patch/\">Great Pacific Garbage Patch\u003c/a>. Well, we’ve got multiple garbage patches in all five major oceans in the world,” Cohen said. “We’re not saying that they’re islands of plastic, we’re saying the entire ocean has become a plastic soup.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cohen says public art like this can actually change people’s behavior. “To me, what this does is, it’s in your face,” Cohen said. “And the thing about it is, we become immune to seeing this stuff. If you drive home tonight, you’ll see it along the side of the road. You know, you’ll see it everywhere. 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He thinks projects like “Natural Plasticity” may lead people to rethink their use of disposable plastic.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think it'll make people more conscious of it, because it seems all too common to just see like a bottle on the ground. And to sort of have that like in such a magnified and large form, I think it might make people consider that,” Gharakhanian said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gharakhanian said he didn’t realize at first that the objects are meant to draw attention to how much of this plastic ends up in the oceans. That’s why the artists say they need to be present with the art, to help make that connection and suggest ways to reduce the use of disposable plastic.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignright\">'We’re not saying that they’re islands of plastic, we’re saying the entire ocean has become a plastic soup.'\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>“I’m sorry guys, recycling doesn’t work, because we're producing way more than we can ever recycle, and we're exporting our recyclables,” Cruder said. “Other countries don't really know what to do with it. So, it’s refusing, it's getting to the point of saying no, I'm not going to use disposable plastic in my life and if we as consumers shift that, then I think those who make things that we buy will shift as well. So, it’s about shifting perspective.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The use of inflatable plastic sculptures comes with its own headaches. Strong winds require the use of sandbags to hold the bottle and cup in place. Visitors tend to poke and prod the sculptures, requiring the artists to politely ask them to back away. And on a sunny afternoon, the heat demands the artists re-inflate the works using a rather loud air pump.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The appearance of “Natural Plasticity” in Pershing Square was made possible through funding from \u003ca href=\"http://doartfoundation.org/\">Do Art Foundation\u003c/a>, RVCC, \u003ca href=\"http://www.sharkallies.com/\">Shark Allies\u003c/a> and support by the City of LA Department of Recreation and Parks. After the sculptures reach the Pacific Ocean, the artists want to keep it moving. Their next stops could include Yosemite, Sequoia & Kings Canyon and other national parks fighting the onslaught of plastic.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You can see “Natural Plasticity” on display in Los Angeles at Griffith Park on Saturday, April 30, and Elysian Park on Sunday, May 1st.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Created from the byproduct of oil and natural gas production, the neurotoxins and chemicals found in plastic have been linked to a host of public health concerns, including diabetes, obesity, various forms of cancer and reproductive problems.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10937346\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-10937346\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/04/RS19244_IMG_1425-qut.jpg\" alt=\"The goal of artists Matthew LaPenta and Jana Cruder is to change how people think about plastic, and influence consumer behavior.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1440\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/04/RS19244_IMG_1425-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/04/RS19244_IMG_1425-qut-400x300.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/04/RS19244_IMG_1425-qut-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/04/RS19244_IMG_1425-qut-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/04/RS19244_IMG_1425-qut-960x720.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The goal of artists Matthew LaPenta and Jana Cruder is to change how people think about plastic, and influence consumer behavior. \u003ccite>(Avishay Artsy/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The artists plan to bring their sculptures to other locations around Los Angeles. LaPenta said the goal is to head west along the L.A. River, mimicking the journey of plastic trash toward the ocean.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Because that's a huge problem, that everything's being flushed out to the ocean. And we're not really being responsible,” LaPenta said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The artists cite Claes Oldenburg, the sculptor who turns ink stamps, shuttlecocks and ice cream cones into public art, as a major influence on their work. They also credit Chinese dissident artist and activist Ai Weiwei as a political influence.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cruder said her awareness of disposable plastic began after the couple watched a documentary called \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a7X-J1DhfjE\">\u003cem>Plastic Planet\u003c/em>\u003c/a>, a 14-country tour of plastic manufacturing and health dangers associated with products made of synthetic polymers. Later, during hikes through national parks, the couple would see plastic trash thrown everywhere.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But it was her personal health that really moved Cruder to act.