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The families facing a food crisis in school holidays | Letters
By Guardian Staff

Andrew Forsey urges the government to restore the link between free school meals and the holiday activities and food programme

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/sep/16/the-families-facing-a-food-crisis-in-school-holidays

#Children #Society #Politics #Poverty #Health #Inequality #UKnews #Schoolmeals #Benefits #Foodpoverty #Socialexclusion #TheGuardian #GuardianStaff

https://www.europesays.com/africa/429383/ Uganda to Introduce Contributory Pension Scheme for Civil Servants in 2027 #Benefits #Employees #Government #pension #public #Retirement #Scheme #service #Uganda

State faces $47 million in new costs as thousands lose benefits under federal law https://www.diningandcooking.com/us/13700/ #Alabama #banks #benefits #cuts #food #Georgia #GeorgiaDining #GeorgiaFood #GeorgiaGroceryStores #GeorgiaRestaurants #rules #SNAP #work

SC delays changes to SNAP restricting candy, soda purchases https://www.diningandcooking.com/us/13468/ #benefits #candy #changes #eat #food #healthy #mcmaster #processed #purchases #SNAP #SnapProgram #SouthCarolina #SouthCarolinaDining #SouthCarolinaFood #SouthCarolinaGroceryStores #SouthCarolinaRestaurants #sugar #sweet #unhealthy

63,000 in CT have lost food aid this year, double officials’ projections, report says – Hartford Courant https://www.diningandcooking.com/us/13452/ #211 #aid #benefits #bridgeport #CathyOsten #connecticut #ConnecticutDining #ConnecticutFood #ConnecticutGroceryStores #ConnecticutRestaurants #CTNews #CtVoicesForChildren #DonaldTrump #dss #economy #FoodStamps #Hartford #HartfordCourant #hunger #LocalNews #MattLesser #MaxImagePreview #meriden #NewBritain #Nutrition #politics #poverty #republicans #SNAP #Waterbury

63,000 in CT have lost food aid this year, double officials’ projections, report says – Hartford Courant https://www.diningandcooking.com/us/13452/ #211 #aid #benefits #bridgeport #CathyOsten #connecticut #ConnecticutDining #ConnecticutFood #ConnecticutGroceryStores #ConnecticutRestaurants #CTNews #CtVoicesForChildren #DonaldTrump #dss #economy #FoodStamps #Hartford #HartfordCourant #hunger #LocalNews #MattLesser #MaxImagePreview #meriden #NewBritain #Nutrition #politics #poverty #republicans #SNAP #Waterbury

63,000 in CT have lost food aid this year, double officials’ projections, report says – Hartford Courant https://www.diningandcooking.com/us/13452/ #211 #aid #benefits #bridgeport #CathyOsten #connecticut #ConnecticutDining #ConnecticutFood #ConnecticutGroceryStores #ConnecticutRestaurants #CTNews #CtVoicesForChildren #DonaldTrump #dss #economy #FoodStamps #Hartford #HartfordCourant #hunger #LocalNews #MattLesser #MaxImagePreview #meriden #NewBritain #Nutrition #politics #poverty #republicans #SNAP #Waterbury

63,000 in CT have lost food aid this year, double officials’ projections, report says – Hartford Courant https://www.diningandcooking.com/us/13452/ #211 #aid #benefits #bridgeport #CathyOsten #connecticut #ConnecticutDining #ConnecticutFood #ConnecticutGroceryStores #ConnecticutRestaurants #CTNews #CtVoicesForChildren #DonaldTrump #dss #economy #FoodStamps #Hartford #HartfordCourant #hunger #LocalNews #MattLesser #MaxImagePreview #meriden #NewBritain #Nutrition #politics #poverty #republicans #SNAP #Waterbury

Federal cuts are hitting Illinois food assistance recipients — and the farmers who feed them https://www.diningandcooking.com/us/13008/ #25news #administration #assistance #benefits #changes #cuts #cutting #donald #eligibility #farmers #federal #feed #food #hitting #hundreds #hurting #Illinois #IllinoisDining #IllinoisFood #IllinoisGroceryStores #IllinoisRestaurants #President #recipients #Residents #small #SNAP #support #them #thousands #Trump #week #who

