#publiclands — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #publiclands, aggregated by home.social.
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Rio Grande and Bristol Head
Rio Grande National Forest, CO -
:boost_ok: Hey All! Remember my former posts on Roadless Rule? Yeah, well, after almost two years of fighting to keep it, it's now been recommended to rescind it and there are 16 days left to comment on it! We succeeded before and the US government has kept it this long, and WE CAN AGAIN!
(Warning: this will take some time as comments must be unique to count, BUT it will be a 3-for-1, so well worth it! Please keep reading for details!)
WHAT IT IS: it is a rule to prevent building of roads in wild spaces, protecting millions of acres from development. "They" want to rescind it to "make it easier to fight wildfires by developing road access". This is dumb because most wildfires in public lands start (r)*near roads* because of human involvement in the creation. Why do they *actually* want to get rid of this rule? Because then public lands can be developed for easy road access, which means mining, logging, and more can occur.
HOW TO WRITE A COMMENT: https://roadless.org/ is an *excellent* resource. Please see it. It will probably take 30 minutes to an hour of your time to research what you want to say, write and submit a comment. They also have a "comment workspace" option along top bar, which lets you input things important to you, and helps you write your comment. A good option if you lack spoons.
If you know what to say, here is the direct submission option: https://www.regulations.gov/document/FS-2025-0001-223869Over 92,000 comments have been made, let's push it over 100,000!
IN ADDITION! Your same comment can be easily edited to send to congress to ask them to cosponsor the Roadless Area Conservation Act. Beating the rescission on the record is the immediate fight — the lasting effect runs through Congress. The Act (H.R. 3930 / S. 2042) would write the rule into federal law, beyond any single administration's reach to repeal it by regulation again.
You can also send your comment to your senators and congressfolk so they know your stance.
Thus, one write up, one use of your time, can help us, help the world on *three* different fronts!
(r) this is an open access study about wildfire on public lands in the US, finding wilderness and roadless areas are the least likely to experience wildfire: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s42408-026-00450-2
#nature #conservation #science #ecology #biology #research #forest #forests #PublicLands #wildlife #hiking #explore #waterfall
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:boost_ok: Hey All! Remember my former posts on Roadless Rule? Yeah, well, after almost two years of fighting to keep it, it's now been recommended to rescind it and there are 16 days left to comment on it! We succeeded before and the US government has kept it this long, and WE CAN AGAIN!
(Warning: this will take some time as comments must be unique to count, BUT it will be a 3-for-1, so well worth it! Please keep reading for details!)
WHAT IT IS: it is a rule to prevent building of roads in wild spaces, protecting millions of acres from development. "They" want to rescind it to "make it easier to fight wildfires by developing road access". This is dumb because most wildfires in public lands start (r)*near roads* because of human involvement in the creation. Why do they *actually* want to get rid of this rule? Because then public lands can be developed for easy road access, which means mining, logging, and more can occur.
HOW TO WRITE A COMMENT: https://roadless.org/ is an *excellent* resource. Please see it. It will probably take 30 minutes to an hour of your time to research what you want to say, write and submit a comment. They also have a "comment workspace" option along top bar, which lets you input things important to you, and helps you write your comment. A good option if you lack spoons.
If you know what to say, here is the direct submission option: https://www.regulations.gov/document/FS-2025-0001-223869Over 92,000 comments have been made, let's push it over 100,000!
IN ADDITION! Your same comment can be easily edited to send to congress to ask them to cosponsor the Roadless Area Conservation Act. Beating the rescission on the record is the immediate fight — the lasting effect runs through Congress. The Act (H.R. 3930 / S. 2042) would write the rule into federal law, beyond any single administration's reach to repeal it by regulation again.
You can also send your comment to your senators and congressfolk so they know your stance.
Thus, one write up, one use of your time, can help us, help the world on *three* different fronts!
