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Here was the dilemma: Which of these two stunningly beautiful, one of a kind, world class, historically priceless, irreplaceable, works of nature should the US government totally sacrifice, obliterate and destroy, so no future generations would ever see it? Choose one: A or B? “A” is the stunningly beautiful Steamboat Rock in the Echo Park district Continue Reading »
May 9, 2017, by Publisher | No Comments
Tags: 1869, Andre Stojka, Arizona, Audible.com, audiobooks, Colorado River, David R. Brower, Dinosaur National Monument, Echo Park, Glen Canyon, Hoover Dam, John Wesley Powell, Lake Meade, Lake Powell, Las Vegas, Listen to Read, Listen2Read, Nevada, Phoenix Los Angeles, Sierra Club, Sierra Magazine, Southwest United States, Steamboat Rock, US Government, Utah, Vermillion Cliffs, “The Exploration of the Colorado River and It’s Canyons”
Gold mining in the late 1800’s was a business without controls. You dug in the ground at your own peril, and if you found gold or metal you dug it out, washed it out, sluiced it out or scratched it out. There were no laws governing how you operated, safety conditions or environmental considerations – Continue Reading »
August 13, 2015, by Publisher | No Comments
Tags: 1849, Abandoned mines, Andre Stojka, Animus River Colorado, audiobook, California, Colorado River, Commissioner Ernest Kuhlman, David Ostrander, Durango Colorado, Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, Gold, Gold King Mine, Gold Mining, gold rush, Hydraulic mining, John Wesley Powell, Lake Powell, Las Vegas, Listen to Read, Listen2Read, Los Angeles, Newsweek Magazine, polluted mine water, riparian laws, San Diego, San Juan County, San Juan River, Seth McGrath, Silverton Colorado, Southwest, Superfund, yellow sludge, “Exploration of the Colorado River and its Canyons”
To celebrate Earth Day, actor William Shatner has proposed a very good idea. Since there is a severe drought in California, and there is an abundance of water in other areas, why not build a pipeline to bring the water from where it is to where it is needed? Shatner says he will try to raise Continue Reading »
April 22, 2015, by Publisher | No Comments
Tags: Andre Stojka, Armargosa River, audiobooks, Austin, California Aqueduct, Castaic Junction, Colorado River Canals, David Pogue, Death Valley, Earth Day, Glen Canyon, Glen Canyon Dam, Grand Canyon, Hoover Dam, Independent Book Publishers of America, John Wesley Powell, Kickstarter, Lake Mead, Lake Powell, Las Vegas, Listen to Read, Los Angeles, Los Angeles Basin, Metropolitan Water District, Nevada, New Mexico, Salt Creek, San Diego, Silverwood Lake, Southwest, William Shatner, Yahoo, “Death Valley in 1849”, “The Exploration of the Colorado River and It’s Canyons”
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