#landuse — Public Fediverse posts

"Data centers represent 27% of development sites in the U.S. this year. It’s the second-highest category after apartment buildings..."

Land prices are up 79% from last year.

And "home builders cannot bid in that market, because a builder’s land budget is capped by what home buyers can afford. A data center operator faces no such constraint. The result is ... no homes at all."

#USA #AI #DataCenters #LandUse #housing #farming
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https://www.cnbc.com/2026/09/06/ai-data-centers-are-transforming-rural-land-markets-fueling-backlash.html

"Data centers represent 27% of development sites in the U.S. this year. It’s the second-highest category after apartment buildings..."

Land prices are up 79% from last year.

And "home builders cannot bid in that market, because a builder’s land budget is capped by what home buyers can afford. A data center operator faces no such constraint. The result is ... no homes at all."

#USA #AI #DataCenters #LandUse #housing #farming
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https://www.cnbc.com/2026/09/06/ai-data-centers-are-transforming-rural-land-markets-fueling-backlash.html

"Data centers represent 27% of development sites in the U.S. this year. It’s the second-highest category after apartment buildings..."

Land prices are up 79% from last year.

And "home builders cannot bid in that market, because a builder’s land budget is capped by what home buyers can afford. A data center operator faces no such constraint. The result is ... no homes at all."

#USA #AI #DataCenters #LandUse #housing #farming
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https://www.cnbc.com/2026/09/06/ai-data-centers-are-transforming-rural-land-markets-fueling-backlash.html

"Data centers represent 27% of development sites in the U.S. this year. It’s the second-highest category after apartment buildings..."

Land prices are up 79% from last year.

And "home builders cannot bid in that market, because a builder’s land budget is capped by what home buyers can afford. A data center operator faces no such constraint. The result is ... no homes at all."

#USA #AI #DataCenters #LandUse #housing #farming
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https://www.cnbc.com/2026/09/06/ai-data-centers-are-transforming-rural-land-markets-fueling-backlash.html

"Data centers represent 27% of development sites in the U.S. this year. It’s the second-highest category after apartment buildings..."

Land prices are up 79% from last year.

And "home builders cannot bid in that market, because a builder’s land budget is capped by what home buyers can afford. A data center operator faces no such constraint. The result is ... no homes at all."

#USA #AI #DataCenters #LandUse #housing #farming
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https://www.cnbc.com/2026/09/06/ai-data-centers-are-transforming-rural-land-markets-fueling-backlash.html

- doi.org/10.1038/d415...
- www.unep.org/news-and-sto...
- wedocs.unep.org/handle/20.50...
#ClimateChange #Carbon #Policies #DecisionMaking #Emissions #Mitigation #DietaryChange #Diets #LandUse

UN finally admits global warmi...

”When our rewilding program started, many big corporations offered us huge amounts of money if we certified carbon credits. We consulted with communities. But our answer was that we don’t sell nature.”

#climateFinance #wetlands #rewetting #prevention #deterrence #rewilding #Finland #Karelia #peatland #restoration #landUse #peatlands #nature #carbon #carbonSinks #CDR #wildfires #offsets #carbonOffsets #communities

Adherence to an adapted Planetary Health Diet (more fruits & #legumes; less #dairy, red #meat, animal fats & added #sugar) in China was linked to reduced GHG #emissions, water use & #landuse, as well as lower risk of all-cause mortality: doi.org/10.1007/s003... #environment #health #footprint

From Ireland Land Use Review latest report: “sustainable land use requires very significant change”.

Explanations by Caroline O'Doherty:
"Agriculture is the main polluter of waterways, half of which fail to meet minimum environmental standards.
"It is responsible for 38 per cent of national emissions – the largest of any sector.
"It is the number one pressure on wildlife and natural habitats, 90 per cent of which are in poor condition."

By subscription: https://www.irishtimes.com/life-style/2026/08/09/how-irelands-land-is-used-and-why-it-has-to-change/
Archived: https://archive.ph/Al4qw#selection-2163.0-2177.107

#landUse #viability #property #sustainability #water #publicHealth #biomethane #tillage #forestry #Ireland #emissions #agriculture #footprint #GHG #methane #globalHeating #agribusiness #meat #cattle #climateChange #dairy

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

#Mining sub-Saharan Africa is expanding rapidly. This poses a key threat to tropical forests.

"For every hectare of direct deforestation due to the mine footprint, mining triggers, on average, 34 hectares of additional offsite loss within five years through ancillary activities, including agriculture and settlements. Mines extracting cobalt and copper—key energy transition minerals—caused the highest amount of additional deforestation."

Morton et al. (2026). "Mining triggers extensive additional deforestation in sub-Saharan Africa" https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-026-10551-2 🧩 🧵

#extraction #landscape #pollution #cobalt #copper #gold #climateChange #rivers #deforestation #soil #carbon #causality #land #footprint #forests #landLoss #landUse #Africa #Congo #DRC #Centrafrique #Zambia #ZA #SouthAfrica

#Sugar is produced in high volumes and often consumed as empty calories in #confectionery products—40% of which in Europe, where related GHG #emissions are 3m tons CO₂eq and #landuse is 250k ha. Reallocation of land from sugar crops could improve #environment & human health: doi.org/10.1007/s410...

Land Use and Greenhouse Gas Em...

