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A modular catchment wall was added along this rail line and bluff near Mukilteo at milepost 25.9. The wall keeps landslide debris from reaching the tracks and be cleaned out by a machine that runs along the rail lines.
Wyman's Marina Anacortes Museum
Robinson’s Cove, Guemes Channel.
"Wyman’s Aquatic Habitat at Robinson’s Cove occurred at the former Wyman’s Marina property, located at the northern terminus of U Avenue along the Guemes Channel. Prior to the late 1940s, the property was used for lumber milling and ship building operations. In the 1950s, the property was known as Robinson’s Marina and provided moorage space for up to 160 boats. After a storm event in 1964, Robinson’s Marina discontinued marina operations at the property and continued with boat maintenance and engine repair services until 1965 when the property was sold to the Port. The Port leased the property as Wyman’s Marina to continue boat repair and fueling services which operated until 1998.
Wyman’s Aquatic Habitat was designed to fulfill mitigation requirements for the Port’s Project Pier I Redevelopment. Sources of contamination were from boat maintenance, engine repair activities and underground fuel storage tanks. Cleanup and construction of this compensatory mitigation site was completed in January 2014.
The construction of this mitigation site involved excavation and disposal of approximately 13,550 cubic yards of upland and intertidal material along the southern shoreline of Guemes Channel to provide high quality intertidal habitat for juvenile salmonids. This activity included excavation and disposal of upland contaminated soil as part of Ecology’s Voluntary Cleanup Program (VCP)."
The plants are being established in the Fourmile Creek mitigation wetland site off of State Route 539 near Lynden. This will help bring this area back to it's more natural state.
Crews drive a post for a landslide retention wall near Mukilteo. The walls, when completed, help to catch debris before it strikes or blocks tracks.
After working for 24 years as a mitigation specialist, www.fema.gov/what-mitigation#1, Sandra became depressed from all the horrors she had witnessed and found herself one morning unable to rise up to a new day. She stayed in bed and told her husband that she couldn't face, not even one more day, her duty as a legal investigator.
"God", she implored the Lord, " I am giving my life to you. I can't take it any longer. Do what you wish with my life!"
Sandra told me, with a deep sense of gratefulness in her voice, that God had given her the hat store--a gift from heaven.
She started her business in July 2011 with only eight new hats. The other hats she had purchased in vintage stores, online, thrift stores, etc...
She has done very well business-like, but most of all she is so happy with all the nice people she is constantly meeting in her "You can leave your hat on" store on 212 7th Street in Oregon City.
"How would I otherwise have me three nice ladies like you?!" she smiled big.
Sandra was extremely kind and very friendly and offered us, my two Flickr friends and I, sweet gourmet chocolates. She also let us move freely in her amazing shop and make as many photos as we wanted.
We had fun trying all sorts of hats, fancy and practical, and making silly pictures of each other. (Don't expect to see any though.)
After we were done inside the store, I asked Sandra to step outside and let me take more pictures of her in front of her display window. She was such a sport and agreed instantly.
Do I need to say that the three of us left the store each with a new hat on the head :-))
This is my friend yucatan's photo of sandra www.flickr.com/photos/good-news/8382175417/in/photostream
Crews spent several weeks excavating the wetland mitigation site for the Salmon Creek Interchange Project. Dump trucks lined up as a pair of excavators worked in tandem to fill the queue and keep moving. The excavator bucket was large enough to fill each 10-ton dump truck with a single load of earth!
The plants are being established in the Fourmile Creek mitigation wetland site off of State Route 539 near Lynden. This will help bring this area back to it's more natural state.
Aerial shot of the drilling station and well testings station at Supreme Energy, Muara Laboh project site. Drilling to 2 kilometers depths to get geothermal energy. The Muara Laboh Geothermal Power Project will help advance towards Indonesia's renewable energy and climate change mitigation goals.
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Press conference to present the Summary for Policymakers of the report Climate Change 2022: Mitigation of Climate Change. 4 April 2022. Surrey, UK. Copyright IPCC | Photo by Mark Speight
Wildland fire investigators examine the scene to determine the cause of the wildfire. A down power line lays on the ground near a broken wooden power pole structure. Colored pin flags are placed on burn/fire indicators to show the direction of the fire spread. Photo courtesy of NIFC.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Reichsarbeitsdienst (RAD, "Reich Labour Service") was a major organisation established by Nazi Germany as an agency to help mitigate the effects of unemployment on German economy, militarise the workforce and indoctrinate it with Nazi ideology. It was the official state labour service, divided into separate sections for men and women.
From June 1935 onwards, men aged between 18 and 25 had to serve six months before their military service. During World War II compulsory service also included young women and the RAD developed to an auxiliary formation which provided support for the Wehrmacht armed forces.
Foundation
In the course of the Great Depression, the German government of the Weimar Republic under Chancellor Heinrich Brüning by emergency decree had established the Freiwilliger Arbeitsdienst ('Voluntary Labour Service', FAD) on 5 June 1931, two years before the Nazi Party (NSDAP) ascended to power. The state sponsored employment organisation provided services to civic and land improvement projects, from 16 July 1932 it was headed by Friedrich Syrup in the official rank of a Reichskommissar. The idea of a national compulsory service was quite popular, especially in right-wing circles, but it had little effect on the economic situation.