Federal cuts are hitting Illinois food assistance recipients — and the farmers who feed them https://www.diningandcooking.com/us/13008/ #25news #administration #assistance #benefits #changes #cuts #cutting #donald #eligibility #farmers #federal #feed #food #hitting #hundreds #hurting #Illinois #IllinoisDining #IllinoisFood #IllinoisGroceryStores #IllinoisRestaurants #President #recipients #Residents #small #SNAP #support #them #thousands #Trump #week #who

Federal cuts are hitting Illinois food assistance recipients — and the farmers who feed them https://www.diningandcooking.com/us/13008/ #25news #administration #assistance #benefits #changes #cuts #cutting #donald #eligibility #farmers #federal #feed #food #hitting #hundreds #hurting #Illinois #IllinoisDining #IllinoisFood #IllinoisGroceryStores #IllinoisRestaurants #President #recipients #Residents #small #SNAP #support #them #thousands #Trump #week #who

Federal cuts are hitting Illinois food assistance recipients — and the farmers who feed them https://www.diningandcooking.com/us/13008/ #25news #administration #assistance #benefits #changes #cuts #cutting #donald #eligibility #farmers #federal #feed #food #hitting #hundreds #hurting #Illinois #IllinoisDining #IllinoisFood #IllinoisGroceryStores #IllinoisRestaurants #President #recipients #Residents #small #SNAP #support #them #thousands #Trump #week #who

Food insecurity affecting many Kentuckians statewide https://www.diningandcooking.com/us/12756/ #act #Arkansas #benefits #center #climb #cumbers #economic #food #inflation #insecure #insecurity #Kentucky #KentuckyDining #KentuckyFood #KentuckyGroceryStores #KentuckyRestaurants #ky #ONEBIGBEAUTIFULBILL #pantry #policy #secure #SNAP #USDA #workers

Food insecurity affecting many Kentuckians statewide https://www.diningandcooking.com/us/12756/ #act #Arkansas #benefits #center #climb #cumbers #economic #food #inflation #insecure #insecurity #Kentucky #KentuckyDining #KentuckyFood #KentuckyGroceryStores #KentuckyRestaurants #ky #ONEBIGBEAUTIFULBILL #pantry #policy #secure #SNAP #USDA #workers

Food insecurity affecting many Kentuckians statewide https://www.diningandcooking.com/us/12756/ #act #Arkansas #benefits #center #climb #cumbers #economic #food #inflation #insecure #insecurity #Kentucky #KentuckyDining #KentuckyFood #KentuckyGroceryStores #KentuckyRestaurants #ky #ONEBIGBEAUTIFULBILL #pantry #policy #secure #SNAP #USDA #workers

Food insecurity affecting many Kentuckians statewide https://www.diningandcooking.com/us/12756/ #act #Arkansas #benefits #center #climb #cumbers #economic #food #inflation #insecure #insecurity #Kentucky #KentuckyDining #KentuckyFood #KentuckyGroceryStores #KentuckyRestaurants #ky #ONEBIGBEAUTIFULBILL #pantry #policy #secure #SNAP #USDA #workers

States and cities sue Trump administration over policy restricting green card benefits
By Adria R Walker

The policy allows immigration officers the authority to deny green cards to those using public benefits

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/sep/14/trump-immigration-snap-lawsuit

#USnews #USimmigration #NewYork #Trumpadministration #Benefits #ZohranMamdani #TheGuardian #AdriaRWalker

States and cities sue Trump administration over policy restricting green card benefits
By Adria R Walker

The policy allows immigration officers the authority to deny green cards to those using public benefits

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/sep/14/trump-immigration-snap-lawsuit

#USnews #USimmigration #NewYork #Trumpadministration #Benefits #ZohranMamdani #TheGuardian #AdriaRWalker

States and cities sue Trump administration over policy restricting green card benefits
By Adria R Walker

