Archive for March, 2008
Monday, March 31st, 2008
A dedication ceremony will be held to celebrate this new extension of Stevens Creek Trail, providing additional opportunities for recreation, commuting and the overall health of our community. The new portion of the trail will provide multi-use opportunities on a 1.7 mile segment. For additional information on the event which begins at Yuba Drive and follows a short walk to the El Camino Real Trail terminus, or regarding parking available at Landels School, 115 West Dana Street, please call (650) 903-6070. Light refreshments and entertainment will be provided.
Saturday, April 12, 2008 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM
from http://svbcbikes.org/content/210 Stevens Creek
Tags: creek, El Camino Real Trail, Landels School West Dana Street, light, opportunities, providing, Saturday April, stevens creek, Stevens Creek Trail, trail, Yuba Drive
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Sunday, March 30th, 2008
I would love to say, “Don’t touch the parks!” but i understand that this budget crisis is significant — no easy solutions. I’m sure there are bureaucratic salaries that could be cut, and so on, but closing parks and then
considering them excess property seems far to far. It’s beyond mortgaging the future.
I couldn’t find much in the short time i had to think and write about this. If anyone else knows more about AB 2392, Excess state land: state park system (introduced by Garcia), please leave a comment.
Following: my hasty note to my representatives via California State Parks Foundation’s form. See more at http://savestateparks.org/.
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Tags: Budget, california, California State Parks Foundation's, Californians, closures, dont, following, future, Garcia, I'm, It's, parks, state, The Governor
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Saturday, March 29th, 2008
The March Meeting materials of the Delta Vision task force have some interesting content. The talk slides tease: one can glean some interesting perspectives from the one on the geometry of the delta waterways, although it’s clear having a presenter help interpret some of the images would be useful. Materials which stand more on their own include a document providing a summary of 2007 legislation regarding flood issues and a report by “Delta As Place” workgroup that ranges from cost allocations for levees to thoughts on managing state owned farmland and creating “gateway” parks as well as legislation for a Tourism and Marketing Plan.
The State of the Bay-Delta Science 2008 seems more focussed on the state of the science-policy mixing boundary (to take a metaphor from the waterway powerpoint) than simply on the science. The report is organized around the following perspectives:
Perspective One: The Delta is a continually changing ecosystem. Uncontrolled drivers of change (e.g., population growth, changing climate, land subsidence, seismicity) mean that the Delta of the future will be very different from the Delta of today.
Perspective Two: Because the Delta is continually changing, we cannot predict all the important consequences of management solutions. The best solutions will be robust but provisional, and will need to be responsive and adaptive to future changes.
Perspective Three: It is neither possible nor desirable to freeze the structure of the Delta in its present, or any other form. Strengthening of levees is only one element of a sustainable solution and is not applicable everywhere.
Perspective Four: The problems of water and environmental management are interlinked. Piecemeal solutions will not work. Science, knowledge, and management methods all need to be strongly integrated.
Perspective Five: The capacity of the Sacramento-San Joaquin water system to deliver human, economic, and environmental services is likely at its limit. To fulfill more of one water using service we must accept less of another.
Perspective Six: Good science provides a reliable knowledge base for decision-making, but for complex environmental problems, even as we learn from science, new areas of uncertainty arise.
Perspective Seven: Accelerated climate change means that species conservation is becoming more than a local habitat problem. Conservation approaches need to include a broad range of choices other than habitat protection.
Tags: Bay-Delta Science, changing, Conservation, delta, Delta As Place, Delta Vision, managing, Marketing Plan, Materials, Perspective Five, Perspective Four, Perspective One, Perspective Seven, Perspective Six, Perspective Three, Perspective Two, perspectives, Piecemeal, Sacramento-San Joaquin, science, Strengthening, The Delta, The March Meeting, The State, Tourism, Uncontrolled
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Saturday, March 29th, 2008
Most mentions of Stevens Creek were in relation to the tragic accident in which two cyclists were killed on Stevens Creek Rd in the park. Budget issues hit Stevens Creek Trail planning in Mountain View while Los Altos considered a route. Mountain View gained support to use Cuesta Park Annex as a flood basin. Mountain View Trees planted trees along Stevens Creek Trail.
Steve Williams posted another live meeting report of the Moffett Field Restoration Advisory Board (RAB). The report included one on the status of a specific habitat of Western Pond Turtles. The Petroleum Program report covered how old gas stations, air fueling lines, and boiler plants are being monitored as the oil is cleaned up. Monitoring points can be viewed at http://www.waterboards.ca.gov/.
More details & news links follow:
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Tags: Budget, City, creek, Cuesta, Cuesta Park Annex, Daniel DeBolt, Daniel DeBolt Mountain View Voice Staff, Darren, Feb, Hale Creek, History Association Save Open Space, In City, Los Altos, March, Marriage Road Ditch, Moffett Field Restoration Advisory Board RAB, Monitoring, mountain, mountain view, Mountain View High School, Mountain View Trees, Mountain View Voice, Permanente, Steve Williams', Stevens, stevens creek, Stevens Creek Rd, Stevens Creek Trail, support, The Petroleum Program, The Santa Clara Valley Water District, Tuesday, View, Western Pond Turtles
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Monday, March 17th, 2008
From The Map Room: posts alerts some beautiful Shaded Relief maps. Their creator, Tom Patterson, writes about the digital techniques he has used in his digital cartography, creating images beyond the brute tinting of most GIS.
It reminds me that Yahoo! Local Blog announced new data and functionality on Yahoo! maps earlier this month. I regret to see how few folks use Yahoo! maps when they seem to have the best cartography of the three major providers.
cartography, neocartography
Tags: cartography, Digital, From The Map Room, GIS, map, neocartography, Shaded Relief, Tom Patterson, Yahoo, Yahoo Local Blog
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