Since 2016, the Chesapeake Conservancy has pioneered the use of highly detailed images of landscapes taken from low-flying airplanes to pinpoint where conservation measures can best be deployed to clean up streams.
Those high-resolution images â down to a scale of 1 square meter â can pinpoint the locations of pollution hotspots, such as stormwater runoff from farms and developed land, and sites with bare, erosion-prone streambanks. Lidar (light-detection and ranging) technology uses a pulsed laser to measure distances and show elevation changes and steep slopes.
Volunteers plant a streamside buffer along Elk Creek in Centre County, PA, as part of a ârapid delistingâ project to get the stream removed from the state list of impaired waterbodies. (Peter Turcikâ/âChesapeake Conservancy)
the natural gas storage report from the EIA for the week ending December 4th indicated that the quantity of natural gas held in underground storage in the US decreased by 91 billion cubic feet to 3,848 billion cubic feet by the end of the week, which left our gas supplies 309 billion cubic feet, or 8.7% higher than the 3,539 billion cubic feet that were in storage on December 4th of last year, and 260 billion cubic feet, or 7.2% above the five-year average of 3,588 billion cubic feet of natural gas that have been in storage as of the 4th of December in recent years..the 91 billion cubic feet that were drawn out of US natural gas storage this week was higher than the average forecast from an S&P Global Platts survey of analysts who expected a 78 billion cubic foot withdrawal, and was also much higher than the average withdrawal of 61 billion cubic feet of natural gas that are typically pulled out of natural gas storage during the same week over the past 5 years, and the 57 billion cub
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So far this month, NYC residents have made 271 complaints to 311 about the taste of their tap water nearly 20 percent of all such complaints filed this year. (Shutterstock / nyker)
NEW YORK CITY As if 2020 hadn t caused enough headaches for New Yorkers, residents in recent weeks have reported a new concern: strange-tasting or looking tap water coming from their faucets.
So far this month, New York City residents have made 271 complaints to 311 about the taste or appearance of their tap water that s nearly 20 percent of all such complaints filed this year.
Last week, dozens of city dwellers chimed in on a Patch comment thread, saying that their tap water had begun tasting metallic or moldy.
Two groups in Pinellas vie for limited state preservation funding
Representatives of 14 acres on West Klosterman Road in Tarpon Springs and 44 acres owned by the Gladys Douglas estate near Dunedin are asking for a combined $4.6 million from a $10 million state fund.
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Brad Husserl, 60, of Tarpon Springs, top, leads Tex Carter, 68, of Tarpon Spring, Don Richter, 64, of Palm Harbor and Kay Carter, 68, Tarpon Springs as they walk along a trail Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2020 in Tarpon Springs. A group of local residents formed a nonprofit called WK Preservation Group Inc. in March in order to save the approximate 14 acres of land located along Klosterman Road in Tarpon Springs. [ CHRIS URSO | Times ]
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Good Tuesday morning!
We’re probably two days away from the Legislature voting to legalize marijuana.
But did you know that even after weed is legalized, a person caught growing even a relatively modest amount of it could face up to 20 years in prison, including a mandatory minimum sentence?