«It's an absolute honor to be in this space, to stand where so many greats have stood, and to serve where so many Portlanders have dined throughout the history of this city,»
says Headwaters chef / owner Vitaly Paley.
Not exact matches
«This acquisition will conserve significant natural areas including the Poestenkill
Headwaters, Stump Pond, Firetower Hill and Turner Mountain, and will support the local economy through continued sustainable forestry and increased outdoor recreation opportunities, while still paying property taxes,»
said Jim Bonesteel, executive director of the Rensselaer Plateau Alliance.
Until early in the 20th century, alligator snapping turtles were plentiful from
headwaters in the Midwest into swamps of the Deep South, but «river turtles were hit hard in the 1960s and 1970s,» Roman
says.
The industry has faltered because of declining global demand and low natural gas prices, which have encouraged electric power companies to use gas instead of coal to generate electricity,
said Ray Rasker, executive director of
Headwaters Economics, an independent research group focusing on the economic implications of land management decisions in the West.
Air pollution control devices called scrubbers use a sprayed slurry of ground limestone and water to remove sulfur dioxide from gases formed in coal combustion,
said Tom Schmaltz, environmental director for
Headwaters Resources, a world leader in coal combustion products.
And while the Wind River Range is the
headwaters of tributaries feeding the Colorado, Missouri and Snake rivers, glaciologists
say the ice sheets» contributions to those basins are relatively small.
At the
Headwaters Gathering, an environmental conference at Warren Wilson College in Asheville, N.C., Herman Daly, whose focus is «ecological economics,» spoke through a video hookup Saturday and
said that seeking or implying certainty in pursuing climate solutions ignores the reality of the problem — which requires acting in the face of uncertainty.
What the report
says about climate change and the Colorado River: The southwestern United States is projected to experience significant decreases in surface water availability, leading to runoff decreases in California, Nevada, Texas, and the Colorado River
headwaters, even in the near term.