(r) this is an open access study about wildfire on public lands in the US, finding wilderness and roadless areas are the least likely to experience wildfire: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s42408-026-00450-2
#nature #conservation #science #ecology #biology #research #forest #forests #PublicLands #wildlife #hiking #explore #waterfall
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:boost_ok: Hey All! Remember my former posts on Roadless Rule? Yeah, well, after almost two years of fighting to keep it, it's now been recommended to rescind it and there are 16 days left to comment on it! We succeeded before and the US government has kept it this long, and WE CAN AGAIN!
(Warning: this will take some time as comments must be unique to count, BUT it will be a 3-for-1, so well worth it! Please keep reading for details!)
WHAT IT IS: it is a rule to prevent building of roads in wild spaces, protecting millions of acres from development. "They" want to rescind it to "make it easier to fight wildfires by developing road access". This is dumb because most wildfires in public lands start (r)*near roads* because of human involvement in the creation. Why do they *actually* want to get rid of this rule? Because then public lands can be developed for easy road access, which means mining, logging, and more can occur.
HOW TO WRITE A COMMENT: https://roadless.org/ is an *excellent* resource. Please see it. It will probably take 30 minutes to an hour of your time to research what you want to say, write and submit a comment. They also have a "comment workspace" option along top bar, which lets you input things important to you, and helps you write your comment. A good option if you lack spoons.
If you know what to say, here is the direct submission option: https://www.regulations.gov/document/FS-2025-0001-223869Over 92,000 comments have been made, let's push it over 100,000!
IN ADDITION! Your same comment can be easily edited to send to congress to ask them to cosponsor the Roadless Area Conservation Act. Beating the rescission on the record is the immediate fight — the lasting effect runs through Congress. The Act (H.R. 3930 / S. 2042) would write the rule into federal law, beyond any single administration's reach to repeal it by regulation again.
You can also send your comment to your senators and congressfolk so they know your stance.
Thus, one write up, one use of your time, can help us, help the world on *three* different fronts!
(r) this is an open access study about wildfire on public lands in the US, finding wilderness and roadless areas are the least likely to experience wildfire: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s42408-026-00450-2
#nature #conservation #science #ecology #biology #research #forest #forests #PublicLands #wildlife #hiking #explore #waterfall
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:boost_ok: Hey All! Remember my former posts on Roadless Rule? Yeah, well, after almost two years of fighting to keep it, it's now been recommended to rescind it and there are 16 days left to comment on it! We succeeded before and the US government has kept it this long, and WE CAN AGAIN!
(Warning: this will take some time as comments must be unique to count, BUT it will be a 3-for-1, so well worth it! Please keep reading for details!)
WHAT IT IS: it is a rule to prevent building of roads in wild spaces, protecting millions of acres from development. "They" want to rescind it to "make it easier to fight wildfires by developing road access". This is dumb because most wildfires in public lands start (r)*near roads* because of human involvement in the creation. Why do they *actually* want to get rid of this rule? Because then public lands can be developed for easy road access, which means mining, logging, and more can occur.
HOW TO WRITE A COMMENT: https://roadless.org/ is an *excellent* resource. Please see it. It will probably take 30 minutes to an hour of your time to research what you want to say, write and submit a comment. They also have a "comment workspace" option along top bar, which lets you input things important to you, and helps you write your comment. A good option if you lack spoons.
If you know what to say, here is the direct submission option: https://www.regulations.gov/document/FS-2025-0001-223869Over 92,000 comments have been made, let's push it over 100,000!
IN ADDITION! Your same comment can be easily edited to send to congress to ask them to cosponsor the Roadless Area Conservation Act. Beating the rescission on the record is the immediate fight — the lasting effect runs through Congress. The Act (H.R. 3930 / S. 2042) would write the rule into federal law, beyond any single administration's reach to repeal it by regulation again.
You can also send your comment to your senators and congressfolk so they know your stance.
Thus, one write up, one use of your time, can help us, help the world on *three* different fronts!
(r) this is an open access study about wildfire on public lands in the US, finding wilderness and roadless areas are the least likely to experience wildfire: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s42408-026-00450-2
#nature #conservation #science #ecology #biology #research #forest #forests #PublicLands #wildlife #hiking #explore #waterfall
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Green Mountain
Gunnison National Forest, COI don't think they were being ironic. There are volumes of green clay on those barren slopes. Many abandoned mines down through the valley.