The policy allows immigration officers the authority to deny green cards to those using public benefits

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/sep/14/trump-immigration-snap-lawsuit

#USnews #USimmigration #NewYork #Trumpadministration #Benefits #ZohranMamdani #TheGuardian #AdriaRWalker

States and cities sue Trump administration over policy restricting green card benefits
By Adria R Walker

The policy allows immigration officers the authority to deny green cards to those using public benefits

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/sep/14/trump-immigration-snap-lawsuit

#USnews #USimmigration #NewYork #Trumpadministration #Benefits #ZohranMamdani #TheGuardian #AdriaRWalker

States and cities sue Trump administration over policy restricting green card benefits https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/sep/14/trump-immigration-snap-lawsuit #UsNews #UsImmigration #NewYork #TrumpAdministration #Benefits #ZohranMamdani

States and cities sue Trump administration over policy restricting green card benefits https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/sep/14/trump-immigration-snap-lawsuit #UsNews #UsImmigration #NewYork #TrumpAdministration #Benefits #ZohranMamdani

States and cities sue Trump administration over policy restricting green card benefits https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/sep/14/trump-immigration-snap-lawsuit #UsNews #UsImmigration #NewYork #TrumpAdministration #Benefits #ZohranMamdani

States and cities sue Trump administration over policy restricting green card benefits https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/sep/14/trump-immigration-snap-lawsuit #UsNews #UsImmigration #NewYork #TrumpAdministration #Benefits #ZohranMamdani

States and cities sue Trump administration over policy restricting green card benefits https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/sep/14/trump-immigration-snap-lawsuit #UsNews #UsImmigration #NewYork #TrumpAdministration #Benefits #ZohranMamdani

The NGO Trap: How a $1 Trillion Industry Learned to Love African Poverty by Lawson Akhigbe

https://lawakhigbe.com/2026/09/09/the-ngo-trap-how-a-1-trillion-industry-learned-to-love-african-poverty-by-lawson-akhigbe/

Weird idea to stop #waste, #fraud, and, #abuse of #taxpayer #money.

If a #corporation's #employees qualify for #government #assistance, the corporation is required to #reimburse the assistance #program for #benefits disbursed, plus an additional percentage to cover the #cost of overhead and collection of money owed.

This would apply to employees working 30+ hours/week or who work any number of hours while holding multiple jobs.

I love my neighbors, but my #tax dollars should not be subsidizing #corporate #profit.

Weird idea to stop #waste, #fraud, and, #abuse of #taxpayer #money.

If a #corporation's #employees qualify for #government #assistance, the corporation is required to #reimburse the assistance #program for #benefits disbursed, plus an additional percentage to cover the #cost of overhead and collection of money owed.

This would apply to employees working 30+ hours/week or who work any number of hours while holding multiple jobs.

I love my neighbors, but my #tax dollars should not be subsidizing #corporate #profit.

Weird idea to stop #waste, #fraud, and, #abuse of #taxpayer #money.

If a #corporation's #employees qualify for #government #assistance, the corporation is required to #reimburse the assistance #program for #benefits disbursed, plus an additional percentage to cover the #cost of overhead and collection of money owed.

This would apply to employees working 30+ hours/week or who work any number of hours while holding multiple jobs.

I love my neighbors, but my #tax dollars should not be subsidizing #corporate #profit.

Weird idea to stop #waste, #fraud, and, #abuse of #taxpayer #money.

If a #corporation's #employees qualify for #government #assistance, the corporation is required to #reimburse the assistance #program for #benefits disbursed, plus an additional percentage to cover the #cost of overhead and collection of money owed.

This would apply to employees working 30+ hours/week or who work any number of hours while holding multiple jobs.

I love my neighbors, but my #tax dollars should not be subsidizing #corporate #profit.

Weird idea to stop #wasee, #fraud, and, #abuse of #taxpayer #money.

If a #corporation's #employees qualify for #government #assistance, the corporation is required to #reimburse the assistance #program for #benefits disbursed, plus an additional percentage to cover the #cost of overhead and collection of money owed.

