ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES

Jimmy Carter on Challenges for Humanity
"We face tremendous challenges as populations soar, mostly in the poorer nations, and as consumption increases in the industrialized world. We must find ways to lessen the burden on Earth's resources, and we must encourage better stewardship of the planet so that all of us live in a clean and productive environment. The decisions we make in the decades to come will affect not only all of human civilization but also the fate of thousands of species representing millions of years of evolution".
- President Jimmy Carter, "Challenges for Humanity: A Beginning"
National Geographic Magazine, Feb 2002

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Mount Rainier National Park

"Of all the fire mountains which, like beacons, once blazed along the Pacific Coast, Mount Rainier is the noblest." - John Muir



• Mount Rainier National Park Associates
• National Park Service Mt. Rainier National Park Home Page.
  
• National Park Service Paridise Web Camera
  
• MRNPA 2007 Trail Work Parties
  
• Photos - Old and New, of Mount Rainier.
  
• Road Work on 410 in the Park
  
• Mount Rainier Administrative History
  
• USGS Cascade Volcanoes
  
• USGS Geologic Tour of Mount Rainier
  
• Weather Bureau's Mt. Rainier Recreation Weather Forecast
  
• A Guide to hiking on Mount Rainier
  
• Guide to Mount Rainier Links
  
• Americans for National Parks
  
• 2008 Wilderness Conference
  • The Mountaineers, Seattle WA - April 3-5, 2008 "Wilderness in a Time of Change

• Wilderness Information Network
• Ed Hunt's Tidepool Pacific Northwest "bioregional" news.
  
• North Cascades Institute Environmental Education.
  
• Terry Tempest Williams
  
• The Case for the Earth by Dr. David W Orr inJuly/August 2003 Resurgence.
  
• Grizzly Bears
• Washington Toxics Colition
• Washington Physicians for Social Responsibility Persistent bioaccumulative toxins, Nuclear risks, Peaceful foreign policy.
  
• Facing the Future Seeking just and sustainable solutions to population growth, poverty, over-consumption and environmental distruction
  
• Helena Norberg-Hodge's International Society for Ecology and Culture "The Ladakh Project"
  
• National Environmental Directory 13,000 National and Local Environmental Orgizations.
  
• The Orion Society dedicated to healing the fractured relationship between people and nature by undertaking educational programs and publications that integrate all aspects of the relationships: the physically immediate, the analytical and scientific, the inspirational and creative.
• Native Peoples / First Nations Concerns.
• The Seventh Generation Fund
• PBS Documentary In the Light of Reverence
• Turning Point ProjectDo something about the Extinction Crisis.
• Alliance for Sustainable Jobs and the Environment favors democratic, localized, ecologically sound alternatives to current practices and policies.
  
• Eco-Regional Planning for Biodiversity Conservation

  • Defenders of Wildlife Biodiversity Partnership
    
  • Center for Applied Biodiversity Biodiversity Hotspots Requires Flash
    
  • World O Meters
    
  • World Wildlife Fund Ecoregions of the World 19MB zipped file for downloading
    
  • BCIS Biodiversity Conservation Information System
    

• Global Climate Change. Global Warming, Carbon Pollution, and Energy

  • Global Climate Change ( Part One )

  • Global Climate Change ( Part Two )

  • List of Web Sources and Books
  • Dennis Hayes on Energy Futures
  • Indifferent to a Planet in Pain by Bill McKibben. Global warnming is obvious. So where is our outrage?
    
  • Global Warming
  • Pew Center on Global Climate Change report on "The Science of Climate Change: Global and U.S. Perspectives."
  • Climate Data - Insights and Observations, December 2004
  • Does the climate flip?
  • Air Pollution Scorecard for your Zip Code.
    
  • Energy Futures Source Web Brain Food by Jay Hanson. Information on Energy Issues.
• Northwest Environmental Watch - NEW
  
• Environmental Books
• Introduction to Ecological Economics by The Asia Pacific Environmental Exchange
  
• Shoveling Coal for a Runaway Train by Brian Czech
• Environment: major new investment needed.
• Environmental Economics
• Environmental and Scientific Links
• TomPaine.common sence Money and Politics, Environmnet, Media Criticism, History. Supported by the Florence Fund.
  

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Mt Rainier National Park

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Mt. Rainier is a special place. "An Island in the Sky" A wild environment close to home.

2007 Mount Rainier Trail Work Parties

Work Parties in 2007:

The last work party was October 6 - Watch for 2008 Trail Work Parties

For information on Trail Work Parties at Mount Rainier E-Mail Bob Aegerter or call the Work Party Coordinator John Titland (425)747-1698.

In 2004, a total of 37 volenteers worked 438 hours on trails and revegatation. That is equivalent to one full time employee working for 10 weeks.

Mount Rainier needs your help.

More trail work photos

The Park Service rebuilt the retaining walls on Highway 410 between Cayuse Pass and Chinook Pass in the summer of 1999. During 2000 they put a stone covering over the concrete. Paving occured in 2001. Constant review is necessary to keep the US Federal Highways from turning a mountain road into a super highway.

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Would you like to help Mount Rainier National Park Associates monitor the management of our wonderful natural resource? We need someone to read the concession contract and follow activities, someone to study progress on the General Management Plan, and someone with Earth Sciences training to follow the research on mud flows and their risks. Contact me by E-Mail below.

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Bob Aegerter

Bellingham WA

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