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“My mother had breast cancer most of my life and when she passed away, I did a ton of research to make sure that I don't get breast cancer,” Cruder says. “And one of the things that I learned was about plastic and how it affects women specifically, our endocrine systems. And from that awareness, this choice in eradication of plastic out of my life happened.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Policy activists say the amount of plastic that ends up in our oceans has created a public health crisis. Visual artist Dianna Cohen runs Plastic Pollution Coalition, a global alliance of NGOs and businesses. She came out to the park to see the artwork herself.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Some people have heard of the \u003ca href=\"http://education.nationalgeographic.org/encyclopedia/great-pacific-garbage-patch/\">Great Pacific Garbage Patch\u003c/a>. Well, we’ve got multiple garbage patches in all five major oceans in the world,” Cohen said. “We’re not saying that they’re islands of plastic, we’re saying the entire ocean has become a plastic soup.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cohen says public art like this can actually change people’s behavior. “To me, what this does is, it’s in your face,” Cohen said. “And the thing about it is, we become immune to seeing this stuff. If you drive home tonight, you’ll see it along the side of the road. You know, you’ll see it everywhere. And people don’t even pick it up anymore because there’s so much of it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10937347\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1280px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-10937347\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/04/RS19249_Guina_Elvis_Image_1-qut.jpg\" alt=\"The artists built the sculptures out of post-consumer recycled plastic.\" width=\"1280\" height=\"721\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/04/RS19249_Guina_Elvis_Image_1-qut.jpg 1280w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/04/RS19249_Guina_Elvis_Image_1-qut-400x225.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/04/RS19249_Guina_Elvis_Image_1-qut-800x451.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/04/RS19249_Guina_Elvis_Image_1-qut-1180x665.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/04/RS19249_Guina_Elvis_Image_1-qut-960x541.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The artists built the sculptures out of post-consumer recycled plastic. \u003ccite>(Guina Elvis)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The artwork also resonated with Eric Gharakhanian, who happened upon it while walking through downtown. He thinks projects like “Natural Plasticity” may lead people to rethink their use of disposable plastic.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think it'll make people more conscious of it, because it seems all too common to just see like a bottle on the ground. And to sort of have that like in such a magnified and large form, I think it might make people consider that,” Gharakhanian said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gharakhanian said he didn’t realize at first that the objects are meant to draw attention to how much of this plastic ends up in the oceans. 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"content": "\u003cp>When Earth Day started in 1970, its founder, Wisconsin senator Gaylord Nelson, didn’t realize it would turn into a national movement. In fact, it started as a “teach-in” to discuss environmental issues at universities across the country.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Thousands of schools participated and 20 million Americans flooded the streets rallying in support of a healthier environment. Politicians took note; by the end of the year, the government had established the \u003ca href=\"https://www3.epa.gov\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Environmental Protection Agency\u003c/a> and strengthened the \u003ca href=\"http://www.epa.gov/air/caa/\">Clean Air Act\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Today, Earth Day is the world’s most celebrated secular holiday, according to the \u003ca href=\"http://www.earthday.org/about/the-history-of-earth-day/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Earth Day Network\u003c/a>. 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Tam or\u003ca href=\"http://ggnpc.convio.net/site/Calendar?id=115603&view=RSVP&_ga=1.215445911.1056919468.1461101485\"> improve coho salmon habitat\u003c/a> on Muir Beach. You can also \u003ca href=\"http://ggnpc.convio.net/site/Calendar?id=115606&view=RSVP&_ga=1.169311521.1056919468.1461101485\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">plant and weed\u003c/a> along Creekside Marsh or remove French Broom from the Canyon and Moore Trails before hiking amid the wildflowers in bloom. All activities are designed for kids and adults with \u003ca href=\"http://www.parksconservancy.org/events/volunteer-events/special-events/mt-tam-earth-day-2016.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">online registration\u003c/a> required before Saturday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>2. 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Check Out a National Park\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-651307\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2016/04/Yosemite-falls_image-for-web.jpg\" alt=\"Yosemite falls_image for web\" width=\"181\" height=\"243\">\u003cstrong>What: \u003c/strong>Hike, bike, climb or swim in one of California’s 27 national parks\u003cstrong>\u003cbr>\nWhere: \u003c/strong>Multiple locations throughout California\u003cstrong>\u003cbr>\nWhen:\u003c/strong> April 16 – 24, sunrise to sunset\u003cstrong>\u003cbr>\nCost: \u003c/strong>Free\u003cstrong>\u003cbr>\nDetails:\u003c/strong> It’s the 100th anniversary of the National Park system and during National Park Week entrance to all national parks is free. Some parks, like Yosemite, are starting to \u003ca href=\"https://www.nps.gov/yose/planyourvisit/wroads.