<text> I am a member and was just at the 1991 conference at the University of Houston, where papers were presented at 43 sessions, including sessions on Canada, Australia, Mexico and Africa. The journal is the best on the subject I have seen. Members include Bill Cronon, Sam Hays and Carolyn Merchant. Students note that $12.00 gets membership, 4 issues of the journal and the newsletter. Past issues have dealt with historiography, philosophy, such as deep ecology, gender, technology and teaching environmental history. The book reviews are excellent for the scope of material. Those teaching U.S. surveys might find the colonial and progressives literature useful for lectures. Please pass this around or post it in your department. Send a copy to the periodicals section of your library. Lorne HammondHistoryUniversity of OttawaOttawa, CanadaK1N 6N5 E-mail to: 051796@UOTTAWA.CA The following is taken from the Societies new handout: WHAT IS ENVIRONMENTAL HISTORY? Environmental history is the study of environmental change in the past, especially as it involves human beings. As we confront modern environmental problems, it is easy to think that these are new phenomena, but that is far from the case. Changes in climate, vegetation, disease, and the rest of the natural world have been affecting human life as far back as we can discover. People have likewise been manipulating nature for a very long time, with dramatic effects on the ecosystems they inhabit. In either case, the past has much to teach us about the roots of our present circumstances. Whether you come to environmental history as a scholar, scientist, or someone concerned about the modern world, the subject has much to offer you. THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR ENVIRONMENTAL HISTORY The American Society for Environmental History (ASEH) was founded in 1977 to promote the interdisciplinary study of past environmental change. Its members come to their interest in the subject from many intellectual backgrounds: history, geography, ecology, anthropology, natural resource management, landscape architecture, literature. To disseminate serious scholarly research, the Society publishes a quarterly journal, Environmental History Review (formerly Environmental Review), as well as a newsletter that keeps members posted about events and issues related to the field. It sponsors a biennial conference at which members gather to share their work. The Society works actively to promote the study of environmental history in all disciplines, and encourages anyone who has an interest in the field to join and become involved in its work. BENEFITS OF MEMBERSHIP Members receive: * a subscription to the quarterly journal Environmental History Review * a subscription to the Environmental History Newsletter * special rates at the Society's biennial conferences * notification of meetings and other events related to environmental history * references and referral services to scholars with related interests * involvement in one of the most exciting new fields of environmental and historical scholarship -----------------CUT-----------HERE----------&--------Mail-------------------- Class of Subscriber Amount Individual: United States & Canada $ 24.00 Air mail outside U.S. & Canada $ 32.00 Student & retired $ 12.00 Contributor $100.00 Patron $300.00 Institutional United States & Canada $ 30.00 Air mail outside U.S. & Canada $ 38.00 Name ________________________________________________ Address _____________________________________________ City ________________________________________________ State or Country ________________ Zip or Postal Code ______________ Amount Enclosed ___________________________________________________ Mail to: John Opie Editor Center for Technology Studies New Jersey Institute of Technology Newark, NJ 07102 (201) 566-3270 (E-mail flyer by Lorne Hammond, History, University of Ottawa, Canada)</text>
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<text>A letter in the Irish Times (arguably the only "quality" Newspaper in Ireland) today is from a farmer up-country, who claims to have succesfully cured an algae bloom in a pond by submerging a "large bale of hay" in the water. Has anybody out there ever heard of such a "cure"? I cannot think how the presence of the hay bale could affect the pond's ecosystem ... if anything I would think it would add to eutrophication?Is it all a wind-up, or is there anything in it? (The same correspondent also claims that Lion Dung (obtained from Dublin Zoo!) spread around the perimeter of his farm has succesfully controlled/discouraged the local fox population from using his land and lambs as a resource! ... and he also says that Elephant dung from the same source is wonderful for growing roses! Any of you near a zoo might like to try it.....?)</text>
