For many, the tree comes down when the grandparents/grandchildren leave, but what of the tree? There are numerous 'green' options for the disposal of a holiday tree. You can call your local ODFW office and see if they are doing any log placements, the trees have been used in the past as part of these projects. You can chop it up and burn it, if you have a wood stove or any other type of fire place. You can use it to build something like a stool or a table. Don't forget to save the needles which can be used to spice food (use them in a sachet or cheese cloth so you don't have to pick the needles out).
Stick it in your yard, either on its side or standing up in a hole or other stand, for the birds and other wildlife. You could also use it to construct a raised bed. Think of the saved trip to the lumber store!
Please don't put it against your neighbors door and ring the bell. This is very rude and nobody wants to deal with this type of shinanagins after the holidays!
Merry Christmas and a happy new year :)
12.26.2010
12.19.2010
Can You Be in Fashion and Still Get a Man?
Can You Be in Fashion and Still Get a Man?
To which I would reply yes, as long as you nice and fun to be around. Most men probably don't really care what you wear.
To which I would reply yes, as long as you nice and fun to be around. Most men probably don't really care what you wear.
12.10.2010
Demeter Design is Opening Not-for-Profit Arm
Demeter Design was structured as a non-profit organization. As of 2011 we will be converting to a 501(c)3 non-profit in order To provide assessment, mapping, and reporting services for individuals, environmental non-profits and watershed councils, educationsal and eccumenical groups, universities and school districts, and government agencies; To provide scholarships for Tillamook County high school and community college students; To Provide internships for university students; To provide grants and grant writng assistance to private researchers conducting non-speculative habitat research; To support environmental restoration and conservation; To support local economies and healthy farms.
Let us know what you think!
Let us know what you think!
Neat Blog to Check Out
http://threebeats.wordpress.com/
Very cool blog, check it out if you get the chance.
Very cool blog, check it out if you get the chance.
11.24.2010
Today in some good news (for some, although I imagine there are those that don't consider this good...)
"The Fish and Wildlife Service set aside 187,000 square miles (484,000 square kilometers) off Alaska as the threatened bears' habitat, which means any project that could impact the animals' way of life must undergo careful review. 'This critical habitat designation enables us to work with federal partners to ensure their actions within its boundaries do not harm polar bear populations,' said Tom Strickland, Assistant Secretary for Fish and Wildlife and Parks."
From the AFP
"The Fish and Wildlife Service set aside 187,000 square miles (484,000 square kilometers) off Alaska as the threatened bears' habitat, which means any project that could impact the animals' way of life must undergo careful review. 'This critical habitat designation enables us to work with federal partners to ensure their actions within its boundaries do not harm polar bear populations,' said Tom Strickland, Assistant Secretary for Fish and Wildlife and Parks."
From the AFP
11.18.2010
Today in More Reasons to Appreciate the Freedoms I Have
"In June 2009, Asia was asked to fetch water while out working in the fields. But Muslim women labourers objected, saying that as a non-Muslim, she should not touch the water bowl.
A few days later the women went to a local cleric and alleged that Asia made derogatory remarks about the Prophet Mohammed." Now she is sentenced to a hanging.
Full Story Here http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5h7wwqd-U511ibnXJeBP5MB9ev6Lg?docId=CNG.34d413ddaf37cdcea164fb9b026494b1.401
A few days later the women went to a local cleric and alleged that Asia made derogatory remarks about the Prophet Mohammed." Now she is sentenced to a hanging.
Full Story Here http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5h7wwqd-U511ibnXJeBP5MB9ev6Lg?docId=CNG.34d413ddaf37cdcea164fb9b026494b1.401
11.17.2010
Mushroom gardening
When you live on a mostly treed property in Coastal Oregon, the most logical thing to farm has to be mushrooms. Over the past few years, I have tried a variety of approaches to inoculation - plugs, chip spawn, scattering whole fruiting bodies, stacking new wood next to producing wood, transplanting trees from fruiting areas, etc.
After a few years of this, we have successfully established one thriving chantrelle patch and another nascent one. Additionally, we noticed a large patch of large (about the size of my palm) oysters fruiting in the upper portion of a living alder snag. We did a lot of watering in the summer, and I believe this is what did the trick - I have had trouble with my plugged logs drying out. Live and learn I guess.
After a few years of this, we have successfully established one thriving chantrelle patch and another nascent one. Additionally, we noticed a large patch of large (about the size of my palm) oysters fruiting in the upper portion of a living alder snag. We did a lot of watering in the summer, and I believe this is what did the trick - I have had trouble with my plugged logs drying out. Live and learn I guess.
