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Robert T. Lackey Opines: Columbia River Basin - How Would Ending Fishing and Closing Hatcheries Change Salmon Abundance?

Friend and colleague Dr. Robert T. Lackey sent me this PDF with the enclosed abstract and video presentation (about 30 minutes long).Too bad we could not have this presentation at the 8 hours of Columbia River Treaty Zoom meetings on 29-30 November 2023.  

https://youtu.be/FOCMntaercs?si=Yv1fJHhqOcpOBC3p

Download PSC-Seminar-Lackey-November-29-2023

Abstract and Video:

https://youtu.be/FOCMntaercs?si=Yv1fJHhqOcpOBC3p

Bob is one of the smartest kids on the block when it comes to salmon, steelhead, hatcheries, etc.

Enjoy!

"The time will soon be here when my grandchild will long for the cry of the loon, the flash of the salmon.....The time will soon be here when my grandchild will long for the cry of a loon, the flash of a salmon or the screech of an eagle..." - Chief Dan George

From G. Tracy Mehan III: AWWA - Government Affairs Overview and More!

G. Tracy Mehan III, a frequent contributor to WaterWired and executive director for government affairs at the American Water Works Association, sent me this document that provides a review of the recent and ongoing regulatory actions that impact the water sector. It covers many legislative and regulatory developments currently relevant to American Water Works Association (AWWA) members but is not an exhaustive compilation. It is largely a summary of federal developments; water systems should monitor state-specific legislation and regulatory implementation, as well as federal developments. It is 61 pages long and even contains information on Canadian regulations.

This report is loaded - lots of links, too!

Download OverviewofGovernmentAffairs

 

Enjoy!

"When I give food to the poor, they call me a saint. When I ask why the poor have no food, they call me a communist." - Brazilian theologian @DomHelderIDHeC, quoted in @CNN via @TheWeek

From IISD: Climate Change Job Vacancies (8) - 29 November 2023

Visit the SDG Knowledge Hub: http://sdg.iisd.org         (Junior) Officer Data Systems Management Posted on 28 November, 2023 ICLEI Local Governments for Sustainability e.V. Duty Station: Bonn, Germany     Application Deadline: December 15, 2023 Read more →   HPC Engineer for Earth Science applications (RE2) Posted on 28 November, 2023 Barcelona Supercomputing Center Duty Station: Barcelona, Spain     Application Deadline: December 31, 2023 Read more →   Postdoctoral research fellow (3 years) Posted on 28 November, 2023 University of Bergen Duty Station: Bergen, Norway     Application Deadline: January 19, 2024 Read more →   PhD Candidate (3 years) Posted on 28 November, 2023 University of Bergen Duty Station: Bergen, Norway     Application Deadline: January 19, 2024 Read more →   Commonwealth National Climate Finance Adviser – The Maldives Posted on 28 November, 2023 Commonwealth Secretariat Duty Station: Maldives     Application Deadline: December 15, 2023 Read more →   Ecosystem Services (ES) Modeller Posted on 24 November, 2023 University of Belize Duty Station: Belmopan, Belize     Application Deadline: Until Filled Read more →   Director of Strategic Impact Posted on 24 November, 2023 International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) Duty Station: UK     Application Deadline: December 20, 2023 Read more →   Senior Project Officer – Sustainability Management Posted on 22 November, 2023 ICLEI South Asia Duty Station: New Delhi, New Delhi, India     Application Deadline: November 30, 2023 Read more → "Thanksgiving is a time you count your blessings, one by one, as each relative goes home." - Melanie White (quoted in Good Housekeeping)

 

 

 

Josh's Water Jobs and More! 28 November 2023 ~282 Jobs

Short list this week.

1) Josh's Jobs

Highlighted

1) Junior Professional - Technical Support (Asia and Oceania) – International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)(Gland, Switzerland): 7 January 2024   2) Technical Consultant (Regional Water Governance Program in Asia) – Oxfam Novib (Home-based): 5 December   3) E.U. nationals: EIB Trainee - Projects Directorate - Environment & Natural Resources Department - Water Management Division – European Investment Bank (EIB)(Luxembourg): 7 December   4) E.U. nationals: Policy Officer - EU water legislation and policy – European Commission (Brussels, Belgium): 1 December

Deadline today (28 November)!

5) Re-advertisement - WASH Specialist – United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) (Qamishli, Syria): 28 November

Jobs by Region

Africa jobs Asia jobs Europe jobs Latin America and Caribbean jobs Oceania jobs North America jobs Home-based/Remote jobs

Minimum years experience requested

0-2 years (See all)

6) Local recruitment: Junior Program Officer - Water Resource Management – Global Center on Adaptation (GCA)(Rotterdam, Netherlands): 8 December   7) Netherlands nationals: Junior technisch manager waterkwaliteit – Rijkswaterstaat (Delft, Netherlands): 8 December   8) Hindi speakers: Program Manager - Watershed – Chotanagpur Craft Development Society (Ranchi, Jharkhand, India): 8 December   9) Hindi speakers: Watershed Expert – ISAP India Foundation (Karauli, Rajasthan, India): Until filled   10) Local recruitment: Project Officer & Senior Project Officer – South East Rivers Trust (SERT) (Leatherhead, UK/Home-based): Until filled   11) Local recruitment: Water Modeller / Engineer / Planner - Graduate Programme September 2024 – RPS Group(Edenbridge/Glasgow, UK): Until filled   12) Local recruitment: Project Manager & Instructor – Water First (Creemore, ON, Canada): Until filled   13) Local recruitment: Conservation Programs Specialist – Wetland Management – Ducks Unlimited Canada (Williams Lake, BC, Canada): 10 December   14) Local recruitment: Water Resources EIT – Stantec(London, ON, Canada): Until filled   15) Local recruitment: Conservation Outreach & Stewardship Coordinator – Quinte Conservation (Belleville, ON, Canada): 6 December   16) Local recruitment: Chesapeake Bay Program Communications Team Staffer – Chesapeake Research Consortium (Annapolis, MD, USA): 10 December   17) Local recruitment: Water Resource Control Engineer – California State Water Resources Control Board (Bakersfield, CA, USA): 4 December   18) Natural Resources Groundwater Educator – University of Wisconsin-Madison (Wisconsin Rapids, WI, USA): 10 December   19) Local recruitment: Environmental Specialist 1 – State of Rhode Island (Providence, RI, USA): 2 December   20) Local recruitment: Hydrologist 2 – Montana Department of Natural Resources and Conservation (Helena, MT, USA): Until filled   21) Local recruitment: Environmental Programs Specialist – State of Oklahoma (Oklahoma County, OK, USA): Until filled   22) Local recruitment: Natural Resources Analyst – State of Wyoming (Cheyenne, WY, USA): Until filled   23) Local recruitment: Environmental Consultant – Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services(Tallahassee, FL, USA): 12 December   24) Local recruitment: NR Area Hydrologist – Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (Ortonville, MN, USA): 12 December   25) Local recruitment: OPS Environmental Specialist III – Florida Department of Environmental Protection (Tallahassee, FL, USA): 4 December   26) Research Associate – Environmental Law Institute (ELI)(Washington, D.C., USA): 19 January 2024   27) Local recruitment: Associate Consultant/Consultant – Finance – Raftelis (Orlando, FL, USA): Until filled

3-4 years (See all)

