Posted on Aug 17, 2015
Did you know that the California drought is now affecting even some Sequoias?
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This article sensationalizes it a bit -- another article says that there's still plenty of healthy Sequoia -- but some of them are becoming 'distressed'. These are some of the oldest living organisms on the planet, and their loss, to me, would catastrophic and criminal. Do you think measures should be taken (and 'measures' of course, means money) to save them? Me? I'd sure rather spend on that than to keep giving Pakistan money to not nuke India, or whatever. What do you think?
http://news.berkeley.edu/2015/08/06/is-drought-killing-californias-giant-sequoias/
http://news.berkeley.edu/2015/08/06/is-drought-killing-californias-giant-sequoias/
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SN Greg Wright
If even 1 tree is dying I think we should do everything in our power to save it!
I like Capt Seid Waddell's idea of employing a drip system. That's what we Arizonans use to maintain our desert landscaping yards.
If even 1 tree is dying I think we should do everything in our power to save it!
I like Capt Seid Waddell's idea of employing a drip system. That's what we Arizonans use to maintain our desert landscaping yards.
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Capt Seid Waddell
PO1 John Miller, I grew up in Tanque Verde, but in those days we still had grass. Water was valuable but not as scarce as it is there now.
The nice thing about drip watering is that it puts water just where it is needed and minimizes evaporation in a dry climate. Also, after the initial installation expense it's only cost is the pumping of the water.
The nice thing about drip watering is that it puts water just where it is needed and minimizes evaporation in a dry climate. Also, after the initial installation expense it's only cost is the pumping of the water.
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SN Greg Wright
Capt Seid Waddell Looks like roughly 172 M^2. But, not all of them are distressed so far. Some few are. If things became really extreme, maybe just save some few hundreds of individuals, at least save the species.
http://www.britannica.com/place/Redwood-National-Park
(I'm outta votes or I'd give you one!)
http://www.britannica.com/place/Redwood-National-Park
(I'm outta votes or I'd give you one!)
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Capt Seid Waddell
SN Greg Wright, saving select individual trees in select areas might be doable.
Also, have you seen the berms the Israelis build around their trees to capture rain water and have it soak the roots instead of running off? You can see the border between Israel and Egypt on satellite pictures by the foliage on the Israeli side and desert on the Egyptian side of the fence. Range management works.
Also, have you seen the berms the Israelis build around their trees to capture rain water and have it soak the roots instead of running off? You can see the border between Israel and Egypt on satellite pictures by the foliage on the Israeli side and desert on the Egyptian side of the fence. Range management works.
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SN Greg Wright
Capt Seid Waddell Wow, I hadn't known that, Captain. Now THAT I could get behind, building berms for ours. Hell even if it took a couple people a whole day to do one tree and then they never did another...that's doable. I'd do it.
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