This would apply to employees working 30+ hours/week or who work any number of hours while holding multiple jobs.

I love my neighbors, but my #tax dollars should not be subsidizing #corporate #profit.

Busy Beavers - The Turbidity Signature Of Ecosystem Engineers At Work
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https://doi.org/10.1002/hyp.70661 <-- shared paper
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H/T @alan Puttock
“Beavers are the quintessential ecosystem engineers. In slow-flowing streams, they create complex wetlands with ponds by building dams and canals that can positively impact biodiversity, hydrology and water quality. These activities can interchangeably capture or release sediment along the watercourse. To date this has not been quantified at the resolution of rainfall events or beaver activity. This study used 15-min frequency, sustained monitoring upstream and downstream of a newly establishing beaver wetland to measure episodic changes in water turbidity at an event resolution. Monitoring showed no significant differences between upstream and downstream turbidity over 160 days when the first pair of beavers, known not to be building dams or canals, were resident. Shortly after introduction of another beaver pair, however, dam building, burrows and canal excavations were quickly observed, resulting in the creation of a complex beaver wetland between 2021 and 2024. Monitoring over 375 days during this period showed significant differences. Downstream turbidity was significantly higher overall than upstream: 13.1 Nephelometric Turbidity Units (NTU) compared to 4.2 NTU. Stochastic spikes in downstream turbidity during the study period not recorded upstream were associated with dam building and burrowing. Overall, there was no significant difference in turbidity loads, which was at least partially explained by a reduction in discharge downstream, particularly in higher flows, during the dam building period. This demonstrates a complex system with the trapping of influent sediment, the storing of water and the periodic release of beaver wetland sediment leading to net balance in loads. These results help provide context for other studies which have used temporally discrete sampling campaigns rather than continuous high-frequency monitoring. They provide a unique insight into the downstream impacts of a rapidly developing beaver wetland over its first three and a half years in a landscape that hasn't had beavers for over 400 years…"
#hydromorphic #water #hydrology #dam #beaverdam #waterquality #biodiversity #ecology #benefits #NatureBasedSolutions #Wetlands #Ecology #Biodiversity #EnvironmentalScience #Wildlife #Ecosystem #bioviversity #conservation #restoration #landscaperecovery #floodmanagement #FloodMitigation #flooding #energy #floodrisk #sustainability #wetlands #hydrography #dams #impoundment #deadwood #waterresources #landscapeengineer #benefits #vegetation #ecology #ecosystem #riversystemsstabilisation #naturalwaterregulation #resilience #valleysreborn #fisheries #invertebrates #extremeweather #floodflows #sediment #baseflow #drought #landmanagement #naturalsystems #landuse #monitoring #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal