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Green Mountain
Gunnison National Forest, COI don't think they were being ironic. There are volumes of green clay on those barren slopes. Many abandoned mines down through the valley.
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Green Mountain
Gunnison National Forest, COI don't think they were being ironic. There are volumes of green clay on those barren slopes. Many abandoned mines down through the valley.
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Green Mountain
Gunnison National Forest, COI don't think they were being ironic. There are volumes of green clay on those barren slopes. Many abandoned mines down through the valley.
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Green Mountain
Gunnison National Forest, COI don't think they were being ironic. There are volumes of green clay on those barren slopes. Many abandoned mines down through the valley.
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Haleakala National Park yesterday afternoon. For more information https://www.nps.gov/hale/index.htm and https://www.nps.gov/hale/planyourvisit/summit-district.htm and #interpretation #nps #nationalparks #publiclands #landscapephotography #photography Image credit National Park Service #hawaii #clouds #summer #sacred #color #crater #island #trail
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Haleakala National Park yesterday afternoon. For more information https://www.nps.gov/hale/index.htm and https://www.nps.gov/hale/planyourvisit/summit-district.htm and #interpretation #nps #nationalparks #publiclands #landscapephotography #photography Image credit National Park Service #hawaii #clouds #summer #sacred #color #crater #island #trail
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Haleakala National Park yesterday afternoon. For more information https://www.nps.gov/hale/index.htm and https://www.nps.gov/hale/planyourvisit/summit-district.htm and #interpretation #nps #nationalparks #publiclands #landscapephotography #photography Image credit National Park Service #hawaii #clouds #summer #sacred #color #crater #island #trail
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Haleakala National Park yesterday afternoon. For more information https://www.nps.gov/hale/index.htm and https://www.nps.gov/hale/planyourvisit/summit-district.htm and #interpretation #nps #nationalparks #publiclands #landscapephotography #photography Image credit National Park Service #hawaii #clouds #summer #sacred #color #crater #island #trail
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Haleakala National Park yesterday afternoon. For more information https://www.nps.gov/hale/index.htm and https://www.nps.gov/hale/planyourvisit/summit-district.htm and #interpretation #nps #nationalparks #publiclands #landscapephotography #photography Image credit National Park Service #hawaii #clouds #summer #sacred #color #crater #island #trail
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In this case, #Trump has proposed building a 250-foot triumphal #arch near #ArlingtonNationalCemetery that he has said must be taller than the Arc de Triomphe in Paris [penis envy]. He has said the arch is meant to celebrate the 250th anniversary of American independence, though he has also said that the arch is for himself [it’s the latter].
#law #UrbanPlanning #DC #architecture #GreenSpace #PublicLands
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The rush to push ahead with work on the #arch follows a familiar pattern for #Trump. He has frequently embarked on large-scale changes to #historic properties in Washington without approvals from #Congress or anyone else. Trump last year abruptly tore down the historic East Wing of the White House after saying he would not touch the building.
#law #UrbanPlanning #DC #architecture #GreenSpace #PublicLands
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This muther f⁕⚠︎er
#Trump is breaking ground on his 250-foot-tall “triumphal” #arch, before a review panel has approved the project.
#DougBurgum, the #interior secretary, announced plans to start work on the site of the 250-foot-tall triumphal arch. Final approval of the project is still pending.