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">open roads\u003c/a> after a snowy winter so make sure to find out which trails are accessible. If you want to volunteer as a \u003ca href=\"https://www.volunteer.gov/results.cfm?ID=15772\">wilderness guide\u003c/a> or help \u003ca href=\"https://www.volunteer.gov/results.cfm?ID=13245\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">restore native habitat \u003c/a>on Earth Day, check out all the National Park Service opportunities on \u003ca href=\"https://www.volunteer.gov/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Volunteer.gov\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>5. Stroll Through the Earth Day SF Street Fest \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-651226\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2016/04/SF-Street-Fest-400x603.jpg\" alt=\"SF Street Fest\" width=\"182\" height=\"275\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2016/04/SF-Street-Fest-400x603.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2016/04/SF-Street-Fest.jpg 637w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 182px) 100vw, 182px\">\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>What: \u003c/strong>An all-day \u003ca href=\"http://earthdaystreetfest.com/\">outdoor street fair\u003c/a>\u003cstrong>\u003cbr>\nWhere: \u003c/strong>22nd St. between\u003cstrong> \u003c/strong>Mission and Valencia,\u003cstrong> \u003c/strong>San Francisco\u003cstrong>\u003cbr>\nWhen: \u003c/strong>April 23, 10 a.m. – 7 p.m.\u003cstrong>\u003cbr>\nCost: \u003c/strong>Free\u003cstrong>\u003cbr>\nDetails: \u003c/strong>Sustainable food, ecofashion and interactive art will all be showcased during the annual street fair, which has now moved to the Mission district. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>When Earth Day started in 1970, its founder, Wisconsin senator Gaylord Nelson, didn’t realize it would turn into a national movement. In fact, it started as a “teach-in” to discuss environmental issues at universities across the country.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Thousands of schools participated and 20 million Americans flooded the streets rallying in support of a healthier environment. Politicians took note; by the end of the year, the government had established the \u003ca href=\"https://www3.epa.gov\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Environmental Protection Agency\u003c/a> and strengthened the \u003ca href=\"http://www.epa.gov/air/caa/\">Clean Air Act\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Today, Earth Day is the world’s most celebrated secular holiday, according to the \u003ca href=\"http://www.earthday.org/about/the-history-of-earth-day/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Earth Day Network\u003c/a>. With 27 national parks and 63 state beaches, California is one of the best places to celebrate on April 22. Whether you want to trek a mountain or stay in the city, we’ve compiled our favorite ways to enjoy the great outdoors this weekend.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>1. Clean-Up Mount Tam + Enjoy a Wildflower Hike\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-651219\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2016/04/Mount_tam_for-web-400x580.jpg\" alt=\"Mount_tam_for web\" width=\"196\" height=\"284\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2016/04/Mount_tam_for-web-400x580.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2016/04/Mount_tam_for-web.jpg 517w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 196px) 100vw, 196px\">\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>What: \u003c/strong>Seven different volunteer events \u003cstrong>\u003cbr>\nWhere: \u003c/strong>\u003ca href=\"http://www.parksconservancy.org/events/volunteer-events/special-events/mt-tam-earth-day-2016.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Meet\u003c/a> on or near Mount Tam\u003cstrong>\u003cbr>\nWhen: \u003c/strong>April 23, 9 a.m. – 1 p.m.\u003cstrong>\u003cbr>\nCost: \u003c/strong>Free\u003cstrong>\u003cbr>\nDetails: \u003c/strong>Sign up to \u003ca href=\"http://ggnpc.convio.net/site/Calendar?id=115204&view=RSVP&_ga=1.250377606.1056919468.1461101485\">monitor and track tsunami debris\u003c/a> at the base of Mt. Tam or\u003ca href=\"http://ggnpc.convio.net/site/Calendar?id=115603&view=RSVP&_ga=1.215445911.1056919468.1461101485\"> improve coho salmon habitat\u003c/a> on Muir Beach. You can also \u003ca href=\"http://ggnpc.convio.net/site/Calendar?id=115606&view=RSVP&_ga=1.169311521.1056919468.1461101485\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">plant and weed\u003c/a> along Creekside Marsh or remove French Broom from the Canyon and Moore Trails before hiking amid the wildflowers in bloom. All activities are designed for kids and adults with \u003ca href=\"http://www.parksconservancy.org/events/volunteer-events/special-events/mt-tam-earth-day-2016.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">online registration\u003c/a> required before Saturday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>2. Explore the Hayward Fault’s Geology\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-651212\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2016/04/hayward_fault_walking_tour-400x533.jpg\" alt=\"hayward_fault_walking_tour\" width=\"192\" height=\"256\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2016/04/hayward_fault_walking_tour-400x533.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2016/04/hayward_fault_walking_tour.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 192px) 100vw, 192px\">\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>What:\u003c/strong> Walk along the Hayward Fault trail during a guided tour\u003cstrong>\u003cbr>\nWhere: \u003c/strong>Fremont\u003cstrong>\u003cbr>\nWhen: \u003c/strong>April 23, 9:30 a.m. – 11 a.m.