Friday's Tidepool: Give Me Some Space
It's a quiet day for sustainability news here in the Northwest, which meant
a long hunt for the Tidepool editor this morning.
Today's top story at Tidepool illustrates a new trend for funding parks in California. The solution could apply to other places in our region dealing with population growth and sprawl. In a related article, the Portland-area Metro Council has chosen six tracts of land they would purchase if voters approve an open-space bond measure in November.
Also, the B.C. government has agreed to protect 138,000 acres of forest in
Haida Gwaii. The article
is just a short note, really, but the news is significant. I would like to see
a longer article exploring the Haida's unique
and exemplary conservation efforts,
and the strategic role played by Guujaaw,
their Council President. Why hasn't this been covered? In case Northwest-coast
culture interests you, a piece ran in the Globe and Mail this week on my favorite
Haida artist, Robert
Davidson.
One last note: Yesterday was Endangered Species Day. Did you even know there was an endangered species day? The Tri-City Herald ran an editorial about the plight of Hanford's charismatic minor-fauna, the genetically unique pygmy rabbit, which is nearly extinct.
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