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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 […]
Help Keep the Leaves and Grass Out of Storm Drains
/in Environmental Columns /by SabrinaFall is just around the corner, and many of us will be spending our crisp Saturday afternoons trying to catch up with the week’s falling leaves and debris from our […]
Our Hidden Gem –Conservation Corps North Bay
/in Environmental Columns /by SabrinaSeptember 21 – 28, 2019 is Creek Week in the Russian River Watershed! Join in with this spirit of environmental conservation and community enrichment by getting educated, invested and involved. […]