The concept was adopted by Adolf Hitler, who upon the Nazi seizure of power in 1933 appointed Konstantin Hierl state secretary in the Reich Ministry of Labour, responsible for FAD matters. Hierl was already a high-ranking member of the NSDAP and head of the party's labour organization, the Nationalsozialistischer Arbeitsdienst or NSAD. Hierl developed the concept of a state labour service organisation similar to the Reichswehr army, with a view to implementing a compulsory service. Meant as an evasion of the regulations set by the 1919 Treaty of Versailles, voluntariness initially was maintained after protests by the Geneva World Disarmament Conference.
Hierl's rivalry with Labour Minister Franz Seldte led to the affiliation of his office as a FAD Reichskommissar with the Interior Ministry under his party fellow Wilhelm Frick. On 11 July 1934, the NSAD was renamed Reichsarbeitsdienst or RAD with Hierl as its director until the end of World War II. By law issued on 26 June 1935, the RAD was re-established as an amalgamation of the many prior labour organisations formed in Germany during the times of the Weimar Republic,[2] with Hierl as appointed Reichsarbeitsführer (Reich Labour Leader) according to the Führerprinzip. With massive financial support by the German government, RAD members were to provide service for mainly military and to a lesser extent civic and agricultural construction projects.
Organization
RAD (House flag, Female Sections)
The RAD was divided into two major sections, the Reichsarbeitsdienst Männer (RAD/M) for men and the voluntary, from 1939 compulsory, Reichsarbeitsdienst der weiblichen Jugend (RAD/wJ) for women.
The RAD was composed of 33 districts each called an Arbeitsgau (lit. Work District) similar to the Gaue subdivisions of the Nazi Party. Each of these districts was headed by an Arbeitsgauführer officer with headquarters staff and a Wachkompanie (Guard Company). Under each district were between six and eight Arbeitsgruppen (Work Groups), battalion-sized formations of 1200–1800 men. These groups were divided into six company-sized RAD-Abteilung units.
Conscripted personnel had to move into labour barracks. Each rank and file RAD man was supplied with a spade and a bicycle. A paramilitary uniform was implemented in 1934; beside the swastika brassard, the RAD symbol, an arm badge in the shape of an upward pointing shovel blade, was displayed on the upper left shoulder of all uniforms and great-coats worn by all personnel. Men and women had to work up to 76 hours a week.
War
The RAD was classed as Wehrmachtgefolge (lit. Defence Force Following). Auxiliary forces with this status, while not a part of the Armed Forces themselves, provided such vital support that they were given protection by the Geneva Convention. Some, including the RAD, were militarised.
During the early war Norwegian and Western campaigns, hundreds of RAD units were engaged in supplying frontline troops with food and ammunition, repairing damaged roads and constructing and repairing airstrips. Throughout the course of the war, the RAD were involved in many projects.[3] The RAD units constructed coastal fortifications (many RAD men worked on the Atlantic Wall), laid minefields, manned fortifications, and even helped guard vital locations and prisoners.
The role of the RAD was not limited to combat support functions. Hundreds of RAD units received training as anti-aircraft units and were deployed as RAD Flak Batteries.[3] Several RAD units also performed combat on the eastern front as infantry. As the German defences were devastated, more and more RAD men were committed to combat. During the final months of the war RAD men formed 6 major frontline units, which were involved with serious fighting. On the western front RAD troops were used as reinforcements to the 9th SS Engineer Abt (SS-Captain Moeller) in the fighting to retake the northern end of the Arnhem bridge from British Paratroopers under Col. Frost. This action was during Operation Market-Garden in September 1944. It was noted that the RAD troops had no combat experience. SS-Captain Moeller's report concluded: "These men were rather sceptical and reluctant at the beginning, which was hardly surprising. But when they were put in the right place they helped us a lot; and in time they integrated completely, becoming good and reliable comrades." Losses for these troops were in the hundreds.[4]
Ayu Dwi Rahayu, Environmental Engineer, with her boss, Wahyu S. Amin, Open Yard Site Supervisor, at Supreme Energy, Muara Laboh geothermal project site. The Muara Laboh Geothermal Power Project will help advance towards Indonesia's renewable energy and climate change mitigation goals.
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Restoring Fourmile Creek to its natural floodplain along State Route 539. This mitigation plan addresses potential environmental impacts expected from upcoming construction projects. These improvements and reconnections of waterways will help with flood control and expand habitat for native species such as salmon.
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The 700 metre long TREASURES of the Tweed Mural was painted betweed 2010 and 2016 on the Commercial Road side of the Tweed River flood mitigation wall in Murwillumbah in far northern NSW.
Despite fears that vandals would graffiti those murals there has in fact been almost no vandalism.
The river side of the wall had been given over to local artists to paint to their hearts content and its believed that this has been a big reason for the respect for the Treasures of the Tweed Commercial Road side artworks.
In 2016 an organisation called Earth Learning, which operates in the Northern Rivers to promote environmental education, decided that funding for another mural would be sought with the artwork to be carried out during 2017-18. The new mural was to be known as the -
Artist Turiya Bruce was commissioned to work with the local environment group, community artists and volunteers in early 2017 to complete the new 150 metre long Ages of the Tweed Mural which was to focus on the Jurassic Period (250 million years ago) of geological history in the Tweed Valley.
In an interview in January 2017 with The Tweed Valley Weekly Earth Learning coordinator Adrienne Weber said
both the 'Treasures of the Tweed' and the 'Ages of the Tweed' murals show our unique lowland rainforests and Antarctic Beech mountain forests that long ago, covered most of Australia and can still be seen here today.
The murals takes us back in time to past eras when cassowaries, megafauna and giant birds roamed this land.
