Bulrush Wetland Park is a 47-acre nature park located just outside of Denver, Colorado. It was created in 2009 through a wetland restoration project that involved removing abandoned oil and gas facilities and constructing trails, a pavilion, and interpretive signs. The park provides educational opportunities for visitors to observe the wide variety of plant and animal wildlife that have benefited from the wetland restoration. It is open by appointment only due to its remote location.
Beach Chalet Soccer Fields - the threat to Golden Gate Park & Ocean BeachSFOceanEdge
The Beach Chalet soccer complex means the loss of over 7 acres of green grass to 7 acres of artificial turf, made up of gravel, plastic carpet, and potentially toxic tire waste infill; 150,000 watts of sports lighting, lighted until 10:00 pm every night of the year and located just a few hundred feet from Ocean Beach; loss of plantings to over 1 acre of new paving; loss of over 55 trees; installation of seating for over 1,000 visitors; expansion of the parking lot by 33% - in a City that brags about being "transit first." In addition, loss of carbon sequestration equal to planting over 7,000 trees and having them grow for 10 years. Loss of the night sky to families at Ocean Beach, who visit to view the sunset, to gaze at the stars, or to sit by the fire rings in the dark.
Add to all of this, placement of this project in a tsunami zone. What will be the impact on the park and on the aquifer under the park (from which San Franciscans will soon be drinking) when a tidal wave spreads tons of tire waste throughout the park and it flows back into the Pacific Ocean at Ocean Beach?
The Bay Chapter of the Sierra Club and the Golden Gate Audubon Society, as well as over 10,000 people who signed petitions, postcards, and wrote personal letters, are opposed to this project. Also opposed are Viking Soccer Parents for Green Grass in Golden Gate Park and Educators for Photosynthesis, an organization of teachers.
And don't forget the 44-member, city-wide neighborhood organization, the Coalition for San Francisco Neighborhoods, as well as every major historic preservation organization -- national, state, and local. People who oppose the terrible damage that this project will do to Golden Gate Park and Ocean Beach range from very young soccer players to grand-parents and cover a wide variety of occupations.
Many professionals are also lined up against the project. Dr. Travis Longcore, the leading expert on the impacts of artificial lighting on wildlife, wrote a 24-page report detailing the damage this project will do to wildlife in this area. Wayne M. Donaldson, past State Historic Preservation Officer and currently the Chairman of the United States Advisory Council on Historic Preservation (ACHP) detailed the unmitigated damage this hard-edged and paved sports complex will do to the beauty and character of Golden Gate Park.
There is a feasible alternative to this project. Go to our website to learn more!
This is the first lecture delivered at the Training Workshop on Participatory Land Use Planning through Participatory Rural Appraisal Tools – 6th – 7th December 2021 at SLFI, Colombo
“Aloha is the unconditional desire to promote the true good of other people in a friendly spirit out of a sense of kinship.”
— The Most Reverend Abraham Akaka, Kahu, Kawaiahao Church, Honolulu, Hawaii
The presentation explains the water used for Mannar water supply scheme is insignificant compared to other components. This is to make aware farmers and Officers to understand the situation of water balance in the Giant tank
Beach Chalet Soccer Fields - the threat to Golden Gate Park & Ocean BeachSFOceanEdge
The Beach Chalet soccer complex means the loss of over 7 acres of green grass to 7 acres of artificial turf, made up of gravel, plastic carpet, and potentially toxic tire waste infill; 150,000 watts of sports lighting, lighted until 10:00 pm every night of the year and located just a few hundred feet from Ocean Beach; loss of plantings to over 1 acre of new paving; loss of over 55 trees; installation of seating for over 1,000 visitors; expansion of the parking lot by 33% - in a City that brags about being "transit first." In addition, loss of carbon sequestration equal to planting over 7,000 trees and having them grow for 10 years. Loss of the night sky to families at Ocean Beach, who visit to view the sunset, to gaze at the stars, or to sit by the fire rings in the dark.
Add to all of this, placement of this project in a tsunami zone. What will be the impact on the park and on the aquifer under the park (from which San Franciscans will soon be drinking) when a tidal wave spreads tons of tire waste throughout the park and it flows back into the Pacific Ocean at Ocean Beach?
The Bay Chapter of the Sierra Club and the Golden Gate Audubon Society, as well as over 10,000 people who signed petitions, postcards, and wrote personal letters, are opposed to this project. Also opposed are Viking Soccer Parents for Green Grass in Golden Gate Park and Educators for Photosynthesis, an organization of teachers.
