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goalhofer · 2 years

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U.S. Daily High Temperature Records Tied/Broken 10/14/22

Craig, Alaska: 59 (also 59 1937)

Hoonah, Alaska: 60 (previous record 56 2016)

Juneau, Alaska: 55 (also 55 2004)

Sitka, Alaska: 59 (also 59 2012)

Cooskie Mt. summit, California: 92 (previous record 91 2004)

Klamath National Forest, California: 92 (previous record 90 1991)

Round Valley Reservation, California: 98 (previous record 97 2004)

Unincorporated Siskiyou County, California: 86 (also 86 2015)

Boca Chica Key, Florida: 92 (previous record 91 2020)

Unincorporated Hawai'i County, Hawaii: 89 (also 89 2020)

Atlanta Peak summit, Idaho: 68 (previous record 65 2004)

Big Creek Pass summit, Idaho: 67 (also 67 2015)

Challis National Forest, Idaho: 68 (previous record 65 2015)

Couer d'Alene Reservation, Idaho: 78 (previous record 74 2015)

Unincorporated Owyhee County, Idaho: 83 (previous record 82 1999)

Schweitzer Basin summit, Idaho: 56 (previous record 54 1991)

Stanley, Idaho: 73 (previous record 71 2015)

Wallowa National Forest, Idaho: 75 (previous record 74 2015)

Hutchinson, Kansas: 87 (also 87 2020)

Columbia, Mississippi: 91 (also 91 1972)

Deerlodge National Forest, Montana: 68 (previous record 66 1991)

Kootenai National Forest, Montana: 61 (previous record 57 2006)

Unincorporated Lake County, Montana: 71 (also 71 1963)

Monument Peak summit, Montana: 61 (also 61 2015)

Stahl Peak summit, Montana: 59 (previous record 56 2010)

Cascade Locks, Oregon: 81 (previous record 77 1945)

Corvallis, Oregon: 84 (previous record 78 2015)

Unincorporated Douglas County, Oregon: 82 (previous record 81 2014)

Grand Ronde Community, Oregon: 75 (previous record 74 1991)

Grants Pass, Oregon: 88 (previous record 85 1991)

Unincorporated Jackson County, Oregon: 92 (also 92 1978)

John Day Fossil Beds National Monument, Oregon: 83 (previous record 82 2010)

Unincorporated Josephine County, Oregon: 87 (also 87 2015)

La Grande, Oregon: 82 (previous record 80 1999)

Unincorporated Lane County, Oregon: 78 (previous record 77 1976)

Mt. Hood National Forest, Oregon: 84 (previous record 79 1991)

Mt. Stella summit, Oregon: 82 (also 82 2015)

Portland, Oregon: 82 (also 82 1991)

Sweet Home, Oregon: 80 (previous record 77 2014)

Troutdale, Oregon: 83 (previous record 79 1991)

Willamette National Forest, Oregon: 86 (also 86 2016)

Unincorporated Bee County, Texas: 96 (also 96 1902)

Freer, Texas: 99 (previous record 98 1962)

Unincorporated Hidalgo County, Texas: 96 (also 96 2013)

Mt. Pleasant, Texas: 94 (also 94 1963)

Unincorporated Starr County, Texas: 100 (previous record 99 2012)

Bremerton, Washington: 77 (previous record 75 1961)

Chelan, Washington: 76 (previous record 74 2004)

Unincorporated Chelan County, Washington: 75 (also 75 2004)

Colville National Forest, Washington: 62 (previous record 60 1991)

Gifford Pinchot National Forest, Washington: 72 (also 72 1991)

Unincorporated Klickitat County, Washington: 82 (previous record 81 2004)

Longmire Historic District, Washington: 80 (previous record 70 1991)

Longview, Washington: 83 (previous record 76 1961)

Okanogan National Forest, Washington: 67 (previous record 62 1991)

Quartz Peak summit, Washington: 64 (previous record 63 2005)

Quinault Reservation, Washington: 77 (previous record 75 1982)

Ross Lake National Recreation Area, Washington: 70 (previous record 69 2006)