Mapping Multifunctionality In Remote Patagonian Forest Landscapes Reveals High-Value Ecosystems Beyond Protected Areas
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https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-026-03515-x <-- shared paper
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H/T @Peter Potapov | Researcher at the World Resources Institute (WRI)
“This paper is] a strong example of multifunctionality analysis applied to conservation planning. The study mapped six ecosystem functions, including carbon storage, nutrient availability, water regulation, erosion control, habitat quality, and ecological connectivity. [The author] combined satellite data, field soil sampling, and spatial modeling for this comprehensive analysis.
Two findings stand out.
1. Old-growth forests had the highest multifunctionality index of any land cover type.
2. 78.5% of the top multifunctionality hotspots fall outside the region's protected areas, even though PAs already cover more than 54% of the territory.
Together, these results make a clear case for expanding conservation of the remaining Intact Forest Landscapes and primary forests in Patagonia and elsewhere…”
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“Remote forest landscapes provide critical references for understanding ecosystem functions (EFs) under low anthropogenic pressure, yet their capacity to sustain multiple EFs simultaneously remains poorly understood. [They] assessed landscape multifunctionality in western Patagonia by integrating satellite indicators, field data, and spatial modeling. Six EFs (carbon storage, nutrient availability, water regulation, erosion control, habitat quality, and ecological connectivity) were mapped, and their spatial relationships and hotspot distribution within and outside protected areas (PAs) were analyzed. Old-growth and secondary forests showed the highest functional performance. Strong synergies (ρ ≥ 0.6) between carbon storage and nutrient availability covered >50% of the landscape, whereas strong trade-offs (ρ ≤ –0.6) were spatially limited ( < 6%). Notably, 78% of multifunctionality hotspots occurred outside PAs, indicating that high-functional-value areas extend beyond formal conservation boundaries. These findings reveal spatial mismatches between multifunctionality and protection status and provide a replicable framework for integrating multifunctionality into conservation planning under global change…”
#Patagonia #chile #aysen #coyhaique #landcover #mapping #spatial #spatialpatterns #spatiotemporal #spatialanalysis #forest #vegetation #oldgrowth #secondgrowth #shrubland #grassland #steppe #ecosystem #habitat #nutrients #water #hydrology #erosion #multifunctionality #multifunctionalityanalysis #protectedareas #landuse #conservationplanning #conservation #ecology #carbonstorage #nutrientavailability #waterregulation #erosioncontrol #habitatquality #ecologicalconnectivity #remotesensing #satellite #earthobservation #modeling

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

With 17 Mha of UK land used for #agriculture and 11 Mha agricultural land abroad linked to food & feed #imports, the land #footprint of these imports should be an important focus when evaluating #environment consequences of UK food consumption: doi.org/10.1371/jour... #FoodSecurity #Trade #LandUse

Global land footprint of UK fo...

"The authors report that the occurrence of extensive deforestation in tandem with climate change will cause the remaining rainforest to lose resilience at global-warming levels of or slightly higher than 1.5 °C — rather than 4 °C — above pre-industrial levels".

Wunderling, N., Sakschewski, B., Rockström, J. et al. "Deforestation-induced drying lowers Amazon climate threshold." (2026). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-026-10456-0

#droughts #deforestation #landGrab #landUse #landUseChange #forests #forest #carbon #carbonSinks #carbonSink #footprint #Brazil #beef #cattle #Amazon #Amazonia #climateChange

Carving out 12 million cubic yards of rock for a toll road eyesore?

The Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission wants to eliminate the Allegheny Tunnels along the Pennsylvania Turnpike (Interstates 70/76) through Allegheny Mountain in Somerset County, Pennsylvania. The tunnels would be replaced with a massive road cut (a.k.a. ‘the Gray Cut’) that would be 250 feet deep, 1,000 feet wide and would require the excavation of 12 million cubic yards of earth and rock. That is not an engineering accomplishment, that’s a plan for a future eyesore.

A recent calculation (confirmed by using Google’s gemini.ai) has shown that 12 million cubic yards of rock would fill an entire football field to the height of a bit more than 5,600 feet…more than a mile high and nearly four Empire State Buildings tall. It would also be the tallest mountain/structure in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Even a natural conical pile of this material would be approximately 1,100 feet high. Where exactly does the Turnpike Commission plan to dump all this material?

Reasons cited for the proposed Gray Cut

The Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission has noted that the cost of upgrading the tunnels would be approximately double that of the Gray Cut. They indicate it is also needed due to anticipated future traffic, improved safety (particularly related to accidents within the tunnels), maintenance costs for the tunnels, and the current need for hazardous cargo loads to bypass the tunnels. According to the turnpike’s website, the preliminary design phase is currently ongoing and is expected to be completed in 2028. If approved for construction, actual work would begin in 2033.

In regards to the cost comparison between the cut and tunnel improvements/upgrades, what never seems to be included in the calculations are the intangible benefits associated with the scenery, wildlife, ecosystems, water resources, culture, history, and lifestyles that would negatively impacted by this project.

“Look Doris, someday you’re going to find that your way of facing this realistic world just doesn’t work. And when you do, don’t overlook those lovely intangibles. You’ll discover they’re the only things that are worthwhile.”

– Fred from Miracle on 34th Street per imdb.com

In addition, many other tunnels across the nation ban hazardous materials. Exactly why is this being used as a reason to build this project here? Maybe manufacturers should be transporting such dangerous stuff on trains instead of trucks on highways? Or perhaps, it should just be an accepted cost of doing business.

Lastly, “anticipated future traffic” can be a tricky calculation. All too often, past data is used to guesstimate futures trends. In reality, unforeseen events can alter those calculations. Unforeseen events like gas prices now hovering around $4.50+ per gallon, with diesel prices running even higher. There are a litany of other things that could change the traffic dynamics – migration patterns, birthrates, car ownership rates, inflation, cyclical economic changes, war, and climate change to name a few.

