Humboldt State has funds from the USDA Higher Education Multicultural Scholars Program for multicultural freshman and transfer students attending Humboldt State University starting fall 2009. You must enroll in and be on track to graduate from the Forestry or Rangeland Resource major with your choice of options: Rangeland Resource Science Options: Wildland Soils Rangeland ResourceContinue reading “Humboldt Wildland Multicultural Scholarships”
Monthly Archives: April 2009
Timberati on the Graveyard Shift Draft #1
Lee Lofland over at the Graveyard Shift has asked if I’d like to do a guest column. Lee’s a retired detective who’s “solved cases in areas including narcotics, homicide, rape, murder-for-hire, robbery, and ritualistic and occult crimes. He worked as an undercover officer for several jurisdictions, and he even spent a few years as aContinue reading “Timberati on the Graveyard Shift Draft #1”
Timber’s Term of the Week: Deadhead
Deadhead n A log in the water, either completely submerged or primarily submerged. A sinker log Before railroads and trucking, most goods came by water. Trees felled, would be cut into log lengths, lashed into log rafts, and floated down river. Some logs would sink. Some logs would only reveal a small portion of itself,Continue reading “Timber’s Term of the Week: Deadhead”
Timber's Term of the Week: Deadhead
Deadhead n A log in the water, either completely submerged or primarily submerged. A sinker log Before railroads and trucking, most goods came by water. Trees felled, would be cut into log lengths, lashed into log rafts, and floated down river. Some logs would sink. Some logs would only reveal a small portion of itself,Continue reading “Timber's Term of the Week: Deadhead”
The Copenhagen Consensus
On one of my post the other day, Anne asked in a comment, “What, other than cost, is the downside of reducing our carbon footprint [to prevent global warming]?” There are steps that we can take to reduce a footprint, carbon or otherwise: Move to a metropolitan area. Urban areas, due to their compactness, areContinue reading “The Copenhagen Consensus”
Happy Earth Day
On April 22, 1970, I, along with 20 million others that day, attended one of the first Earth Day celebrations (Read the history of Earth Day here, written by the founder, Senator Gaylord Nelson). The one I went to was held at Santa Monica City College (yes, Dustin Hoffman’s and Arnold Schwarzenegger’s alma mater). InContinue reading “Happy Earth Day”
Timber’s Term of the Week: Widowmaker
Widowmaker n Something that looks innocuous that is, in fact, dangerous. A loose limb or top hanging in a tree that can be dislodged by wind or when struck by a falling tree; the impact of which can cause serious injury or death. See also: Via magazine article about Gordon Smith.
Timber's Term of the Week: Widowmaker
Widowmaker n Something that looks innocuous that is, in fact, dangerous. A loose limb or top hanging in a tree that can be dislodged by wind or when struck by a falling tree; the impact of which can cause serious injury or death. See also: Via magazine article about Gordon Smith.
Reading the Rocks in Time’s Basement
Paul Sheehan at the Sydney Morning Herald, wrote an overview of the book Heaven and Earth by Ian Plimer. His article is titled Beware the climate of conformity. He says that he has been guilty of conformity in the past. I think the 500 pages (230,000 words with 2311 footnotes) will be interesting to read.Continue reading “Reading the Rocks in Time’s Basement”
Reading the Rocks in Time's Basement
Paul Sheehan at the Sydney Morning Herald, wrote an overview of the book Heaven and Earth by Ian Plimer. His article is titled Beware the climate of conformity. He says that he has been guilty of conformity in the past. I think the 500 pages (230,000 words with 2311 footnotes) will be interesting to read.Continue reading “Reading the Rocks in Time's Basement”
Nullius in Verba 