Seattle, Washington: 76 (previous record 73 1991)

Unincorporated Skamania County, Washington: 85 (previous record 81 1991)

Unincorporated Skamania County, Washington: 85 (previous record 82 1991)

Skokomish Reservation, Washington: 69 (also 69 1982)

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americasgreatoutdoors · 4 years

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Happy birthday to the Bureau of Land Management! One of Interior’s nine bureaus, the BLM has a long history of helping Americans get the most out of their public lands. On more than 245 million acres of public land, when it comes to recreation, energy, archaeology, wildlife and fighting wildfires, the BLM has the experts to get the job done. Learn more about them: www.doi.gov/blog/8-things-you-didnt-know-about-bureau-land-management

Photo of Hyatt Lake at Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument in Oregon by Kyle Sullivan, Bureau of Land Management.

#cascade-siskiyou national monument #cascade-siskiyou #oregon #bureau of land management #BLM #usinterior #mypubliclands #my public lands #public lands #nature #outdoors #america's great outdoors #wildlife #amazing view

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rjzimmerman · 5 years

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Western fence lizard (Sceloporus occidentalis) in the spring, within the greater boundaries of Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument.

Excerpt from this story from Earthjustice:

In a win for a national monument stretching from Southwest Oregon into Northern California, a federal judge rejected a logging company’s challenge to President Obama’s expansion of Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument in 2017. The monument was first protected in 2000 under the Antiquities Act as an ecological wonder, known for its incredible diversity of species. Earthjustice and the Western Environmental Law Center represent Soda Mountain Wilderness Council, Klamath-Siskiyou Wildlands Center, Oregon Wild, and The Wilderness Society as defendant-intervenors in the case.

“Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument is one of America’s natural wonders, not a collection of standing logs for a timber company,” said Kristen Boyles, Earthjustice attorney. “We’re grateful that the Court rejected Murphy Timber’s arguments and that this incredible monument will remain protected for all of us.”

Oregon logging company Murphy Timber brought one of three lawsuits against President Obama’s expansion of Cascade-Siskiyou, arguing that a 1937 law known as the Oregon and California Lands (O&C) Act committed some 40,000 acres of the expansion to commercial timber production, making those lands ineligible for inclusion in a monument. Local conservation organizations intervened to defend the monument. The judge ruled that there was no dispute that President Obama acted within his authority when expanding the national monument and that there was no irreconcilable conflict between the Antiquities Act and the O&C Act.

The monument connects three ecoregions, and is a biological corridor for Pacific fisher, mule deer, gray wolves, and spotted owls, and is also a designated winter range for black-tailed deer and Roosevelt elk. Seventy scientists and the governments of the two towns closest to the monument joined a call in 2011 from 15 independent scientists for an expansion of the monument.

President Clinton designated Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument on June 9, 2000 using the Antiquities Act, a century-old law used by 16 presidents since Theodore Roosevelt to protect some of our nation’s most cherished landscapes and cultural heritage. On January 12, 2017, President Obama expanded the monument by approximately 47,000 acres to protect its ecological integrity — including 5,000 acres in Northern California — after scientists, the Klamath Tribes, local communities, conservationists, Oregon’s governor, and both Oregon’s U.S. Senators urged its expansion.

#Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument #logging #timber industry #national monuments

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dendroica · 6 years

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A dispute over acts of Congress in 1906 and 1937 has put the Trump administration in court — and into the unusual position of supporting a proclamation by former President Barack Obama. Contrary to President Donald Trump’s numerous efforts to shred Obama’s legacy, U.S. Justice Department lawyers are in Obama’s corner as they defend his expansion of a national monument in Oregon. That puts the Trump administration in direct opposition with timber interests that Trump vowed to defend in a May 2016 campaign speech in Eugene, 110 miles (180 kilometers) south of Portland. However, that opposition may be temporary in a case full of ironic twists that centers on a unique habitat where three mountain ranges converge. It is home to more than 200 bird species, the imperiled Oregon spotted frog, deer, elk and many kinds of fish, including the endangered Lost River sucker. A federal judge is being asked to consider limits of power among all three government branches. For the Trump administration, the case is about protecting the power of the president of the United States, even if it was Obama who exercised his authority under the Antiquities Act of 1906 that allows a president to declare a national monument.

