Houston, we have a problem... So much for #WaterIsLife. The #BureauofLandManagement thinks water is for mining, even at the super important biological hotspot #SanPedroRiver. To be fair, they maybe think water is important for miners to drink too. 🙄
NEWS RELEASE: #Beavers are one of the solutions to the #BiodiversityCrisis and the #ClimateCrisis. DOZENS of environmental groups are asking #PresidentBiden to step up and protect this species on public lands.
https://westernwatersheds.org/2023/02/large-coalition-of-nonprofit-organizations-scientists-and-advocates-call-on-president-biden-to-protect-beaver-on-federal-public-lands/
@carlysagan I've been seeing some awesome photos from various northern places. I hope you get some where you are.
@carlysagan How's the aurora tonight?
Did some #rocketry today with the club. Went 5 for 5 on flights. No long walks. No broken anything. Great day of flying.
Upscale #estesrockets Nike-X on an Aerotech G76 Mojave Green to ~1300'
Sorcerer's Apprentice on an Estes D12-5 to 750'
Der Big Red Max on an Aerotech F20-4 White Lightning to 750'
Skyracha - a 4" diameter upscale Big Daddy on an Aerotech H128 White Lightning to 1000'
Not pictured; Normal Big Daddy on an Aerotech F39 Blue Thunder to about 800'. Too quick off the rail to get a good shot.
@carlysagan Future PhDs will have to do a mandatory plasma ethics course because of this post 😀
@carlysagan You've totally sold out to Big Plasma 😄 Ancient plasma or ancient stars, they'll still be intriguing.
All presidents are town-destroyers.
And Washington DC is Hanödagányasgeh "Where the destroyer of towns is."
The onboard camera views from Percy's landing never disappoint.
It's 2023. We still prioritize private livestock profits in public land wildlife habitat. That's wrong for so many reasons, including the biggest (terrestrial) one of them all (in the lower 48):
"What’s more, they remain persecuted. They are often killed in response to conflicts with livestock released to graze in their core habitat."
A safety engineer doing his part to make the world a slightly better place. Bigfoot, multiverse, space plane, and telescope enthusiast. Adrift.