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Mobil Service Station on the former Southbound alignment of NR1 / Pacific Hwy. This section is now a service road.
Southern length of the alignment. View from the south.
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Neil from the Chelmsford Carriage Company can not help himself and adds a little weight to one of the tyre quality demos.
Ladies Motoring Evening with Annette Carey of The White Room, Chelmsford Carriage Company, and Drinks of France.
The CLCC recently completed and approved our first science planning document titled, CLCC Science Strategy: Mission Alignment, as an initial step toward identifying shared conservation priorities. While the document met its stated objectives, Steering Committee (SC) members and outside reviewers have suggested the next step is to develop a framework for implementation. To carry out this step, SC members approved the use of a process called Structured Decision-Making (SDM). SDM is a formal, prescriptive, values-based method for analyzing a decision by breaking the decision into components. The specific process used in the workshop is called “PrOACT,” which refers to the decision components: Problem, Objectives, Alternatives, Consequences, and Tradeoffs. For the purposes of the CLCC, SDM provides a tool for achieving transparent, purposeful, and collaborative co-production of conservation—specifically, multi-partner landscape conservation design (LCD) for the Caribbean region.
To begin working through PrOACT the SC spent four days in El Yunque National Forest with decision support coaches Angela Romero and Mitch Aid (US FWS), Peter Freeman (USVI Independent Consulant) and Wanda Crespo (Estudio Technicos, Inc).
The objectives of this face to face meeting were to (1) introduce participating SC members to the SDM process so that they are comfortable with the process, its application, and its usefulness; (2) Frame “The Problem” SC members are jointly addressing (i.e., Step 1 of PrOACT); and (3) Develop a set of actionable “Objectives” based on CLCC shared values and priorities (i.e., Step 2 of PrOACT).
Steering Committee members agreed upon the following Decision Statement:
“The Caribbean LCC Steering Committee will develop and implement coordinated, efficient, and effective landscape-scale conservation design and strategy to conserve, restore and sustain ecological and cultural resources and services and human well-being in the Caribbean inside and outside of CLCC jurisdictional boundaries. The CLCC recognizes the following constraints and uncertainties: political and social environments, finances, multiple decision making authorities, diverse values, competing priorities, and climatic and ecological dynamics.”
The CLCC Steering Committee recognized themselves as the focal decision-makers and the organizations they represent as the implementers. The decision timeframe includes a 5-10 year planning horizon, 10-20 year implementation period (to institutionalize LCD), and the impacts of decisions will range from the present to 60 years to quasi-infinite. The group also agreed that the region of interest is the “terrestrial and marine components within the EEZ of the U.S. Caribbean, and Navassa Island, with consideration of relevant drivers, policies and impacts originating in the wider Caribbean region. The wider Caribbean is defined by UNEP.”
The Steering Committee also agreed upon four Fundamental Objectives, which will frame all future collaborative efforts of the CLCC (no particular order):
Maximize use of available operational resources
Maximize public satisfaction and well-being
Maximize the structure and function of aquatic and terrestrial resources
Maximize the integrity of cultural and historic resources
The Steering Committee agreed to create Tiger Teams, or subteams with a specific short-term task, to flesh out specific objectives and indicators for each of the Fundamental objectives.
Questions on this science planning process should be directed to CLCC Science Coordinator Brent Murry.
Pair of stones forming part of the stone alignment (Scale 1m).
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My first drive on the Pacific Highway Ewingsdale - Tintenbar project, opened December 2015, bypassing a winding old alignment.
The moon, jupiter and venus are in alignment. Happens every 20-30 odd years or so.
Last night was better. A smiley face with moon beneath the planets, curving up.
First attempt at doing this kind of low light photography - all hints and tips gratefully appreciated (i did use a tripod btw)
Hot air balloons almost in perfect alignment over the Vista Ridge Golf Course in Erie, Colorado near highway 7.
This is a view of Chicago from the top of the Sears Tower. Alignment is extremely prevalent in developed cites such as Chicago. It is a useful way of organizing a city to allow residents to navigate through the city more easily. Straight lines are easier to follow and memorize than curves. Old cities such as Mexico city (it's been around since the 1500's) have disorganized streets and criss crossing highways that make navigation extremely difficult.