Eyes & Ears

 

READING

    The River Stops Here; Saving Round Valley, A Pivotal Chapter in California’s Water Wars.
    Ted Simon’s 1994 story is now available in paperback with an afterward by Robert Gottlieb and Ruth Langridge.
    http://www.ucpress.edu/books

    A Sierra Nevada Flora.
    A fantastic choice for the outdoor enthusiast interested in the variety of plants that may be seen on a short walk or an extended trek along Sierran trails.
    http://store.ca.blm.gov

    Ocean’s End: Travel Through Endangered Seas.
    Colin Woodard takes us on a world tour of the crisis facing the oceans. From the Antarctic ice sheet to the Cancer alley of the lower Mississippi, Woodard travelled the globe, interviewing policy makers, scientists, and ordinary people affected by environmental changes.
    http://www.amazon.com

COMPUTER RESOURCES

    The California Continuing Resource Investment Strategy Project is an initiative by the California Resources Agency to help state agencies and the state’s conservation partners make better decisions about how to conserve our state’s precious natural resources. Find more information on their new web address.
    http://ccrisp.ca.gov

    Preserving California’s Natural Heritage: A bioregional guide to land and water conservation. This guidebook has been released in print, but is now available for your paperless perusal.
    http://ceres.ca.gov/planning/conservation_guidebook

VIDEO

    Yellow Starthistle: Managing an Invasive Alien Species
    This 2001 video begins with the history and ecology of this infamous invader. Then prevention is emphasized before outlining the main control principles and methods that land managers may wish to consider. Together, this video targets one weed, but moreover this program seeks to engender a deeper land ethic in defense of California’s unique biological heritage. Email Leif Joslyn for more information.

    Thinking Like a Watershed
    This video depicts a Northern California coastal community involved in restoring its watershed for the past 20 years. They have rediscovered what our grandparents took for granted: a community that works and plays together with common goals is a more satisfying place to live. Environmental resoration is explained and demonstrated in this inspiring model of citizen initiative. Email video@videoproject.net to order.

    The Story of Yosemite
    In this 2000 production by Questar Home Video, cinematographer Dennis Burkhart captures the magnificence of Yosemite Valley, the High Sierra, and the Mariposa Grove of giant sequoias. The camera also catches the wildlife that roams the 1,170 square miles of Yosemite, including the mule deer, mountain lion, black bear, coyote, bighorn sheep, and peregrine falcon. http://www.yosemitestore.com

    A free video on the use of GIS in local land use planning is available. Geographic Information Systems (GIS): Improving Local Decision Making was commisioned by the CBC and is still available by sending your request by email to Erin Klaesius or by fax to 916.227.2672.

Eyes & Ears is compiled by Erin Klaesius, Communications Coordinator for the CBC. Submissions for the Fall/Winter and Spring/Summer issues will be considered if sent to the CBC by February and August, respectively.





California Biodiversity News: Volume 8, Number 2
Fall/Winter 2001
For more information on the California Biodiversity Council, please contact:
Erin Klaesius, Communications Coordinator
CA Biodiversity Council
1416 Ninth Street, Suite 1311
Sacramento, CA 95814

Email:erin_klaesius@fire.ca.gov