Eager Beavers - Rodents Engineer Czech Wetland Project After Years Of Human Delay [ecosystem engineers]
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https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/feb/11/beavers-save-czech-taxpayers-by-flooding-ex-army-training-site <-- shared technical media article
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beaver-engineered_dam_in_the_Czech_Republic <-- shared wiki technical page
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https://phys.org/news/2025-02-fine-beavers-czech-treasury-million.html <-- shared technical article
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https://youtu.be/GSTw8qmBP4Y?si=XK2Iy2pAltW91flj <-- shared video (Czech)
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H/T @ScienceGirl
"We don't expect any conflict with the beaver in the next 10 years," ~ Bohumil Fiser from the Czech Nature Conservation Agency
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“For seven years, planners struggled to complete a $1.2 million wetland restoration project in the Brdy region of the Czech Republic. The goal was to build a dam that would improve water management and bring back valuable wetland habitat, but the project remained trapped in a maze of permits and approvals.
Then a family of eight Eurasian beavers did what engineers had planned… without permits, machinery, or a budget.
The beavers built a network of dams in almost the exact area chosen for the proposed project, naturally restoring the wetland system officials had spent years trying to create. After seeing the results, authorities decided there was little point continuing with the original human-built dam.
Although some reports suggested the beavers completed the work overnight, experts say their construction likely took several weeks. The reason it seemed sudden is that the animals quietly worked away until their finished dams became impossible to miss.
Beavers are known as “ecosystem engineers” because their behaviour can reshape entire environments. By cutting trees and blocking streams, they create ponds and wetlands that support countless species, including fish, amphibians, insects, birds, and mammals.
Their wetlands also act as natural water reservoirs, helping during droughts, reducing flood risks, filtering water, storing carbon, and keeping landscapes wetter during wildfires…
Once heavily hunted across Europe, beaver populations have been recovering thanks to conservation efforts, proving that sometimes nature can solve problems humans spend years trying to fix…"
#water #hydrology #KlabavaRiver #Czech #BrdyRegion #protected #CzechRepublic #armytraining #military #beaver #Eurasianbeavers #dam #beaverdam #waterquality #restoration #biodiversity #crayfish #wetland #ecology #benefits #Beavers #NatureBasedSolutions #Wetlands #Ecology #Biodiversity #Agroforestry #EnvironmentalScience #Conservation #Wildlife #Ecosystem #bioviversity #conservation #restoration #landscaperecovery #EcosystemEngineers #nature #floodmanagement #FloodMitigation #flood #flooding #energy #floodrisk #sustainability #wetlands #hydrography #dams #impoundment #deadwood #waterresources #landscapeengineer #agriculture #benefits #vegetation #ecology #ecosystem #riversystemsstabilisation #naturalwaterregulation #resilience #drought #wildfire #valleysreborn #slowdetermination #fisheries #invertebrates #extremeweather #floodflows #sediment #baseflow #drought #landmanagement #naturalsystems #landuse #ecosystemengineers #watermanagement

🦫 Could Beavers Help Tackle One Of Climate Change’s Fastest-Growing Challenges? [UK] 🦫
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https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/climate-change-beavers-hidden-battle-against-britains-rome-cook-frgve/ <-- shared technical article
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https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cx26r1gz1x8o <-- shared media article, “Beavers have helped reduce flood risk…”
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https://www.wildlifetrusts.org/saving-species/beavers <-- shared overview, beavers in the UK
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https://www.npr.org/2026/05/21/nx-s1-5738979/beavers-britain-climate-change-flooding <-- shared media article, “As floods get worse, Britain tries a new solution: beavers”
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https://www.rewildingbritain.org.uk/why-rewild/reintroductions-key-species/key-species/eurasian-beaver <-- shared reintroduction overview
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https://youtu.be/NXZjt1M6loY?si=pwjU0t1GXxGLfNnD <-- shared video, “Watch the moment wild beavers return to Cornwall” [UK]
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https://youtu.be/65HBgO33GDo?si=2qfBAa2Qaz23I81g <-- shared video, “First Beavers in Bedfordshire in over 400 years” [UK]
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https://scottishwildlifetrust.org.uk/our-work/our-projects/scottish-beavers/ <-- shared overview, beaver reintroduction into Scotland
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https://youtu.be/vCjvCQHX7mQ?si=fJS9E1wi0LyDq5Fw <-- shared video, “Scotland Released 11 Beavers Into a Dead River — What They Did With Mud and Sticks Was [amazing]”
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H/T @RomeCook
“In [this] article, [the author] explore[s]:
🌿 How beaver-created wetlands support biodiversity
🦟 Their potential influence on mosquitoes and other insect pests
🕷️ The indirect role they may play in tick ecology
🦇 How dragonflies, bats, birds, amphibians and beneficial insects contribute to natural pest regulation
🚜 What this could mean for sustainable agriculture and agroforestry
🌍 Why this matters for biodiversity, farming, and human and animal health in a changing climate…
The beaver isn’t simply creating wetlands. It may be rebuilding the ecological balance that our landscapes have gradually lost….”
#Beavers #BeaverConference2026 #NatureBasedSolutions #Wetlands #Ecology #Biodiversity #Entomology #IntegratedPestManagement #BiologicalControl #Agroforestry #SustainableAgriculture #ClimateChange #OneHealth #EnvironmentalScience #Conservation #Research #ResearchCollaboration #Wildlife #EcosystemServices #bioviversity #conservation #restoration #landscaperecovery #trophiccascade #Rewilding #Nature #SpeciesReintroduction #Environment #EcosystemEngineers #nature #restoration #floodmanagement #FloodMitigation #flood #flooding #floodrisk #sustainability #wetlands #hydrography #hydrology #dams #impoundment #deadwood #waterresources #landscapeengineer # agriculture #benefits #agroforestry #vegetation #waterquality #ecology #ecosystem #restoration #riversystemsstabilisation #climatechange