28) Water Resources Expert – Water, Environment, Land and Livelihoods (WELL) Labs (Bengaluru, Karnataka, India): Until filled   29) Associate Programme Officer (UNEP) – United Nations Volunteers (UNV) (Bangkok, Thailand): 4 Decemeber   30) Spanish speakers: Water Consultant-Especialista Redes de Saneamiento (Transversal Waste Water) – Idrica(Valencia, Spain): Until filled   31) Hindi/Gujarati speakers: Project Coordinator- Watershed Project – Deepak Foundation (Chhota Udepur/Naswadi, Gujarat, India): 7 December   32) Uganda nationals: Project Management Specialist (UNDP) – United Nations Volunteers (UNV) (Kampala, Uganda): 8 December   33) Iran nationals: Technical Associate – United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) (Tehran, Tehran Province, Iran): 7 December   34) Local recruitment: Water Engineer – Arup (Cairns QLD, Australia): Until filled   35) Local recruitment: Wetland Scientist – Stantec (Quincy, MA, USA): Until filled   36) Local recruitment: Aquatic Invasive Species Coordinator – New York State Water Resources Institute (NYSWRI)(Cortland, NY, USA): 17 December   37) Colorado residents: DNR Assistant Director for Research for Colorado Produced Water Consortium – Colorado Department of Natural Resources (Denver, CO, USA): 29 November   38) Local recruitment: Life Cycle Project Manager – Great Lakes Water Authority (Detroit, MI, USA): Until filled   39) Local recruitment: James River Program Manager/Educator – Chesapeake Bay Foundation (Annapolis, MD, USA): Until filled   40) Local recruitment: Project Manager, Open Data Access for African Urban Climate Resilience – Lincoln Institute of Land Policy (Cambridge, MA, USA/Home-based): Until filled   41) Local recruitment: Regional Planning Specialist – New Mexico Department of Environment (Santa Fe, NM, USA): 5 December   42) Local recruitment: Water Law Attorney – Lozano Smith(Fresno, CA, USA): Until filled   43) Local recruitment: AutoCAD Civil3D Drafter/Designer – Inter-Fluve (Various, USA): Until filled

5-9 years (See all)

44) Water Use Efficiency and Circularity lead – NEOM (Saudi Arabia): Until filled   45) Senior Associate, Adaptation and Environmental Information – Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI)(Managua, Nicaragua): 30 November   46) Environmental Affairs Officer – United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) (Geneva, Switzerland): 10 December   47) French speakers: Secretariat Coordinator (African Ministerial Conference on the Environment) – United Nations Environment Programme (UN Environment) (Nairobi, Kenya): 4 December   48) French speakers: Coordinateur/trice Régional (e) Analyse de vulnérabilité et planification de l’adaptation au Changement climatique – International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) (Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso): 10 December   49) Technical Specialist – Environment – United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS) (Thimphu, Bhutan): 10 December   50) Senior Green Jobs Officer – Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI) (Amman, Jordan): 11 December   51) Spanish speakers: Adaptation Communications Coordinator – United Nations Environment Programme (UN Environment) (Panama City, Panama): 3 December   52) Dutch speakers: Adviseur watertechnologie – Arcadis(Various, Netherlands): Untili filled   53) Local recruitment: Technisch Adviseur Waterketen – Hoogheemraadschap van Delfland (Delft, Netherlands): 7 December   54) Netherlands nationals: Technisch manager waterkwaliteit – Rijkswaterstaat (Delft, Netherlands): 8 December   55) Local recruitment: Environmental Specialist – The World Bank (Beijing, China): 2 December   56) Sri Lanka nationals: Project Coordinator – International Water Management Institute (IWMI) (Battaramulla, Sri Lanka): 6 December   57) Sri Lanka nationals: Portfolio Manager – International Water Management Institute (IWMI) (Battaramulla, Sri Lanka): 8 December   58) Local recruitment: Senior Network Modeler – Water – Stantec (Pune, Maharashtra, India): Until filled   59) Local recruitment: Civil Engineer – Water – Stantec(Pune, Maharashtra, India): Until filled   60) Intermediate Process Engineer – Ensero Solutions(Vancouver, BC/Saskatoon, SK, Canada/Home-based): Until filled   61) Local recruitment: Executive Director – Skagit Watershed Council (Mount Vernon, WA, USA): 6 December   62) Local recruitment: Senior Environmental Permitting Lead – Stantec (Quincy, MA, USA): Until filled   63) Local recruitment: Environmental Project Manager – Stantec (Quincy, MA, USA): Until filled   64) Local recruitment: Lead Wetland Scientist – Stantec(South Burlington, VT, USA): Until filled   65) Local recruitment: Water Resources and Infrastructure Associate – Tetra Tech (Burlington, VT, USA/Home-based): Until filled   66) Advisor, Climate Risk – Chemonics (United States/Home-based): 8 December   67) Local recruitment: Water Resources State Leader (Colorado) – AECOM (Denver, CO, USA): Until filled   68) Local recruitment: Manager-Education and Workforce – American Water Works Association (AWWA) (Colorado, USA): Until filled

10+ years (See all)

69) Chief of Party for Non-Revenue Water Management Project – Tetra Tech (Hebron, Palestine): Until filled   70) Local recruitment: Food, Land, Water Policy Lead, WRI Europe – World Resources Institute (WRI) (London, UK/The Hague, Netherlands): 11 December   71) Senior Manager - Research & Communications – Arghyam (Bengaluru, Karnataka, India): 4 December   72) Local recruitment: Technical Director, Agriculture, Resilience & Water – Winrock International (United States/Home-based): Until filled   73) Local recruitment: Director of the Minnesota Geological Survey – University of Minnesota (Twin Cities, MN, USA): Until filled   74) Local recruitment: Senior Biologist – Parametrix (New Mexico, USA): Until filled

Not specified (See all)

75) Hydrologist – Waterjade (Trento, Italy): Until filled   76) See job eligibility requirements: Associate Hydrological Data Analyst (2 positions) – European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF) (Reading, UK): 10 December   77) Local recruitment: Senior Flood Engineer / Senior Hydraulic Modeller – Arup (South Africa): Until filled   78) Local recruitment: Regievoerder Water – Gemeente Amsterdam (Amsterdam, Netherlands): 4 December   79) Local recruitment: Adviseur Waterketen – Hoogheemraadschap van Rijnland (Leiden, Netherlands): 7 December   80) Local recruitment: Data analist waterketen – Hoogheemraadschap van Rijnland (Leiden, Netherlands): 7 December   81) Netherlands nationals: Technisch adviseur waterbouwkundige constructies – Rijkswaterstaat (Utrecht, Netherlands): 7 December   82) Netherlands nationals: Senior beleidsmedewerker water – Ministerie van Infrastructuur en Waterstaat (The Hague, Netherlands): 7 December   83) Local recruitment: Adviseur Plantoetsing en Regulering Waterkwaliteit – Waterschap Hollandse Delta (Ridderkerk, Netherlands): Until filled   84) Local recruitment: Adviseur Natuurwetgeving – WaterNet(Amsterdam, Netherlands): 4 December   85) Local recruitment: Environmental Specialist - Field Hydrology – Auckland Council (Auckland, New Zealand): 30 November   86) Local recruitment: Manager Water Planning – Queensland Government (Queensland, Australia): 6 December   87) Local recruitment: Water Monitoring Team Leader (Hydrographer) – WaterNSW (Tamworth NSW, Australia): 8 December   88) Local recruitment: Principal Environmental Officer – Queensland Government (Queensland, Australia): 8 December   89) Local recruitment: Senior Spatial Information Officer – Queensland Government (Brisbane QLD, Australia): 8 December   90) Local recruitment: Senior Water Officer – Queensland Government (Queensland, Australia): 7 December   91) Local recruitment: Senior Modeller (Surface Water) – Government of New South Wales (New South Wales, Australia): 10 December   92) Local recruitment: Senior Scientist – Government of New South Wales (New South Wales, Australia): 8 December   93) Local recruitment: Tertiary Students Temporary Employment – Murray-Darling Basin Authority (Various, Australia): 30 June 2024   94) Local recruitment: Technical Temporary Employment – Murray-Darling Basin Authority (Various, Australia): 30 June 2024   95) Local recruitment: Modeller – Government of New South Wales (New South Wales, Australia): 10 December   96) Local recruitment: Assistant Modeller – Government of New South Wales (New South Wales, Australia): 10 December   97) Local recruitment: Manager Sustainable Landscapes – Government of South Australia (Murray Bridge SA, Australia): 8 December   98) Local recruitment: Policy Officer – Victoria Government(Victoria, Australia): 6 December   99) Local recruitment: Wetland Project Officer – Government of South Australia (Murray Bridge SA, Australia): 5 December   100) Local recruitment: Project Officer – Queensland Government (Brisbane QLD, Australia): 4 December   101) Local recruitment: Learning Officer – Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust (WWT) (Slimbridge, UK): 6 December   102) Local recruitment: Communications Manager – Tyne Rivers Trust (Corbridge, UK): 4 December   103) Consultant Scientist - Water Resources Management – APEM Limited (United Kingdom/Home-based): Until filled   104) Local recruitment: Water Resource Officer – Environment Agency (Kettering/Lincoln/Peterborough, UK): 11 December   105) Water Sector Specialist – Baringa (London, UK): Until filled   106) Local recruitment: Water Resources Specialist (permanent and fixed term) – Environment Agency(Brampton/Ipswich, UK): 4 December   107) Local recruitment: River and Catchment Restoration Officer – Warwickshire Wildlife Trust (Coleshill, UK): 3 December   108) Local recruitment: Programme Risk Analyst – Scottish Water (Glasgow, UK): 2 December   109) See job eligibility requirements: Director for Strategic Stakeholder Engagement – Ofwat (Water Services Regulation Authority) (London, UK): 12 December   110) Local recruitment: Hydrologist – Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry (Peterborough, ON, Canada): 6 December   111) Local recruitment: Regional Engagement Manager – Rivershed Society of British Columbia (British Columbia, Canada/Home-based): Until filled   112) Local recruitment: Director of Sustainability – XPV Water Partners (Toronto, ON, Canada/Home-based): Until filled   113) Local recruitment: Senior/Aquatics Technical Advisor (indeterminate) – Wek'èezhii Land and Water Board(Yellowknife, NT, Canada): 10 December   114) Local recruitment: Navigable Waters Protection Officer – Government of Canada (Various, Canada): 5 December   115) Local recruitment: Green Infrastructure Specialist – San Juan Bay Estuary Program (Estuario) (San Juan, Puerto Rico): 8 December   116) Local recruitment: Water Conservation Coordinator – Palouse Basin Aquifer Committee (Moscow, ID, USA): Until filled   117) Local recruitment: Water Resources Engineer – Center for Watershed Protection (CWP) (Fulton, MD, USA): Until filled   118) Local recruitment: Research Data Specialist III – California State Water Resources Control Board (Sacramento, CA, USA): 11 December   119) Local recruitment: Environmental Specialist 1 – Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) (Columbus, OH, USA): 30 November