If this project is being proposed just so the PA Turnpike can better compete with I-80 to the north and I-68 to the south, then that is a very poor reason to cause the extent of anticipated negative impacts listed below. It should be noted that neither I-80 nor I-68 have tunnels nor tolls. The Sideling Hill Cut west of Hancock, Maryland on I-68 is 340 feet deep and 720 feet wide. The much ballyhooed geological display at the site was closed 18 years after completion due to budget cuts. – en.wikipedia.org and mgs.md.gov

In addition, rockfall fencing needed to be added along both sides of the highway in the Sideling Hill Cut in 2023.

Anticipated negative impacts

Not only would such a massive trench leave a permanent disfiguring scar across this scenic mountainous landscape, but it would also have the following negative impacts, as noted by Citizens to Save Allegheny Mountain:

“The proposed Gray Cut would destroy critical wildlife habitats, disrupt migration patterns, and endanger species that rely on the unspoiled wilderness of the Allegheny Mountain.”

“The natural springs and deep wells that provide clean water to nearby communities and are at risk of being polluted or permanently altered by the construction.”

“The project will lead to the removal of forest stand and the displacement of massive amounts of soil and sediment that can never be reestablished or replaced.”

“This irreversible destruction…will also reduce recreational opportunities and threaten traditions such as hunting and fishing opportunities, which are vital to the region’s outdoor lifestyle.”

“The proposed construction will fragment these habitats, making it difficult for wildlife to find food, shelter, and mates.”

“The Gray Cut project jeopardizes these efforts [previous and current restoration efforts along the Stonycreek River Watershed].

“Beyond the Stonycreek River, other neighboring watersheds, including the Raystown Branch of the Juniata River and the Indian Lake Watersheds, are also at risk due to the Allegheny Mountain Tunnel’s unique location at a triple watershed divide.”

“Construction activities associated with the turnpike expansion will significantly increase the risk of soil erosion and sedimentation in nearby streams and rivers.”

“The increased runoff from paved surfaces carries pollutants such as oil, heavy metals, and other toxic substances into water bodies, further impacting the health of our waterways within the Stonycreek River watershed.”

“The noise, dust, and heavy machinery involved in this large-scale construction project would disrupt the lives of local residents and visitors who cherish the peace and quiet of the mountain.”

“The project will disrupt local communities by affecting the water supply for residents who rely on wells and natural springs. The potential contamination of these water sources poses serious health risks, particularly for those who rely on them for daily use.”

“The long-term environmental and social costs far outweigh any short-term economic gains.”

Other impacts not mentioned by Citizen to Save the Allegheny Mountain on their website, include, but are not limited to:

• Increased risk of animal vehicle collisions with the loss of the mountain’s natural wildlife crossing over the turnpike. This may lead to the future need of constructing a new wildlife crossing.

• “Drivers on the proposed highway would lose the tunnel’s protection from the worst of the weather near the turnpike’s highest point, 2,600 feet above sea level, where fog, icing and high winds are frequent hazards.” – penncapital-star.com

• The potential for microclimate changes in weather patterns as a result of the cut. According to google.gemini.ai, these could include: wind-channeling through the cut; alteration to the rain shadow on the east side of the mountain; creation of a cold air sink at the bottom of the cut increasing the likelihood of fog and frost; and disruption to wind patterns along the mountainside.

• The loss of the historic highway tunnels, first built in 1940 and expanded in 1965.

Steps one can take

If you feel this proposed project should go back to the drawing board, consider other alternatives, or be scrapped for upgrading the tunnels, please consider contacting Citizens to Save the Allegheny Mountain through the following links:

• https://savealleghenymountain.com

• https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61565316543351

The organization’s website includes a petition one can sign along with space to provide comments.

Peace!

Wood harvesting and forest management are depleting carbon storage. Old-growth forests in Sweden store ~72% more carbon than the industrial tree plantations that are rapidly replacing them, with soil accounting for most of the difference.

The top meter of soils in lowland primary forests contained roughly 64% of total C on average.

Didac Pascual et al. (2026). https://doi.org/10.1126/science.adz8554

#carbon #carbonSinks #deforestation #timber #emissions #landUse #landUseChange #forests #forestry #offsets

Vertical Land Motion And Human Exposure Across India's Coastal Regions
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https://doi.org/10.1029/2025GL120539 <-- shared paper 🔗
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https://www.indiaspend.com/climate-change/indias-coastal-cities-face-heavy-flooding-risk-due-to-sea-level-rise-970906 <-- shared media article 🔗
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#SeaLevelRise #Subsidence #India #InSAR #radar #Postdoc #GIS #spatial #mapping #inSAR #LandSubsidence #remotesensing #coast #coastal #coastline #India #earthobservation #subsidence #rise #urban #city #SLR #ClimateChange #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #marine #ocean #water #hydrology #risk #hazard #humanimpacts #flood #flooding #model #modeling #floodrisk #infrastructure #damage #costs #economics #verticallandmotion #VLM #ESA #Sentinel #Ahmedabad #Chennai #Amaravathi #Kochi #Kakinada #Kolkata #deltas #estuary #demographics #population #coastalsubsidence #landuse #planning #mitigation #farmland #agriculture #foodsecurity #groundwater #pumping #extraction

Global Subsidence Of River Deltas
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https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-025-09928-6 <-- shared paper
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H/T Wageningen University & Research
“🌊🔍 River deltas are sinking!
A new study [link above] reveals that river deltas worldwide are sinking significantly, faster than sea levels rise..."
#GIS #mapping #spatial #remotesensing #NASA #earthobservation #RiverDelta #ClimateChange #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #water #hydrology #marine #river #delta #coast #coastal #global #subsidence #groundwater #extraction #pumping #overpumping #watertable #hydrogeology #sediment #waterresources #planning #policy #landuse #landscape #hydrogeomorphology #worldwide #riverdelta #humanimpacts #ecosystems #sealevel #sealevelrise #SLR #flood #flooding #landloss #salinity #risk #hazard #salinization #vulnerable #measurements #monitoring #elevation #insar #radar #surfaceelevation #anthropogenic #urbanexpansion