Back to 20-million years ago, when the Wollumbin / Mt Warning volcano was erupting with molten lava, to times past when Australian dinosaurs, horned turtles and platypus with pointed beaks and teeth lived nearby."
In an interview with the Echo Daily in November 2017 Adrienne Weber said -
"The mural was inspired by the words of William Guilfoyle, botanist and explorer who In 1869 travelled up the Tweed River and described it as:
“A deep rich valley clothed with magnificent trees . . . The background was Mount Warning. The view was altogether beautiful beyond description. The scenery here exceeded anything I have previously seen in Australia.”
‘Guilfoyle said “In all my travels I have never seen anything to equal the beauty of the vegetation. The banks of the river are clothed to the waters edge with an endless variety of the richest of evergreens, and the gay blossoms of climbing plants, entwining themselves around the larger trees, or hanging from the branches in gorgeous festoons alone would be the subject for the painter.'”
The Ages of the Tweed mural has been in progress for the last few years with the final vision being to create the Tweed River – Murwillumbah Riverbank Restoration Walk and Open-air Gallery. The idea is to represent all the plants and animals that existed in the original Wollumbin, (Mount Warning) area from Lismore to Mount Tamborine. Reference Echo Daily Nov 2017
Panjwa'i District, Afghanistan 22 September 2010
Combat engineers scan the grounds for improvised explosive device
Combat engineers attached to Oscar Company, 1st Battalion, The Royal Canadian Regiment Battle Group, scan the grounds near a Canadian Forces leaguer in the Panjwa’i district for improvised explosive devices. Working under extreme heat and pressure, engineers work around the clock to clear dangerous routes and mitigate the dangers of improvised explosive devices.
In close cooperation with Afghan National Security Force, 1st Battalion, The Royal Canadian Regiment Battle Group provides security by conducting counter-insurgency operations throughout Panjwa’i district located south-west of Kandahar City. The Battle Group conducts partnered operations with the 2nd Kandak of the 1st Brigade, 205 Corps of the Afghan National army, Afghan National Police and the Panjwa’i district Governor in order to advance governance, reconstruction and security in the area.
Operation ATHENA is Canada’s participation in the International Security Assistance Forces in Afghanistan. Focused on Kandahar Province in southern Afghanistan since the fall of 2005, Op ATHENA has one over-arching objective: to leave Afghanistan to Afghans, in a country that is better governed, more peaceful and more secure.
Canadian Forces Image Number IS2010-3020-1
By Corporal Shilo Adamson with Canadian Forces Combat Camera
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District de Panjwayi, Afghanistan 22 septembre 2010
Des membres du génie de combat affectés à la Compagnie Oscar du groupement tactique du 1er Bataillon, The Royal Canadian Regiment, examinent le sol à la recherche de dispositifs explosifs de circonstance près d’un laager des Forces canadiennes dans le district de Panjwayi. Les membres du génie de combat travaillent jour et nuit sous pression et dans des températures extrêmement chaudes afin de dégager des routes dangereuses et de réduire les dangers des dispositifs explosifs de circonstance.
En étroite collaboration avec les Forces de sécurité nationale afghanes, le groupement tactique du 1er Bataillon, The Royal Canadian Regiment, assure la sécurité en menant des opérations de contre-insurrection un peu partout dans le district de Panjwayi, au sud-ouest de la ville de Kandahar. Le groupement tactique mène des opérations en partenariat avec le 2e Kandak de la 1re Brigade, le 205e Corps de l’Armée nationale afghane, la Police nationale afghane et le gouverneur du district de Panjwayi afin d’améliorer la gouvernance, la reconstruction et la sécurité dans le secteur.
L’opération Athena constitue la participation du Canada à la Force internationale d’assistance à la sécurité (FIAS) en Afghanistan. Concentrée dans la province de Kandahar, dans le sud de l’Afghanistan, l’opération Athena poursuit un objectif essentiel : laisser l’Afghanistan aux Afghans et en faire un pays mieux gouverné, plus paisible et plus sûr.
Image des Forces canadiennes numéro IS2010-3020-1
Par le Caporal Shilo Adamson avec Caméra de combat des Forces canadiennes
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Reichsarbeitsdienst (RAD, "Reich Labour Service") was a major organisation established by Nazi Germany as an agency to help mitigate the effects of unemployment on German economy, militarise the workforce and indoctrinate it with Nazi ideology. It was the official state labour service, divided into separate sections for men and women.
From June 1935 onwards, men aged between 18 and 25 had to serve six months before their military service. During World War II compulsory service also included young women and the RAD developed to an auxiliary formation which provided support for the Wehrmacht armed forces.
Foundation
In the course of the Great Depression, the German government of the Weimar Republic under Chancellor Heinrich Brüning by emergency decree had established the Freiwilliger Arbeitsdienst ('Voluntary Labour Service', FAD) on 5 June 1931, two years before the Nazi Party (NSDAP) ascended to power. The state sponsored employment organisation provided services to civic and land improvement projects, from 16 July 1932 it was headed by Friedrich Syrup in the official rank of a Reichskommissar. The idea of a national compulsory service was quite popular, especially in right-wing circles, but it had little effect on the economic situation.
The concept was adopted by Adolf Hitler, who upon the Nazi seizure of power in 1933 appointed Konstantin Hierl state secretary in the Reich Ministry of Labour, responsible for FAD matters. Hierl was already a high-ranking member of the NSDAP and head of the party's labour organization, the Nationalsozialistischer Arbeitsdienst or NSAD. Hierl developed the concept of a state labour service organisation similar to the Reichswehr army, with a view to implementing a compulsory service. Meant as an evasion of the regulations set by the 1919 Treaty of Versailles, voluntariness initially was maintained after protests by the Geneva World Disarmament Conference.
