Sites Reservoir is an environmentally beneficial, off-river reservoir that will capture excess water from major storms and save it for drier periods, helping California’s farms, businesses and cities continue to supply reliable water when other sources are low.
Map of Where Sites Reservoir will be…
Halfway between Clear Lake and Chico.
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Photos of The River near Chico, CA
Scotty’s Bar and Boat Launch – Swimming…
It’s an EPIC River for Inner Tubing…
Mike J
Scotty’s is a legendary Bar
and has a stage out back for live music.
Boat Launch and Swimming.
Looking Downstream towards San Francisco
Scotty’s Sign
Rest Area on Highway 5…
My Home on the days I didn’t want to stay at a Motel.
That’s my Ford Windstar Van with the Mattress in the Back.
We Pump the Colorado River Dry before it Gets to the Ocean in Mexico… and No One Complains About THAT!
all the water from the Colorado River is used to Drink, Water Crops, Fill Swimming Pools, Shower, Water Animals and Make Ice Cubes for a Scotch on the Rocks Beverage…
SO… Someone Reported My Question to Google
and That Post was Deleted…
WE MUST ALLOW NO QUESTIONS!
OBEY THE ECOLOGY NUTS!
NO THINKING!
Sacramento River Satellite Photo Google Maps – Delta – 2021 ~~~~~~ (~);-} ~~~~~~ and another response: I say leave Nature ALONE but cut down on human reproduction to reach for a better, more equitable, balance. Humans have already altered, disrupted and destroyed far too much on the planet! So much in fact, we’re causing thousands of species of animals, plants and insects to go extinct by the day! Enough is enough! This Central Valley used to be home to deer, antelope, bear, and thousands of other species of both animals and plants. Now they are crowed out by humans for growing endless mono-crops for human a cattle feed and housing. Its selfish, greedy and insane. And not just here, the whole Earth is being similarly destroy for human USE and its the only home we have in the Universe! All because of not having the foresight to control our own f’g numbers! Of course, power hungry world and church leaders with politicians leading the way, like more and more people to fill their coffers!! back to the story now in progress: California Rice Farmers Pump Water from The Thermalito Afterbay Downstream from the Oroville Dam to Water Their Crops. This Year the Oroville Dam is at Historic Record Low Water Levels. So Low that the Hydro Electric Power Generating Station was TURNED OFF…
What IF? Would Pumping all that water out of the River and Into Fields that are Growing Crops Change the Climate of California’s Central Valley? In the Summer, all that water would evaporate and then fall as rain when those clouds meet the Sierra Nevada Mountains… In General, the Wind Flows from West to East… WE NEED RAIN… The Objection to Pumping the Sacramento River Dry is That Salmon Need the Water to Survive… and They Would Go Extinct… In That One River… Other Rivers, Like The Klamath and The Columbia and Rivers in Canada and Alaska would NOT Be Changed… and The Salmon Would Continue to Survive There… and… What IF Salmon Became Extinct? The Drought is The Western USA Is Putting Salmon in the Klamath River in Danger Right Now… Even With The Dams being Removed… It’s Entirely Possible That Salmon are Not Important…
Protest Sign Says: Kapow! Un Dam the Klamath River in the All Species Parade: Arcata CA
Golden Bear Sculpture on The Klamath River Bridge. Highway 101 – Northern California The San Francisco Bay would Become Salt Water flowing In under the Golden Gate Bridge… Currently it has a Mixture of Salt Water and Fresh Water…
That’s Surprising because there are Salt Harvesting Businesses Near San Jose… They Just Let the Bay water Evaporate and Collect the Remaining Salt…
Here is a Post on that same subject that was NOT Deleted on Facebook… “I Wonder Why Fresh Water from The Sacramento River Flows into the Ocean? After All, The Colorado River is Pumped Dry.
We are Having a Drought Here in California… This Water COULD be used to Grow Crops, Water Livestock, Take Showers or Make Ice Cubes for a Scotch on the Rocks… But NO… It Flows Out into The Ocean at San Francisco… “
How to Reduce Plastic Waste. Simple Actions Anyone Can Do. #1. Never Buy Bottled Water. Filter Tap Water Instead.
