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Earth Day’s 50th Anniversary List of Events
/in Environmental Columns /by SabrinaThe COVID-19 pandemic will affect most events. Please check with the organizer or this blog regularly. Any updates will be posted as soon as they are available. Virtual Earth Action […]
Public Opportunity to Review and Discuss Fish Habitat Enhancement Projects
/in Environmental Columns /by SabrinaIt’s hard to imagine the Russian River without salmon or steelhead. These iconic fish were a major food supply for indigenous people and early settlers. They once gave the river […]
Save The Butterflies and The Bees – Our Favorite Pollinators Are in Jeopardy
/in Environmental Columns /by SabrinaThe Monarch Butterfly One morning last summer, as I watched a pair of butterflies flying from bloom to bloom on a butterfly bush, I realized I hadn’t seen a Monarch […]
Refuse, Reduce, Reuse, Repair, Recycle and Rot
/in Environmental Columns /by SabrinaAmerica is a disposable nation. Each person, on average, produces more than 1,600 pounds of trash each year. In total, over 230 million tons of trash accumulates in landfills yearly […]
Parting Wisdom: Perspective and Guidance from a Seasoned Storm Water Inspector
/in Environmental Columns /by Sabrina“The legacy you leave is the life you lead. We lead our lives daily, and we leave a legacy daily – not some grand plan, what we do each and […]
The Persistence of Plastic
/in Environmental Columns /by SabrinaThough plastic is durable, cheap, and common in everyday items, it comes at a large environmental cost. Plastic, a man-made petrochemical product, can take thousands of years to decompose if […]