#law #UrbanPlanning #DC #architecture #GreenSpace #PublicLands
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/03/us/politics/trump-triumphal-arch-plans-approval.html?unlocked_article_code=1.-VA.wQzX.Zl0mdz45s3iR&smid=nytcore-ios-share -
Olympic National Park today. Park information at https://www.nps.gov/olym/index.htm and https://www.nps.gov/olym/learn/nature/tidal-life.htm Image credit National Park Service and Kalaloch Lodge/Delaware North. For more information #nps #nationalparks #interpretation #photography #publiclands #landscapephotography #washington #ocean #coast #driftwood #tide #creek #olympicnationalpark #travel #trees #forest #clouds
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Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve (Bartlett Cove Lagoon and Fairweather Range yesterday afternoon). For more information https://www.nps.gov/glba/index.htm and https://www.nps.gov/glba/learn/photosmultimedia/webcams.htm and #interpretation #nps #nationalparks #publiclands #landscapephotography #photography Image credit National Park Service #glacierbay #alaska #summer #trees #weather #nationalpark #geology #leaves #glacierbaypreserve #mountain #clouds #moon #conifer
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@ai6yr Here is an article analyzing the impact of rescinding the roadless rule
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#US #ForestService Chief With Industry Ties Pushed for More #Logging on #PublicLands
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Douglass Squirrel
Gunnison National Forest, CO -
Whiskeytown National Recreation Area (From the visitor center on Friday). For more information https://www.nps.gov/whis/index.htm and https://home.nps.gov/whis/learn/nature/treeshrub.htm and #lake #interpretation #nps #nationalparks #publiclands #landscapephotography #photography #california Image credit Kurt Angersbach / Westernlabs #cawx #summer #lake #trees #mountains #boat #travel #water #fire #wildfire #pine #oak #manzanita #whiskeytown #nationalrecreationarea
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Grand Canyon National Park sunrise this morning. Learn more at https://www.nps.gov/grca/index.htm and https://www.nps.gov/subjects/air/webcams.htm?site=grca and https://npgallery.nps.gov/About and #nps #nationalparks #interpretation #grandcanyon #publiclands #photography #landscapephotography #azwx Image credit National Park Service and NPS Air Quality Web Camera Network #summer #color #canyon #research #airquality #geology #travel #tourism #sunrise #rain #archive #clouds
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Channel Islands National Park (Santa Cruz Island). Learn more about the park at https://www.nps.gov/chis/index.htm and https://www.nps.gov/chis/planyourvisit/upload/Santa-Cruz-Island-Interpretive-Guide-2024-ADA.pdf and #nps #nationalparks #ocean #publiclands #photography #landscapephotography #coast #pacific #santacruz Image credit Angersbach / Westernlabs #waves #tide #geology #kelp #shore #summer #island #channelislands #travel
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#Trump rollback of US forest protections could accelerate extinction of 400 endangered species https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/28/endangered-species-extinction-trump-forest-protections #EndangeredSpecies #PublicLands #Forest #BLM #environment #RepublicansDidThis
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Virtual teach-in on the Bear Lodge Rare Earth Project, a proposed 100+ acre open-pit mine next to Mato Tipila (Bear Lodge) for rare Earth mineral mining located approximately 12 miles north of Sundance, WY, including 1,060 acres of National Forest Service lands and 640 acres of private lands
#Mining #PublicLands #USFS
https://ndncollective.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_BVGll1mRRd-rTuRLaKZPLw#/registration -
Twenty-Five Dollars and a Signature
The mark is called a freeze brand. Liquid nitrogen chills an iron until the cold kills the color in the hair, and the government writes a registration code in white along the left side of the neck of every wild horse it removes from the range. The brand exists so that a mustang can be identified as a protected animal of the United States for the rest of its life, at any distance, in any light. In August of 2026, the place where you can read those white characters most clearly is the dirt lot of a livestock auction yard, on horses standing quietly beside the trucks that run south. […]https://bolesblogs.com/2026/08/24/twenty-five-dollars-and-a-signature/
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American Basin
Cinnamon Pass Road, CO#SilentSunday #photo #landscape #wildflowers #PublicLands #Colorado
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White Canyon
Bears Ears National Monument*, UTContinuing my #SaturdayScenery series of 360º panoramas, if you click the following link you can see the location in all its glory: https://kuula.co/post/5m6y5
Part of White Canyon in Bears Ears National Moument, UT. You can see the bears ears on the horizon, dark on this rainy day. This is downstream from, and outside the boundary of, Natural Bridges National Park.
*at least it was part of Bears Ears NM. May still be, but haven't studied the new, sad boundaries, yet.