11.16.2010
Haiti Cholera Outbreak
This image is from the BBC at http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-11767795
11.12.2010
Funniest quote ever, "He like tenses up and he's like grrr and I'm like what in the world is going on and I look across the street and there's a coyote," explains Multnomah County Chair Jeff Cogen describing an encounter between his dog and the coyote." From KGW
11.08.2010
NCLC News
North Coast Land Conservancy staff just spotted the first coastal coho of the season making their way up Thompson Creek on one of NCLC’s favorite properties in Seaside. Fall is a beautiful time of year on the Oregon Coast, and this month we have some great programs to engage and inform you about this amazing landscape we all treasure- hope to see you there!
Listening to the Land: Foraging on the North Coast
With Carla Cole, Natural Resource Manager, Lewis and Clark National Historical Park
Wednesday, November 17, 7-9 pm at the Seaside Public Library
People living along Oregon's North Coast have been eating locally for thousands of years, and indigenous foods – from berries and mushrooms to seafood and elk – continue to be an important part of our region's food system. Carla Cole is a local food enthusiast with an adventurous taste for indigenous foods. Her tales of foraging for truly local food will inspire you to look at coastal native plants in a whole new, and tasty, way. She will also share stories about how native plants have traditionally been harvested and prepared by the Clatsop and Nehalem tribes that have lived on the coast for generations.
Locally harvested refreshments will be provided by North Coast Food Web.
Listening to the Land is a monthly Winter Natural History lecture series presented by North Coast Land Conservancy and The Necanicum Watershed Council. You can find our full schedule here.
Saturday Morning Stewardship: Thompson Creek Invasive Plant Removal
Saturday, November 20, 9am-Noon, Thompson Creek in Seaside
Contact Celeste Coulter at celestec@nclctrust.org or (503) 739-2355 for information and location directions
Remember to bring gloves, rain gear, a snack and water. Tools will be provided. We will not have access to public restrooms.
Save the Date!
Gifts that Make a Difference 2010
Saturday December 11, 11 am -5 pm
Mc Tavish Room at the Liberty Theatre, Astoria
Give the gift of land conservation this holiday season! NCLC volunteers and staff will be at the Gifts that Make a Difference fair in Astoria on December 11 from 11am -5pm, along with volunteers from over two dozen other North Coast organizations that all work to make our North Coast Community a better place. Come say hello, and enjoy refreshments, music and lots of good cheer to get you in the holiday spirit.
You can honor friends and relatives with a gift to NCLC in their name, and receive a lovely acknowledgment card to give letting them know that their holiday gift is the continued conservation and protection of this beautiful Oregon Coast that we all love and treasure.
If you can't make it to the Gift Fair, but want to give a gift to NCLC in honor of someone this season, please contact our Development Director Teresa Retzlaff at (503) 738-9126 or teresar@nclctrust.org. You can also make a donation either by mail or online. Please indicate who the gift is in honor of, and provide an address if you want the acknowledgement card sent directly to them. We can also send the card to you if you wish to hand deliver it.
We are so thankful for all our wonderful supporters and volunteers! You are the key to helping NCLC work towards our shared vision: a healthy, connected Oregon coastal landscape where people, plants and wildlife all thrive.
Best wishes for a Happy Thanksgiving from everyone at North Coast Land Conservancy!
North Coast Land Conservancy is supported in large part by donations from people like you. Please consider supporting us!
More sadness, when will we get some good news?
"Returned runaways are often shot or stabbed in honor killings because the families fear they have spent time unchaperoned with a man. Women and girls are still stoned to death. Those who burn themselves but survive are often relegated to grinding Cinderella existences while their husbands marry other, untainted women."
This is horrible and I don't recommend reading it. It is really sad. Here is the link http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/08/world/asia/08burn.html?ref=world
This is horrible and I don't recommend reading it. It is really sad. Here is the link http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/08/world/asia/08burn.html?ref=world
This Just In - Journalism Rife with Plagiarism!
Check out this piece in the Mercury about plagiarism, oh wait it is actually in the Consumerist... or find it in many other articles on Google, written all slightly differently but the content is basically the same.
Like millions of other bloggers I collect bits and pieces of news I find interesting, important, or relevant to share with the world, or the small bit of world that reads this blog. Digital gossip. The republishing of works is sometimes illegal and sometimes not. For instance the statesman journal states no reproduction, republication, or rewritting. While other news posts give you a track back code automatically when you copy part of the articles, encouraging bloggers to talk about their works! What a concept, word-of-mouth advertising.
As an author almost nothing I write is new. I am a private environmental research scientist and I am often (not always) reporting on methods other people devised, implemented, and/or analyzed. That is what good journalism is. The ability to synthesize and distill out the junk, engage the reader, and get the point across.