And don't forget the 44-member, city-wide neighborhood organization, the Coalition for San Francisco Neighborhoods, as well as every major historic preservation organization -- national, state, and local. People who oppose the terrible damage that this project will do to Golden Gate Park and Ocean Beach range from very young soccer players to grand-parents and cover a wide variety of occupations.
Many professionals are also lined up against the project. Dr. Travis Longcore, the leading expert on the impacts of artificial lighting on wildlife, wrote a 24-page report detailing the damage this project will do to wildlife in this area. Wayne M. Donaldson, past State Historic Preservation Officer and currently the Chairman of the United States Advisory Council on Historic Preservation (ACHP) detailed the unmitigated damage this hard-edged and paved sports complex will do to the beauty and character of Golden Gate Park.
There is a feasible alternative to this project. Go to our website to learn more!
This is the first lecture delivered at the Training Workshop on Participatory Land Use Planning through Participatory Rural Appraisal Tools – 6th – 7th December 2021 at SLFI, Colombo
“Aloha is the unconditional desire to promote the true good of other people in a friendly spirit out of a sense of kinship.”
— The Most Reverend Abraham Akaka, Kahu, Kawaiahao Church, Honolulu, Hawaii
The presentation explains the water used for Mannar water supply scheme is insignificant compared to other components. This is to make aware farmers and Officers to understand the situation of water balance in the Giant tank
This is lesson 3 for Three Day Residential Training Workshop on Cascade Water Resources Development and Management prepared for Climate Resilient Integrated Water Management Project Project
This is the 4th lesson of the Three Day Residential Training Workshop on Cascade Water Resources Development and Management prepared for the Climate Resilient Integrated Water Management Project
Case study reclaiming-mined-land-in-east-kalimantanAksi SETAPAK
With little or no post-mining land reclamation or rehabilitation activities occurring in East Kalimantan, one of Indonesia’s most heavily mined provinces, SETAPAK partners have been working with a coalition of NGOs to press for improved government regulation.
This is lesson 2 for Three Day Residential Training Workshop on Cascade Water Resources Development and Management prepared for Climate Resilient Integrated Water Management Project Project
5 REASONS WHY YOU SHOULD ATTEND THE LAND RECLAMATION AND COASTAL ENGINEERING
• Hearing from the successful coastal projects on the latest experience to effectively manage and execute reclamation projects
• Gauging the key benefits and best practices on ground and soil improvements
• Mastering effective and cost-saving excavation and sediment disposal methods
• Learning new innovations, techniques and technologies in overcoming geotechnical and geophysical challenges
• Exploring the advances in the field of design and construction of coastal structures
Wetlands in Bangladesh encompass a wide verity of dynamic ecosystems ranging from mangrove forest (about 577, 100 ha), natural lakes, man-made reservoir (Kaptai lake), freshwater marshes (about 400 haors), oxbow lakes (about 54488 ha, locally known as baors), freshwater depressions (about 1,000 beels), fish ponds and tanks (about 147, 000 ha), estuaries and seasonal inundated extensive floodplains (Akonda, 1989; cited in Akbar Ali Khan 1993 and DoF 1985).
This is lesson 3 for Three Day Residential Training Workshop on Cascade Water Resources Development and Management prepared for Climate Resilient Integrated Water Management Project Project
This is the 4th lesson of the Three Day Residential Training Workshop on Cascade Water Resources Development and Management prepared for the Climate Resilient Integrated Water Management Project
Case study reclaiming-mined-land-in-east-kalimantanAksi SETAPAK
With little or no post-mining land reclamation or rehabilitation activities occurring in East Kalimantan, one of Indonesia’s most heavily mined provinces, SETAPAK partners have been working with a coalition of NGOs to press for improved government regulation.
This is lesson 2 for Three Day Residential Training Workshop on Cascade Water Resources Development and Management prepared for Climate Resilient Integrated Water Management Project Project
5 REASONS WHY YOU SHOULD ATTEND THE LAND RECLAMATION AND COASTAL ENGINEERING
• Hearing from the successful coastal projects on the latest experience to effectively manage and execute reclamation projects
• Gauging the key benefits and best practices on ground and soil improvements
• Mastering effective and cost-saving excavation and sediment disposal methods
• Learning new innovations, techniques and technologies in overcoming geotechnical and geophysical challenges
• Exploring the advances in the field of design and construction of coastal structures
Wetlands in Bangladesh encompass a wide verity of dynamic ecosystems ranging from mangrove forest (about 577, 100 ha), natural lakes, man-made reservoir (Kaptai lake), freshwater marshes (about 400 haors), oxbow lakes (about 54488 ha, locally known as baors), freshwater depressions (about 1,000 beels), fish ponds and tanks (about 147, 000 ha), estuaries and seasonal inundated extensive floodplains (Akonda, 1989; cited in Akbar Ali Khan 1993 and DoF 1985).