Provisional Land Use Data From Water Year 2024 Is Now Available On [CA]DWR Atlas, CNRA Open Data, And SGMA Data Viewer For Public Use
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https://gis.water.ca.gov/app/CADWRLandUseViewer/?page=home <-- shared web-based CDWR datasets / map
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“The collected data is used by various federal, state, and local agencies, academic researchers and private consultants , and can help estimate the amount of water available for agriculture. Using this information, farmers can adapt and make decisions to better manage scarce water supplies more effectively.”
#GIS #spatial #mapping #California #download #opendata #water #hydrology #datause #datasharing #download #landuse #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #wateryear #DWRAtlas #statewide #CNRA #SGMA #publicdata #publicgood #usecase #crops #croplands #cropmapping #counties #countysurvey #CADWR #DWR #groundwater #irrigation #wateruse #watermanagement #federal #state #local #webmapping #agriculture #watersecurity #foodsecurity #watersupply
#CaliforniaDepartmentOfWaterResources

Past And Future Change In Global River Flows
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https://doi.org/10.1038/s43017-025-00745-z <-- shared paper
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#review #water #hydrology #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #waterresources #model #modeling #flow #global #watercycle #humanimpacts #climate #extremeweather #seasonal #dynamics #changes #riverflow #regional #fluvial #pluvial #cryosphere #climatemodel #climatechange #anthropogenic #landuse #watermanagement #model #modeling #terrestrial #ecosystems

Map Reveals How America's Forests Have Changed Over Time
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https://www.newsweek.com/america-forests-change-over-time-2041291 <-- shared 2025 media article
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https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-15-1005-2023 <-- shared 2023 paper
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7055086 <-- shared study datasets
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #remotesensing #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #copernicus #CONUS #USA #forest #model #modeling #landuse #landcover #change #forestland #agriculture #urban #development #cities #industry #vegetation #America #humanimpacts #settlement #decline #cropland #pasture #grassland #grazing #reforestation #deforestation #urbanization #conservation #ecosystems #logging #mining #railroad #infrastructure #forestcover #NLDI #farmland #colonial #LULC #census #climate #hydrology #biogeochemical

🫧 Peatlands' 'huge reservoir' of carbon at risk of release, researchers warn

https://phys.org/news/2025-10-peatlands-huge-reservoir-carbon.html

#peat #carbon #climatechange #environment #ecology #carbonstorage #landuse

New USGS Map Offers An Interactive Look At The Rocks Beneath Our Feet
The Cooperative National Geologic Map is an interactive tool that builds on both cutting-edge technology and decades of mapping by geoscientists.
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https://eos.org/articles/new-usgs-map-offers-an-interactive-look-at-the-rocks-beneath-our-feet <-- shared EOS-source technical article
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https://ngmdb.usgs.gov/nationalgeology/#lat=37.0000&lng=-97.5000&zoom=5&theme=esurf&symbology=synthesis <-- shared @USGS resource
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[recognising that I posted something similar earlier ~smile~]
#GIS #spatial #mapping #data #fedopendata #fedscience #geologicmap #geology #webmap #geologicdata #energy #minerals #mining #waterresources #hydrology #risk #hazard #landuse #infrastructure #planning #realestate #insurance #rock #sediment #mapunits #compilation #criticalminerals #economicgeology #nation #mobile #fieldwork #interactivewebtool #publicgood #online #state #federal #map #usecase #energy #resources #CooperativeNationalGeologicMap #USGS #mainland #CONUS
@USGS

The birth and killing of Black Freedman’s Towns: Part 2: The sins of Austin, Texas

The following is the second in a series of post about the birth and killing of post Emancipation Proclamation and Civil War Black Freedman’s Towns. This one is from deep in the heart of Texas. Given the oft-cited reputation of Austin, Texas, this story may tamp down that lauded renown.

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Clarksville neighborhood of Austin, Texas (1871-1970s)

Wheatville neighborhood of Austin Texas (1867-1930s)

Founded as a Freedman’s Town in 1871, Clarksville was originally one of many such communities situated in and around Austin. It eventually occupied approximately 365 acres. Meanwhile, nearby Wheatville was another Freedman’s Town founded in 1867. Both eventually were swallowed up as a part of the larger capital city as it grew and expanded.

“City neglect of Clarksville manifested as early as 1912, when, in response to a typhoid epidemic that sickened white residents, the city purchased private sewage lines and expanded the system. It did not build sewage lines in Clarksville, turning the bottomland into a receptacle for its own sewage and for increasing amounts of sewage run-off from white neighborhoods on the surrounding hills.”

Source: ctxretold.org

Continued growth and expansion of Austin brought the wanton gaze of monied interests upon both Clarksville and Wheatville, as they were on the scenic hilly and wooded west side of the city. To accelerate this interest, the Austin City Plan of 1928 stressed that the black communities of Austin should be concentrated on the east side, not the more tony west side where Clarksville and Wheatville are situated.

“One of the city plan’s recommendations, detailed mainly in the “Schools” section, is the establishment of a “negro district” on the southeast fringe of the city, east of East Avenue (now Interstate 35) and south of the City Cemetery,[6] which the plan identified as the neighborhood with the highest preexisting concentration of black residents.[8]: 57  After noting that explicitly racial zoning was not legally feasible (thanks to Buchanan v. Warley), the document advises that the city concentrate all public amenities aimed at black citizens in this region, so as to draw the black population to it.”