In twist, Trump administration backs Obama's monument decree

#national monument #public lands #conservation #politics #Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument #Oregon

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bright-witch · 6 years

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The Cascade Siskiyou National Monument is a rare biodiversity hotspot.

The potential reduction of the Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument by the Trump administration for the purpose of logging is terrifying. No one is extensively talking about it because few people are aware of the biological and cultural significance of the area (which I studied during my conservation botany lab work and in my many biogeography and ecology courses specific to the Pacific Northwest).

Out of all the areas in Oregon, -and the entire country-, this is an area of notable biodiversity due to steep environmental gradients over a relatively small area creating many differing habitats within the same region. Endemic relict species (from before the glacial/interglacial cycles occurred) not found anywhere else live here, as well as many species sensitive to climate changes. They need this healthy ecosystem haven to live at all, let alone thrive.

The reason our previous presidents protected this place is because this biodiversity among all these unique envionmental gradients in the monument cannot exist anywhere else. They can pick other places to log if they must, which I do not condone either, but almost any other disturbed forest is a better option. To specifically pick a biodiversity and endemic species hotspot is awful and unforgivable. Over 200 species of birds live in the monument and/or use it as a necessary habitat during essential stages in their lives.

Furthermore, native people of the Shasta, the Klamath, and Modoc tribes have lived in the region for thousands of years. This rich ecosystem has always been well known and significant to these knowledgable cultures. Many important spiritual and gathering sites are within the monument, and they deserve respect.

Also, the excuse 'we need to make more roads' in the park is absurd.... any scientists, local, and person who has sought recreation within the monument (including locals who are hunters and know the area well) have noted that there are already plenty of roads to use. The only reason there are little roads to use now is because Trump cut off funding to the monument and the roads had to be shut down because there was no money for proper road maintenance. The road issue was created by his grossly uneducated, short sighted, and greed-driven motivations.

Not only is this disgusting and clearly pandering to the greedy republicans and logging companies in the area, but it also goes against what 90%~ of Oregonians expressed in comments regarding the destruction of the monument. We want our area protected. It is the first monument in the United States created simply because of the abundant, unique biodiverse life in the area found nowhere else. To destroy it shows the worst sort of government and human being, one who only values money and will destroy all other life in the process.

https://archive.is/20080908112435/http://www.conservationsystem.org/conservationsystem/monuments/cascade-siskiyou

https://web.archive.org/web/20100711212940/http://www.earthjustice.org/how_to_help/fun/gallery/cascade_siskiyou_national_monument_or.html

http://katu.com/news/local/cascade-siskiyou-national-monument-litigation-could-resume

https://www.blm.gov/programs/national-conservation-lands/national-monuments/oregon-washington/cascade-siskiyou

http://www.cascadesiskiyou.org

https://www.expandcascadesiskiyou.org

http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2017/12/zinke_offers_few_specifics_abo.html

http://registerguard.com/rg/opinion/36221903-78/a-monumental-mistake.html.csp

http://www.eastcountymagazine.org/groups-slam-zinkes-call-shrink-cascade-siskiyou

#Oregon #news #signal boost #national monument #ecology #conservation #cascade #siskiyou #cascade-siskiyou national monument #micha writes

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pcttrailsidereader · 6 years

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The Evisceration of Bears Ears and Implications for Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument - An Editorial

On December 4th, President Trump and Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke made the journey to Utah to proclaim an 85% reduction in the size of Bears Ears National Monument and halving the size of Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument. Although not announced while in Utah, several other Monuments are threatened with similar reductions with the Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument being one of those often mentioned.

Trump articulated the guiding rationale when he said, “Some people think that the natural resources of Utah should be controlled by a small handful of very distant bureaucrats located in Washington. And guess what? They’re wrong.”

“Together,” he continued, “we will usher in a bright new future of wonder and wealth.”