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<text>From: ronwill@sierra.sim.es.com (Ron Williams)Newsgroups: talk.environmentDate: 22 Jul 91 15:00:19 GMTArticle-I.D.: javelin.1991Jul22.150019.3409Sender: news@javelin.sim.es.comReply-To: ronwill@sierra.sim.es.com (Ron Williams)Organization: Evans & Sutherland Computer Corp., Salt Lake City, UTNntp-Posting-Host: sierra.sim.es.comIn an article in Salt Lake's Deseret News (Sunday, July 21, 1991), Utah's ever poplular, pro-human (anit-environment) congressman, James Hansen, says that "the pendulum has swung too far toward protecting the enviromnet at the expense of mankind."Hansen, who is a firm believer that the earth is here for the taking and that economic growth should take priority over the environment at all times, is introducing a bill in the U.S. House that makes "man the first consideration in (environmental) discussions." According to Hansen, "people should get equal consideration with fish, spotted owls and desert tortoises."Unfortunatley, humans aren't in short supply, while spotted owls and desert tortoises are. But, Hansen simply reflects the views of a constituentcy whose environmental knowledge and understanding are somewhere back in the 1950's. The interesting point in all of this is that without an environment which can support "fish, spotted owls, and desert tortoises," humankind doesn't have much of a chance either.-- ========================================================Ron Williamsronwill@sierra.sim.es.com</text>
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<text>Date: Thu, 15 Aug 1991 21:24:38 PDTReply-To: mike gifford <USERN021@SFU.BITNET>Sender: List Owner <davep@acsu.buffalo.edu>From: mike gifford <USERN021@SFU.BITNET>Subject: ECO-NEWS FROM CANADAX-To: BIOSPH-L@UBVM.BITNET, seaclist@brahms.udel.edu, ACTIV-L@UMCVMB.BITNET ---(Forwarded from: jalove%admn.SAIT.AB.CA@ucnet.ucalgary.ca, Dated: Wed, 14 Aug 91 15:46:02 PDT)--- Return-path: <jalove%admn.SAIT.AB.CA@ucnet.ucalgary.ca><POST><HIDE><DATA BEGINS>Received: from asa.acs.ucalgary.ca by cc.sfu.ca via Internet with TCP; Wed, 14 AReceived: from ucnet.ucalgary.ca by asa.acs.ucalgary.ca id AA12442; Wed, 14 Aug 91 16:46:53 MDTReceived: from admn.SAIT.AB.CA by Ucnet.UCalgary.CA via DECNET ; Wed, 1Date: Wed, 14 Aug 91 16:46:03 MDTFrom: jalove%admn.SAIT.AB.CA@ucnet.ucalgary.caMessage-Id: <910814164603.2b40054a@admn.SAIT.AB.CA>To: mike_gifford@cc.sfu.caX-St-Vmsmail-To: ST%"MIKE_GIFFORD@CC.SFU.CA" REVIEWS EXEMPTION HAS GREENS CLAIMING FARCE- CALGARY HERALD, AUG. 13/91 An alpine report proposal in Kananaskis Country {Wilderness area} has been exempted from an environmental impact assessment, even though conservationists say the Project threatens the area's water and wildlife. "That's a farce," said Vivian Pharis, past-president of the Alberta Wilderness Association. "An EIA should be automatically be required for any large tourism proposal in K-country." But Alberta Environment contends the planned resort and health spa does not require an EIA because the site, at the southern tip of Spray Lakes, is not environmentally sensitive. Airdie-based developer Rudi Schmidt confirmed Monday the province informed him by letter on July 24 that an impact assessment wouldn't be required on the 50 room, multi-million dollar facility. Pharis said AWA concerns are for the area's wildlife - including moose and bear - and for the resort's impact on nearby streams and the lake itself. Schimdt, who lobbied the province for five years before unveiling his plans this spring, has a 25-year renewable Crown lease and development permit to build the resort. However, he acknowledged final approval and a building awaited the go-ahead from K-Country officials who are now reviewing changes to the original architectural drawings. Alberta Environment public affairs officer Wayne Grainger said the exemption was granted because development on the site won't harm the environment. "There are no visible adverse consequences, " Grainger explained, adding the proposal is largely on an old logging site and consistent with the general area plan. The exemption also enables the proposal to bypass a review by the new Natural Resources Conservation Board. Schmidt has received considerable support from the Alberta Tories {for Americans Tory means Conservative} since the project's inception, including Tourism Minister Don Sparrow, Forestry, Lands and Wildlife Minister Leroy Fjordbotten and Premier Don Getty{Premier is like Governor}. PS. I include the {} for Americans cause one of my pet peeves is when great e-mails come through from the US and I have no idea what certain americanisms or localisms mean. BALANCE OF POSTING DELETED. </text>
