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“Three Northwest tribes have petitioned the federal government to ban a salmon-killing chemical found in tires and urban streams worldwide.” kuow.org/stories/tribes-call-f As @aawa said in 2021, “Save Our Salmon: Ride the Train!” aawa.us/news/posts/save-our-sa

#salmon #rail #tires #runoff #tribes #savesalmonridetrains

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BellingenNSW · @Bellingen
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Worldwide there is a growing commitments to swimmable rivers and clean natural waterways.
theconversation.com/olympic-sw

The case of Bellingen's scenic swimming hole
Bellingen just smashed in a "$5.2M “gate way to the Promised Land” so that mass tourism can speed along the new 'highway' (Gleniffer Road) to the Never Never Creek. It is the town's main 'tourist destination' (but has no public toilet).

In January the Promised Land swimming hole near Bellingen recorded faecal contamination of water. "Council advised swimmers to stay out of the Never Never River.” Humans and dogs were blamed for the faecal matter. "It has been very popular over the holiday period and there are certainly indications that people have been using the riparian area there along the banks for toileting purposes”
abc.net.au/news/2023-01-18/pro

“Tell the city you want your river back”
popupcity.net/insights/the-ren

#swimming #swimminghole #bellingen #rivers #overtourism #socialmedia #roads #traffic #climate #holidays #stormwater #wastewater #runoff #dogs #pets #enterococcusbacteria #fecalcontamination #arthurkeoghreserve #neverneverriver #thepromisedland #thedrive #tuckersnobstateforest #wildlife #biodiversity

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Gladwyn d’Souza · @godsouza
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manilatimes.net/2023/07/24/wor

unless : Arevalo's arrival in the has distressed parties and led to efforts to scuttle the process.
have twice sent agents to search the Supreme Electoral Tribunal, prompting the nation's highest to issue an to protect the .

#democratic #leftist #runoff #rightwing #electoral #prosecutors #court #injunction #vote #RightToVote #lowintensityconflict #irancontra #bananarepublic #failedstate #regimechange

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Manly Blog · @MnlyBeach
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ABC News - Record release of baby seahorses set to boost Sydney Harbour's endangered population

Record release of the endangered White's seahorse in Sydney Harbour
The seahorse was listed as endangered in 2020. Habitat destruction and repeat run off events have hastened the species demise in Sydney Harbour and Port Stephens.
abc.net.au/news/2023-07-19/rec
PortStephens

#floods #runoff #pollution #nsw #sydney #seahorse #habitat #destruction #seagrass #boatmoorings #boating #boat #parking

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Manly Blog · @MnlyBeach
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Microplastics: Australian lake among world’s most polluted in landmark study.
Some of the worst affected lakes had concentrations higher than those around vast garbage patches that have formed in the sea.
theguardian.com/australia-news
drinking

#brisbane #suburbia #runoff #catchment #plastic #pollution #water

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Key Biscayne Independent · @kbindependent
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#billbaggscapeflorida #chuanminhu #crandonpark #drbeach #floridalegislature #keybiscayne #nutrient #ocean #opticaloceanographylaboratory #pollution #runoff #sargassum #seaweed #stephenleatherman #miami #News

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BellingenNSW · @Bellingen
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How is Bellingen's "Road Renewal Program" going?
The road reconstruction of Gleniffer Road and diversion (Roses Road) is supposed to be completed by July 2023.

A preview at what once was a scenic forest road has now the charm of a highway.
Apart from the logging scars along it, the road is widened and reveals steep bare gullies where the biodiverse flora and fauna has been eliminated.

The widened shoulders of the 'highway' are mostly lined with prefabricated concrete gutters and culverts. The most fertile layer of the earth is sealed with a thick layer of cement. A rock-hard second skin entombs the living, fertile soil and brings great convenience to fossil fuel enthusiasts on their 'drive'. The road shoulder used to be soft with terrestrial orchids growing on the edges. Now it's given the hard shoulder to channel runoff and pollution down into the bush and the creeks as a fast runoff. It's called taming nature.

Concrete is considered the most destructive material on Earth, it is one of the main producers of carbon dioxide. “If the cement industry were a country, it would be the third largest carbon dioxide emitter in the world with up to 2.8bn tonnes, surpassed only by China and the US.”
theguardian.com/cities/2019/fe

The channeled cement gutter flow of these hydraulic stormwater structures has negative impacts on stream habitats and biota. Migrating animals find the widened road with slick cement hard to cross. The water quality and habitat become fragmented and degraded.

Soon the speeding vehicles will crack the cement blocks (As can be seen at any NSW roundabout) and they will crumble as rubbish into the bush.

The project doesn't seem to add to Australia's ‘fair share’ to contain global heating or refraining from engaging in extinction.