Here’s the Consumer Reports Guide of Filters that Remove Pollution from Tap Water… :
Did You Ever Notice that Water Bottled in Plastic TASTES like Plastic? That’s Plastic Going Into Your Body…
Of Course, If You Shower in Toxic Waste Water… That’s a Problem too… Your Skin Absorbs the Poison… That’s Why a Whole House Filter is Best… Contact Your Local Plumber for advice and installation… or MOVE to a Safer Neighborhood.
#2. Stop Drinking Coke… It’s often packaged in Plastic Bottles… So is Pepsi, RC Cola, Mountain Dew and Generic Cola… I personally LOVE the HIGH I Get from Caffeine and Sugar… Especially when driving a car long distances! That’s FUN!
However… It is Possible to Simply Take Those Two Drugs without Dissolving them in a Flavored and Carbonated Beverage… TRY COFFEE… I Remember putting Brown Sugar and Nutmeg in a Cup of Coffee at the Coffee Shop and I FELT OPTIMISTIC! Buzzing Like a Bee and Enthusiastic About Life! Whee!
Or Drink TEA… Or Drink Fruit Juice Made from a Concentrate… Avoid the Plastic Bottles!
Of Course, Caffeine is sold at the drug store in PILL Form… Especially Interesting is the Combo Pills with Aspirin, Acetaminophen and 65 mg Caffeine… Pain Relievers and Stimulant… Keep taking those and You’ll end up driving from San Jose to Seattle… Whoosh! Whoosh!
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The Myth of Plastic Recycling…
For many, recycling feels like a tangible way to personally combat climate change and to positively affect the environment. That’s partially because of decades of public environmental campaigns, advertisements and even school education aimed at increasing recycling. But the reality is that only a small fraction of plastic is ultimately recycled…
“There’s something really interesting about the idea that someone can make a living off of creating something that has no value except the value people associate to it.”
#3. Notice the Plastic Crap you consume and Simply Buy Less of it. I own an iPhone 6 and It Does Everything I Want a Phone to Do… “THEY” Keep on telling me to Buy a NEW IMPROVED Model… TV Ads Promoting the iPhone 14 and YET… I’m Already Happy… Why Buy More Plastic Crap?
I own a Toshiba Laptop but the Hard Disk Drive Failed and… It made more sense to Replace the Entire Machine with a Chromebook than have the Hard Drive Fixed or Replaced… and the Chromebook Doesn’t Have a Hard Drive so it’s Impossible that the Hard Drive will fail…
#4. Stop buying music CDs… Everything is available online for Free on Youtube… so… stop buying Plastic Ware!
#5. Buy High Quality Tools that Last a Lifetime… I Have an Yamaha Acoustic Guitar and It Will Still be Wonderful 50 Years from Now… Look at Willie Nelson’s Trigger…
#6. I watch Kids Cartoons on TV and The Advertisements Aimed at Children Promote Endless Streams of Plastic Crap… My Grandfather Make a Toy Train Set out of Wood and My Brother and I Both played with it… His Daughters Played with it… and His Grand Daughters Played with it…
The Plastic Crap Toys are designed to break, be thrown away… and then the Parents need to buy MORE MORE MORE!
#7. Plastic Knives, Forks, Spoons, Plates and Cups… REALLY! Simply Use Real Utensils and Wash ’em… My Great Grandmother Got Engraved Silverware for her Wedding and We Still Have It…
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Please Email Me Your Ideas for How to Reduce Plastic Waste… gregvan(at)yahoo(dot)com or leave a comment below…
Let’s Stop Watering Golf Courses. There is a Drought in The Entire Western USA and Golf is a Total Waste of Water. Even Rich People Ought to Do What is Right!
The U.S. population has doubled over the past 50 years, while our thirst for water has tripled. With at least 40 states anticipating water shortages by 2024, the need to conserve water is critical.