\u003cstrong>\u003cbr>\nCost: \u003c/strong>$15\u003cstrong>\u003cbr>\nDetails: \u003c/strong>The Earth is a dynamic place and geologically active areas like the Hayward Fault permeate the Bay Area. The Hayward Fault is 40 miles long and about 8 miles deep and has contributed to Fremont’s natural beauty. During a two-and-a-half-hour tour learn about the science of faults and their effects in both natural and urban environments. You’ll even witness the floor of a building that shows evidence of the fault’s movement. \u003ca href=\"https://www.regerec.com/Activities/ActivitiesDetails.asp?ProcessWait=N&aid=45514\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Registration is required\u003c/a> and children under 14 must be accompanied by an adult.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>3. Beautify Oakland’s Urban Environment \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-651309\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2016/04/kids_oakland_foe-web.jpg\" alt=\"kids_oakland_foe web\" width=\"192\" height=\"289\">\u003cstrong style=\"line-height: 1.5\">What: \u003c/strong>\u003cspan style=\"line-height: 1.5\">Graffiti removal, trash pickup, weeding and planting \u003c/span>\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong> Where: \u003c/strong>Oakland, \u003ca href=\"https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1cfld9QsrRLVY0OUrf_7ycNNAvWQ6W3WzmhbCvSI4KzU/edit#gid=257080617\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">various locations\u003c/a>\u003cstrong>\u003cbr>\nWhen: \u003c/strong>April 23, \u003ca href=\"https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1cfld9QsrRLVY0OUrf_7ycNNAvWQ6W3WzmhbCvSI4KzU/edit#gid=257080617\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">9 a.m. – 12 p.m. for most activities\u003c/a>\u003cstrong>\u003cbr>\nCost: \u003c/strong>Free\u003cstrong>\u003cbr>\nDetails: \u003c/strong>Roll up your sleeves and get your hands dirty planting and weeding at Lake Merritt’s sensory garden. Or remove litter, re-paint the street posts, trim trees and generally clean up West MacArthur Blvd from San Pablo to M.L.K. Jr. Way. With more than \u003ca href=\"https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1cfld9QsrRLVY0OUrf_7ycNNAvWQ6W3WzmhbCvSI4KzU/edit#gid=257080617\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">85 outdoor opportunities\u003c/a> to choose from, there are ample ways to give back during the city’s largest community volunteer event.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>4. 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"content": "\u003cp>A growing network of cameras trained on the forested mountains around Lake Tahoe is changing the way crews fight Western wildfires by allowing early detection that triggers quicker, cheaper, more tactical suppression than traditional war-like operations, experts said Wednesday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The high-definition cameras can be operated remotely to pan, tilt and zoom in the search for the first wisps of smoke in remote areas, said Graham Kent, director of the Nevada Seismological Laboratory.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Equipped with real-time and time-lapse imagery, the cameras piggyback on an existing, high-speed network that detects earthquakes, Kent told the annual meeting of the Seismological Society of America in Reno.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last summer, a half-dozen of the hazard cameras at Tahoe were credited with the discovery of six fires and provided early intelligence on more than 25, Kent said.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignright\">‘The hazard cameras at Tahoe were credited with the discovery of six fires and provided early intelligence on more than 25’\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>“The old style of firefighting is like storming the beach at Normandy, but if you can get on a fire early, with special tools, then it becomes more like a special forces situation,” Kent said. “Firefighting is going to become much more tactical.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He said more cameras are being installed across much of northern Nevada and close to the Utah border in conjunction with the U.S. Bureau of Land Management. He’s currently working with firefighters in Oregon, Idaho and Montana to develop similar networks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Frank Vernon, a research geophysicist at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California, San Diego, began developing the “virtual fire lookout towers” in 2002 when he and others built a large-scale, wireless network in Southern California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It now includes more than 64 fixed mountaintop cameras in 16 remote locations across San Diego, Riverside and Imperial counties.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Working with partners to provide this technology to the community is vitally important as extreme drought conditions, warmer weather and more frequent Santa Ana wind events have all contributed to increased wildfire activity and longer fire seasons each year in Southern California,” Vernon said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_652359\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1832px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-652359\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2016/04/Map_fire_cam_for_web.jpg\" alt=\"The ALERT system uses high-bandwidth microwave links to transmit high-definition images and near real-time data, which arrives within seconds to one of the Nevada Seismological Laboratory's data centers.\" width=\"1832\" height=\"966\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2016/04/Map_fire_cam_for_web.jpg 1832w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2016/04/Map_fire_cam_for_web-400x211.