The argument for local control of resources is, on the surface, compelling. But, this is a flawed perspective on several levels:

1) Do local priorities always ‘trump’ regional and national priorities? Unique cultural and environmental assets are not spread evenly across the United States. There are no redwoods in Kansas and no tall grass prairies in California. There is but one Crater Lake or Grand Canyon. These unique and wonderful features are part of the “wealth” of our nation. Should locals dictate the use and conservation choices of such national treasures?

Generally the local priority is economic . . . jobs, income, etc. Whether it is grazing, mining, logging, development, etc., local control usually tips the balance toward economic development.

In my own neighborhood this was played out half a century ago with the creation of Redwood National Park. With just 5% of old growth redwoods remaining (120,000 acres), this non-renewable national asset was protected despite an outcry by local logging companies and loggers (who even sent a caravan of logging trucks in 1977 to Washington in protest of a proposed park expansion). Had it been left to locals, there would have not been a Redwood National Park (nor expansion).

So, local comment . . . of course. But parochial, local control . . . no way. National monuments should be decided from a broad national perspective.

2) The environment must be treated as a holistic system. Since the seminal work of naturalists like Alexander von Humboldt in the early 19th Century, the interconnectedness of the all things within the natural world has been well documented. We have also learned a great deal about the detrimental impact of fragmentation of wild lands. Smaller, isolated pockets of natural area have been shown to offer far less viable habitat than consolidated blocks of land. Many of the expansions are efforts to diminish fragmentation which is part of the objective of the enlarged Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument.

3) Trump says that these decisions should not be “controlled by a small handful of very distant bureaucrats” and I agree. I believe that those recommendations/ decisions best reside with non-partisan panels of scientists/historians/anthropologists who can evaluate the importance and value of the land in question. This includes the requirement in the Antiquities Act that monument designations be the “smallest area compatible with proper care and management.” Locals with no professional expertise are not effective judges of the importance of of the appropriate size of a potential monument JUST because they are local.

4) Protection of national treasures. As mentioned earlier, our “wealth” is not just money as President Trump’s comment infers. One such treasure is the Pacific Crest Trail which transits much of the expanded Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument. Look carefully at the above map of that National Monument where the green line marks the expanded border (the darker perimeter is the original Monument border). Protection of PCT in the Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument may become a little more challenging if this monument is diminished. Protection of the wild character of the landscape may be more difficult if this monument is diminished. It is important that we convey just how unique and how special this 2,650 mile long, 3-foot wide strip of land is . . .

#Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument #national treasures #national monuments

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polkadotmotmot · 2 years

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Mark Tribe - Midday Sunshine, Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument, Jackson County, Oregon, 2019

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drdandy · 7 years

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PROTECT OUR NATIONAL MONUMENTS

Hey guys. I know you’re all sick of the US imploding, and sick of politics, but this is important and seems to be flying below the radar. As a former resident of Idaho who has loved and spent much of my youth in these places, this means a lot to me. Can you please take a moment to read this and take some action? The US Department of the Interior, per Executive Order 13729 of President Trump wants to roll back our national monuments. This order was pushed out April 26th 2017 and any park that was expanded since 2000 is up for review. One park, Craters of the Moon National Monument, is up for complete obliteration. They claim that the parks were expanded without proper public discourse, or that the lands may be a drain on our Federal land management funds, but this is, of course, bogus. No president has EVER attempted to turn back a park created under the 1906 US Antiquities act. THIS IS AN UNPRECEDENTED CHALLENGE AGAINST THE AMERICAN PEOPLE AND OUR SHARED LAND. This act was meant to protect lands that were valuable for historic, geological, or ecological reasons, lands that are unique to the United States of America. Anyone with a brain and a map can figure out why they want to roll back these expansions. The current director of the DOI has a spotty history of approving coal mining, despite it’s harms to people and the environment and has vacillated on the issues of climate change.

This is a map of current coal reserves.

