Monday Mailing
Year 20 • Issue 22 17 February 2014 1. Could Gold Hill Become A National Whitewater Destination? 2. Stunning Photos Of Earth From Above Will Change Your Outlook Of The Planet 3. Save the Date For A Night In Serve-Landia! 4. Interstate 84 Landslide Nearly 'Game Over' for Eastern Oregon Man 5. February 25 Featured Event on Rural Re-Electrification Act: A Vision for a Net-Zero Energy Gorge 6. Support for Environmental Initiatives in the Pacific Northwest 7. Google Public Alerts 8. Travel Oregon Matching Grants Program 9. True Cost Accounting: The Real Cost of Cheap Food 10. What is Walkability? 11. Poll Everywhere 1. Could Gold Hill Become A National Whitewater Destination? Ten years ago, Steve Kiesling bought 17 acres on the Rogue River. The land itself was not much to look at: it had been torn up by mining and was covered in blackberry bushes. But Kiesling wasn’t really interested in the land. He had plans for the water running through it.
Quote of the Week: "Every morning we are born again. What we do today is what matters most." ~Siddhārtha Gautama
Kiesling is a lifelong kayaker and canoer. He was scheduled to go to the 1980 Olympics that the U.S. ended up boycotting — and he has hopes for his stretch of the Rogue River to become a state-of-the-art water park. An economic study by the Department of Agriculture seems to support his plan. It found that the area around his property on the Rogue could produce $6 million to $7 million annually if it was developed for kayaking and recreation. To access the full story and OPB radio segment, click here.
Oregon Fast Fact:
The world’s tallest barber shop pole stands in Forest Grove, Oregon.
2. Stunning Photos Of Earth From Above Will Change Your Outlook Of The Planet When astronauts first went to the moon, the sight of Earth as a tiny blue sphere was such a transformative experience that it was later given a name: The “overview effect.” Seen from a distance, surrounded only by a sliver of atmosphere, the planet suddenly seemed more vulnerable. Inspired by the same idea, a new website called Daily Overview also shows shots of Earth from above. “Unless you spend most of your time in an airplane, your everyday perspective is limited to the surface of the Earth, and specifically to your line of sight,” says Benjamin Grant, who launched the site last month. “From down here it’s impossible to fully appreciate the beauty and intricacy of the things we’ve constructed, the sheer complexity of the systems we’ve developed, or the devastating impact that we’ve had on our planet.” To access this stellar series of photos, click here.
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