Say no to chemicals.Those lawn treatments like fertilizers don't just stay on the surface; they seep into our soil and water, posing serious health risks. Cut out the air pollution.According to the EPA, an hour with a gas-powered lawn mower spews as much pollution as driving 11 new cars...
National Dam Safety Program. Ward Run. NDI Number PA-01124 PennDER Number 63-75 SCS Number PA-483. Ohio River Basin, Washington County, Pennsylvania. Phase I Inspection Report,EARTH DAMSSTABILITYHYDROLOGYDEFICIENCIESSAFETYVISUAL INSPECTIONFLOODING...
8 The instructions that Dinwiddie had received from London—and that Washington presumably stashed in his saddlebag—stated categorically that if the French were found to be building forts on English soil, they should be peacefully asked to depart. If they failed to comply, however, “we do he...
Earlier this week, the U.S. House passed a water infrastructure bill by a strong vote of 399-25. TheWater Resources Development Act of 2016companion legislation passed the Senate easily by a margin of 95-3 earlier in the month. The legislation would clear the backlog of port and waterway ...
watersheds in the Great Bear Rainforest of British Columbia and found the plant community along salmon streams is dominated by species such as salmonberry that indicate rich soils. Salmon, this research showed, influence not only the abundance but the community structure of the streams and forests...
and taxing but I stuck to it. I had a large number of rooms to care for, and had to work late into the night, while at the same time I had to rise by four o’clock in the morning, in order to build the fires and have a little time in which to prepare my lessons. In all ...
Let’s have straight shots of tequila, with lime and salt, to make our lives here more bearable. I am so envious of all of you out there who do NOT live in the U.S. Believe me, I want out as soon as possible. I also have a variety of beers, soda or seltzer water for those...
1 Unlike that of its later and more famous incarnation, the entrance stood on the river side, attesting to the extensive commercial traffic then churning along the Potomac down below. In those days, one could also see thousands of wild ducks gathering on the surface of the water. As Washi...
George Washington: mapMap of a portion of the Ohio River region made by George Washington, 1754. Little is known of George Washington’s early childhood, spent largely on the Ferry Farm on theRappahannock River, oppositeFredericksburg, Virginia.Mason L. Weems’s stories of the hatchet and cherr...