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Rose Paintbrush
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The full piece → https://thistleandmoss.com/p/there-is-a-blue-wave-coming-our-salvation-fuck-trump?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=fedica
This publication has no advertiser and no owner, which is why it can say lease the dirt under the monument out loud.
Weekly, small, no Stripe → https://liberapay.com/wendythedruid/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=fedica
#Route66 #NationalParks #PublicLands #Travel #Nature #Photography #uspol #Politics #Journalism #Conservation #History #Solidarity
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Here's the mean little trick, and it's the whole grift: you can gut the Park Service and the canyon stays a canyon, so the damage doesn't show on the postcard for twenty years. But the ground keeps its own books.
Before you drive: check the park's own alerts page. Pack out what you pack in. Give the ranger who's covering three positions one easy afternoon.
#Route66 #NationalParks #PublicLands #Travel #Nature #Photography #uspol #Politics #Journalism #Conservation #History #Solidarity
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Theresa Pierno at the National Parks Conservation Association has been saying the safety math out loud for a year.
Route 66 turns a hundred this year. Chicago to Santa Monica, commissioned 1926. And the same people who'll sell you a flag pin for the semiquincentennial will lease the dirt under the monument to whoever wires first. #Route66 #NationalParks #PublicLands #Travel #Nature #Photography #uspol #Politics #Journalism #Conservation #History #Solidarity
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332 million. That's recreation visits to the national parks in a single recent year. Against a Park Service that shed roughly a quarter of its permanent staff through buyouts, deferred resignations and a hiring freeze — and the hole carried straight into this summer.
In plain terms: one ranger doing three jobs. #Route66 #NationalParks #PublicLands #Travel #Nature #Photography #uspol #Politics #Journalism #Conservation #History #Solidarity
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#Trump admin moves ahead to end #roadless rule on #NationalForests
Environmentalists [warn] …lifting protections will have detrimental effects for old growth #forests, #wildlife & #water supplies.
“Americans across the political spectrum have made it crystal clear that they don’t want political appointees removing protections from #PublicLands,” said Chris Krupp, an attorney with the group WildEarth Guardians.
#law #SaveRoadless #conservation #ClimateChange
https://apnews.com/article/roadless-rule-forests-trump-e80a41e0231aa070313a3484261368f3?utm_source=app&utm_medium=iOS_share&utm_campaign=more_org_joinmastodon_app_shareactionextension -
At least some of the aircraft were DIVERTED from efforts to contain #wildfires elsewhere in the state‼️‼️, according to 2 agency officials & the Post analysis of the flight paths.
Communications reviewed by The Washington Post sent during the response to the blaze corroborate that Boren personally directed #USFS staff to address the Cabin Creek Fire.
#law #AbuseOfPower #billionaires #Trump #RichWhiteMalePrivilege #NationalForest #PublicLands #ClimateChange
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In total, about 9 aircraft, including helicopters, air tankers & tactical planes, responded to the fire ‼️ on July 12, acc/to an analysis of flight paths, part of an effort that lasted a few hours & cost nearly $115,000 in federal money [ #TaxpayersMoney ] ‼️. The analysis found that these assets traveled from across the West to Idaho’s Alturas Lake, near where the Cabin Creek Fire was burning.
#law #AbuseOfPower #billionaires #Trump #RichWhiteMalePrivilege #NationalForest #PublicLands #wildfires
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In those calls, according to the #USFS official with knowledge of the situation, Boren pushed for more aircraft to fight the fire even though “it was easily accessible by ground,” the official said.
He “was on the phone calling people that day asking why there weren’t more resources on the fire & when there was going to be more,” the official said.#law #AbuseOfPower #billionaires #Trump #RichWhiteMalePrivilege #NationalForest #PublicLands #wildfires #ClimateChange
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Two other agency officials said he called those offices, including at least once in the middle of the night. [must be nice to have government resources at your personal disposal for your private property]
Six current & former #USFS officials said the response was far greater than what is typical for a fire of that scale that did not pose a significant threat to life or property.