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2016/04/Map_fire_cam_for_web-800x422.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2016/04/Map_fire_cam_for_web-768x405.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2016/04/Map_fire_cam_for_web-1440x759.jpg 1440w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2016/04/Map_fire_cam_for_web-1180x622.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2016/04/Map_fire_cam_for_web-960x506.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1832px) 100vw, 1832px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The ALERT system uses high-bandwidth microwave links to transmit high-definition images and near real-time data, which arrives within seconds to one of the Nevada Seismological Laboratory’s data centers. \u003ccite>(Nevada Seismological Laboratory)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The multi-hazard function of the cameras is especially valuable to communities such as Lake Tahoe and Reno that border wildlands.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The big three for us are floods, fires and earthquakes,” said Kyle West, safety and training manager in Reno. 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We could have hundreds of people searching for fires at any one time – people who are just basically concerned.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kent said the video feeds help fire managers make more efficient decisions deploying resources during the early stages of attack after a lightning strike is reported.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“In the old days, you would send a spotter plane at great expense, or you would guess and send too few or too many people,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He said one of the Tahoe cameras picked up smoke after a storm last summer at a time most of the area crews had been sent off to fight fires in Montana, Idaho and Northern California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They put a helicopter with a bucket on it and it was out after burning less than an acre,” Kent said.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>A growing network of cameras trained on the forested mountains around Lake Tahoe is changing the way crews fight Western wildfires by allowing early detection that triggers quicker, cheaper, more tactical suppression than traditional war-like operations, experts said Wednesday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The high-definition cameras can be operated remotely to pan, tilt and zoom in the search for the first wisps of smoke in remote areas, said Graham Kent, director of the Nevada Seismological Laboratory.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Equipped with real-time and time-lapse imagery, the cameras piggyback on an existing, high-speed network that detects earthquakes, Kent told the annual meeting of the Seismological Society of America in Reno.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last summer, a half-dozen of the hazard cameras at Tahoe were credited with the discovery of six fires and provided early intelligence on more than 25, Kent said.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignright\">‘The hazard cameras at Tahoe were credited with the discovery of six fires and provided early intelligence on more than 25’\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>“The old style of firefighting is like storming the beach at Normandy, but if you can get on a fire early, with special tools, then it becomes more like a special forces situation,” Kent said. “Firefighting is going to become much more tactical.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He said more cameras are being installed across much of northern Nevada and close to the Utah border in conjunction with the U.S. Bureau of Land Management. He’s currently working with firefighters in Oregon, Idaho and Montana to develop similar networks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Frank Vernon, a research geophysicist at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California, San Diego, began developing the “virtual fire lookout towers” in 2002 when he and others built a large-scale, wireless network in Southern California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It now includes more than 64 fixed mountaintop cameras in 16 remote locations across San Diego, Riverside and Imperial counties.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Working with partners to provide this technology to the community is vitally important as extreme drought conditions, warmer weather and more frequent Santa Ana wind events have all contributed to increased wildfire activity and longer fire seasons each year in Southern California,” Vernon said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_652359\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1832px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-652359\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2016/04/Map_fire_cam_for_web.jpg\" alt=\"The ALERT system uses high-bandwidth microwave links to transmit high-definition images and near real-time data, which arrives within seconds to one of the Nevada Seismological Laboratory's data centers.\" width=\"1832\" height=\"966\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2016/04/Map_fire_cam_for_web.jpg 1832w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2016/04/Map_fire_cam_for_web-400x211.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2016/04/Map_fire_cam_for_web-800x422.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2016/04/Map_fire_cam_for_web-768x405.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2016/04/Map_fire_cam_for_web-1440x759.jpg 1440w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2016/04/Map_fire_cam_for_web-1180x622.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2016/04/Map_fire_cam_for_web-960x506.