Academic

Professors/Lecturers (See all)

120) Tenure-track Assistant Professor, River-Coastal Science and Engineering – Tulane University (New Orleans, LA, USA): 8 December   121) Associate Professor or Professor/ Agrohydrology & Irrigation Management – New Mexico State University (New Mexico, USA): 6 December   122) Assistant Professor, Remote Sensing and Machine Learning in Earth/Environmental Sciences – University of Alberta (Edmonton, AB, Canada): Until filled   123) Environmental Science- Assistant Professor – Fresno State University (Fresno, CA, USA): 31 March 2024   124) Associate/Full Professor: Environmental and Natural Resource Economics – University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (Urbana, IL, USA): 10 December   125) Assistant Professor of Environmental Science, Policy & Sustainability – Southern Oregon University (Ashland, OR, USA): Until filled   126) Assistant Professor, Water Resources/Environmental Engineering – Florida Institute of Technology (Florida Tech)(Melbourne, FL, USA): Until filled   127) Tenure-track Assistant and Associate Professor positions, Earth and Environmental Sciences – Tulane University (New Orleans, LA, USA): 11 December   128) Assistant Professor – University of Colorado-Boulder(Boulder, CO, USA): 11 December   129) Associate/Full Professor: Environmental and Natural Resource Economics – University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (Urbana, IL, USA): 10 December   130) Tenured Associate/Full Professor of Environmental Sciences in Global Environmental Change – Emory University(Atlanta, GA, USA): 10 December   131) Lecturer in Conservation Science and Practice – The School for Field Studies (SFS) (Tarapoto, Peru): Until filled   132) Lecturer in Political Ecology – The School for Field Studies (SFS) (Tarapoto, Peru): Until filled   133) Lecturer in Tropical Ecology – The School for Field Studies (SFS) (Tarapoto, Peru): Until filled   134) Director of Water Center – Tennessee Tech University(Cookeville, TN, USA): Until filled   135) Assistant Professor, Aquaculture – University of New England (Biddeford, ME, USA): Until filled   136) Research Assistant Professor - Human Dimensions of Diversified Cropping Systems – University of Nebraska-Lincoln (Lincoln, NE, USA): 8 December   137) Part time Professor, Environmental Management Assessment – Algonquin College (Pembroke, ON, Canada): 5 December   138) Swedish speakers: Associate Professor in Hydrology – Uppsala University (Uppsala, Sweden): 15 January 2024   139) Local recruitment: Assistant/Associate Professor – Tufts University (Medford, MA, USA): 4 January 2024

Postdocs (See all)

140) Postdoctoral Researcher in Hydrogeophysics – University of Toledo (Toledo, OH, USA): 6 December   141) Postdoctoral Fellow, Natural Capital – World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) (San Francisco, CA/St Paul, MN, USA): Until filled   142) M/W Post-doc in aquatic ecotoxicology – Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS) (Metz, France): 8 December   143) Postdoctoral position (12 mois) on low flow seasonal forecasting at Météo-France (M/W) – Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS) (Toulouse, France): 7 December   144) M/W Post-doc in aquatic ecotoxicology – Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS) (Metz, France): 8 December   145) Postdoctoral Researcher – Water Quality Modelling College of Science and Engineering – University of Galway(Galway, Ireland): 11 December   146) Postdoctoral Researcher for Socio-economic and Environmental Impact Modelling of Circular Technologies – Radboud University (Nijmegen, Netherlands): 11 December   147) Postdoc Groundwater Drought and Adaptation (f/m/x) – Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (Amsterdam, Netherlands): 10 January 2024   148) Postdoc position in geochemical modelling (m/f/d) focusing on offshore freshened groundwater discharge – GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel (Kiel, Germany): 11 December   149) Postdoctoral Researcher – Prairie View A&M University(Prairie View, TX, USA): 10 December   150) Coastal Climate Change Post-doc in One Environment/One Health – U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) (Newport, OR, USA): 13 December   151) Postdoc position in the Environmental Fluid Mechanics – University of Lausanne (Lausanne, Switzerland): Until filled   152) Post-Doctoral Researcher, Civil & Construction Engineering – Brigham Young University (Provo, UT, USA): 30 November   153) Local recruitment: Water Data Science Postdoctoral Fellow – Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL)(Berkeley, CA, USA): Until filled

Researchers/Other

154) Associate or Senior Editor, Nature Reviews Earth & Environment – Springer Nature (New York, NY, USA): 10 December   155) Senior Researcher - Agricultural Water Management – International Water Management Institute (IWMI) (Colombo, Sri Lanka): 12 December   156) Research Assistant in Water Technology and Processes Section - DTU Sustain – Technical University of Denmark (DTU) (Lyngby, Denmark): 4 December   157) Research Assistant (Institute for Environment & Sustainability) – National University of Singapore (NUS)(Bukit Timah, Singapore): Until filled   158) Research Fellow (Materials Science on Water-Energy Nexus) – National University of Singapore (NUS) (Kent Ridge, Singapore): Until filled   159) Research Associate in Climate Risk Analytics Apply – University of Bristol (Bristol, UK): 8 December   160) Researcher: Multi-Scale Sediment Transport and Morphodynamic Connectivity in Rivers – University of Trento(Trento, Italy): 11 December   161) Researcher: PHysics Informed machine learning for REservoir modeling and prediction – Università degli Studi di Trieste (Trieste, Italy): 8 December   162) Researcher: Urban ecohydrology in the context of climate and socio-economic change – Università degli Studi di Firenze (Firenze, Italy): 7 December   163) Researcher on the identification of contaminants of emerging concern (CECs) – Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU) (Uppsala, Sweden): 7 December   164) Research Associate in Hydrodynamic Modelling – University of Bristol (Bristol, UK): 12 December   165) Research support technician – University of A Coruña(A Coruña, Spain): 11 December   166) Research Scientist , Arch, Plan & Env Policy – University College Dublin (Dublin, Ireland): 8 December   167) Research Fellowship – University of Coimbra (Coimbra, Portugal): 7 December   168) Research Scholarship – University of Minho (Braga, Portugal): 5 December   169) Swedish speakers: Researcher on the occurrence, transport and distribution of hazardous pollutants and greenhouse gases in the environment – Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU) (Uppsala, Sweden): 7 December   170) French speakers: Research Chair in water processes development for transition – Université de Limoges(Limoges, France): 7 December   171) Europe nationals: Testing and validation of methodologies and tools to assess hydrological and hydraulic risk in coastal cities in the framework of H2020 project SCORE - Researcher – CNR-ISAC (Torino, Italy): 5 December   172) Europe nationals: Ensuring resilience of the Po River Delta to rising relative sea levels using nature-based solutions for building land and mitigating subsidence - NatResPoNΔ – Università degli Studi di Padova (Padova, Italy): 1 December   173) Danish speakers: Student Helper in Environmental Chemistry/Water technology – Aarhus University (Aarhus, Denmark): 11 December   174) German speakers: Research Assistant (m/f/d) – Universität Rostock (Rostock, Germany): 6 December   175) Drought Social Science Associate – University of Nebraska-Lincoln (Lincoln, NE, USA): 6 December   176) Hurricane Rainfall Hazard Analysis for Coastal Compound Flood Risk Assessment: Establish Scientist – U.S. Department of Defense (United States): Until filled   177) Local recruitment: Assistant Research Scientist, Computational Hydrologist – Desert Research Institute (DRI)(Reno, NV, USA): Until filled