Hierl's rivalry with Labour Minister Franz Seldte led to the affiliation of his office as a FAD Reichskommissar with the Interior Ministry under his party fellow Wilhelm Frick. On 11 July 1934, the NSAD was renamed Reichsarbeitsdienst or RAD with Hierl as its director until the end of World War II. By law issued on 26 June 1935, the RAD was re-established as an amalgamation of the many prior labour organisations formed in Germany during the times of the Weimar Republic,[2] with Hierl as appointed Reichsarbeitsführer (Reich Labour Leader) according to the Führerprinzip. With massive financial support by the German government, RAD members were to provide service for mainly military and to a lesser extent civic and agricultural construction projects.
Organization
RAD (House flag, Female Sections)
The RAD was divided into two major sections, the Reichsarbeitsdienst Männer (RAD/M) for men and the voluntary, from 1939 compulsory, Reichsarbeitsdienst der weiblichen Jugend (RAD/wJ) for women.
The RAD was composed of 33 districts each called an Arbeitsgau (lit. Work District) similar to the Gaue subdivisions of the Nazi Party. Each of these districts was headed by an Arbeitsgauführer officer with headquarters staff and a Wachkompanie (Guard Company). Under each district were between six and eight Arbeitsgruppen (Work Groups), battalion-sized formations of 1200–1800 men. These groups were divided into six company-sized RAD-Abteilung units.
Conscripted personnel had to move into labour barracks. Each rank and file RAD man was supplied with a spade and a bicycle. A paramilitary uniform was implemented in 1934; beside the swastika brassard, the RAD symbol, an arm badge in the shape of an upward pointing shovel blade, was displayed on the upper left shoulder of all uniforms and great-coats worn by all personnel. Men and women had to work up to 76 hours a week.
War
The RAD was classed as Wehrmachtgefolge (lit. Defence Force Following). Auxiliary forces with this status, while not a part of the Armed Forces themselves, provided such vital support that they were given protection by the Geneva Convention. Some, including the RAD, were militarised.
During the early war Norwegian and Western campaigns, hundreds of RAD units were engaged in supplying frontline troops with food and ammunition, repairing damaged roads and constructing and repairing airstrips. Throughout the course of the war, the RAD were involved in many projects.[3] The RAD units constructed coastal fortifications (many RAD men worked on the Atlantic Wall), laid minefields, manned fortifications, and even helped guard vital locations and prisoners.
The role of the RAD was not limited to combat support functions. Hundreds of RAD units received training as anti-aircraft units and were deployed as RAD Flak Batteries.[3] Several RAD units also performed combat on the eastern front as infantry. As the German defences were devastated, more and more RAD men were committed to combat. During the final months of the war RAD men formed 6 major frontline units, which were involved with serious fighting. On the western front RAD troops were used as reinforcements to the 9th SS Engineer Abt (SS-Captain Moeller) in the fighting to retake the northern end of the Arnhem bridge from British Paratroopers under Col. Frost. This action was during Operation Market-Garden in September 1944. It was noted that the RAD troops had no combat experience. SS-Captain Moeller's report concluded: "These men were rather sceptical and reluctant at the beginning, which was hardly surprising. But when they were put in the right place they helped us a lot; and in time they integrated completely, becoming good and reliable comrades." Losses for these troops were in the hundreds.[4]
Cane Creek is about to introduce a headset with an integrated steering damper devise intended to mitigate shimmy. They're calling it "Viscoset". So far it's only available for 1.125" steerers, because it's aimed at the E-bike and down-hill markets. Low trail randonneuring bikes seem to be predisposed to low speed, no hands, shimmy; but most of those bikes have 1" steerers. I got my hands of a few pre-release Visocets and I made my own cups to adapt them to bikes with 1" steerers. I've got one on my bike, which did have the no hands shimmy, and the shimmy is totally gone. Fingers crossed that Cane Creek makes a 1" version.
Aerial shot of the drilling station and well testings station at Supreme Energy, Muara Laboh project site. Drilling to 2 kilometers depths to get geothermal energy. The Muara Laboh Geothermal Power Project will help advance towards Indonesia's renewable energy and climate change mitigation goals.
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The aerial application of yellow straw continues to mitigate soil and ash runoff from the mountainous terrain leading to Seaman Reservoir, drinking water resource for the City of Greeley, on Friday, July 20, 2012, near Fort Collins, Colo. Red areas are burnt trees with pine needles that will fall tho the ground and form a mulch. Green areas are the remaining healthy trees that provide shade and protection to promote the growth of ground cover plants and shrub. An elk can be seen foraging on a remote patch of unburnt ground cover. Because of steep terrain, helicopters must be used to quickly deliver 1,800 tons of straw to Forest Service lands, and private and other lands that receive a seed mix and straw to promote ground cover plant growth on ash-covered lands. In total, 1,800 tons of straw will be applied during the 14-day operation. One quarter of the cost was paid by the City of Greeley and the U.S. Department of Agriculture funded the remainder. The Hewlett Gulch Fire was started by a camper’s alcohol stove, on May 14, at the saddle of a picturesque mountain ridge along the Hewlett Gulch Trail of Poudre Canyon, in the Roosevelt National Forest, 60 miles north of Denver. At it’s peak, more than 400 firefighters were battling fires being pushed by 50 mph winds that helped blacken over 12-square-miles of dry ground cover, brush and trees. Many of the trees were already dead and tinder dry from beetle-kill. The water in the reservoir remains clean and clear, while downstream water flow has gone from famous Colorado clear water to nearly black flows of water heavily laden with ash, silt, and burnt debris that recent thunderstorms have already washed down from the mountainsides. USDA Photo by Lance Cheung.