#law #AbuseOfPower #billionaires #Trump #NationalForest #PublicLands #wildfires #ClimateChange
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Boren, a #tech #billionaire & #Trump appointee, oversees about 200 million acres of #NationalForest & #PublicLands. He also owns thousands of acres in #Idaho, including the 480-acre Hell Roaring Ranch situated within the Sawtooth National Recreation Area. And before his current role, Boren had clashed with the #USFS numerous times over the years.
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Of course he did.
Undersecretary of Agriculture for Natural Resources and Environment [ #USDA #NRE ] Michael Boren, who oversees the US Forest Service [ #USFS ], asked agency staff last month to escalate the amount of aircraft at a small 7-acre #wildfire that had started near his mega-ranch in #Idaho’s Sawtooth National Forest, acc/to 2 Forest Service ofcls familiar with the matter.
#law #AbuseOfPower #billionaires #Trump #NationalForest #PublicLands #ClimateChange
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Red and evergreen huckleberry, Redwood National and State Parks. Learn more at https://www.nps.gov/redw/index.htm and https://www.fs.usda.gov/database/feis/plants/shrub/vacova/all.html and https://plants.sc.egov.usda.gov/DocumentLibrary/plantguide/pdf/cs_vapa.pdf and #nps #nationalparks #publiclands #photography #forest #trees #flowers #berries #phenology #plants Image credit Kurt Angersbach / Westernlabs #color #cawx #redwoods #ocean #summer #huckleberry
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Beyond the Map: Surveying Then and Now | Ordnance Survey [UK]
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https://youtu.be/RkOkapW66OU?si=1jLLwWqT1MATSQd9 <-- shared video
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H/T @Ordnance Survey
“Britain's map has changed a lot over the years - and so has the way it's made.
Meet Brian and Will, OS Surveyors from different generations, sharing how surveying has evolved and what it means to help map Great Britain. Here's part one of their story.
From long days in the field with paper maps and handwritten notes to modern GPS and digital technology, surveying has come a long way. But one thing hasn't changed: the people behind the map…”
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“Will's grandfather Brian helped map Britain. Today, Will does the same job with very different technology.
Together, they reflect on their careers as Ordnance Survey surveyors, sharing stories from different eras of surveying.
From paper field books to GPS and digital mapping, discover how surveying has evolved, how maps are made, and the technology behind the data millions rely on every day.
Whether you're interested in mapping, surveying, geography, cartography, or the history of Ordnance Survey, this is a fascinating insight into the people and processes that help put Britain on the map…”
#UK #OS #survey #history #GIS #spatial #mapping #Britian #surveyors #GreatBritian #family #technology #oldschool #cartography #geography #careers #publicservice #publicgood #publiclands #civilservice #UK
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Mount Rainier National Park today (View from Paradise). Learn more at https://www.nps.gov/mora/index.htm and https://a.atmos.washington.edu/data/rainier_report.html and https://nwac.us/weatherdata/campmuir/now/ and #mountrainier #interpretation #nps #nationalparks #publiclands #photography #landscapephotography #summer #washington Image credit National Park Service #wawx #trees #mountain #paradise #clouds #lenticular #weather #wind
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‘Liberate the lidos!’ Who will win the war over Italy’s private beaches?
By Tobias JonesAlmost all of the sandy stretches on the country’s 8,000km of coastline are run for profit. Now ‘free beach’ campaigners are fighting back against the mafia, the military and those profiteering from sun loungers and cocktails
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jul/19/italy-private-free-beaches-campaigners-mafia-military
#Italy #Privatelyownedpublicspace #Coastlines #Publiclands #Environment #Protest #Cities #Europe #Beachholidays #Travel #TheGuardian #TobiasJones
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Dyno, my faithful companion on her first mountain adventure in the Weminuche Wilderness. Read the full story (and see more pictures) here:
#WeminucheWilderness #Colorado #MountainHiking #AdventureDog #TrailDog #NaturePhotography #Backpacking #PublicLands #hiking
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Comment today to Protect the Mojave Desert from Industrial Mining!
#PublicLands #ProtectOurParks #MojaveDesert #CastleMountain #Mining
https://act.sierraclub.org/actions/national?actionid=ar0619965&id=70131000001iOuIAAU