Happy Earth Day

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Happy Birthday John Muir

Great Scot -- It's John Muir's Birthday

Thursday, April 21, will be the 178th birthday of writer and conservationist John Muir, who founded the Sierra Club 125 years ago. Is there a better way to celebrate his legacy than by watching this lovely four-and-a-half-minute film by Michael Coleman? Actually, we're pretty sure John Muir would say yes, there is: We should "break away, get out into the mountains."



http://www.sierraclub.org/sierra/2016-2-march-april/green-life/coming-home-celebrates-john-muir-s-birthday?utm_source=insider&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=newsletterThis

Collins Almanor Forest

All three Collins forests—Pennsylvania, Almanor, and Lakeview—have been independently certified by SCS Global Services in accordance with the standards and policies of the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC)

http://www.collinsco.com/

May 10 Book

The Little Ice Age: How Climate Made History 1300-1850 by Brian Fagan 
The Little Ice Age tells the story of the turbulent, unpredictable, and often very cold years of modern European history, how this altered climate affected historical events, and what it means for today's global warming. Building on research that has only recently confirmed that the world endured a 500year cold snap, renowned archaeologist Brian Fagan shows how the increasing cold influenced familiar events from Norse exploration to the settlement of North America to the Industrial Revolution. This is a fascinating book for anyone interested in history, climate, and how they interact.

http://www.uctv.tv/shows/Brian-Fagan-The-Little-Ice-Age-How-Climate-Made-History-1300-1850-5885

April 12 Book

Walker, Gabrielle - An Ocean of Air: Why the Wind Blows and Other Mysteries of the Atmosphere (2007)

Most of the time we hardly notice that we're moving through air. But when a storm system whips it into a whirling mass that grows into a tornado or a hurricane, then the air around us makes headlines. Science consultant Walker (Snowball Earth) presents a lively history of scientists' and adventurers' exploration of this important and complex contributor to life on Earth, from Galileo's early attempts to show that it has weight to the explorations by 20th-century scientists Oliver Heaviside and Edward Appleton of the ionosphere, which acts as a giant mirror bouncing radio waves from one side of the globe to another.

Walker provides readers with easy-to-follow discussions of the science behind the discovery that carbon dioxide levels are rising exponentially; the theoretician who left her computer for Antarctica and discovered a huge ozone hole created by chlorofluorocarbons; why hurricanes form only in the tropics and why global warming may lead to more violent storms. She goes far afield at times, spending too much time on the Van Allen belts, for instance, but readers will find this informative book to be a breath of fresh air.


From Publishers Weekly

Will Stolzenburg - May 13, 2016

An Evening In Celebration of the Mountain Lion, featuring author Will Stolzenburg talking about his new book, Heart of A Lion.
Friday, May 13th, Nevada Museum of Art (Reno),  6:30 p.m.

http://www.nvwildlifealliance.org/event/2465/