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This before picture near Mukilteo shows an unstable slope that created increased landslide risk to the rail lines below.
The aerial application of yellow straw continues to mitigate soil and ash runoff from the mountainous terrain leading to Seaman Reservoir, drinking water resource for the City of Greeley, on Friday, July 20, 2012, near Fort Collins, Colo. Red areas are burnt trees with pine needles that will fall tho the ground and form a mulch. Green areas are the remaining healthy trees that provide shade and protection to promote the growth of ground cover plants and shrub. Because of steep terrain, helicopters must be used to quickly deliver 1,800 tons of straw to Forest Service lands, and private and other lands that receive a seed mix and straw to promote ground cover plant growth on ash-covered lands. In total, 1,800 tons of straw will be applied during the 14-day operation. One quarter of the cost was paid by the City of Greeley and the U.S. Department of Agriculture funded the remainder. The Hewlett Gulch Fire was started by a camper’s alcohol stove, on May 14, at the saddle of a picturesque mountain ridge along the Hewlett Gulch Trail of Poudre Canyon, in the Roosevelt National Forest, 60 miles north of Denver. At it’s peak, more than 400 firefighters were battling fires being pushed by 50 mph winds that helped blacken over 12-square-miles of dry ground cover, brush and trees. Many of the trees were already dead and tinder dry from beetle-kill. The water in the reservoir remains clean and clear, while downstream water flow has gone from famous Colorado clear water to nearly black flows of water heavily laden with ash, silt, and burnt debris that recent thunderstorms have already washed down from the mountainsides. USDA Photo by Lance Cheung.
Mountain West Helicopter pilot Randy Mason takes off in a Bell UH-1H (2-blade rotor) after being refueled at the Seaman Reservoir spillway, near Fort Collins, Colo., on Friday, July 20, 2012. In the foreground is an aerial seed spreader, used in the continuing aerial application of straw and seed mix to mitigate soil and ash runoff from the mountainous terrain leading to Seaman Reservoir, drinking water resource for the City of Greeley. The 100-150-foot cable below it holds and releases loads of certified straw weighing 1,400 – 2,000 pounds. Forest service lands received straw, while private and other lands receive a seed mix and straw to promote ground cover plant growth on ash-covered lands. In total, 1,800 tons of straw will be applied during the 14-day operation. One quarter of the cost was paid by the City of Greeley and the U.S. Department of Agriculture funded the remainder. The Hewlett Gulch Fire was started by a camper’s alcohol stove, on May 14, at the saddle of a picturesque mountain ridge along the Hewlett Gulch Trail of Poudre Canyon, in the Roosevelt National Forest, 60 miles north of Denver. At it’s peak more than 400 firefighters were battling fires being pushed by 50 mph winds that helped blacken over 12-square-miles of dry ground cover, brush and trees. Many of the trees were already dead and tinder dry from beetle-kill. Their efforts have successfully kept water in the reservoir clean and clear, while downstream water flow has gone from famous Colorado clear water to nearly black flows of water heavily laden with ash, silt, and burnt debris that recent thunderstorms have already washed down from the mountainsides. USDA Photo by Lance Cheung.
Mitigation work happening in 2020 at Four Mile Creek near SR 539 and Ten Mile Road will increase the size of the existing wetlands. The WSDOT project will also help reconnect Four Mile Creek to its natural floodplain. Over time, the mitigation work happening now will improve flood control and expand habitat for native species such as salmon.
A ton of straw slowly falls during an aerial disbursement over a burned out area of the Poudre Canyon mountainside, on Friday, July 20, 2012, near Fort Collins, Colorado. This is an aerial application of straw that will mitigate soil and ash runoff from the mountainous terrain leading to Seaman Reservoir, drinking water resource for the City of Greeley. Forest Service lands receive straw, while private and other lands receive a seed mix and straw to promote ground cover plant growth on ash-covered lands. In total, 1,800 tons of straw will be applied during the 14-day operation. One quarter of the cost was paid by the City of Greeley and the U.S. Department of Agriculture funded the remainder. The Hewlett Gulch Fire was started by a camper’s alcohol stove, on May 14, at the saddle of a picturesque mountain ridge along the Hewlett Gulch Trail of Poudre Canyon, in the Roosevelt National Forest, 60 miles north of Denver. At it’s peak more than 400 firefighters were battling fires being pushed by 50 mph winds that helped blacken over 12-square-miles of dry ground cover, brush and trees. Many of the trees were already dead and tinder dry from beetle-kill. Their efforts have successfully kept water in the reservoir clean and clear, while downstream water flow has gone from famous Colorado clear water to nearly black flows of water heavily laden with ash, silt, and burnt debris that recent thunderstorms have already washed down from the mountainsides. USDA Photo by Lance Cheung.
Oystershell scale is a widespread problem, an emerging invasive insect posing a serious threat to conservation of quaking aspen in northern Arizona and beyond. A serious priority for researchers, oystershell scale monitoring and research is occurring on the Flagstaff and Mogollon Rim Ranger Districts with collaborators from NAU School of Forestry.
Photos are from a collaborative field trip with NAU School of Forestry and the USFS. We shadowed researchers and graduate students, visiting two test plots where possible mitigations for oystershell spread are being reviewed.