Source: en.wikipedia.org

To accomplish this nefarious task, the city directed “amenities aimed at black citizens” to the east side as a way of drawing them there from other parts of the city. To accelerate the exodus from Clarksville and Wheatville, Austin also denied access to and from traditional city services for these two neighborhoods including electricity, trash collection, water, and paved streets.

“Despite these environmental hazards and ongoing city neglect – through the 1970s, Clarksville also had no paved roads, city parks, or street lighting – the enclave provided refuge from the economic and psychological toll that Jim Crow took on African Americans.”

Source: ctxretold.org

The exact year of death for the Freedman’s Towns of Clarksville and Wheatville in Austin is hard to specifically pinpoint, as it took some time for their majority black populations to depart. However, there is little doubt that the adoption of Austin’s 1928 City Plan was the signaling of their death knell.

While Wheatville eventually became part of the West Campus of the University Texas, Clarksville suffered a triple-whammy of forced removal with the construction the Mo-Pac Expressway, which tore through the neighborhood in early 1970s, and rising property values (and taxes) making the community unaffordable to many of its original residents. This destruction and more recent gentrification (accelerated by rising values/prices) contributed to the departure of most poor and minority residents from the Clarksville neighborhood. Despite these injustices, 305 acres of the Clarksville neighborhood was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1976.

Unfortunately, the vast majority of those folks who built and shaped the community of Clarksville did not remain there to enjoy the historic honor nor few, if any, benefits of increased home/property values. According to the extraordinary book, Lost In Austin, and other online resources, the average house value in Clarksville now exceeds $1 million. Furthermore, Clarksville along with adjacent Old West Austin are today touted as being part of an exciting Entertainment District, full of trendy places to eat, drink and shop.

Such a designation would seem rather ironic to those who were denied even the most basic of city services almost a century ago. Peace!

p.s. It should be noted that several factors that led to the demise of the Black Freedman’s Towns of Clarksville and Wheatville in Austin have recently played a role in the ongoing gentrification of the East Austin as well. In particular rapid socioeconomic changes and monied development interests have led to its transition into one of the city’s the latest hotspots for redevelopment and investment. Sadly, once again, those who called East Austin home for many years rarely reaped any of the benefits of its newfound “discovery.”

“It’s a lot of money that was lost, a lot of Black landowners and Black homeowners who got pushed out by no fault of their own. They lost out on a significant amount of generational wealth.”

Source: the daily texan.com

SOURCES:

• Hannaford, Alex, Lost In Austin: The Evolution of an American City, 2024
• https://peasepark.org/news/2021/2/28/black-history-month-austin-city-plan-of-1928-segregation-of-the-city
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1928_Austin_city_plan
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clarksville_Historic_District_(Austin,_Texas)
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wheatville,_Austin
• https://www.austintexas.org/austin-insider-blog/post/clarksville-neighborhood/
• https://www.homesville.com/clarksville-austin
• https://ctxretold.org/clarksville/
• https://guidetoaustinarchitecture.com/places/clarksville-historic-district/
• https://www.clarksvillecdc.org/
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Campus,_Austin,_Texas
• https://thedailytexan.com/2023/10/03/the-history-of-wheatville-the-black-community-that-originally-settled-in-west-campus-area/

#Austin #BlackFreedmanSTowns #books #Clarksville #discrimination #displacement #EastAustin #gentrification #highways #history #landUse #LostInAustin #planning #preservations #racism #segregation #Texas #Wheatville #zoning

https://www.southwalesargus.co.uk/news/25231358.land-value-tax-wales-replace-council-tax-rates/ “Proponents argue LVT is easier to collect, more efficient and difficult to avoid, while discouraging speculation and encouraging people to bring idle land back into use.” #Wales #LandValueTax #LandUse #housing #CouncilTax #TaxReform #privilege

[USGS] Landsat At Work – Preparing Residents When Hurricanes Threaten
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Landsat-Based National Land Cover Datasets (NCLD) Helps Predict Wind Risk To Homes And Other Structures
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https://www.usgs.gov/centers/eros/news/landsat-work-preparing-residents-where-hurricanes-threaten <-- shared technical article
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #remotesensing #landsat #satellite #fedopendata #publicgood #fedscience #risk #hazard #model #modeling #actuary #insurance #rates #appraisal #hurricane #naturaldisaster #infrastructure #damage #cost #economics #loss #NLCD #landcover #landuse #evulation #projection #Florida #residential #EROS #USGS #coast #coastline #computermodels #wind #surge #flood #flooding #USGS #NOAA #NASA #EROS #HurricaneLossProjectionMethodology

A New Tool To Characterise The Socio-Environmental Dimensions Of Urban Rivers: Urban River Socio-Environmental Index
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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landurbplan.2025.105388 <-- shared paper
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #EnvironmentalEvaluation #SocioEcosystem #SocialConnectivity #UrbanRiver #Indicators #RiverRestoration #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #water #hydrology #urban #stream #ecosystem #cities #residents #community #nature #humanimpacts #artifical #engineered #URBS #watershed #drainage #management #restoration #geomorphology #hydrogeomorphology #ecology #urbansprawl #interdisciplinary #biophysical #social #community #France #Paris #MorbrasRiver #macroinvertebrates #riparian #vegetation #reaches #typology #landscape #landuse #landcover #variety #blandscaping

Planning for cities with linear skylines

Shown below are some of the cities around the globe that have linear skylines. While these can be visually impressive, especially when set as a backdrop against the coastline or mountains, they also can be challenging from a planning and infrastructure perspective, unless they are adapted properly to address this unique urban landform.