Here is is that same map with the approximate locations of the parks overlaid. I am aware not all the parks lay on coal reserves–those that don’t lay on what could potentially be oil drilling sites (Caliornia coasts, Oregon), logging (California, Maine, Montana, Washington), cattle ranching (Utah, New Mexico, Idaho, Colorado) or recreational hunting (Idaho). Furthermore, they’ve included 5 off coast Maritime National Monuments under the protection of the US, for oil drilling and commercial fishing. These locations were all created under the Obama administration and represent an attempt to protect maritime life and save the traditions of maritime peoples, like the Native Hawaiians. Many of the below locations have seen mass pollution and endangered species get turned around. They are geologically, historically, and ecologically valuable. Those places are:

The Mariana Trench Maritime National Monument

Northeast Canyons and Seamount Maritime National Monument

Pacific Remote Islands Maritime National Monument

Papahanaumokuakea Maritime National Monument

Rose Atoll National Wildlife Refuge

All the places up for review?

They’re all Here.

SO WHAT CAN I DO TO HELP, DRDANDY? Go to this website and write a review urging the DOI to protect these lands in their review. Whether you reside in the US or are an international who has visited and cares about these places–PLEASE COMMENT. As of today, May 22nd 2017, we only have 69k worth of comments.

You can call or email Randall Bowman at 202-208-1906 or [email protected] I also urge you to mail a review to: Monument Review, MS-1530, U.S. Department of the Interior, 1849 C Street NW., Washington, DC 20240. BLOW THIS UP. REBLOG THIS. FLOOD THE DOI. PROTECT OUR LANDS. WE ONLY HAVE UNTIL JULY 10th, 2017.

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sea-chief · 5 years

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Bears Ears National Monument and why you need to keep updated on it

For anyone who doesn’t know, Bears Ears National Monument is a National monument set up by Obama back in 2016, in southeast Utah. This was done by employing the Antiquities Act, which, in a nutshell, allows presidents to set aside places that have a unique cultural importance or are visually stunning and special, as well as the smallest possible amount of land to preserve it.

Then, back in 2017, President Trump announced his plans to reduce the monument, along with multiple other national monuments such as the nearby Grand-Staircase Escalante and the Cascade-Siskiyou in Oregon.

Now, why is Bears Ears the standout here? Well firstly, it’s being immensely shrunk.

This is a map of the 85% decrease in its size. Trump is planning on reducing what was originally all the land inside the black outline into two seperate national monuments; Indian Creek and Shásh Jáa.

And also, Bears Ears is important ancestral land to five Indigenous tribes in southeast Utah. It holds deep religious, cultural, and historic value to them. When Bears Ears became a national monument under the Obama administration, it was seen as a big win. And this is seen as a huge loss. It has also taken much representation away from them in decisions made for it, only representing two of the five native tribes who first filed for the monument to be created. (1) (2) (3) (4)

Cut to 2019, there’s an ongoing legal battle to see if Trump actually can do this. And though some people think that it will be a win for Bears Ears, we really cannot let this be forgotten in any way. If taken, it could possibly be opened to privitization or things such as mining and development, which is harmful to its natural landscape.

There isn’t a clear legal answer to whether Trump had the right to shrink it- first is the question of whether or not the Antiquities Act gives him the right to do so. Then, if the answer is yes, comes the question of whether or not he took too much from the land.

But NARF believes that he had no right whatsoever and has filed their lawsuit based on that. And in January of 2019, there was also a bill that proposed it go from the 200,000 acres Trump has made it, to 1.8 million, which I will say still isn’t its original size.

ANYWAY, TL;DR

Donald Trump has made a move to drastically decrease the size of a national monument that is extremely important to five indigenous tribes, by at least 85%. This is currently being contested in the courts, and it he wins the legal battle, then it could lead to the destruction of much of its natural landscape. This will also lead to the native tribes this area is important to being stripped of their influence in what little land they will have left. Even if it seems like they may win, we need to stay vigilant and updated.

In case you want to donate to anyone fighting against this, here is a list of groups that currently have a lawsuit against Trump, and here is NARF’s donation page. If you can, please do donate.