WASH (SEE ALL)

0-2 years (See all)

178) French speakers: Water Sanitation and Hygiene Officer (WASH) – United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) (Bangui, Central African Republic): 27 November   179) WASH Associate – United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) (Jamjang, South Sudan): 3 December   180) Afghanistan nationals: WASH Officer – United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) (Kabul, Afghanistan): 7 December   181) Guatemala nationals: Asistente Técnico Alojamiento, Infraestructura y WASH – Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC)(Ciudad Guatemala, Guatemala): 8 December

3-4 years (See all)

182) French speakers: Spécialiste Eau, Hygiène et Assainissement (WHO) – United Nations Volunteers (UNV)(Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo): 5 December   183) WASH Program Manager – Operation Blessing (Virginia Beach, VA, USA/Home-based): Until filled   184) Arabic speakers: Shelter and WASH Project Manager – Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) (Amman, Jordan): 8 December   185) Project Manager – WASH – World Vision (WV) (Arawa, Papua New Guinea): 5 December   186) Guatemala nationals: Líder de Equipo de Alojamiento, Infraestructura y WASH – Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC)(Ciudad Guatemala, Guatemala): 8 December   187) Indonesia nationals: WASH Officer (UNICEF) – United Nations Volunteers (UNV) (Jakarta, Indonesia): 7 December   188) Local recruitment: WASH Infrastructure Coordinator – World Vision (WV) (Xai-Xai, Mozambique): Until filled   189) Lebanon nationals: Programme Officer (WASH) (UNICEF) – United Nations Volunteers (UNV) (Tripoli, Lebanon): 5 December

5-9 years (See all)

190) Emergency WASH Specialist oPt – WeWorld-GVC(Ramallah, Palestine): 10 December   191) WASH Specialist – United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) (Addis Ababa, Ethiopia): 8 December   192) Head of Project Consortium Coordination WASH - FCDO – Welthungerhilfe (Freetown, Sierra Leone): 6 December   193) Wash Cluster Co-Coordinator & Technical Coordinator – ACTED (Yemen): Until filled   194) Hindi speakers: Senior Manager/Manager – ECHO India(India): 9 December   195) Local recruitment: WASH Technical Program Manager – World Vision (WV) (Bujumbura, Burundi): Until filled   196) Local recruitment: Sanitation and Hygiene Promotion Coordinator – World Vision (WV) (Bujumbura, Burundi): Until filled   197) Local recruitment: Integrated WASH Project Coordinator – World Vision (WV) (Asutifi North, Ghana): Until filled   198) Local recruitment: Field Officer - Sanitation & Hygiene – World Vision (WV) (Savelugu, Ghana): Until filled   199) WASH Technical Advisor – Roster for International Humanitarian Response – CORE (Washington, D.C., USA): Until filled

10+ years (See all)

200) Team Leader-Strengthening Climate Resilience of the Lao PDR Health System Project – Save the Children (Laos): 6 December   201) Senior Water Engineer - USAID Climate Resilient WASH Activity – Ethiopia – RTI International (Addis Ababa, Ethiopia): Until filled   202) WASH Program Manager, Ukraine – HEKS/EPER(Ukraine): Until filled   203) Local recruitment: Principal Specialist/Sr. Principal Specialist, WSSH – DAI (USA/Home-based): Until filled

Not specified (See all)

204) Programmes System - Capacity Development Coordinator – WaterAid (Melbourne VIC, Australia/Phnom Penh, Cambodia): 3 December   205) French speakers: Emergency Programme Manager - WASH (2016) – Concern Worldwide (Goz Beida, Chad): 4 December   206) Spanish speakers: Gestor Comunitario -WASH – HIAS(Santa Elena, Bolívar, Venezuela): Until filled   207) Spanish speakers: Promotor Comunitario- WASH – Acción Contra El Hambre (Colombia): Until filled   208) Spanish speakers: Técnico en Agua, Saneamiento e Higiene (WASH) – Acción Contra El Hambre (Amazonas, Colombia): Until filled   209) Local recruitment: Community Solutions Advocate – Community Water Center (Visalia, CA, USA): 22 February 2024

Consultancies (SEE ALL)

210) Consultant roster – Writers – International Water Management Institute (IWMI) (Home-based): 4 December   211) Consultancy Service to Conduct a Study on the Role of Land Governance in Avoiding Reversing and Reducing Land Degradation in the Zambezi Basin – Zambezi Watercourse Commission (ZAMCOM) (Harare, Zimbabwe): 11 December   212) Spanish speakers: Especialista Ambiental / Especialista Ambiental Senior – Inter-American Development Bank (IADB) (La Paz, Bolivia): 5 December   213) Spanish speakers: Convocatoria a Roster de Especialistas/Asesoría técnica proyectos Agua, Higiene y Saneamiento – United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)(Havana, Cuba): 8 December   214) Consultancy Services for Professional Scientific Editing of the Shared Aquifer Diagnostic Analysis Reports (SADA) & Modeling Reports – Nile Basin Initiative (NBI) (Entebbe, Uganda): 1 December   215) GEF STAP Panel Member - Climate Change Adaptation – Global Environment Facility (GEF) (Home-based): 10 December   216) Short-term Consultant for development of a comprehensive youth engagement and internship program under the SWIM Project – The World Bank (Tajikistan): 4 December   217) Baseline study for the USAID West Bank/Gaza Effective Management of Irrigation Water Activity (EMIW) – Cultivating New Frontiers in Agriculture (CNFA) (Home-based): 30 November   218) Technical Advisor for Bid Evaluaton for Non-Revenue Water Contract – Asian Development Bank (ADB) (Fiji): 28 November   219) Arabic Speaking WASH Roster – CANADEM (Home-based): Until filled   220) Support the Republic of Djibouti to Review & Align Relevant National Instruments to Continental and Global Instruments – African Union (AU) (Djibouti): 4 December   221) Spanish speakers: Consultoría 2023/039 - Realizar el estudio caracterización sobre vulnerabilidades y efectos del cambio climático y la degradación ambiental – International Organization for Migration (IOM) (San Salvador, El Salvador): 4 December   222) International Consultant on Climate Change Adaptation, Monitoring and Evaluation – United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) (Tajikistan): 30 November   223) International Consultant for Developing a Conceptual Framework, Description and Technical Specifications of the Irrigation Management Information System (IMIS) for ALRI – The World Bank (Tajikistan): 11 December   224) Consultancy: Senior negotiations strategy advisor for the promotion of the accession of the Holy See to the United Nations Convection to Combat Desertification – United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD)(Home-based): 29 November   225) Local recruitment: Regional Climate Change Assessment Consultant – WaterAid (Various, Africa): 6 December   226) Yemen nationals: Consultant for Improved Fisheries Management Capacity in Hodeida and Hajjah – Committed To Good (CTG) (Hodeida/Hajjah, Yemen): 5 December   227) Angola nationals: Engagement of a Geo-Spatial Junior Consultant – United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) (Angola): 5 December   228) Egypt nationals: Consultancy for Project Engineer for Medical Waste Management and WASH Facility Rehabilitation – United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) (Cairo, Egypt): 29 November   229) Solomon islands nationals: Project Officer (Water Supply/Wastewater) – Asian Development Bank (ADB)(Solomon Islands): 6 December   230) Solomon Islands nationals: Senior Project Officer (Water Supply/Wastewater) – Asian Development Bank (ADB) (Solomon Islands): 6 December

