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- No desalination required – saving the Great Salt Lake
- Using abnormally high-water events on the Great Lakes to help relieve the Western mega-drought
- Collegiate carport solar energy production in the USA
- Airport solar energy production in the United States
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Category Archives: Nature
Collegiate carport solar energy production in the USA
Below are more than 75 colleges and universities in the United States that have installed solar carports on campus, along with information available on them via the internet. Data includes the school, location, megawatts, year completed, and number of spaces/acreage … Continue reading
Posted in adaptive reuse, colleges, economic development, energy, Environment, geography, history, infrastructure, land use, Nature, pictures, planning, product design, Renewable Energy, Science, solar, Statistics, technology, Transportation, Uncategorized, urban planning
Tagged colleges, energy, environment, parking, power, solar, solar carports, technology, universities
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Hiking New Mexico’s 4th of July Canyon/Cerro Blanco Loop
We spent a lovely autumn Sunday afternoon trekking 4.7 miles at elevation in Cibola National Forest, southeast of Albuquerque. Our hike began at approximately 7,500 foot elevation and included 936 feet of change over the entire trail route. The loop … Continue reading
Posted in entertainment, Environment, fun, geography, health, hiking, Maps, Nature, recreation, spatial design, Statistics, topography, tourism, trails, Travel, Uncategorized, walking
Tagged $th of July Trail, Albuquerque, Cerro Blanco Trail, Cibola National Forest, hiking, mountains, New Mexico, trails, trekking, walking
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World’s largest “mouth” cities and towns
The following is a list of the largest cities and towns that contain the word “mouth” in their name. Most often, these places are situated at the mouth of a river, but a number of them are simply named for … Continue reading
Posted in cities, civics, environment, geography, history, Nature, place names, placemaking, rivers/watersheds, Statistics, topography, toponymy
Tagged cities, outlets, place names, river mouths, rivers, watersheds
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My feet were ice blocks, but seeing Zapata Falls is so worth it!
While visiting Great Sand Dunes National Park in south-central Colorado we learned about a unique nearby waterfall that is largely hidden from view by solid rock. The catch is you have to drive three miles up a rugged mountain road … Continue reading
Posted in Environment, fun, geography, Geology, hiking, Nature, pictures, rivers/watersheds, topography, tourism, Travel, Uncategorized, walking, waterfalls
Tagged Blanca Peak, chasms, Colorado, crevasse, Great Sand Dunes National Park, rivers, waterfalls, Zapata Falls
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Marquette acts to protect migrating blue-spotted salamanders
Most of us are familiar with lengthy bird migrations that take place each spring and fall, as well as the impressive migration of Monarch butterflies from the United States and Canada to central Mexico and back each year. There is … Continue reading
Posted in Animals, Cars, Cities, colleges, ecosystems, Environment, geography, land use, Maps, Nature, pictures, placemaking, planning, recreation, rivers/watersheds, Science, Statistics, sustainability, topography, tourism, traffic, Travel, Uncategorized, urban planning, weather, Wildlife
Tagged amphibians, Blue-spotted Salamanders, Marquette, Presque Ile Park, Salamanders
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Scenic views from Michigan’s U.P.
These images are from in and around Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore. More to come.
Posted in archaeology, architecture, Cities, culture, Environment, fun, geography, Geology, Great Lakes, hiking, historic preservation, history, infrastructure, land use, Nature, placemaking, planning, recreation, shipwrecks, topography, tourism, Transportation, Travel, underwater preserves
Tagged Pictured Rocks, Upper Peninsula
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Ten Planning Lessons from Bisbee, AZ
Current and former mining towns (as well as all declining post-industrial cities) can learn valuable lessons from Bisbee on how to survive and later begin to reverse the decline after its founding industry falters. Architectural gems from previous eras are … Continue reading
Posted in architecture, art, Cities, civics, culture, economic development, Environment, geography, health, historic preservation, history, infrastructure, land use, Nature, placemaking, planning, pollution, revitalization, sustainability, third places, topography, tourism, Transportation, Travel, Uncategorized, urban planning, visual pollution, zoning
Tagged Arizona, arts, Bisbee, copper, historic preservation, mining, pollution, revitalization, tourism
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Ten Planning Lessons from Flagstaff, Arizona
Following our recent trip to the beautiful Southwestern United States, here are some thoughts on planning lessons one can learn from impressive and beautiful Flagstaff, Arizona. You can have a physically active and exciting city in a colder-weather, high-altitude environment. … Continue reading
Posted in Active transportation, archaeology, branding, cities, civics, colleges, culture, deserts, downtown, economic development, economic gardening, environment, fitness, geography, Geology, health, history, infrastructure, land use, Native Americans, Nature, new urbanism, placemaking, planning, recreation, spatial design, third places, topography, tourism, transit, transportation, Travel, weather, zoning
Tagged archaeology, Arizona, conservation, elevation, Flagstaff, water
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Sonoran Desert Scenery
Posted in Cities, culture, deserts, Environment, fun, geography, Geology, hiking, history, land use, Nature, recreation, topography, tourism, Travel, walking, Wildlife
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