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USGS Issues Report on River Health

December 6th, 2010 | by Jim

The United States Geological Survey has issued an assessment of our impact on the rivers and streams of the United States. You can read the article by clicking on the web link below:

http://www.usgs.gov/newsroom/article.asp?ID=2631&from=news_side

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The Water Closet, Dec 3, 2010

December 3rd, 2010 | by Middleton Stream Team

Simon Winchester in his book Atlantic valiantly attempts to explain the ocean after a couple decades of research

EMBRACING EVERYTHING AND AN OCEAN

Many years ago an old Closeteer came upon a quote attributed to Blaise Pascal 17th century French mathematician, physicist, and philosopher.  He hasn’t been able to find it again but remembers its essence.  “The mind of man is but a speck in space, yet with it he can contemplate the universe.”  We might add the verb study to contemplate; Pascal certainly studied.  His quote was recalled in the Closet upon reading two books recently loaned us; Bill Bryson’s A Short History of Nearly Everything and Simon Winchester’s Atlantic, the latter just off the press.  Two mere mortals, experienced and popular writers both, take on broad subjects that are (more…)

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