Bear in mind, that linear skylines are not just a coastal or narrow valley phenomenon. Las Vegas is perfect example of an inland city with a very linear skyline that resulted in part due to how the city developed as a desert oasis along a single major corridor. Other examples may result from topographic settings like narrow mountain valleys, river valleys, peninsulas, or islands.

The length of linear skylines can tend to dissuade walking, as the distances between sites can be intimidating. Furthermore, if the focus is too concentrated, primary streets that run the length of the skyline, such as the Las Vegas Strip, can become overwhelmed by traffic and people.

That is why it is important to have viable and efficient alternatives — light rail, buses, bicycling routes, trollies, or as Las Vegas has developed, a monorail line. Safe crossings of busy thoroughfares is also needed. As the image are shows, overpasses or tunnels for pedestrians may be necessary. Otherwise, crosswalks must be set up to allow time for safe movement across the avenues.

In some ways, a linear design can be efficient when it comes to utilities, because they can be focused in a narrower area. However, they must constructed of sufficient size and scale to handle the concentrated needs for water, sewer, electricity, gas, etc. Otherwise, the streets and roads may be constantly torn up to increase capacity. Utility managers will also need to address verticality of the service area, to assure water pressure and other services are maintained at their highest levels.

Another important factor to consider is public safety, particularly from fire-fighting and emergency response standpoints. By their very nature, linear skylines tend to be more dense and as a result taller. This is very evident from the photos provided below. How public safety services address the inherently denser and taller structures is critically important for assuring public safety is always a top priority for avoiding potential tragedies.

Another factor to consider for tourist-oriented linear skyline is the variations between on and off-season. Any and all planning efforts will need to take this into account as the extent of impacts can fluctuate greatly over a calendar year.

What is likely to be the most linear (and perhaps vertical) skyline of them all is the controversial 106 mile long, new city of Neom being constructed in Saudi Arabia (see images above and below. How this project will eventually turn out and whether it will achieve the stated goals of livability and sustainability remains to be seen. If it is successful, it may be a defining development for the future. Otherwise, it could be a precautionary tale to avoid excepting very specialized circumstances.

As has been noted throughout this post, linear skylines can have their challenges. How effectively these are addressed will help determine whether or not the infrastructure and services can meet the concentrated demand. At the same time, the opportunities are not quite as apparent. To this retired planner, ambitious individual developments that are overly lengthy or excessively vertical may not achieve their “lofty” goals. Similarly, it remains to be seen how efficient and effective such a narrow, dense and lengthy urban form can be.

Peace!

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Las Vegas, Nevada – centered along the Strip (Las Vegas Boulevard)

Surfers Paradise, Queensland, Australia and other beachfront cities – centered along the beachfront

Balneário Camboriú, Brazil

Miami Beach, Florida

Daytona Beach

Virginia Beach, Virginia

Ocean City, Maryland

Cancun, Mexico

Grand Rapids, Michigan – the tallest buildings are centered along the Grand River

Pikeville, Kentucky – a very unique linear “semi-circle” in the Appalachian Mountains.

Danang, Vietnam – concentrated along both the river and along the coastline at My Khe Beach

#BalneárioCamboriú #Cancun #cities #coastlines #Danang #DaytonaBeach #downtown #geography #GrandRapids #history #landUse #LasVegas #linearSkylines #MiamiBeach #Neom #OceanCity #Pikeville #planning #skylines #SurfersParadise #topography #transit #transportation #travel #valleys #VirginiaBeach #walking #Yanjing

My thoughts on 'Neoliberal peri‐urban economies and the predicament of dairy farmers: a case study of the Illawarra region, New South Wales' (Ren Hu & Nicholas J. Gill, 2022).

This paper includes a very thorough literary review and insights into the perceptions and experiences of Illawara dairy farmers as the region is urbanised.

The paper is perhaps worth a read if you are concerned with land-use issues in rural communities.

https://joesilver.micro.blog/2025/03/25/my-commentary-on-the-paper.html

#Agriculture #UrbanPlanning #LandUse #Neolibralism #LandUseConflict #Illawara #AcademicCommunity

Permafrost Thaw Threatens Up To 3 Million People In The Arctic
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https://phys.org/news/2025-01-permafrost-threatens-million-people-arctic.html <-- shared technical article
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https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-024-01883-w <-- shared paper
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #arctic #climatechange #permafrost #thaw #communities #impacts #humanimpacts #infrastructure #risk #hazard #northernhemisphere #global #threat #Sweden #greenland #alaska #yukon #russia #canada #norway #landuse #melting #ecosystems #livelihoods #firstnation #indigenous #inhabitants #population #cost #economics #policymaking #planning #management #spatialanalysis #adapation #transportation #supplies #waterquality #watersecurity #foodsecurity #disease #contaminants #multifactor #analysis #MFA #social #culture #cultural #transdisciplinary #ground #temperature #physicalprocesses #consequences #mobility #supplies #biogeochemical #water #hydrology #engineeringgeology #erosion #ecosystem #FATE

The largest marine terminals by acreage in the USA

Listed below are the largest marine terminals in the United States. The list does not include container terminals unless they are a nominal part of the overall terminal operations. A separate list was published previously on this blog. It also does not include river terminals along the Mississippi and other major rivers, except those that can accommodate open-going vessels like New Orleans.. A minimum of 100 acres was required for inclusion on the list.

