cool story about harvesting wild plums
I may use some of these techniques on our wild berries (especially mulberries).
Amazon wants Return to Office.
Let’s align and Return to Stores.
AMA: I am drinking an Oreo Coke Zero.
Testing adding Reeder shared items to my feed. Let me know if it gets too spammy?
TIL:
Most pennies produced by the US are given out as change but never spent; this creates an incessant demand for new pennies to replace them. A conservative estimate holds that there are 240 billion pennies lying around the US – about 724 ($7.24) for every man, woman and child. Minting a 1 cent coin costs more than 3 cents.
H/T Dense Discovery
Water, forestland easement funding open for landowners
State conservationist Damarys Mortenson announced that Indiana’s USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) is accepting applications to improve water quality in the Kankakee River watershed and helping landowners protect and restore forestland across southern Indiana through easement funding.
Both projects make funds available to farmers, landowners and entities seeking to protect and preserve key environmental areas that are targeted by encroachment, erosion and overall decline.
For the Kankakee Watershed program, dollars are available through the Kankakee Watershed Regional Conservation Partnership Program (RCPP).
“This project is a great example of public, private and non-profit organizations working together to solve local problems,” Mortenson said. “The group is addressing critical water quality and quantity issues in the watershed. By targeting RCPP dollars and leveraging partner resources, we can make a greater impact on the health of waterbodies in the Kankakee watershed and downstream.”
One of the goals of the project is to address excess water by establishing wetland easements on land throughout the watershed. These will help facilitate water storage and improve water quality. NCRS pays all costs associated with recording the easement.
The funding for the southern Indiana project is through the Southern Indiana Sentinel Landscape RCPP. The landscape begins about 20 miles south of Indianapolis and contains Department of Defense installations and ranges, six state parks, seven state forests, nine state fish and wildlife areas, 39 state-dedicated nature preserves, one National Forest and three National Wildlife Refuges.
Under the program, forestland owners work with NCRS to place permanent easements on their property. These would ensure that the land remains protected from development and would conserve the delicate habitats and species vital to the local ecosystem.
“I cannot overemphasize the benefits of restoring, enhancing and protecting our forestland within this project area,” Mortenson said. “This project provides a much greater impact where Indiana’s significant natural resources, species habitat and military training needs intersect.”
All applications for the watershed and southern Indiana projects must have applications submitted by Oct. 4. Visit your local USDA Service Center to see if you are eligible for these opportunities. To find your local office and representative, visit farmers.gov/service-locator.
Car Free Day encourages Hoosiers to eliminate emissions Sept. 19 – Indianapolis Recorder
Contact Health & Environmental Reporter Hanna Rauworth at 317-762-7854 or follow her on Instagram at @hanna.rauworth.
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🎙️ New season of the Collective Tap just dropped.
Conversations on water and the environment, based in the Hoosier state.
Tajín: what isn’t it good on?
Sep 19: ride a bike!
📚 I like what the PARA method is doing, but as I said there’s a challenge in knowing “in which of my places is that Inbox, Project, Area, Resource, or Archive?”
Here’s some guidance from the author, though it’s not a fully-satisfactory/useful answer.
Penzey’s spices. Not just delicious. Spicy. Read the whole thing!
best spice shop page I’ve ever read: Penzeys
From the environment, to racism, to health, to saving our democracy at home & growing it abroad, half the time Republicans are intentionally blocking the solution to the problems we face. The other half of the time they are the problem we face.
🎲🃏 if I said:
“Post-apocalyptic but more Dark Sun than Gamma World” what would that evoke for you? #GameDev
The life phases of listening:
- “turn it up, I’m invulnerable”
- “turn it down, it hurts”
- “turn it up, I can’t hear”
- “turn it down, my aids are in”
🎶 Incredible update (re: Furnace Fest)
Extol had visa issues last year and couldn’t make it.
Just announced that Extol will play 2024, but with Bruce Fitzhugh (of Living Sacrifice) singing!
🚲 Indy-area folks:
Have you tried biking to Newfields or Penrod? Are there decent places to lock up your bike?