1. EnviroInsight.org To Participate In City Of Glendale’s G.A.I.N Event. The people who bring you this newsletter will be hosting a canopy at the City of Glendale’s “Getting Arizona Involved in Neighborhoods“ event on November 2, 2019 at the Glendale, AZ Sahuaro Ranch Park, 9802 N. 59th Ave. Meet the people behind EnviroInsight and possibly learn something about recycling in Glendale by interacting with EnviroInsight’s staff. The event runs from 1:00 p.m. 4:00 p.m.
2. Need To Renew Your OSHA 8 Hour Certificate? Join others in a relaxed setting for an 8 hour OSHA class and walk out with a certificate, good for a year. Class will is on October 14, 2019 from 8 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. A Continental breakfast and a lunch is provided. Cost is $80.
Please contact the editor (sconflict@aol.com or (623) 930-8197) of the newsletter before October 11 if you plan to attend.
3. Post Rainfall, Cooler Weather (Not Cold Weather) Gives Home Owners Cause To Check for Mold. It is not as hot as it has been for the past few months and unprotected wood may still be damp, providing a perfect condition for mold growth.
Take some time to look for damp areas outside and inside of your home. If you find mold, remove the infected wood and replace with a new piece of lumber and get it painted or use something else to shield the wood from rain water. Editor
4. Comment Period Extended for Clean Water Act § 404 RoadmapThank you to stakeholders, public and Tribal leaders for attending this week’s meetings about ADEQ’s Roadmap to Clean Water Act (CWA) § 404 assumption and providing input on the value of Arizona assuming the permitting program.
We have received letters from Inter Tribal Association of Arizona and the Yavapai Apache Nation requesting an extension of the comment period to allow more opportunity to comment and provide Tribal consultations. To honor this request, we have extended the deadline to November 18.
Stakeholders are encouraged to download and review the Roadmap and then click the survey link on Page 66 to provide feedback on the program as currently proposed.Visit azdeq.gov/cwa-404 to Download the Roadmap. Please email CWA404@azdeq.gov for questions or additional information
5. Upcoming Webinar: NEPA Legislative Update with Ted Boling, CEQ
The National Association of Environmental Professionals (NAEP) hosted its annual NEPA Policy and Legislative Update in July. This webinar will be a recording of that, as it was sold out and unavailable to our members. It will provide current information on developments regarding the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA).
Date: Thursday, October 17, 2019
Time: 10:00am – 11:30am
Tucson Location – Tierra Right- of-Way Services
1575 E. River Road, #201, Tucson, AZ 85718
Phoenix Location – Jacobs Engineering
U.S. Bank Tower, 101 N. 1st Ave #2600, Phoenix, AZ 85003
Please join us for this important webinar! Free for AZAEP members and corporate members, $10 for non-members. Cash and check accepted.
RSVP here!
Upcoming Meetings
October 22nd: Jerome Hesse, Archaeologist and Cultural Resources Program Lead, SWCA
Unraveling the Mysteries of the Cultural Resources Review Process
This presentation is aimed at helping environmental professions make sense of the cultural resources review process. It will include brief discussions on the various types of cultural resources, the laws applicable to the management of cultural resources, and the sometimes confusing terminology used by cultural resource specialists.
Jerome is an archaeologist and the Cultural Resources Program Lead for SWCA’s Phoenix and Tucson offices. He has nearly 25 years of experience in cultural resources management, most of it spend in southern Arizona. He has a B.S. from Tulane University and an M.S. from Northern Arizona University.
Location – Barrio Brewing Co.
800 E. 16th Street, Tucson, AZ 85719
Date: October 22, 2019
Time: 6-8 pm
RSVP here or email us at azaep@azaep.org
Hot America vs. Cold America & Squirrel Assassins. A weekly round-up for busy People HEATHER SMITH | OCT 4 2019
A jet stream splits the US, bringing winter to one half (40 inches of snow in Montana) and record-breaking heat (98°F in Washington, DC) to the other—a phenomenon that climate change may be making more common.