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A presentation delivered to Friends of the Earth by The FREdome Visionary Trust about Operation OASIS - a project to reclaim arid lands for agroforestry - enabling the large-scale natural conversion of carbon emissions into diminishing carbon resources, such as food and fuel.
Andy Freifeld, Temple University, “Landscape Design and Reuse Planning in Min...Michael Hewitt, GISP
Funding for mine land reclamation is difficult to acquire and, while the environmental benefits of reclamation are fully understood, the economic benefits of reclamation are just beginning to be appreciated. Innovations in landscape design and reuse planning can attract partnerships with lenders and investors and spur the economic development associated with reuse of abandoned mine lands. Strategies like energy development, carbon sequestration, and wetland banking can address environmental concerns, but should also preserve historical and cultural legacies in order to maximize economic gain. These environmental strategies are now being encouraged by State and Federal agencies, while the cultural legacies are more universally overlooked. This presentation will discuss the ways in which environmental design of reclamation projects could benefit both economically and environmentally by the inclusion of preservation and consideration of historical and cultural legacies of the sites, while still utilizing core environmental strategies.
Environmental Impact Assessment of Sentosa Integrated ResortNovember Tan
An assignment for a class on Environmental Management and Assessment, we are asked to conduct an Environmental Impact Assessment on the reclamation on Sentosa island for the construction of a integrated resort.
It is important to note that this is in many ways a hypothetical EIA. There were assumptions made and we did NOT do any baseline surveys or studies. Information were all taken from other sources and projected for this site.
Our nation’s coasts are home to almost 40% of the U.S. population and many of our urban communities. Continued population growth along the coasts, and urbanization pose challenges and opportunities for coastal and urban conservation. Learn in this session how the University of Puerto Rico and the nonprofit organization, Protectores de Cuencas are restoring and conserving coastal ecosystems for resilient communities in Puerto Rico while helping the next generation gain valuable skills and certification in ecological restoration.
A national park is a protected area designated and managed by the government for the preservation and enjoyment of its natural, cultural, and historical resources. The Grand Canyon is a national park and a world heritage site, attracting millions of visitors each year!
Innovative public-private partnerships are delivering substantial conservation and restoration successes in the Detroit River and western Lake Erie. This workshop will share lessons from: soft shoreline engineering; transformation of an industrial brownfield into a Refuge Gateway; construction of a sturgeon spawning reef; and growth of an International Wildlife Refuge.
Deepar Beel; A Ramsar Designated Wetland under Precarious state of Management...Kumar Deepak
A Ramsar Site Designated Wetland needs urgent Government's attention to develop greater local awareness about the great economic value of wetland ecosystem in human's life...It's a natural 'kidney' of the marginalized & poor section of the society....
A commercial pdf that includes some nice detail on 3 case studies of quarry restoration that give a breadth of post quarrying uses. Very useful for Geography GCSE rocks and landscape
Responding to the Climate Change challenge in Britain’s newest National Park
Park Development
1. Welcome to the virtual tour of Grand Opening October 23, 2009
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5. Becoming a wetland mitigation bank Used by permission from Dave Yardley Source: http://coloradowetlandbank.com/pages/thenandnow.html
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8. CO 52 Bulrush Boulevard / CR 5 Wetland Park Road Entry/Exit Parking Area Bulrush Wetland Park Park Boundary Park Boundary Abandoned well site Abandoned tank battery and facilities Shallow reservoir Wetland Shallow Wetland reservoir Wetland reservoir Wetland reservoir Trail Trail Wetland reservoir Park Boundary
25. Photo: Courtesy of David Yardley An abundance of wildlife and vegetation to view.
26. Photos: Courtesy of David Yardley and Bill Schmoker Hundreds of plant and animal species to observe. American White Pelican Great Egret Blue Flax Common Grackle Green Darner Painted Turtle Over 100 bird species confirmed on site.
Bulrush Wetland Park is located just over two miles west of I-25 on CO-52. The park is open by appointment only. Please call 720-382-5500 for an appointment.