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231) RFP: Preliminary Sewage Treatment Works Review and Water Quality Impact Assessment – The World Bank (The Gambia): 8 December   232) Preparation of an Integrated Management Plan for the Damour Area in Lebanon – Global Water Partnership - Mediterranean (GWP-Med) (Home-based): 8 December   233) EOI - Towards Gender and Peace-positive Natural Resources Management: a contribution to building resilient communities in the Liptako-Gourma region - AHGC/RDTS – African Development Bank (AfDB) (Home-based): 30 November   234) RFQ - Training Agencies to Provide Training Services for WASH Project in Tank & Umerkot Districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa & Sindh Respectively – United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS) (Pakistan): 30 November   235) Conducting a Baseline Assessment for the Zimbabwe Adaptation Fund Project "Strengthening local communities’ adaptive capacity and resilience to climate change through sustainable groundwater utilisation in Zimbabwe” – United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) (Harare, Zimbabwe): 7 December

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236) Nutrition and WASH Intern Semera – Mercy Corps(Semera, Ethiopia): 27 November   237) Local recruitment: Research Assistant for systematic literature review – Eawag (Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology) (Dübendorf, Switzerland): Until filled   238) Netherlands nationals: Afstudeer- en meewerkstage bij het Kennisknooppunt Participatie – Ministerie van Infrastructuur en Waterstaat (The Hague, Netherlands): 8 December   239) Local recruitment: Environmental Sustainability & Climate Action -Intern – World Vision (WV) (Dakar, Senegal): Until filled   240) Local recruitment: Water Engineering Intern – Arcadis(United States): Until filled   241) Beveridge & Diamond Law Clerk (Summer 2024) – Environmental Law Institute (ELI) (Washington, D.C., USA): 1 January 2024   242) Local recruitment: Legislative Affairs Intern – Denver Water (Denver, CO, USA): 4 December   243) Local recruitment: Water Management Resiliency Intern – Arcadis (Atlanta, GA, USA): Until filled   244) Local recruitment: Water Resources Engineering Student Worker - Student Worker Paraprofessional or Student Worker Paraprofessional Senior – Minnesota Department of Transportation (Roseville, MN, USA): 12 December

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245) Ph.D. Assistantships in Geospatial Analytics at NC State University – North Carolina State University (Raleigh, NC, USA): 6 December   246) PhD Research Fellow in Geophysics and Distributed-Acoustic-Sensing for monitoring of hydrological hazards along railway infrastructure – University of Bergen (Bergen, Norway): 8 December   247) PhD: Forecasting contamination events affecting Chalk water quality using time-series analysis – University of Leeds(Leeds, UK): 6 December

Fellowships

248) U.S. nationals: EPA Fellowship on Effects of Extreme Weather on the Environment Under Future Scenarios – U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) (Durham, NC, USA): 8 December   249) U.S. nationals: Fellowship in Water Security – U.S. Department of Defense (Springfield, VA/St. Louis, MO, USA): Until filled     Last week’s list, in case you missed it   Post a job   Support Josh’s Water Jobs

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Elaine J. Hanford's Bulletin Boards: 1) Geoscience; 2) Environmental Science; 3) Coastal Zone Management - 27 November 2023

On behalf of the Columbia River Treaty Universities Consortium, The University of British Columbia, One River, Ethics Matter, and the North American Youth Parliament for Water we invite you to attend a virtual symposium on November 29th and 30th, 2023 from 8:30 am until 12:30 pm daily PST.

You can register here. 

Please join us on November 29th & 30th for a virtual gathering to begin the process of revitalizing public education and dialogue on transboundary issues and governance in the Columbia River Basin following the pandemic hiatus. Much has happened in the Basin since the last major in-person transboundary symposium led by Columbia Basin Trust in Kimberley, British Columbia in 2019. You may register at this link: https://columbiabasingovernance.org/

At the conference convened in Kimberley, participants made it clear that formal transboundary public engagement is critical to the future governance of the shared Columbia River Basin. Since then, issues such as water quality, salmon reintroduction, and transition to carbon neutral energy have moved to the forefront, but with the limitations of the pandemic, a forum for public engagement has not been convened.

We have organized this virtual forum to provide a platform for an exchange of deliberative dialogues for the future governance of the Columbia River Basin. We have over 30 distinguished speakers from across the Basin and beyond such as Tribes and First Nation Sovereigns, not-for-profit, private, and public sectors, including youth and students who will present on topics such as Indigenous-led salmon revitalization initiatives in the basin, water quality in the Elk and Kootenai/y watersheds, global perspectives on governance models, ethical and intergenerational aspects of public engagement in water governance and other pressing issues facing the third largest watershed in North America.

This dialogue will form the basis for the organization of an anticipated in-person transboundary conference in May 2024 which will lead the Basin in a new and exciting direction, build upon the web of relationships built over the last decade of transboundary dialogue, create new, longer-term linkages, and initiate new collaborations across the Basin where the Symposium will most importantly act as a centre for dialogue and knowledge-sharing through face-to-face and virtual interaction. Through open invitations to not only Basin residents but to participants globally, this

Symposium will be designed to engage a broader public through synthesis, exchange, networking, and co-creation beyond the Columbia River Treaty.

 

All the items below were obtained by E.J. Hanford. Duplicate items are the fault of M.E. Campana as is the humor at the very bottom. 

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Geoscience Bulletin Board – 27 November 2023 – compiled by Elaine J. Hanford

Flagg Ranch ignimbrites associated with Lava Creek Tuff in Grand Teton National Park

• https://www.usgs.gov/observatories/yvo/news/mystery-flagg-ranch-or-case-unknown-ignimbrite

EU debating sanctions package that would finally ban imports of diamonds from Russia

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/russian-diamonds-are-for-never/ar-AA1kcjfL

SpaceX massive Starship rocket explodes and becomes space junk

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/spacex-s-starship-reaches-space-immediately-explodes/ar-AA1keW2V

Journey into the Morton Salt Mine beneath Lake Erie

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/autos/enthusiasts/a-journey-into-the-dark-and-mysterious-world-of-the-morton-salt-mine-under-lake-erie/ar-AA1kg9tQ

We have better maps of Mars than of the ocean floor

• https://www.usgs.gov/news/science-snippet/why-we-have-better-maps-mars-seafloor-and-what-usgs-doing-change

Visualizing all the metals mined in 2022 – almost 2.8B tonnes

• https://www.visualcapitalist.com/all-the-metals-we-mined-in-one-visualization-2022/

How crystallization occurs

• https://theconversation.com/how-do-crystals-form-213202

Landslide in Wrangell, Alaska, causes several deaths

• https://www.alaskasnewssource.com/2023/11/21/multiple-landslides-reported-southeast-alaska-rain-winds-snow-hit-area/
• https://apnews.com/article/alaska-highway-landslide-c4a5c3c6af3a2e4d37d38d8b8ff1d001
• https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/one-person-dead-five-believed-missing-in-alaska-landslide/ar-AA1kk9q9

Investigating how the Appalachians formed by examining kyanite

• https://www.furman.edu/news/2023/11/16/senior-investigates-how-the-appalachians-formed/

Landslide vulnerability in Washington and elsewhere in the midst of landslide season

• https://www.tri-cityherald.com/news/state/washington/article281651268.html

Anticipating the next Uttarkashi-like collapse in the Himalayas

• https://www.financialexpress.com/life/science-another-uttarkashi-like-collapse-is-in-the-offing-decoding-fragile-geology-of-the-himalayas-worlds-youngest-mountains-bkg-3313298/

The what, where and why of earthquakes

• https://theconversation.com/what-causes-earthquakes-a-geologist-explains-where-theyre-most-common-and-why-213337

Combining laser-induced shock with high-speed x-ray diffraction to study mantle conditions

• https://www.statepress.com/article/2023/11/magma-iron-ocean#

Two remarkably preserved ceratopsian dinosaur fossils found in Hebei province of north China

• https://www.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202311/21/WS655c891da31090682a5ef55b.html

Grand Mesa in Colorado is largest flattop mountain in the world

• https://www.nationalgeographic.com/travel/article/how-to-explore-grand-mesa-colorado

Weakening of Stratospheric Polar Vortex could signal Ice Age on the horizon (video)

• https://eightify.app/summary/climate-science/impending-new-ice-age-polar-vortex-weakens-alarming-signs#
• Youtube video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5h5yNJIVAVk