Photos taken December 7, 2021 by Danika Thiele. Credit U.S. Forest Service Coconino National Forest.
Supreme Energy, Muara Laboh project site. The Muara Laboh Geothermal Power Project will help advance towards Indonesia's renewable energy and climate change mitigation goals.
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Workers on a drilling platform at the Drilling Station, Supreme Energy, Muara Laboh project site. Drilling to 2 kilometers depths to get geothermal energy. The Muara Laboh Geothermal Power Project will help advance towards Indonesia's renewable energy and climate change mitigation goals.
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The CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS) East Africa is working with partners to empower communities in lower Nyando manage climate risk. Agro-forestry, land and water management are among the mitigation interventions employed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in Nyando basin. So far, 22 tree nurseries, some owned by self-help groups (more than half of all the nurseries are female-owned). More than 50,000 high-quality tree seedlings have been produced, each worth KSh10-20. About 23,500 multipurpose trees have been planted in homesteads with a 75 per cent survival rate and the local community is establishing a two acre demonstration woodlot. Photos: K. Trautmann. Read more about Climate Smart Practices in East Africa.
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Infographic of the NRC Overview on Mitigation Strategies.
The NRC issued a Mitigation Strategies Order on March 12, 2012, requiring all U.S. nuclear power plants to implement strategies that will allow them to cope without their permanent electrical power sources for an indefinite amount of time These strategies must keep the reactor core and spent fuel cool, as well as protect the thick concrete containment buildings that surround each reactor. The mitigation strategies are expected to use a combination of currently installed equipment (e.g., steam-powered pumps), additional portable equipment that is stored on-site, and equipment that can be flown in or trucked in from support centers.
To learn more read the NRC blog post at public-blog.nrc-gateway.gov/2014/04/02/addressing-the-unp...
Visit the Nuclear Regulatory Commission's website at www.nrc.gov/.
For those who wish to leave a comment or feedback please send via email to opa.resource@nrc.gov.
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Storyboard No.1 from the OFPP & UNEP/UNESCO GAFI "Orangutans and Palm Oil: Conflict Mitigation Training Video"
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Load crews attach 100-150 foot ropes of a cargo net to a release mechanism hanging under a helicopter during the continuing aerial application of straw to mitigate soil and ash runoff from the mountainous terrain leading to Seaman Reservoir, drinking water resource for the City of Greeley, on Friday, July 20, 2012. Bell UH-1H (2-blade rotor) and A-Star Model B (3-blade rotor) aircraft were launched from a landing zone at the foot of the reservoir spillway. Pilots Randy Mason and Terry Richards in the Bell 204 and Tim Booth in the A-Star use their keen depth perception and piloting skills to keep their straw loads at the end of 100-150-foot cable above the trees and hilltops as they transport and release loads of certified straw weighing 1,400 – 2,000 pounds. 4-person load crews and heavy equipment operators with hydraulic hay fork grapple attachments make easy work of unloading 1,000 pound straw bales from tractor trailer rigs, stack them near the pickup point, then bring the bales onto cargo nets, open then loosen and adjust the load weight on the cargo nets for helicopters to lift and drop them onto barren, burned out tributary lands. Forest service lands received straw, while private and other lands receive a seed mix and straw to promote ground cover plant growth on ash-covered lands. In total, 1,800 tons of straw will be applied during the 14-day operation. One quarter of the cost was paid by the City of Greeley and the U.S. Department of Agriculture funded the remainder. The Hewlett Gulch Fire was started by a camper’s alcohol stove, on May 14, at the saddle of a picturesque mountain ridge along the Hewlett Gulch Trail of Poudre Canyon, in the Roosevelt National Forest, 60 miles north of Denver. At it’s more than 400 firefighters were battling fires being pushed by 50 mph winds that helped blacken over 12-square-miles of dry ground cover, brush and trees. Many of the trees were already dead and tinder dry from beetle-kill. The water in the reservoir remains clean and clear, while downstream water flow has gone from famous Colorado clear water to nearly black flows of water heavily laden with ash, silt, and burnt debris that recent thunderstorms have already washed down from the mountainsides. USDA Photo by Lance Cheung.
The aerial application of yellow straw continues to mitigate soil and ash runoff from the mountainous terrain leading to Milton L. Seaman Reservoir, drinking water resource for the City of Greeley, on Friday, July 20, 2012, near Fort Collins, Colo. Red areas are burnt trees with pine needles that will fall tho the ground and form a mulch. Green areas are the remaining healthy trees that provide shade and protection to promote the growth of ground cover plants and shrub. Because of steep terrain, helicopters must be used to quickly deliver 1,800 tons of straw to Forest Service lands, and private and other lands that receive a seed mix and straw to promote ground cover plant growth on ash-covered lands. In total, 1,800 tons of straw will be applied during the 14-day operation. One quarter of the cost was paid by the City of Greeley and the U.S. Department of Agriculture funded the remainder. The Hewlett Gulch Fire was started by a camper’s alcohol stove, on May 14, at the saddle of a picturesque mountain ridge along the Hewlett Gulch Trail of Poudre Canyon, in the Roosevelt National Forest, 60 miles north of Denver. At it’s peak, more than 400 firefighters were battling fires being pushed by 50 mph winds that helped blacken over 12-square-miles of dry ground cover, brush and trees. Many of the trees were already dead and tinder dry from beetle-kill. The water in the reservoir remains clean and clear, while downstream water flow has gone from famous Colorado clear water to nearly black flows of water heavily laden with ash, silt, and burnt debris that recent thunderstorms have already washed down from the mountainsides. USDA Photo by Lance Cheung.
