Terra – December 14, 2021
A nice clear day, with NOT MUCH SNOW to BE FOUND.
Pennsylvania State Forest Campsites (FEE now required as of 11/2022)
You can now check availability of campsites and reserve online (as of November 2022 for a FEE): https://maps.dcnr.pa.gov/bof/camping/ You can get this as an Google Spreadsheet which you can download: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1-d-0SqbKhncJsZrFBQEQdIb860_WrlzrA8WFnAzYNWY/edit#gid=475541885
Allegheny National Forest campsites (shown in yellow) remain free to use.
Update 9/1/21: Fixed a bug which prevented the popups from working on these maps.
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Mankind
Man’s ability to alter his environment has developed far more rapidly than his ability to foresee with certainty the effects of his alterations. It is only recently that we have begun to appreciate the danger posed by unregulated modification of the world around us, and have created watchdog agencies whose task it is to warn us, and protect us, when technological “advances” present dangers unappreciated—or unrevealed—by their supporters. Such agencies, unequipped with crystal balls and unable to read the future, are nonetheless charged with evaluating the effects of unprecedented environmental modifications, often made on a massive scale. Necessarily, they must deal with predictions and uncertainty, with developing evidence, with conflicting evidence, and, sometimes, with little or no evidence at all.
~ Ethyl Corp. v. Environmental Protection Agency (1976)
Upwards
Trees can inspire us to look upwards. Taken at Point Au Roche.
Tuesday December 12, 2006 — Common Earth
