Month: August 2024
Good News, Bad News
The number of breeding pairs of peregrine falcons, the world’s fastest animal, has doubled during a 15-year-long collaborative recovery plan involving climbers, the National Park Service and Yosemite Conservancy, the park announced on July 31. This spring, there were 17 breeding pairs in the Park, up from only eight pairs in 2009. A total of …
Chilcotin Slide and Potential Flood
a notice late Wednesday saying the slide is located 22 km upstream from the Farwell Canyon Bridge. “It has resulted in a complete blockage of the river with material piling 30 metres high and 600 metres wide. Water has backed up roughly eight kilometres behind the landslide material.” News report More This could be a …