A hydraulic hay fork grapple attachment makes easy work of loosening and adjusting straw bale density and weight for the continuing aerial application of straw to mitigate soil and ash runoff from the mountainous terrain leading to Seaman Reservoir, drinking water resource for the City of Greeley, on Friday, July 20, 2012. Bell UH-1H (2-blade rotor) and A-Star Model B (3-blade rotor) aircraft launched from a landing zone at the foot of the reservoir spillway. The 100-150-food sling lines hold and release loads of certified straw weighing 1,400 – 2,000 pounds. 4-person load crews and heavy equipment operators unloaded 1,000 pound straw bales from tractor trailer rigs, stack them near the pickup point, then bring the bales onto cargo nets, open then loosen and adjust the load on cargo nets for helicopters to lift and drop them onto barren, burned out tributary lands. Forest service lands received straw, while private and other lands receive a seed mix and straw to promote ground cover plant growth on ash-covered lands. In total, 1,800 tons of straw will be applied during the 14-day operation. One quarter of the cost was paid by the City of Greeley and the U.S. Department of Agriculture funded the remainder. The Hewlett Gulch Fire was started by a camper’s alcohol stove, on May 14, at the saddle of a picturesque mountain ridge along the Hewlett Gulch Trail of Poudre Canyon, in the Roosevelt National Forest, 60 miles north of Denver. At it’s more than 400 firefighters were battling fires being pushed by 50 mph winds that helped blacken over 12-square-miles of dry ground cover, brush and trees. Many of the trees were already dead and tinder dry from beetle-kill. The water in the reservoir remains clean and clear, while downstream water flow has gone from famous Colorado clear water to nearly black flows of water heavily laden with ash, silt, and burnt debris that recent thunderstorms have already washed down from the mountainsides. USDA Photo by Lance Cheung.
A ton of straw slowly falls during an aerial disbursement over a burned out area of the Poudre Canyon mountainside, on Friday, July 20, 2012, near Fort Collins, Colorado. This is an aerial application of straw that will mitigate soil and ash runoff from the mountainous terrain leading to Seaman Reservoir, drinking water resource for the City of Greeley. Forest Service lands receive straw, while private and other lands receive a seed mix and straw to promote ground cover plant growth on ash-covered lands. In total, 1,800 tons of straw will be applied during the 14-day operation. One quarter of the cost was paid by the City of Greeley and the U.S. Department of Agriculture funded the remainder. The Hewlett Gulch Fire was started by a camper’s alcohol stove, on May 14, at the saddle of a picturesque mountain ridge along the Hewlett Gulch Trail of Poudre Canyon, in the Roosevelt National Forest, 60 miles north of Denver. At it’s peak more than 400 firefighters were battling fires being pushed by 50 mph winds that helped blacken over 12-square-miles of dry ground cover, brush and trees. Many of the trees were already dead and tinder dry from beetle-kill. Their efforts have successfully kept water in the reservoir clean and clear, while downstream water flow has gone from famous Colorado clear water to nearly black flows of water heavily laden with ash, silt, and burnt debris that recent thunderstorms have already washed down from the mountainsides. USDA Photo by Lance Cheung.
The aerial application of yellow straw continues to mitigate soil and ash runoff from the mountainous terrain leading to Seaman Reservoir, drinking water resource for the City of Greeley, on Friday, July 20, 2012, near Fort Collins, Colo. Red areas are burnt trees with pine needles that will fall tho the ground and form a mulch. Green areas are the remaining healthy trees that provide shade and protection to promote the growth of ground cover plants and shrub. Because of steep terrain, helicopters must be used to quickly deliver 1,800 tons of straw to Forest Service lands, and private and other lands that receive a seed mix and straw to promote ground cover plant growth on ash-covered lands. In total, 1,800 tons of straw will be applied during the 14-day operation. One quarter of the cost was paid by the City of Greeley and the U.S. Department of Agriculture funded the remainder. The Hewlett Gulch Fire was started by a camper’s alcohol stove, on May 14, at the saddle of a picturesque mountain ridge along the Hewlett Gulch Trail of Poudre Canyon, in the Roosevelt National Forest, 60 miles north of Denver. At it’s peak, more than 400 firefighters were battling fires being pushed by 50 mph winds that helped blacken over 12-square-miles of dry ground cover, brush and trees. Many of the trees were already dead and tinder dry from beetle-kill. The water in the reservoir remains clean and clear, while downstream water flow has gone from famous Colorado clear water to nearly black flows of water heavily laden with ash, silt, and burnt debris that recent thunderstorms have already washed down from the mountainsides. USDA Photo by Lance Cheung.
SPOTLIGHT SESSION
A Fast and Fair Clean Energy Transition: How We Can Unlock Capital for Climate Mitigation in an Equitable and Just Way
2:30 - 4:00 p.m. ET
Location: Murray Hill West
To reach net zero global emissions by 2050 and avert the worst impacts of climate change, the world will need to deploy clean energy technologies much more rapidly. This will require a massive surge in public and private investment across mature, clean technologies and early-stage and breakthrough solutions. Support for clean energy innovation and transition is especially critical for emerging and developing economies as they try to reconcile poverty alleviation and economic growth with global decarbonization goals. Proven strategies – from investment in local research and innovation to knowledge and technology transfer – can help countries advance cleantech solutions tailored to their specific needs and take the lead in determining their own energy future.