Asbestos – the good and the bad

• https://worksinprogress.co/issue/the-asbestos-times

JOIDES Resolution research vessel will be retired in 2024 – 4 decades of ocean research

• https://eos.org/features/there-is-no-joides-in-mudville

Quartz grains may offer new method to study historic wildfires and heat effects on soil

• https://eos.org/articles/fire-histories-may-be-written-on-grains-of-sand

How dissolved inorganic carbon moves through waterways in SE Alaska

• https://phys.org/news/2023-11-dissolved-inorganic-carbon-southeast-alaska.html

Impacts of sand mining in Mekong River Delta of Vietnam – subsidence, accelerated erosion & depleted resource

• https://phys.org/news/2023-11-sand-vietnam-mekong-delta-homes.html

Libyan desert glass – the origin of these yellow shards that contain polymorphs of ZrO3 – preferred theory:  impact of meteorite – piece incorporated in King Tut’s tomb

• https://phys.org/news/2023-11-libyan-yellow-glass-rare-mysterious.html
• https://theconversation.com/libyan-deserts-yellow-glass-how-we-discovered-the-origin-of-these-rare-and-mysterious-shards-217565
• 1933 Paper: http://www.qattara.it/DESERTO%20EGIZIANO_FILES/silica.pdf
• https://www.iflscience.com/unusual-yellow-gem-in-king-tut-s-tomb-created-by-meteor-crash-in-sahara-67593

Importance of goethite in Australia

• https://phys.org/news/2023-11-rust-riches-goethite-role-australia.html

Effects of aerosol particles on clouds & climate

• https://phys.org/news/2023-11-capturing-effect-aerosol-particles-clouds.html
• Paper: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-023-41695-8

New AI formula to predict rogue waves

• https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2023/11/231120170956.htm

Amanasaurus nesbitti – New genus & species of Late Triassic silesaur in Brazil

• https://www.sci.news/paleontology/amanasaurus-nesbitti-12466.html
• Paper: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-023-32057-x

Eomortoniellus handlirschi – 44 myo katydid fossilized in Baltic Amber communicated at high frequency ultrasounds

• https://www.sci.news/paleontology/eomortoniellus-handlirschi-12460.html
• Paper: https://www.cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822(23)01441-0

Dolphins are very clever – video of bait heist

• https://www.sciencealert.com/world-first-footage-shows-dolphins-pulling-off-a-clever-bait-heist

Global population of male green sea turtles is rapidly declining – endangered species due to human activities

• https://www.sciencealert.com/the-world-is-running-out-of-male-sea-turtles

10 new species of trilobites discovered in Thailand in late Cambrian-Ordovician Sibumasu tuffs on the coast of Ko Tarutao Island within UNESCO Geopark

• https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1008716
• Paper: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/spp2.1516

Chemistry & petrography of early 19^th Century basaltic andesites & basalts from Kamakai’a Hills in Hawaii

• https://www.usgs.gov/publications/chemistry-and-petrography-early-19th-century-basaltic-andesites-and-basalts-kamakaia
• Paper: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S037702732300224X

Updates to regional groundwater flow model of New Jersey Coastal Plain 1980-2013 – 21-layer 3D transient model

• https://pubs.usgs.gov/publication/sir20235066
• SIR 2023-5066: https://pubs.usgs.gov/sir/2023/5066/sir20235066.pdf

 NASA mapped critical mineral deposits and ecosystem function across the US Southwest

• https://www.terradaily.com/reports/NASA_maps_minerals_and_ecosystem_function_across_US_southwest_999.html

The Ice Core Archive houses glacial ice that records history of climatic & atmospheric conditions on Earth – “"The globe has easily been much warmer than it is today.  But that's before humans were there,”

• https://www.terradaily.com/reports/Frozen_library_of_ancient_ice_tells_tales_of_climates_past_999.html

Seafloor mapping identifies 5,249-foot-high seamount off the coast of Guatemala

• https://www.macon.com/news/nation-world/world/article282198528.html

Numerical simulations suggest shape of meteor impact crater depends on spin and degree of cohesion

• https://physics.aps.org/articles/v16/s166

More than 46,000 houses have been built in zones impacted by 2023 Turkey earthquake – 680,000 under construction

• https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/over-46-000-houses-built-in-quake-zone-188018

“Uptick” of activity in New Madrid Seismic Zone is with normal range and not unprecedented

• https://www.wkyufm.org/2023-11-21/uptick-in-new-madrid-seismic-zone-activity-within-normal-ranges

Book Review:  “Dust – the modern world in a trillion particles”

• https://geographical.co.uk/book-reviews/review-dust-jay-owens

Government & private companies once again exploring geothermal potential in Nevada – repeat of the 1970s

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/government-private-companies-explore-nevada-s-geothermal-energy-potential/ar-AA1kncFl 

Precarious rocks in Antelope Valley

• https://www.unr.edu/nevada-today/news/2023/rocks-that-did-not-fall

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Environmental Science Bulletin Board – 27 November 2023 – compiled by Elaine J. Hanford  

The significance and consequences of Thanksgiving

• https://daily.jstor.org/thanksgiving-is-a-feast-of-things-forgotten/

Multi-part series:  over-allocation has created a “crisis” for the Colorado River

• https://www.latimes.com/environment/colorado-river-in-crisis-documentary-123
• https://www.latimes.com/environment/story/colorado-river-in-crisis 

Potomac Electric Power Company (Pepco) to pay $57M+ for cleanup of Anacostia River in DC & Maryland – pollutants include spills, leaks & intentional releases of  PCBs, VOCs heavy metals, pesticides, dioxins

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/company-to-pay-over-50-million-in-largest-environmental-lawsuit-settlement-in-d-c-history-health-risks-to-the-public/ar-AA1k8nPK
• https://oag.dc.gov/release/attorney-general-schwalb-secures-57-million-pepco
• Consent Order: https://oag.dc.gov/sites/default/files/2023-10/BP-V%20CD%20%28Final%29%20%282%29.pdf 

Pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) are driving up health care costs & benefitting Big Pharma – illegal practices

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/other/what-history-tells-us-about-your-prescription-costs-and-the-new-bad-boys-of-health-care/ar-AA17O5ED

Romancing the River we’ve created – humans have over-allocated the Colorado River with flawed Colorado Compact – toward a framework for sustainability?

• https://sibleysrivers.com/romancing-the-river-weve-created/
• https://www.colorado.edu/center/gwc/sites/default/files/attached-files/policy-brief-2-a-common-vision-for-the-colorado-river-system.pd

You are what you eat – costs of obesity in the US – 73% of food is ultra-processed – 40% of adults are obese

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/other/the-obesity-epidemic-in-america-costly-in-food-and-lives/ar-AA19DqET 

Top ten animals when it comes to endurance (humans do not make the list)

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/travel/tripideas/the-top-10-animals-with-the-absolute-best-endurance-on-the-planet/ar-AA1j0m3T

DEI policies are discriminatory against those who disagree – Academia is not a haven for free speech

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/dissenting-faculty-score-a-rare-win-against-retaliation-by-the-powers-of-dei/ar-AA1k985F

Candida auris “superbug” found at 42 healthcare facilities in Nevada with nearly 500 cases

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/other/superbug-cases-rising-in-nevada-over-past-two-months-health-officials/ar-AA1jOmBZ

Restoration of wetlands on Prairie Band Potawatomie Nation Reservation in Jackson County, Kansas

• https://www.farmers.gov/blog/fridays-on-farm-enhancing-historic-wetland-on-tribal-lands

What’s the problem with pumped storage hydropower?   Where will the water come from in White Pine County?

• https://insideclimatenews.org/news/19112023/pumped-storage-hydro-energy-transition-water/ 

EU reauthorizes glyphosate for another 10-year span while Napa Green in California announce phaseout of glyphosate/Roundup by January 2026 and al synthetic herbicides by January 2028 – costs & health risks

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/glyphosate-makes-news-in-the-eu-us/ar-AA1kbGeA

Tourons do stupid things like taunting a moose in Montana

• https://currently.att.yahoo.com/lifestyle/bystander-captures-instant-karma-moment-093000756.html

Increase in measles cases (9M cases in population of 8B) globally and estimated 136,000 related deaths in 2022 = less than 0.002% case fatality rate so create another plandemic

• https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/measles-cases-boom-around-world-152247882.html

Setting the record straight:  “The Fall of Minneapolis” - truth buried by so many lies

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/real-truth-aid-the-floyd-lies/ar-AA1kddIK 

Oberon solar project in Riverside County, California, covers 2,600 acres of public land with aesthetically ugly

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/technology/intersect-s-679mw-us-solar-storage-project-starts-operations/ar-AA1jZ8oe

Perspective:  When will New York City do something about the “staggering” number of e-bike fire deaths?