Instead of America First! why not Earth First! ??? Remember: Stop Flying in Jet Airplanes… Drive Cars Less or Not at All… Protect Trees…Ride a Bike… Free All Cannabis Prisoners and Use the Empty Jail Cells as a Homeless Shelter…
It’s troubling that our Glorious Leaders fail to comprehend that we are all one… Ecology is important to everyone… even Billionaires were like, totally inconvenienced by Hurricane Sandy in New York City. When the streets flooded “Limo Man” couldn’t ride… Just like the Subway Riders…
Great Book “The Monkey Wrench Gang” by Ed Abbey…
One simple thing you can do is attach a Furnace Filter to the Back of a Box Fan. That way you can remove smoke particles from the air you breathe indoors. With the Massive Fires in Alaska, Canada and Siberia pumping Megatons of Smoke into the Air… Wind blows all that pollution everywhere… Including inside your own home…
American History: The Humboldt County Timber Wars… A Hostile Takeover of Pacific Lumber and Extreme Logging of Old Growth Redwoods in Northern California.
In 1985 Charles Hurwitz borrowed money (Junk Bonds) from Michael Milken and bought the company Pacific Lumber, located near Eureka, California. Then Hurwitz increased the rate of logging in the Redwood Forest and cut down all the highly profitable trees. Then he split his corporation MAXXAM into two divisions. One division was used to do actual logging and sawing of boards and the other division was used to hide the profits. When the bill came due on the Junk Bonds, Hurwitz declared bankruptcy and took the money back to Texas. Including the pension funds that paid retirement benefits for employees…
Then the Pacific Lumber Company was purchased at a foreclosure sale by The Fisher Family. They had made a fortune selling clothes at a chain of stores called “The Gap”. They reintroduced the business plan called “sustainable logging” where the Lumberjacks would only cut down as many trees as grew during the year. This plan was invented by the original owner of Pacific Lumber, Simon J. Murphy… The concept was to cut 1% of the forest every year and plant new trees so that in a hundred years the new trees would have grown big enough to harvest.
During this time there were many ecology protests in Humboldt County. Including “Tree Sits” where forest protectors would build a treehouse in the upper branches of a giant Redwood in order to prevent Lumberjacks from Chainsawing the tree down. It would be possibly fatal for a tree sitter to be in a tree that was falling and the corporations were not willing to risk actual Human Life for profit. (Bad Publicity)… At the Tree Sit I attended MAXXAM Hired a Local man to “Evict” the Tree Sitters by climbing the tree and wrestling with the people… eventually carrying them to the ground where the Police arrested them.
Others committed “Tree Spiking” where large metal nails were driven into the wood of a tree and then the heads of the nails were clipped off. That way, if a tree was at the sawmill and the blade hit the metal, the blade would explode killing millworkers. Once again the corporation was not willing to risk people’s lives and so trees that were spiked, were not cut down. The Forest Protectors spray painted the spiked trees so that the Lumberjacks would be aware of the danger.
Still others went to the Offices of Political Leaders and staged “Sit-Ins” where they would handcuff themselves to each other and chant/sing songs while being filmed by TV Cameras… At one of these events the local police used pepper spray on the protestors who were young women. The young women screamed loudly… and it was filmed by TV Stations. When this was broadcast on the TV News it outrages the citizens of California… There is a biological reaction to young women being harmed… This Media Event lead to a massive protest Statewide and the California Legislature Bought a Large Tract of Land and created the Headwaters Forest Park… The park protecting a stand of Old Growth Redwoods near Fortuna, California. It is a pretty park with a paved trail that is popular with people that have wheeled vehicles like bicycles, wheelchairs, skateboards and baby buggies. The hike from the parking lot to the Giant Redwood Trees is about five miles and simply too far for most people to walk but it’s easy for people on wheels.
Another technique used to stop the logging was Scientific Ecology Studies that concluded that the Spotted Owl was losing it’s habitat and it was in danger of going extinct. See Illustration below…
Two members of the Ecology Group Earth First! were bombed by the FBI in Oakland. There was a Trial and the FBI agreed to award the Survivor a large cash settlement but denied doing anything wrong. Judi Beri died and Darryl Cherney Survived. He has retired from Activism but still performs as the leader of a musical group. They sing satire protest songs…
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