This session will explore:
•How can the public and private sectors work together to unlock capital for innovation and create markets for new clean technologies and businesses?
•How can we fund and strengthen local energy innovation ecosystems in emerging and developing economies?
•How can we center equity and justice in deep decarbonization efforts?
Speakers:
•Ani Dasgupta, President and CEO, World Resources Institute
•Sumant Sinha, Chairman & CEO, Renew Energy Global Plc
•Patricia Espinosa, Ambassador, Former Executive Secretary to the UNFCCC, and Former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Mexico
•Katie Rae, CEO & Managing Partner, The Engine
•Salma Okonkwo, Founder, Blue Power Energy
•Hemant Taneja, CEO, General Catalyst
•Chris Sacca, Founder, Lowercarbon Capital
•Guillermo Lasso, President, Republic of Ecuador
•Rolando González-Bunster, Chairman & CEO, Interenergy
NEW YORK, NEW YORK - SEPTEMBER 19: <> attends the Clinton Global Initiative September 2022 Meeting at New York Hilton Midtown on September 19, 2022 in New York City. (Photo by Noam Galai/Getty Images for Clinton Global Initiative)
The south end of Dike Road climbs a hill to meet Frostad Road on Whidbey Island, providing a nice view of Skagit Bay. In summer 2015 WSDOT will build a new dike where Dike Road is currently located, then rebuild the road on top of it. It will then breach the southern portion of the original dike that was built in 1918, allowing water from Dugualla Bay to flow into the area. This will restore a saltwater marsh that will serve as habitat for young salmon. The work is mitigation for the SR 532 Davis Slough bridge project.
Press conference to present the Summary for Policymakers of the report Climate Change 2022: Mitigation of Climate Change. 4 April 2022. Surrey, UK. Copyright IPCC | Photo by Mark Speight
IPCC Secretary Abdalah Mokssit
The aerial application of yellow straw continues to mitigate soil and ash runoff from the mountainous terrain leading to Seaman Reservoir, drinking water resource for the City of Greeley, on Friday, July 20, 2012, near Fort Collins, Colo. Red areas are burnt trees with pine needles that will fall tho the ground and form a mulch. Green areas are the remaining healthy trees that provide shade and protection to promote the growth of ground cover plants and shrub. Because of steep terrain, helicopters must be used to quickly deliver 1,800 tons of straw to Forest Service lands, and private and other lands that receive a seed mix and straw to promote ground cover plant growth on ash-covered lands. In total, 1,800 tons of straw will be applied during the 14-day operation. One quarter of the cost was paid by the City of Greeley and the U.S. Department of Agriculture funded the remainder. The Hewlett Gulch Fire was started by a camper’s alcohol stove, on May 14, at the saddle of a picturesque mountain ridge along the Hewlett Gulch Trail of Poudre Canyon, in the Roosevelt National Forest, 60 miles north of Denver. At it’s peak, more than 400 firefighters were battling fires being pushed by 50 mph winds that helped blacken over 12-square-miles of dry ground cover, brush and trees. Many of the trees were already dead and tinder dry from beetle-kill. The water in the reservoir remains clean and clear, while downstream water flow has gone from famous Colorado clear water to nearly black flows of water heavily laden with ash, silt, and burnt debris that recent thunderstorms have already washed down from the mountainsides. USDA Photo by Lance Cheung.
The aerial application of yellow straw continues to mitigate soil and ash runoff from the mountainous terrain leading to Seaman Reservoir, drinking water resource for the City of Greeley, on Friday, July 20, 2012, near Fort Collins, Colo. Red areas are burnt trees with pine needles that will fall tho the ground and form a mulch. Green areas are the remaining healthy trees that provide shade and protection to promote the growth of ground cover plants and shrub. Because of steep terrain, helicopters must be used to quickly deliver 1,800 tons of straw to Forest Service lands, and private and other lands that receive a seed mix and straw to promote ground cover plant growth on ash-covered lands. In total, 1,800 tons of straw will be applied during the 14-day operation. One quarter of the cost was paid by the City of Greeley and the U.S. Department of Agriculture funded the remainder. The Hewlett Gulch Fire was started by a camper’s alcohol stove, on May 14, at the saddle of a picturesque mountain ridge along the Hewlett Gulch Trail of Poudre Canyon, in the Roosevelt National Forest, 60 miles north of Denver. At it’s peak, more than 400 firefighters were battling fires being pushed by 50 mph winds that helped blacken over 12-square-miles of dry ground cover, brush and trees. Many of the trees were already dead and tinder dry from beetle-kill. The water in the reservoir remains clean and clear, while downstream water flow has gone from famous Colorado clear water to nearly black flows of water heavily laden with ash, silt, and burnt debris that recent thunderstorms have already washed down from the mountainsides. USDA Photo by Lance Cheung.
Pictured: Black-necked stilt hatchlings
SAVANNAH, Ga. – Biologists with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers count bird nests at a newly-constructed "bird island" at Savannah Harbor Dredged Material Containment Area 12A, May 30, 2014. The Corps completed the 8-acre bird island in March 2014 as an environmental mitigation project for routine operations and maintenance of the Savannah harbor. The island provides valuable bare ground nesting habitat for many species of colonial water birds such as the least tern, gull-billed tern, black-necked stilt, black skimmer, and other shorebirds. During nesting season (April through August), Corps biologists visit the Savannah harbor dredge disposal areas about once a week to monitor nests and hatchlings. This is the first nesting season where birds have used the new bird island, and so far Corps biologists have recorded more than 200 nests. USACE photo by Tracy Robillard.