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/when-will-nyc-do-something-about-the-staggering-number-of-e-bike-fire-deaths/ar-AA1kcDfW

Post-pandemic financial impact on Big Pharma – stock-market values plummeting with low vaxx demand

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/the-covid-vaccine-windfall-turns-for-pfizer-and-moderna/ar-AA1kbYCc

Google removes non-existent trail from maps after another search & rescue of stranded hiker in “extremely steep and dangerous terrain” of  North Shore mountains near Vancouver

• https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/google-maps-non-existent-trail-removed-vancouver-north-shore-mount-fromme-1.7027120

California company aiming to produce “net-zero” jet fuel from plastic waste has defaulted on $289M in bonds and put $500M on hold – more Biden promoted waste under the Inflation Reduction Act – remember Solyndra??

• https://insideclimatenews.org/news/20112023/fulcrum-gary-indiana-net-zero-jet-fuel/

The ugly history behind Glacier National Park

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/travel/article/glacier-national-park-a-beautiful-place-with-an-ugly-history/ar-AA19B827

Class action lawsuit against 4 car manufacturers for spying on consumers

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/other/court-declares-car-manufacturers-spying-on-consumers/ar-AA1kfqbE

Cannabis use linked to epigenetic changes in humans

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/other/cannabis-use-linked-to-epigenetic-changes-scientists-reveal/ar-AA1kfQK1
• Paper: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41380-023-02106-y

Sites Reservoir first proposed in the 1960s gets endorsement from California Governor for “fast-tracking” – “expensive, wasteful and ecologically damaging” - $4.5B and no certainty that it will add to water suply

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/weather/topstories/column-this-water-project-is-expensive-wasteful-and-ecologically-damaging-why-is-it-being-fast-tracked/ar-AA1khG5u

Plant-based “meat and dairy alternatives” touted for reducing GHG emissions – but what about health impacts?

• https://currently.att.yahoo.com/lifestyle/study-uncovers-shocking-impact-plant-190000181.html
• https://phys.org/news/2023-09-meat-alternatives-slash-food-emissions.html
• Paper: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-023-40899-2 

The cost of “clean energy” transition in rural Minnesota

• https://insideclimatenews.org/news/21112023/talon-metals-tamarack-minnesota-copper-nickel-mining-wild-rice-water/

Cost of repairing & rehabilitating MBTA transit system in Boston area just jumped up by $10B

• https://www.wcvb.com/article/mbta-speed-restrictions-track-repair-plans/45862824#

How many park benches & picnic tables do we need?  Wind turbine blades go to landfills

• https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2023-11-17/upcycled-wind-turbine-blades-become-park-benches-planters?srnd=green&sref=s4jM8V8F

FDA expands recall of pet foods due to possible Salmonella contamination

• https://currently.att.yahoo.com/lifestyle/another-massive-pet-food-recall-163000093.html

Asbestos – the good and the bad – now banned in 66 countries – still used in some applictions

• https://worksinprogress.co/issue/the-asbestos-times

The secrets of electric eels in Brazil

• https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/electric-eel-reproduction-brazil

Beware:  Big Pharma currently developing 28 vaccines and aiming to collect big money ($10B in flu shots by 2030) – calling them therapeutic while sales of covid booster shots have cratered

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/medical/a-golden-age-of-vaccines-is-here-what-it-means-for-you/ar-AA1kgNkt

Finally hinting at what we have known all along – human behaviors have driven covid evolution in the name of “limiting transmissions” with vaxxing and draconian mandates

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/medical/covid-s-evolution-may-have-been-driven-by-human-behavior-say-biologists/ar-AA1kherY

200,000 Americans have died from fentanyl-related drugs (synthetic opioids) since 2020

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/biden-mistakenly-urges-blanket-fentanyl-ban-after-200k-died-on-his-watch/ar-AA1kjxlc 

BLM rounding up nearly 1,600 wild horses – to treat 81 mares with fertility control vaccine

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/blm-plans-to-collect-nearly-1-600-horses-in-latest-gather/ar-AA1kfmej

No plans to recapture Mexican gray wolf F2754

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/wildlife-managers-have-no-immediate-plans-to-capture-mexican-gray-wolf/ar-AA1kguGG

EPA may approve use of neurotoxin Aldicarb pesticide for citrus fruit in Florida – but in 2010 EPA found use of Aldicarb posed unacceptable dietary risk to infants & young children

• https://biologicaldiversity.org/w/news/press-releases/epa-consider-reapproving-previously-banned-use-extremely-toxic-pesticide-aldicarb-citrus-trees-florida-texas-2020-12-10/#

Scale of covid- relief fraud is nothing short of astonishing – BILLIONS of dollars as government oversight failed

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/smallbusiness/billions-in-covid-19-relief-aid-taken-away-by-fraudsters/ar-AA1km5Qn 

American wood pellet manufacturer in jeopardy – declining foreign market & stock shares down 97% this year

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/the-trade-that-backfired-for-america-s-biggest-wood-pellet-exporter/ar-AA1kllXM

Tonawanda Seneca Nation not consulted regarding adjacent hydrogen project – assault on treaty rights

• https://insideclimatenews.org/news/22112023/new-york-clean-hydrogen-indigenous-nation-sees-threat/

USEPA approved $92M WIFIA loan to Santa Clara Valley WD for $2.5B Pacheco Reservoir Expansion Project

• https://theconstructionbroadsheet.com/epa-loans-m-for-california-water-project-p1600-175.htm

Wildlife rehabilitation data identifies most frequent ways humans harm wild animals

• https://theconversation.com/digitized-records-from-wildlife-centers-show-the-most-common-ways-that-humans-harm-wild-animals-214819
• Paper: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0006320723003968 

Gettysburg National Military Park tells story of critical battle of the Civil War & reconciliation that took decades

• https://www.nationalparkstraveler.org/2023/11/gettysburg-tells-story-more-battle-military-park-shows-what-national-reconciliation-looked

Dispelling the myth that men evolved to hunt and women evolved to gather – relatively baseless assumption – women well-suited to endurance activities like hunting

• https://www.sciencealert.com/one-of-the-biggest-hunter-gatherers-myths-is-finally-getting-debunked
• Paper: https://anthrosource.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/aman.13914

Busting the myth of the man-made global warming crisis:  Global Temp exceeded 2 °C and the world did not end – just closer to matching the warmer temperatures in several previous inter-glacials – pledges are meaningless

• https://www.sciencealert.com/global-temperature-exceeds-2-c-threshold-for-first-time-on-record
• https://www.terradaily.com/reports/Earth_to_warm_up_to_29C_even_with_current_climate_pledges_UN_999.html 

US Solar Photovoltaic Database & interactive map of all large-scale solar energy facilities in the US

• https://www.usgs.gov/news/national-news-release/usgs-and-lawrence-berkeley-national-laboratory-release-database-and
• Database: https://eerscmap.usgs.gov/uspvdb/data/
• Interactive map: https://eerscmap.usgs.gov/uspvdb/viewer/#3/37.25/-96.25

Cluster of cases in SW Michigan of syphilis of the eye all from the same man – possible new strain

• https://arstechnica.com/health/2023/11/five-women-got-eye-syphilis-from-the-same-man-raising-questions/
• CDC report: https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/72/wr/mm7247a1.htm?s_cid=mm7247a1_w

Book Review:  “Horizons:  The Global Origins of Modern Science” – globalism vs. the scientific revolution

• https://arstechnica.com/science/2023/11/globalism-vs-the-scientific-revolution/ 

Numerous miles-long oil spills reported on Monongahela River in Pittsburgh over past 6 months

• https://www.ehn.org/pittsburgh-river-oil-spill-2666163620.html

US NPS & USFS proposes policy to ban climbing bolts & anchors as “permanent installations” under 1964 Wilderness Act – opposed by outdoor recreation groups – open for public comment