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1832px) 100vw, 1832px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The ALERT system uses high-bandwidth microwave links to transmit high-definition images and near real-time data, which arrives within seconds to one of the Nevada Seismological Laboratory’s data centers. \u003ccite>(Nevada Seismological Laboratory)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The multi-hazard function of the cameras is especially valuable to communities such as Lake Tahoe and Reno that border wildlands.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The big three for us are floods, fires and earthquakes,” said Kyle West, safety and training manager in Reno. The city is located in Washoe County, where officials recently updated their hazard mitigation plan.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kent said officials hope to have more than 20 of the cameras up and operating by the end of this year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The notion of fire cameras has been out there for 20 years. But they were mostly closed circuit, analogue systems with poor resolution,” Kent said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The video feeds are available to state, local and federal firefighters and can be viewed by the public on the \u003ca href=\"http://alerttahoe.seismo.unr.edu/\">AlertTahoe Web site\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>University of Nevada, Reno scientists are working on technology to use “machine vision – to teach computers to spot the fires without humans,” Kent said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re sort of crowd-sourcing lookout towers,” he said. “Anybody in this room, if they are feeling anxious or just have a premonition, they can go onto AlertTahoe, right click on the camera pane and see the time lapse. We could have hundreds of people searching for fires at any one time – people who are just basically concerned.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kent said the video feeds help fire managers make more efficient decisions deploying resources during the early stages of attack after a lightning strike is reported.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“In the old days, you would send a spotter plane at great expense, or you would guess and send too few or too many people,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He said one of the Tahoe cameras picked up smoke after a storm last summer at a time most of the area crews had been sent off to fight fires in Montana, Idaho and Northern California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They put a helicopter with a bucket on it and it was out after burning less than an acre,” Kent said.\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cp>Benicia’s \u003ca href=\"http://www.ci.benicia.ca.us/index.asp?SEC=44047FFF-931D-4064-A8FE-9D39C8E9F3A1&Type=B_LIST\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">City Council \u003c/a>voted 3-2 Tuesday to postpone a decision on Valero’s plan to build a \u003ca href=\"http://www.beniciacbr.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">railroad terminal\u003c/a> at its refinery near the Suisun Bay.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Chris Howe, health and safety director for the Valero refinery, said the company asked to delay the decision until the federal agency that regulates railroads provides some guidance to Benicia officials.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think they felt that they had a responsibility to be best informed before they made their decision,” Howe said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Valero wants to build a rail terminal to connect the refinery to Union Pacific’s rail line and be able to bring in up to 70,000 barrels of crude a day.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Many residents in Benicia and officials in communities along the rail line oppose the plan, saying it poses too many environmental risks and increases the threat of injury or death from a derailment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But three city council members said Tuesday it’s unclear whether they can reject Valero’s oil-by-rail terminal without violating federal authority over railroads.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Vice Mayor Mark Hughes voted to give the \u003ca href=\"http://www.stb.dot.gov/stb/about/overview.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Surface Transportation Board\u003c/a> until Sept. 20 to weigh in on the question of federal preemption.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I don’t like the fact that we don’t have some control — or that somebody’s telling us we don’t have control — of what goes on in or near our city,” Hughes said. “But the fact is, this isn’t about whether I like federal preemption or not. The question is whether it applies to this project.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Valero already imports crude by ship and pipeline.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This project would provide us a third means — primarily offsetting crude that we would have otherwise brought in by ship,” Howe said during a recent tour of the Benicia facility. “It doesn’t change any emissions from the refinery or our throughput here at the refinery.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But opponents of the project say it would expose communities along the railroad to new and greater risks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10935078\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/04/RS19220_IMG_6595-qut.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-10935078\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/04/RS19220_IMG_6595-qut-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"Chris Howe, safety director for Valero's Benicia refinery, points to where trains would come to deliver crude oil during a tour on March 2, 2016.