Outlook dim for Alpine Lakes additions this session

www.nytimes.com/gwire/2010/11/18/18greenwire-outlook-dim-for-lame-duck-omnibus-lands-packag-24392.html?scp=1&sq=omnibus&st=cse
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Local News | Eagles make Skagit River a year-round rafting site | Seattle Times Newspaper

Here's a great example of how an area's economy can transition from resource extraction to eco-tourism, for sustainable year-round benefits:

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2013529878_apwaskagitrivereagles2ndld.html

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Banded Glacier a new alpine lake | From a Glaciers Perspective

http://glacierchange.wordpress.com/2010/11/23/banded-glacier-a-new-alpine-lake/

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Betty Manning steps down as editor of TWC

N3C announces with regret that Betty Manning, The Wild Cascades journal editor, is stepping down! She and Harvey Manning pioneered Cascades conservation. We've convinced her to stay on in an emeritus role for the next few issues. But wish us luck without her! There's only ONE of you, Betty! THANK YOU!! Anyone with memories of Betty, post them here as comments for the next issue's feature on her legendary career. 


Here she is, pictured with the other members of our editorial committee who will SOMEHOW have to take over a lot of her role in future issues! 

L-R: John Edwards, Betty Manning, Tom Hammond, Pat 
Hutson, Rick McGuire, Phil Fenner

She did agree to play an "emerius" role for a while longer...

We discussed some possible changes to the format of the journal, and one change in particular involved soliciting more writing from the general N3C membership and the public. So please consider writing something for us -- a trip you took, your opinion of any ongoing environmental issue affecting the North Cascades, or some art or photography or poetry you'd like to share in The Wild Cascades! Just email: ncccinfo@northcascades.org

Additional Public Meetings Scheduled for Draft Stehekin River Plan (U.S. National Park Service)

http://www.nps.gov/noca/parknews/additional-public-meetings-scheduled.htm

TWC Summer/Fall 2010 issue - now online!

The journal of the North Cascades Conservation Council, our parent org --> some adventure, plenty of advocacy and a bit of outrage!

• President’s Report — Marc Bardsley
• A special contribution to the NCCC would help
• Saving the Cascades with social media — Philip Fenner
• Forest Service proposes Illabot road decommissioning — Rick McGuire
• Viewpoint: Into the wilds with iceaxe, cellphone and GPS — John S. Edwards
• American Alps Biodiversity Report released — Jim Davis
• Researching biodiversity and ecosystem dynamics in our American Alps — Phillip Zalesky
• More news from Reiter Forest — Karl Forsgaard
• Finney AMA Plan disappoints — Rick McGuire
• Margaret Miller returns to Cascade Pass — Tom Hammond
• Joe Miller — American Hero — Tom Hammond
• Suggested Revegetation Practices — Margaret M. Miller and Joseph W. Miller, prepared for the National Park Service June, 1977
• Bumping Lake ancient forest — One of a kind — Brock Evans
• North Cascades Glacier Climate Project — Tom Hammond
• Stehekin road tour with Senator Cantwell — Jim Davis
• PCT border crossing warning — Richard M. Graham, Jr., U.S. Border Patrol
• Books and video available
• NCCC membership application

Veterans Day photo album

I'd add to my thoughts on and thanks to Veterans with this:

http://picasaweb.google.com/tphammond/SourceLake101111VeteransDay#

These images feature some great interplay between atmosphere and land form, the conditions and low-angle sun made for some spectacular lighting/easy photos. Read the captions--they tell the story.

Water is everything. It's molecular structure resonates throughout all of us. I so enjoy being immersed in Water!