According to a recent study by researchers at the Ifo Institute, shortening the duration of short-time work allowance could help alleviate the current shortage... https://news.osna.fm/?p=47199 | #news #benefits #finds #labor #needed

Keir Starmer announces U-turn on the government's winter fuel policy.

Huffington Post UK has the details:
https://flip.it/qIbaUj

#WinterFuel #UK #Benefits #KeirStarmer #UKGovernment #UKPolitics

Republicans have had remarkable success mobilizing resentment against school teachers, or auto workers (and not, significantly, against the school administrators or auto industry managers who actually cause the problems) for their #supposedly #bloated #wages and #benefits.
It's as if they are being told
‘but you get to teach children! Or make cars! You get to have #real #jobs! And on top of that you have the nerve to also expect middle-class pensions and health care?’

If someone had designed a work regime perfectly suited to maintaining the #power of #finance #capital, it's hard to see how they could have done a better job.
Real, productive workers are relentlessly squeezed and exploited.
The remainder are divided between a terrorised stratum of the, universally reviled, unemployed and a larger stratum who are basically paid to do nothing, in positions designed to make them identify with the perspectives and sensibilities of the ruling class (managers, administrators, etc.)
—and particularly its financial avatars
—but, at the same time, foster a simmering resentment against anyone whose work has clear and undeniable social value.

Clearly, the system was never consciously designed.
It emerged from almost a century of trial and error.
But it is the only explanation for why, despite our technological capacities, we are not all working 3–4 hour days.

https://strikemag.org/bullshit-jobs/

Inflation Reduction Act Accelerates USGS Effort To Collect High-Resolution Data Of Landscapes Across 25 States [3DEP LiDAR and other elevation open datasets]
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https://www.usgs.gov/news/national-news-release/inflation-reduction-act-accelerates-usgs-effort-collect-high-resolution <-- USGS news release
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #NGTOC #3DEP #elevation #lidar #ifsar #opendata #ira #infrastructure #USGS #CONUS #Alaska #topography #pointcloud #dem #costbenefit #roi #benefits #naturalresources #3delevationprogram #funding #seamless #1metre #topobathy #CoNED #tbdem #hydrospatial #bathymetry #landscapes #landcover #hydrology #riverbeds #precisionagriculture #floodmapping #flooding #ecosystems #partnerships

#Meanwhile...

#InTodaysAdventure...

#MrBenn advises #CarlosTheJackal on the #Benefits of #SPFSkinCream...

🧙:spinning_pinwheel:​🤖🐺🤖:spinning_pinwheel:​🧙 | :fediverse:​🦹:loading:​🦄​​:loading:​🦹:fediverse:

https://twitter.com/PearRaider/status/1549371476150693889

3D Nation Study Hub Site Now Available! [NOAA + USGS]
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https://nauticalcharts.noaa.gov/updates/3d-nation-study-hub-site-now-available/ <-- NOAA technical article / ‘press release’
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https://iocm.noaa.gov/planning/3DNationStudy.html <-- NOAA 3D Nation Elevation Requirements and Benefits Study
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #elevation #opendata #bathymetry #webportal #data #businesscase #offshore #benefits #benefitsstudy #3D #data #terrestrial #marine #offshore #hydrospatial #usecase #national #USA #datasets #datacollection #planning #3DNation #3DTNM #3DEP #topobathy #topographic #bathymetric #coast #coastal #businessuse #maps #CoNED #gischat #NOAA #USGS
@NOAA @USGS