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1. Lake Calumet Terminal – Chicago, IL = 1,900 acres

2. Blount Island Marine Terminal – Jacksonville, FL = 754 acres

3. Colonel’s Island Terminal – Brunswick, GA = 637 acres

4. Port of Indiana/Burns Harbor – Chicago (Gary, IN), IL = 600 acres

5. Dames Point Marine Terminal – Jacksonville, FL = 585 acres

6. Dundalk Marine Terminal – Baltimore (Dundalk), MD = 570 acres

7. McDuffie Coal Terminal – Mobile, AL = 550 acres

8. Southport Marine Terminal – Fort Lauderdale, FL = 509 acres

9. Marine Terminal 6 – Portland, OR = 419 acres

10. Total Marine Terminal – Los Angeles (Long Beach), CA = 385 acres

11. APM Port Elizabeth Marine Terminal – New York City (Elizabeth, NJ), NY = 350 acres

12. Howland Hook Marine Terminal – New York City (Staten Island), NY = 345 acres

13. Seagirt Marine Terminal – Baltimore, MD = 320 acres

14. West Basin Marine Terminal – Los Angeles, CA = 315 acres

15. Port of Wilmington Marine Terminal – Wilmington, DE = 308 acres

16. Port of Gulfport Terminal – Gulfport, MS = 300 acres

17. Portsmouth Marine Terminal – Hampton Roads (Portsmouth), VA = 287 acres

18. Port Newark-Elizabeth Marine Terminal – New York City (Newark, NJ), NY = 287 acres

19. SSA Port of Wilmington Marine Terminal – Wilmington, NC = 280 acres

20. Orange County Liquid Bulk Terminal – Beaumont, TX = 260 acres

21. Talleyrand Marine Terminal – Jacksonville, FL = 251 acres

22. Davisville Marine Terminal – Providence (North Kingstown), RI = 250 acres

23. ITS Marine Terminal – Los Angeles (Long Beach), CA = 246 acres

24. Atlantic/Chesapeake Terminal – Baltimore, MD = 238 acres

25-27. Ocean Terminal – Savannah, GA; Paulsboro Marine Terminal – Philadelphia (Paulsboro, NJ), PA; and Magellan Marine Terminal – Houston, TX = 200 acres

28. Iroquois Landing Lakefront Terminal – Chicago, IL = 190 acres

29. Pierce County Marine Terminal – Tacoma, WA = 189 acres

30. Terminal 5 – Seattle, WA = 185 acres

31. Radio Island Marine Terminal – Morehead City, NC = 170 acres

32. Packer Avenue Marine Terminal – Philadephia, PA = 160 acres

33. SSA Columbus Street Terminal – Charleston, SC = 155 acres

34. National City Marine Terminal – San Diego (National City), CA = 135 acres

35-37. Ocean Terminal – New York City (Bayonne, NJ), NY; Outer Harbor Terminal – Oakland, CA; and Point Potrero Marine Terminal – San Francisco (Richmond), CA = 130 acres

38. Port of Alaska – Anchorage, AK = 125 acres

39-40. Trapac Marine Terminal – Oakland, CA and Midwest Terminal – Toledo, OH = 123 acres

41. Balzano Marine Terminal – Philadelphia (Camden, NJ), PA = 122 acres

42. Clure Public Marine Terminal – Duluth, MN = 120 acres

43.. Husky Terminal – Tacoma, WA = 118 acres

44. Tioga Marine Terminal – Philadelphia, PA = 116 acres

45. Nashville Avenue Terminal – New Orleans, LA = 103 acres

46. Puerto Nuevo Terminal – San Juan, PR = 100 acres

SOURCES:

• https://www.portofsandiego.org/maritime/terminals
• https://www.bizjournals.com/houston/news/2016/07/14/midstream-company-to-build-houston-ship-channel.html
• https://www.portofalaska.com/business/facilities/
• http://cdn.portofportland.com/pdfs/Mar_Facility_Brochure.pdf
• https://www.panynj.gov/port-authority/en/press-room/press-release-archives/2024-Press-Releases/port-authority-board-authorizes-full-agency-ownership-of-howland.html
• https://www.nj.com/news/2010/06/bayonne_officials_approve_port.html
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_Newark–Elizabeth_Marine_Terminal
• https://www.ssamarine.com/locations/barbours-cut-terminal/
• https://www.ssamarine.com/locations/terminal-18/
• https://www.nwseaportalliance.com/cargo-operations/terminals/terminal-5
• https://www.nwseaportalliance.com/cargo-operations/terminals/pierce-county-terminal-pct
• https://www.puertoricoterminals.com/facilities-operations
• https://www.nwseaportalliance.com/cargo-operations/terminals/husky-terminal-husky
• https://www.ssamarine.com/locations/oakland-international-container-terminal/
• https://www.oaklandseaport.com/facilities/seaport-facilities/
• https://www.ci.richmond.ca.us/324/Port-Facilities
• https://www.pobtx.com/_files/ugd/f83e46_9196fa30c97747b1b6861385e2a65fe9.pdf
• https://midwestterminals.com/facility-1/
• https://duluthport.com/business/port-operations-and-facilities/
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_of_Chicago
• https://www.ssamarine.com/locations/columbus-street-terminal/
• https://www.maritimeprofessional.com/news/ports-indiana-burns-harbor-searches-364707
• https://www.ssamarine.com/locations/port-of-wilmington/
• https://ncports.com/port-facilities/port-of-morehead-city/
• https://www.southjerseyport.com/facilities/balzano-marine-terminal/
• https://www.philaport.com/facilities/packer-avenue-marine-terminal/
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_of_Philadelphia

#cities #harbors #landUse #marineTerminals #ports #seaports #shipping #transportation