#bears ears national monument #bears ears #utah #american politics #conservation #trump #donald trump

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naturalresourcestoday · 7 years

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Obama expands two western national monuments, sets aside preserves to recognize history of quest for racial justice

President Barack Obama, acting as his time in office winds down to further his noteworthy record of advancing public land conservation, moved Thursday to enlarge two existing national monuments in the West and established three national monuments in the South to recognize the long struggle for racial equality in the United States.

Obama adjusted the boundaries of California Coastal National…

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scottbcrowley2 · 6 years

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Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument litigation could resume - Tue, 05 Dec 2017 PST

Oregonians are waiting to find out what the Trump administration will do with the Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument after news that two national monuments in Utah will be scaled back. Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument litigation could resume - Tue, 05 Dec 2017 PST

#Spokesman.com: Latest stories #Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument litigation could resume - Tue #05

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nmnomad · 6 years

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🌟Featured Photographer🌟 @huajatollas - "I've worked with @welc_org for years on conservation in northern New Mexico. Together, we permanently protected the Valle Vidal from oil and gas exploitation when so many people said it was politically impossible. The Valle Vidal is a 100,000-acre paradise of rolling alpine meadows, aspen groves, high peaks, and forest in the heart of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains in the Carson National Forest. This year, we walked the Valle together so I could take photos of this unspoiled jewel of the high desert. @glassybaby's conservation giving shows a dedication to protecting unique places special to our communities -- a sentiment well in line with WELC's mission and history. A Glassybaby baby grant would mean a lot to a lean, mean nonprofit like WELC, which works not only in New Mexico, but throughout the West. Just this year, they've kept billions of tons of coal in the ground in Montana and Wyoming, prevented a grizzly bear trophy hunt in Greater Yellowstone, and stood up to those who would shrink Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument - the first of its kind dedicated to biodiversity. WELC represents my favorite environmental non-profits, big and small -- for free -- and they deserve a little love." (at Valles Caldera National Preserve) https://www.instagram.com/p/BpSm2FJAOUe/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1m2ovqxh0y3wv

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americasgreatoutdoors · 3 years

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The @mypubliclands Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument is filled with layered beauty.

This southern Oregon gem is situated at the crossroads of the Cascade, Klamath, and Siskiyou mountain ranges, and represents an outstanding ecological wonderland!

Photo by Bob Wick, BLM. Photo description: Several tree covered mountain sets stretch off into the distance with a moon hanging overhead in the pink and orange sky

#usinterior #cascades #siskiyou #oregon #klamath #blm #hiking #trees #realorcake

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dendroica · 7 years

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One of the targeted monuments is the 112,928-acre Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument in Oregon and California. Created in 2000 and expanded in January 2017, Cascade-Siskiyou is the only monument created specifically to conserve biodiversity, including habitat for the federally listed Northern Spotted Owl. The monument also provides important habitat connectivity for the species by protecting a mountain ridge that connects populations in the Coast and Cascade ranges. The charismatic Great Gray Owl and many other species could also lose important habitat if the size of the monument is reduced. “The monument area, especially the expansion areas around Howard Prairie Lake and Grizzly Peak, is famous among West Coast birders as perhaps the easiest place to see this species,” said Pepper Trail, PhD, who is the Conservation Chair of the Rogue Valley Audubon Society and a Fellow of the American Ornithological Society. “Mountain meadow habitats around Hyatt and Howard Prairie Lakes used by Great Gray Owls for hunting are also important nesting areas for Sandhill Cranes and the sharply declining Oregon Vesper Sparrow.” Trail noted that the monument expansion to the east, along a ridge known as Surveyor Mountain, is important habitat for higher-elevation birds that may be threatened by climate change in the region, including Red Crossbill, Cassin's Finch, and Gray Jay. The lower-elevation expansion areas to the west and south protect oak savannah and chaparral birds. Oak savannah is critically declining in the region. The expansion areas are home to the slender-billed subspecies of White-breasted Nuthatch, healthy nesting populations of Western Meadowlark and Savannah Sparrow, and important wintering habitat for Lewis's Woodpeckers, among other species.

