Posted:
February 25, 2021
New projects support biodiversity, improve basin ecosystems
Columbia Basin Trust is providing $1.35 million to three new, large-scale projects that will improve ecosystems in the Elk Valley and Lower Columbia
sub-regions, benefitting locally significant species including northern rubber boas, bull trout and Rocky Mountain elk among others, and their habitats.
The Ecosystem Enhancement Program is a five-year initiative that aims to maintain and improve ecological health and native biodiversity in the region through large-scale, on-the-ground projects with significant and measurable impacts.
Johnny Strilaeff
“This program is a model for how we can focus on local priorities by working together with First Nations, regional environmental groups and community champions that have the knowledge and solutions to local ecological challenges in the Basin,” said Johnny Strilaeff, Columbia Basin Trust President and Chief Executive Officer. “We are proud
Preserving Black history in Philadelphia is an evolving dynamic of the city’s legacy. Martin Luther King Jr. was in attendance at Marian Anderson’s Lincoln Memorial performance on Easter Sunday, 1939. This location served as the inspiration for King’s March on Washington address, says Jillian Patricia Pirtle, CEO of the Marian Anderson Museum and Historical Society. (Image: University of Pennsylvania/Marian Anderson Collection of Photographs)
Marian Anderson was at her Philadelphia home at 762 S. Martin St. when first lady Eleanor Roosevelt called, asking her to sing at the White House. In 1935, she became the first Black artist to do so. Four years later, Anderson sang at the Lincoln Memorial to 75,000 people dressed in their Easter Sunday best after the Daughters of the American Revolution, despite Roosevelt’s advocacy on the singer’s behalf, denied Anderson the right to sing in their Constitution Hall auditorium. Anderson s
Ten non-governmental organisations have once again objected to the db Group’s project on the former ITS site.
They state that the new plans do not addres
Infrastructure Minister Ian Borg says Msida Creek project will balance between reducing traffic congestion, safeguarding different modes of transport and conserving open spaces
In a statement published on Monday, ROTA, Din l-Art Helwa, Flimkien Ghal Ambjent Ahjar, Moviment Graffitti, Nature Trust and Friends of the Earth Malta said the project has sparked concern about its long-term viability.
They added that the project will cut through the old centre of Msida, forcing pedestrians and cyclists to access lifts to cross from one side to the other.
Instead of being turned into a grey car park buried under a tangle of flyovers, the Msida Creek could become a lovely waterfront destination and walkway linking Gżira garden to Floriana garden and even to the Valletta Waterfront in a continuous scenic route with practical structures for cyclists and pedestrians, increasing recreational space, they said.