(Radiometric-Derived) Sediment Susceptibility For The Te Hoiere Pelorus Catchment [New Zealand]
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http://alturl.com/hxbvg <-- shared technical report
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http://alturl.com/xkgsv <-- shared related technical article
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[reminded so much of the engineering geology work I did in my thesis in New Zealand]
#GIS #spatial #mapping #remotesensing #AGRS #gammaray #spectroscopy #engineeringgeology #risk #hazard #massmovement #landslide #rainfall #precipitation #watershed #TeHoiere #Pelorus #Catchment #NewZealand #waterquality #waterresources #water #hydrology #geology #soil #regolith #topography #slope #aspect #spatialanalysis #landuse #humanimpacts #masswasting #erosion #sediment #sedimentation #radiometrics #LiDAR #spatialtools
@TeHoiere

Peaches Spread Across North America Through Indigenous Networks, Radiocarbon Dating And Document Analysis Show
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https://phys.org/news/2024-11-peaches-north-america-indigenous-networks.html <-- shared technical article
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https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-52597-8 <-- shared paper
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https://www.timesfreepress.com/news/2024/nov/27/meet-the-peach-that-traveled-the-trail-of-tears/ <-- shared media article
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #FirstNation #cultivation #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #indigenous #forest #farming #sustenance #foodsecurity #traditional #deliberate #garden #ethnobiology #archaeology #anthropology #biology #forestgarden #transplanting #management #wildplant #biogeography #culture #ethnohistory #peach #peaches #fruit #tree #orchard #introduced #Spanish #indigenised #dates #dating #radiocarbondating #pits #peachpits #chronology #chronological #model #modeling #landmanagement #landuse #practices #socioecology #colonialisation #NorthAmerica #USA

Where do we go from here?

Unlike the Cowichan River, the #Koksilah is an uncontrolled #river with no storage and as such, there are limited options available to manage flows. The only options available to us are to change our current practices around #LandUse and #WaterUse. Most importantly, the #KoksilahRiver is challenging all of us to work together to collaboratively identify and implement solutions that will impact us all. New collaborations and partnerships are emerging.

An informal “Koksilah #DroughtManagement team” has been formed to discuss how to collaboratively make short term in-season decisions and work with water users to navigate periods of low flow. This ad-hoc group is comprised of representatives from #FLNRORD, Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Fisheries, Cowichan Station’s Koksilah Working Group, BC Dairy Association, BC Agriculture Council, Cowichan Watershed Board, Farmland Advantage, Water Survey of Canada, Cowichan Estuary Nature Centre and private forestry representatives.

In the longer term, an innovative government to government partnership has been struck between Cowichan Tribes and the FNLRORD to explore and scope the feasibility of initiating a joint #WaterSustainability Planning process, an innovative new tool under #BCWaterSustainabilityAct (2016).

For more information about the potential of Water Sustainability Plans, see Curran, D. and O.M. Brandes. 2019 Water Sustainability Plans: Potential, Options and Essential Content (2019) by Deborah Curran and Oliver M. Brandes, University of Victoria Environmental Law Centre and the POLIS Project on Ecological Governance.

https://poliswaterproject.org/polis-research-publication/water-sustainability-plans/

"As one element in the modernized provincial water regime, Water Sustainability Plans are a promising tool that can enable and enhance adaptive water management and new governance relationships that express core elements of government-to-government relationships for water and watersheds, as well as address the challenges of environmental flows, sustainable groundwater management, drought planning and protecting and enhancing watershed health."

Deborah Curran & Oliver M. Brandes
Water Sustainability Plans: Potential, Options and Essential Content (2019)

#BackroadAdventures #VancouverIsland #water #river #Shawnigan #DayAdventure #DayTrip #PacificNorthwest #ProtectWatersheds #nature #VanIsle #Cascadia #PNW #NaturesPower #WaterIsLife #ProtectWatersheds #ProtectNature #Hydro #RiversOfBC #RiversOfVancouverIsland #Indigenous #FirstNations #Historical #Cowichan #WaterFlow #RiverFlows #HydrologyManagement

#OmahaSprawl project. Elkhorn, NE. June 2024.

#UrbanSprawl #Omaha #LandUse #NewTopographics #NewTopographicMovement #Photography

The fires of human-caused climate disruption are raging though California right now

"For millions of years the world’s tallest trees (Giant sequoias) have graced California peaks and coastlines, growing through centuries of changes."

"But those landscapes have seen significant shifts over the past century and the forests have suffered. Spurred by the climate crisis, devastating droughts and scorching temperatures have added new stressors for the redwoods, particularly the famous giant sequoias, which now struggle to bounce back after big wildfires."

"Part of the problem stems from California’s gold rush era, when settlers descended with an overzealous appetite for good timber, cutting down much of the old-growth forests. They also suppressed indigenous land management techniques, which included setting “healthy” fires that cleared out the forest. A century of fire suppression created an overabundance of vegetation that set the stage for larger, more catastrophic blazes."
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#SettlerSocieties #fires #trees #LandUse #NativeForests #FossilFuels #ExtremeHeat #climate #bushfires #FirstNationsPeoples

#OmahaSprawl project. May 2022. More in this project: https://sbiessel.com/omaha-sprawl/

#Omaha #UrbanSprawl #LandUse #NewTopographics #NewTopographicMovement #Photography #Suburbia

#Introduction

Working on issues related to #AgriculturalPolicy, #SoilConservation, the #resilience of #AgroEcosystems, and #FarmlandBiodiversity at an #NGO.

Have an MSc degree in #EnvironmentalManagement and #Policy from #LundUniversity & MAs in #English and #Communications from #PázmányBTK.

Post mainly about #farming, #LandUse, #FoodSystems, #soils, #peatlands, #ClimateAction, #EUpolicy & occasionally about #degrowth, #books, #BlackLit, #gardens, #CarfreeCities, #cycling, #hiking, and more.