#bellingen #roads #subdivisions #logging #glenifferrd #rosesrd #roadconstruction #soil #erosion #runoff #flooding #cement #cars #fossilfuel #climateemergency #energy

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GregCocks · @GregCocks
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#gis #spatial #mapping #remotesensing #sampling #water #hydrology #pollution #waterquality #uk #devon #pilotproject #britain #AI #data #artificialintelligence #quality #satellite #ordnancesurvey #monitoring #prediction #model #modeling #waterpollution #runoff #mitigation #agriculture #fertiliser #agricultureandfarming #ecosystem #rivers #rainfall #soil #gischat

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DW English - Deutsche Welle · @dw
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#ankara #istanbul #runoff #erdogan #kilicdaroglu #elections #Turkey

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BellingenNSW · @Bellingen
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Bellingen Update in two parts:
Part 2/2
The increased human encroachment on living beings 'out there' in the bush consitutes an existential threat. The vehicular disturbance of noise, light and vibrations from vehicles causes stress and alters their behaviour. Road noise and/or vibration is believed to disrupt communication in birds. Motor noise is audible over 200m penetrating the environment. Species adjacent to roads flee the area.
The fragmentation of their home or loss of habitat can put yet another species on the extinction list. Survivors have a bigger chance to get under someone's wheels as .

The once closed canopy above some roads gave the koalas some connectivity. The new widening does not provide any canopy bridges. A good way to undo the NSW strategy.

In town the many logging trucks and heavy machinery shooting through the blissful latte strip of . go unnoticed. The surrounding with their inhabitants are perceived as mere material for economic . , , Extinctions and disruption are not yet on/at the level of the military dictatorships of the Amazon or Myanmar, but one has to keep up with the neighbours.

The Sisyphus 'highway to hell' is paving the way to go past the 1.5C threshold. 'Upgraded' roads speed up the destruction and extraction. A hotter, dryer climate will invite more mega . It's the fast-track towards extinction.

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#roadkill #koala #bellingen #hydest #forests #exploitation #deforestation #biodiversityloss #climate #fires #bellingenlogging #paniclogging #river #care #northbankroad #bellingenshirecouncil #nofootpaths #nobikepaths #mobility #bushfires #gknp #biodiversity #runoff #platypus #bellingerriversnappingturtle

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BC Info Bot · @bcinfo
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#globalnews #BritishColumbia #news #riverforecastcentre #springflooding #springfreshet #floodwarning #BCFlooding #Floodwatch #BCFloods #Weather #BCFlood #runoff

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BC Info Bot · @bcinfo
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#globalnews #BritishColumbia #news #droughtconcerns #WildfireSeason #b #climatechange #freshetseason #springrunoff #environment #drysummer #Weather #Climate #drought #elnino #LaNina #runoff

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NSW.Biodiversity · @Biodiversity
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ABC News - Remember that record $443m of funding for the Great Barrier Reef? This is what happened to it

The Great Barrier and practices
Investments go “into repairing land catchments, such as revegetation, grazing management of , and structural works to stabilise gullies and riverbanks. " needs to go towards tackling the biggest polluting gullies and streambanks, and projects need to have strong measurable reduction targets to ensure a high level of accountability and transparency”

abc.net.au/news/2023-04-22/rem

#reef #farming #cattle #funding #pollution #climate #fossilfuels #farmers #deforestation #graziers #overgrazing #gullies #erosion #corals #landbased #runoff #gbr

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BellingenNSW · @Bellingen
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#rivers #sewage #farmland #nitrogen #phosphorus #fertilisers #pollution #catchment #runoff #ocean #ecosystems #bellingen

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BellingenNSW · @Bellingen
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#rivers #sewage #nitrogen #phosphorus #fertilisers #pollution #catchment #runoff #ocean #ecosystems #bellingen

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GregCocks · @GregCocks
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#gis #spatial #remotesensing #mapping #NASA #satellite #water #hydrology #caribbean #research #Health #publichealth #atlantic #atlanticocean #spatialanalysis #sargassum #seaweed #algae #spatiotemporal #agriculturalrunoff #runoff #agriculture #pollution

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gentlegardener · @gentlegardener
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@addie get ready. Last summer y’all had 4” rain in an hour like we have here in . Flooded old in towns like . And a string of 90 degree days, which brings on the thunderstorms. Some beaches un swimmable because of carrying sediment, , , more. Here in the Midatlantic, we have some ideas to help. . Latitudes closer to the poles have bigger rises in temps.

#climatechange #chesapeakeconservationlandscapingcouncil #phosphorus #nitrogen #runoff #stormwater #forres #infrastructure #virginia

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GregCocks · @GregCocks
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#gis #spatial #mapping #hydrology #water #California #climatechange #flood #flooding #model #modeling #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #megaflood #extremeweather #storms #precipitation #rainfall #climate #weather #ClimateModeling #weathermodeling #lens #communityearthsystemmodellargeensemble #risk #hazard #runoff #mitigation #planning #riskassessment #riskanalysis #riskmanagement #climateadaptation #emergencymanagement #data #community #publicsafety

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Brian Banks Ⓥ · @BrianBanks
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I built a last summer connecting a path around our property where it crosses a small gully. The 50-foot span seemed like a lot, but I planned it with in mind. Et voilà! Flow seems lighter this year than some, but the span plan has been validated!

#runoff #Spring #bridge

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GregCocks · @GregCocks
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#gis #spatial #mapping #tularelake #California #tulare #flood #flooding #subsidence #groundwater #pumping #aquifer #mining #elevation #remotesensing #agriculture #framing #croplands #runoff #water #hydrology #rainfall #precipitation #landsubsidence #groundsubsidence

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