\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-10935078\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/04/RS19220_IMG_6595-qut-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/04/RS19220_IMG_6595-qut-400x300.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/04/RS19220_IMG_6595-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/04/RS19220_IMG_6595-qut-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/04/RS19220_IMG_6595-qut-960x720.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Chris Howe, safety director for Valero’s Benicia refinery, points to where trains would come to deliver crude oil during a tour on March 2, 2016. \u003ccite>(Julie Small/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>An \u003ca href=\"http://www.ci.benicia.ca.us/index.asp?SEC=B7EDC93A-FFF0-4A14-9B1A-1C8563BC256A&DE=26D88AB1-BB3F-4FF2-9924-D38F31BA0EA4&Type=B_BASIC\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">environmental review\u003c/a> finalized in January found Valero’s plan would have 11 significant and unavoidable impacts. Among them, worsening air quality, increased green house gas emissions and greater risk for injury or death from a train derailment — like the 2013 \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ykv9Arbrwbg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">oil train disaster\u003c/a> in Quebec in that killed 47 people.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think it’s a foolhardy project,” said Jack Ruszel, who owns a production wood shop down the block from the proposed site for Valero’s rail terminal. “Their trains, which they’re requesting to come in, are going to cross my driveway four times a day.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Valero plans to haul two trains a day — pulling 50 tanker cars a piece — through Sacramento and Davis on the way to the Benicia.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Sacramento Area Council of Governments and Davis city officials have some demands for Valero and Union Pacific. They want the company to provide more training and resources for emergency responders and to load and transport the crude in the safest possible way, using the most modern tanker cars.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Benicia’s Planning Commission cited many of those concerns when it unanimously \u003ca href=\"http://beniciaindependent.com/released-benicia-planning-commission-resolution-to-deny-valero-permit/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">denied Valero’s permit\u003c/a> request in February.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The oil company appealed the decision to the City Council and announced plans to petition the Surface Transportation Board to issue an opinion to resolve the controversy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>They also asked city officials to delay any decision on the project until the federal agency responds.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Valero’s attorneys have argued that any attempt to impose conditions on how the railroad operates — even indirectly by opposing the oil-by-rail terminal — violates interstate commerce laws.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California Attorney General Kamala Harris disagreed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In an April 14 letter on behalf of Harris to Benicia officials, Deputy Attorney General Scott Lichtig wrote that federal preemption did not apply to a project proposed by an oil company — not a traditional “rail carrier” as defined in federal law.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He wrote that the California Environmental Quality Act actually requires Benicia to consider all the foreseeable environmental impacts of Valero’s oil-by-rail terminal.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“For Benicia to turn a blind eye to the most serious of the project’s environmental impacts, merely because they flow from federally regulated rail operations, would be contrary to both state and federal law,” the letter says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Benicia Mayor Elizabeth Patterson opposed delaying a decision on the Valero project.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She said three years of environmental review and public testimony on the risks the project poses to the health and welfare of residents provided enough information to reject it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If you’re suggesting the we should allow the Surface Transportation Board to make an opinion about the land use — and that they could in fact preempt our authority in land use — they’ve got a fight on their hands,” Patterson told the council.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Read the letter from the Attorney General’s Office below:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[scribd id=309879965 key=key-45Qns8eRmjUDAcWFXwu8 mode=scroll]\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But three city council members said Tuesday it’s unclear whether they can reject Valero’s oil-by-rail terminal without violating federal authority over railroads.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Vice Mayor Mark Hughes voted to give the \u003ca href=\"http://www.stb.dot.gov/stb/about/overview.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Surface Transportation Board\u003c/a> until Sept. 20 to weigh in on the question of federal preemption.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I don’t like the fact that we don’t have some control — or that somebody’s telling us we don’t have control — of what goes on in or near our city,” Hughes said. “But the fact is, this isn’t about whether I like federal preemption or not. 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