Trump talked about fortifying the border wall with a trench filled with water and stocked with snakes or alligators so frequently that his aides sought out a cost estimate for implementing it.
Dolphins are swimming, romancing, making babies in the Potomac.
Banks are shielding themselves from climate risk by shifting mortgages in flood zones over to the federal government.
Geologists find a lost continent buried under southern Europe.
A tree so old that its rings contain a record of a reversal of Earth’s magnetic field is discovered in New Zealand.
Groundwater pumping is causing rivers and streams around the world to drop dramatically.
A three-year study finds the biggest source of microplastics in California’s coastal waters is car tires.
A single plastic teabag releases more microplastics into a teacup than the average person consumes in a year.
In moderation, eating red meat may not be bad for you, but it’s still enabling climate change and water pollution . . . which is bad for you. (Also: the study’s lead author has close ties to the International Life Sciences Institute, an agribusiness trade group that has been accused by the World Health Organization of trying to undermine public health information.)
The first wolf spotted in Belgium for more than 100 years is missing, feared killed by hunters.
After months of pressure from young climate activists, the Royal Shakespeare Company will no longer take donations from BP.
Eighteen pine martens, nearly hunted to extinction in the UK, have been released in a secret location in England to serve as gray squirrel assassins.
The National Parks Service acting regional director in Utah will allow visitors to ride All Terrain Vehicles in Zion, Canyonlands, Arches, Bryce Canyon, and Capitol Reef National Parks.
The Trump administration is disbanding two federal advisory boards focused on protecting marine life and battling invasive species.
Trump’s EPA was supposed to issue the first-ever US carbon dioxide emissions rules for airplanes by September 30. It did not do this.
An outbreak of mosquito-borne Eastern equine encephalitis in southern New England is connected to new weather patterns brought by climate change.
The nation’s first gas station to convert fully to electric vehicle charging is open for business.
A labor judge rules that electric carmaker Tesla interfered with union organizing and must read a notice to workers explaining their rights.
Aurelia Skipwith, Trump’s nominee for head of the US Fish and Wildlife Service, used to work for Monsanto and is engaged to an ag lobbyist working to eliminate protections for Chinook salmon.
A bear absconds with lobster roll in Sandwich, New Hampshire.
China grew two cotton leaves on the moon.
7. The Bureau of Reclamation will host a webinar to provide information about the Cooperative Watershed Management Program Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA). The webinar will take place on Tuesday, October 1, 2019, at 2:30 p.m. MDT. Specifically, it will discuss the following:
- Cooperative Watershed Management Program – Phase I – Funding Opportunity Announcement BOR-DO-19-F010:
- Eligible Applicants and Projects
- Evaluation Criteria
- FOA Deadline: Nov 13, 2019
Featured Speakers: Avra Morgan and Robin Graber Reclamation’s Office of Policy and Administration Denver, CO
To join the webinar, please register by clicking the link below:
Join the meeting
Call-in Number: (415) 527-5035
Meeting Number (Access Code): 901 793 971
Meeting Password: TYpsYU6n
To view the funding opportunities or learn more about the Cooperative Watershed Management Program please visit Reclamation’s website. Thanks,
Jessica Asbill-Case
Water Resources Program Manager
Phoenix Area Office
6150 W Thunderbird Rd
Glendale, AZ 85306
Bureau of Reclamation
Work (623) 773-6273
Cell (623) 238-8293
8. You Are Invited To Assist In The Last Clean Up Of Oak Creek of 2019.
Join Oak Creek Watershed Council in providing volunteers across Arizona a unique opportunity to come together and make a visual, immediate change to the Oak Creek Watershed. We’ll work together as stewards to give this popular creekside destination some much needed TLC.
Come prepared, inspired, and ready to make a change. We will meet at the Sunset Park parking lot in Sedona at 8:30am, Wednesday, October 16th- 655 Sunset Dr, Sedona, AZ 86336. Volunteers will have the opportunity to clean in drainages parallel to the walkway in the park or opt to cleanup along hiking trails nearby.