Plan to Shrink National Monuments Jeopardizes Habitat for Threatened Birds | American Bird Conservancy

#Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument #national monument #public lands #conservation #climate change #environment #politics #Oregon #California

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arkoptrix · 3 years

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One of many oaks in the lower elevations of Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument.

#my photography

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justsomeantifas · 7 years

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Here’s your dose of “What the Fuck is Going On” news (Friday, August 25th 2017)

Today, Trump officially signed the directive to reinstate the ban on transgender people from serving in the military. The directive also bars funding to pay for gender-reassignment surgeries except when "necessary to protect the health of an individual who has already begun a course of treatment to reassign his or her sex." As far as those already in the military, that is currently unknown. Trump is leaving that decision to the Pentagon, meaning that Defense Secretary Jim Mattis has until Feb. 21, 2018 to come up with the plans on whether or not to remove the troops. (source)

In what was very obviously a last minute decision, Trump declared tomorrow Women's Equality Day to honor the passage of the 19th Amendment. He announced this decision around 5 PM today and you can read the statement here. In it he says "my administration will continue to support the advancement of women in every corner of the Nation." Here's a casual reminder that the White House gender pay gap has more than tripled under Trump and this is what he thinks of women.

Gary Cohn, Trump's National Economic Council director, spoke out against Trump's comments after Charlottesville. He stated that the way Trump handled the violence caused him "distress," and said the administration must do better. Cohn, who is Jewish, almost resigned over the comments. (source)

CIA officials are expressing concern over the CIA Director Mike Pompeo who has a close relationship to Trump. Pompeo is close to the ongoing Trump/Russia investigation and CIA officials are saying that "people have to watch him." They say they're concerned that he goes straight to the White House and reports to Trump when new information comes forward about the investigation. (source)

Trump announced a new round of sanctions against Venezuela today. The sanctions exempt the oil company Citgo who donated heavily to Trump before and after his election. (source)

Jeff Sessions has been pushing for Trump to end DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals) and Trump is now seriously considering the move. The White House says that Trump hasn't reached a final decision and the Department of Homeland Security is against the move. Trump himself has also said he's sympathetic to those helped by the program however Sessions strongly believes this program should end and Trump is considering the option. This would affect at least 750,000 people in the U.S. with DACA status. (source)

Federal judges have ruled that Texas House maps must be redrawn before the 2018 elections. The court found that the maps "intentionally undercut minority voting power to ensure Anglo control of legislative districts. This comes a day after a federal judge tossed out the state’s voter ID law that was found to be “"enacted with discriminatory intent” and “knowingly placing additional burdens on a disproportionate number of hispanic and African-American voters." (source, source)

Trump's chief of staff, John Kelly, will start babysitting reviewing all documents that Trump sees. Now Trump will not see any information that hasn't been vetted. This move was decided because unvetted information was reaching Trump and decisions/statements were made based off of whoever got his attention last. (source)

U.S. Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke is officially recommending that at least 3 of the 27 national monuments across the country be shrunk. Though he is not recommending any be eliminated, he is suggesting that Utah's Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante and Oregon's Cascade-Siskiyou National Monuments be reduced. The report is currently just a draft but a final report and plans will likely be made public in the next few weeks. Conservation groups have criticized the review and there will likely be lawsuits in the near future. (source)

Despite the threat of Hurricane Harvey, the US Border Patrol is not going to close its immigration checkpoints in Texas. They released a statement saying the will “prioritize public safety but keep intact the goals of the agency’s mission.“ Undocumented immigrants are also at risk due to their fears to leave their homes due to government institutions being in charge of the evacuations. It was announced that they will not check the legal status of people checking into emergency shelters but they are still at risk of being stopped by Border Patrol, which is still in full operation. (source, source)

Speaking of Hurricane Harvey, here are some live updates.

“What the Fuck Is Going On” news is back from a hiatus and will hopefully be back to regular news postings. If you’d like to support the person who makes these posts here is my Patreon.

#Donald Trump #trump administration #politics #immigration #transphobia #discrimination #voter discrimination #racism #sexism #pay gap #Mod H #What the Fuck is Going On News

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