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<text> 91 16:29:54 PDT)--- Date: Thu, 19 Sep 91 17:29:54 MDTFrom: jalove%admn.SAIT.AB.CA@ucnet.ucalgary.caMessage-Id: <910919172954.3b4001bc@admn.SAIT.AB.CA>To: mike_gifford@cc.sfu.caX-St-Vmsmail-To: ST%"MIKE_GIFFORD@CC.SFU.CA" RAFFERTY PROJECT OPENS DOOR TO DIVERSION DEMANDCalgary Herald, Sept. 18/91 OTTAWA (CP) - The construction of the Rafferty-Alameda project on the Souris River in Saskatchewan will create strong pressure for a water diversion from Canada to the United States, says an Ottawa research group, the Rawson Academy of Aquatic Science. Canada won't be able to meeting its international water-sharing commitments, while satisfying local expectations for recreation and irrigation from Rafferty/Alameda unless water is diverted, says the report issued WEdnesday. The only plausible source for additional water is the South Saskatchewan River via the Qu'Appelle River said Andrew Hamilton, the author of the report. Such a diversion would diminish the water available to Saskatoon and other centres. The federal licence for the project clearly allows for the export to occur, says the report. "There is a clear need to alter the language of the present license to ensure that diversion of water from outside the basin does not contribute to the transfer of Canadian waters to the United States." A similar recommendation was made by the federal panel set up to review the environmental impact of the Rafferty/Alameda project, in its recent report. The Souris River, on which the $154-million Rafferty/Alameda complex is located flows from Saskatchewan into North Dakota, then Back up into Manitoba. The Rafferty/Alameda was completed this spring but, despite some of the heaviest rains on record, remains virtually empty. Government brochures say it will create a lake 57 kilometres long. "As soon as you've got an empty, or near empty reservoir sitting there, that is going to be a 57 kilometre long lake ... there's going to be pressure on to fill it," said Hamilton in the interview. The Saskatchewan government has promised that the Rafferty project will provide water for irrigation and recreation, and for cooling of a power station. Under normal conditions, Saskatchewan is required to pass on 50% of the flow of the natural flow of the Souris river to the United States. However, the Rafferty reservoir will aCT LIKE A LARGE EVAPORATION POND, SO THAT MUCH OF SASKATCHEWAN'S SHARE OF THE NATURAL FLOW WILL DISAPPEAR INTO THE AIR, says the Rawson report. The report says the 1989 Canada-US agreement which cleared the way for the Rafferty/Alameda project gives the United States a substantial say in the operation of the dams for the next 100 years at no cost. It will not pay anything for the maintenance or operation of the complex, or for getting water released during the times most beneficial to North Dakota, says the report. The agreement "will prejudice the future uses of water in the Canadian portion of the Souris River Basin," it says. The United States has contributed about one third of the projects cost in order to obtain flood protection for the city of Minot, N.D. Date: Thu, 19 Sep 1991 21:02:40 PDT MEASURES URGED TO SAVE PARKS- Calgary HeraldOTTAWA (CP) - Canada's national parks - the "CROWN JEWELS OF THE NATION" - are under threat, says the report by the Canadian Environmental Advisory Council. Logging, acid rain, pulp mill pollution, and underfunding are contributing to the degradation of the parks systems, says the report tabled Wednesday by the Environmental Minister Jean Charest. The report calls for urgent action, over the next 10 years, to create 18 new terrestrial parks, so as to represent all of Canada's natural regions, while the goal is still achievable. "After the year 2000, human activities will have significantly altered many important natural areas, and our ability to establish a comprehensive network of protected areas will be compromised. Only 3.4 per cent of Canada's land is currently protected in parks, and 18 of Canada's 39 natural regions are not represented in the system. Wood Buffalo National Park, the country's second biggest wilderness preserve, is threatened by changing water levels caused by the W.A.C. Bennett Dam in British Columbia and by pulp mill pollution. "Areas within the park have been systematically violated by logging activities and the park is now one of our most threatened protected areas," says the report. In Banff National Park, "crowded streets and urban traffic tie-ups create an urban atmosphere." Many visitors "become preoccupied with artificial attractions" such as souvenir shops and golf courses without appreciating the natural setting. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~James (Jim) Arthur Love, B.CommCalgary, Alberta, Canada Clearcuts in a national park forest! - Only in Canada you say?E-mail: JALOVE@ADMN.SAIT.AB.CA.bitnet Pity!Voice : (403)-282-3020~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~</text>