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/travel/news/no-climbing-allowed-federal-proposal-may-limit-access-across-u-s/ar-AA1kl0np
• Comment on Proposal: https://cara.fs2c.usda.gov/Public/CommentInput?project=ORMS-3524

UK Regulatory Agency approves first CRISPR gene-editing treatment for two genetic blood disorders clinical trials on total of 81 patients – FDA determined safe for clinical use with final approval still pending

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/medical/the-world-s-1st-crispr-therapy-has-just-been-approved-here-s-everything-you-need-to-know/ar-AA1kmuqL

Mysterious “pneumonia like” illness causing another wave of overwhelming number of sick children in China – mycoplasma pneumoniae “walking pneumonia”

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/other/mysterious-pneumonia-outbreak-leaves-china-s-hospitals-overwhelmed-with-sick-children/ar-AA1kmC7M

Need for new rules to protect wildlife from hiker and tourons

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/travel/tripideas/hiking-needs-new-rules/ar-AA1hYy7Q

New Jersey following in the footsteps of California and other states– plans to ban sale of new gas-powered vehicles by 2035 – all in the name of misguided concept of man-made global warming caused by CO2

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/autos/news/another-state-bans-sale-of-gas-powered-and-plans-zero-emission-vehicle-future/ar-AA1knIFN

True cost of EVs equates to $17 per gallon

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/savingandinvesting/study-finds-the-true-cost-of-owning-an-electric-vehicle-equates-to-17-per-gallon/ar-AA1kpS9b
• Report: https://www.texaspolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/2023-10-TrueCostofEVs-BennettIsaac.pdf 

Nigerian troops deactivate 50 illegal oil refining sites – Operation Delta Safe

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/troops-deactivate-50-illegal-oil-refining-sites-apprehend-51-suspects-dhq/ar-AA1kq4RA

Population of wild turkeys has declined by about 15% across the US – Why? Habitat loss, hunting, disease, increase in predators? After conservation brought species back from the brink of extinction

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/wild-turkeys-are-disappearing-but-no-one-is-sure-why/ar-AA1kpf9f

Perspective:  What if we tolerated diseases?  i.e., if we were healthy?!

• https://knowablemagazine.org/article/health-disease/2023/what-if-we-tolerated-diseases

3,000 homes to be built on abandoned Three Kids Mine & Mill site near Henderson, Nevada – manganese, lead and arsenic pollution to be buried – asbestos to be removed

• https://www.8newsnow.com/news/local-news/three-kids-mine-site-cleanup-set-to-begin-in-2024-as-vote-nears-on-plan-for-3000-homes/
• https://yournews.com/2023/11/22/2694671/henderson-city-council-approves-development-of-3000-homes-on-historic/
• Three Kids Mine Project overview - https://www.threekidsmine.com/
• Remediation Act: https://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/house-bill/697

Investigating car explosion (not terrorist attack) at US-Canadian Border – high rate of speed, hit curb & soared into the air before crashing down into CBP booth & bursting into flames

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/government-walks-back-terrorism-claim-after-car-explodes-on-us-canadian-border/ar-AA1ksQbi
• https://www.cnn.com/2023/11/23/us/us-canada-border-rainbow-bridge-explosion-thursday/index.html

Even the New York Times is getting a more balanced perspective on the events of January 6 – 59& to 74% agreed undercover government agents helped provoke the Capitol riot

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/why-the-new-york-times-s-jan-6-u-turn-is-a-big-deal/ar-AA1ktxJy

Is it really wise to ask WHO to declare yet another crisis? – WHO does not have unbiased track record – “co-ordinated editorial” sounds like collusion

• https://www.cbc.ca/news/health/world-health-organization-medical-journals-global-emergency-1.7006682
• https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/other/over-200-medical-journals-call-on-who-to-declare-immediate-emergency-we-ve-got-to-act-with-thought-but-also-with-haste/ar-AA1ksDBd
• https://www.bmj.com/content/383/bmj.p2355

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Coastal Zone Management Bulletin Board - 27 November 2023 - Compiled by Elaine J. Hanford

Barge in English Bay broke loose from mooring & ran aground near Sunset Beach in Vancouver

• https://bc.ctvnews.ca/unmoored-barge-has-near-miss-with-vancouver-beach-1.6651923
• https://www.iheartradio.ca/virginradio/vancouver/news/unmoored-barge-has-near-miss-with-vancouver-beach-1.20660333

Oceans are over-fished – can seafood farming in new ways increase food supply? Or simply create more concentrated pollution?

• https://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory/demand-seafood-soaring-oceans-giving-farm-fish-new-104946284

Restrictions on lot consolidation & construction near bluffs of Lake Michigan in Winnetka, Illinois

• https://www.therecordnorthshore.org/2023/11/16/restrictions-on-lot-consolidation-and-building-near-bluffs-are-among-winnetkas-proposed-regulations/

Lobsterman missing off the coast of Maine near Kennebunkport

• https://spectrumlocalnews.com/me/maine/public-safety/2023/11/17/lobsterman-missing-off-maine-coast-near-kennebunkport

Ferry founders & takes on water in rough seas near Blue Lagoon Island in the Bahamas – at least 1 dead

https://www.foxweather.com/weather-news/colorado-woman-dies-boat-sinks-bahamas-blue-lagoon

Turkish cargo ship “Kafkametler” sank off the coast of the Black Sea after hitting breakwater during storm

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/nightmare-on-the-black-sea-a-turkish-cargo-ship-has-vanished/ar-AA1keem1

Galaxy Leader is hijacked by Houthis in the southern Red Sea – Israel reacts

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/houthis-hijack-a-ship-israel-reacts-immediately/ar-AA1ke8eZ

US Coast Guard seeking to find source for 1.1M gallon pipeline leak of crude oil along Gulf of Mexico

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/us-coast-guard-seeks-source-of-some-1-1-million-gallons-of-crude-oil-in-gulf-of-mexico/ar-AA1kfhUJ

Conway, South Carolina, wants to address flooding concerns by creating new bay

• https://www.wbtw.com/news/grand-strand/conway/conway-holds-dedication-ceremony-for-stormwater-project/

Continued drought may further reduce traffic through the Panama Canal

• https://www.energyintel.com/0000018b-edbb-d3ae-af8b-efbb51b50000

Saltwater intrusion along the west coast of Sulawesi Island in Indonesia

• https://news.mongabay.com/2023/11/salty-wells-and-lost-land-climate-and-erosion-take-their-toll-in-sulawesi/

Nature doing what Nature does – Nyangai Island in Turtle Island Archipelago of Sierra Leone is slowly eroding & sinking promoted by indiscriminate, unregulated sand mining

• https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2023/11/19/1213548231/climate-change-disappearing-island-sierra-leone-africa
• https://chinadialogueocean.net/en/governance/19162-sea-level-rise-sierra-leone-sinking-islands/

Aiming for “sustainable tourism” coastal cities are pushing to restrict or ban cruise ships from ports

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/travel/news/us-cities-charting-a-course-to-restrict-cruise-ships-from-ports-here-s-what-it-could-mean-for-our-coasts/ar-AA1kdaHp

BOEM approves construction & operation plan for Revolution Wind utility-scale offshore wind farm – despite announcing $2.8B losses, Ørsted claims it will finish Revolution Wind Project as long as it gets subsidies

• https://electrek.co/2023/11/21/connecticut-rhode-island-offshore-wind-farm/
• https://ctexaminer.com/2023/11/01/orsted-announces-big-losses-plans-to-complete-revolution-wind/

Significant questions remain on impacts of offshore wind farms on the ocean and marine life – BOEM asked National Academies to conduct a study – Revolution Wind Project would impact Nantucket Shoals region

• https://theconversation.com/as-the-us-begins-to-build-offshore-wind-farms-scientists-say-many-questions-remain-about-impacts-on-the-oceans-and-marine-life-216330

Isle of Man to Lancashire ferry disrupted due to freight backlog, strong winds & silting of Heysham Port

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/ferries-axed-due-to-strong-winds-and-silting/ar-AA1kpfEI

“Life at Sea Cruises” inaugural 3-year voyage cancelled because company “has no ship”

• https://currently.att.yahoo.com/lifestyle/three-cruise-canceled-110728202.html

The Great Lakes wind boom that never happened – and that is a good thing

• https://insideclimatenews.org/news/24112023/what-happened-to-the-great-lakes-offshore-wind-boom/

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