The world is in turmoil. Millions of people are starving, a great part of our human community is living in oppression, people can't feed their families, etc. Although I would like to travel the world and report on the Aung San Suu Kyi's of the world, I can't. I am a white, middle-class, American female mostly pre-occupied with paying my bills, running a company, and being a wife. But do I need to travel to Myanmar to report first person? There are scores of people already doing just that and doing a better job than I ever would because remaining objective is difficult. But by re-reporting their work I am cataloging this information with a slightly different index. Not every person watches Comedy Central or reads Slate. Readers may not get to every article that I do. Certainly not all of the email lists, private subscriptions (which for obvious reasons I do not republish in entirety), or conference/meeting minutes.
Above all else truth, justice, peace, and goodwill. Journalism should promote literacy (both language and politics) in whatever form to as many people as possible. This is the only way to a sustained peace.
Now straight-up high-jacking a piece without proper credit and then making money through adverts or commission is totes un-cool. There isn't anything wrong with re-reporting, just be honest. It doesn't really make sense to publish the internet either, that is kind of the point, we should be digitizing more print media.
Like millions of other bloggers I collect bits and pieces of news I find interesting, important, or relevant to share with the world, or the small bit of world that reads this blog. Digital gossip. The republishing of works is sometimes illegal and sometimes not. For instance the statesman journal states no reproduction, republication, or rewritting. While other news posts give you a track back code automatically when you copy part of the articles, encouraging bloggers to talk about their works! What a concept, word-of-mouth advertising.
As an author almost nothing I write is new. I am a private environmental research scientist and I am often (not always) reporting on methods other people devised, implemented, and/or analyzed. That is what good journalism is. The ability to synthesize and distill out the junk, engage the reader, and get the point across.
The world is in turmoil. Millions of people are starving, a great part of our human community is living in oppression, people can't feed their families, etc. Although I would like to travel the world and report on the Aung San Suu Kyi's of the world, I can't. I am a white, middle-class, American female mostly pre-occupied with paying my bills, running a company, and being a wife. But do I need to travel to Myanmar to report first person? There are scores of people already doing just that and doing a better job than I ever would because remaining objective is difficult. But by re-reporting their work I am cataloging this information with a slightly different index. Not every person watches Comedy Central or reads Slate. Readers may not get to every article that I do. Certainly not all of the email lists, private subscriptions (which for obvious reasons I do not republish in entirety), or conference/meeting minutes.
Above all else truth, justice, peace, and goodwill. Journalism should promote literacy (both language and politics) in whatever form to as many people as possible. This is the only way to a sustained peace.
Now straight-up high-jacking a piece without proper credit and then making money through adverts or commission is totes un-cool. There isn't anything wrong with re-reporting, just be honest. It doesn't really make sense to publish the internet either, that is kind of the point, we should be digitizing more print media.
Radioactive Rabbit
Original Post By Annette Cary, Herald staff writer
A radioactive rabbit caught at Hanford just north of Richland had Washington State Department of Health workers looking for contaminated droppings Thursday. Contaminated animals occasionally are found at the nuclear reservation, but more often they are in the center of Hanford, far from town. The rabbit trapped at the 300 Area caught the Department of Health's attention because it was close enough to the site's boundaries to potentially come in contact with the public -- such as if it had been caught by a dog or if its droppings were deposited in an area open to the public.
Read more: here
A radioactive rabbit caught at Hanford just north of Richland had Washington State Department of Health workers looking for contaminated droppings Thursday. Contaminated animals occasionally are found at the nuclear reservation, but more often they are in the center of Hanford, far from town. The rabbit trapped at the 300 Area caught the Department of Health's attention because it was close enough to the site's boundaries to potentially come in contact with the public -- such as if it had been caught by a dog or if its droppings were deposited in an area open to the public.
Read more: here
If you have time, you should really read this piece in the Portland Mercury, http://www.portlandmercury.com/portland/one-fine-day-in-the-swamp/Content?oid=3005863
The following quote is very thought provoking...
"In hedging between the political and entertainment worlds, Stewart [Jon] is able to have his cake and eat it too. He can engage on his own terms without being forced to answer for or speak out on any issues outside his wheelhouse. Those who govern are not so lucky. Politics are corrupting, or so they say. So, too, is celebrity. And here Stewart stands, with one foot in each, doing an admirable job resisting the pratfalls. But is that enough?"
The following quote is very thought provoking...
"In hedging between the political and entertainment worlds, Stewart [Jon] is able to have his cake and eat it too. He can engage on his own terms without being forced to answer for or speak out on any issues outside his wheelhouse. Those who govern are not so lucky. Politics are corrupting, or so they say. So, too, is celebrity. And here Stewart stands, with one foot in each, doing an admirable job resisting the pratfalls. But is that enough?"
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