"Hearing officer recommends that Idaho highway agency issue permits for megaloads on U.S. 12" (via Idaho Statesman) http://ping.fm/OYLoD

Idaho Megaloads on Highway 12 decision postponed- Was to be before Christmas - no new date set. (via Idaho Statesman) http://ping.fm/uxQ44

Senator Reid files water, lands, wildlife omnibus in eleventh-hour push for environmental victory.
http://ping.fm/KIkk5

“Idaho budget panel to begin taking public comment” (via KBOI2.com) JFAC will hold first ever public hearings. http://ping.fm/JTRR2

Beautiful 2:42 minute time lapse photography of the Aurora Borealis in Norway. (Via Steve Stuebner / Adventure Journal.) http://ping.fm/Bx94Cø-time-lapse/

Gallon of gasoline"could cost $400, delivered to forward bases in Afghanistan. (Via Tom Friedman, NY Times.
http://ping.fm/OvgdB

Tim Woodward, Idaho Statesman/ "Ask Tim: Why are leaves still on the trees? Early cold snap froze "abscission layers."
http://ping.fm/z8hun

Open Government Initiative created "ExpertNet" Wiki to elicit public input about next-generation citizen involvement. http://ping.fm/QJfNj

"Tracking the Progress of the White House Open Government Directive" / One year anniversary! / by Alexander Howard. http://ping.fm/speFC

Google 3D Body Browser available for viewing, like exploring world with Google Earth. Download Google Chrome Beta! http://ping.fm/Ir0KF

Dec. 21 / First Lunar Eclipse on winter solstice since 1338 to occur over North America. (Via science.nasa.gov)
science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2010/17dec_solsticeeclipse/

9 Really beautiful images of an enormous 'supercell' cloud in Montana last July. (via @petapixel) http://ping.fm/QGLJi

Look at some great images from National Geographic's 2010 Photography contest. (via @DruidSmith) http://ping.fm/zGiPY

Good article about Internet Reputation, Real Names, Anonymity and "Comment Trolls" (via Julie Zhuo - Facebook) http://ping.fm/CCNWD

Google Earth 3D trees feature includes 50 different species in a few areas around the world. (Via YouTube video)
http://ping.fm/T943a

(Via Google Earth Blog) Version 6 includes amazing new features/ Ground View - 3D Trees-Updated historical imagery.
http://ping.fm/RDdEs

Visible Vote (next week) will allow political forums to be accessible to anyone with a computer or smart phone. http://ht.ly/3fDIP

Visible Vote is an app I thought would happen sometime. Connect with legislators, vote on issues, compare with others. http://visiblevote.us/

News from Wired about recent Conference on Gigapixel Imaging & views of 8 interactive Hi Resolution Science panoramas. http://ping.fm/kcWAB

Hearing officer on Idaho Hwy 12 mega-load plan recommends full public hearings. (Via Boise Weekly) http://ping.fm/m7Qf8

RT @RonsGeoPicks: Solar furnace melts rock. http://dlvr.it/96BsC

300 years of fossil-fueled growth in 5 minutes. Animated time-lapse drawings via the Post Carbon Institute. http://ping.fm/koXkr

Long Live the Web / "Like democracy itself, it needs defending" by Tim Berners-Lee. (Via @timoreilly) http://ping.fm/agi6R

Conoco wants Megaload opponents to post $2 million bond if Idaho does not lift stay on permits to haul loads on Hwy 12
http://ping.fm/iqZoI

Created a quick "draft" Google Earth tour of the Idaho/Montana Highway 12 controversial megaload transport route.
http://ping.fm/jz0cg

SwissRoomBox - World's smallest motorhome setup, can be installed in most van type autos, even compacts.
http://ping.fm/0XieY

RT @ EricsonLabs: How the Cell Phone Is Changing the World (by Newsweek)
http://ping.fm/p5FVv

Look at "Google Ocean" for amazing underwater videos & photos. http://ping.fm/CLMuT
(via Lee Schneider story) http://ping.fm/a4Ncl

"A Thousand Visions" online game for Spokane, WA transportation future. Would City of Boise, ID be interested?
http://ping.fm/3PpGw

RT @Revkin: "Far from being conservative, Republican stance on global warming shows stunning appetite for risk"
http://ping.fm/UwR6Q

"Fate of the World" - Climate computer game lets you decide Earth's fate. (via reuters.com)
http://ping.fm/rcXzb

Encyclopedia of Life provides an educational application: "Google Earth Species Quiz" (Via @googleearth) http://ping.fm/BI2tD

Virtual Environmentalism / How Information Technology can help save the planet. Book Review of: "Greening through IT" http://ping.fm/HXk9S

Read interesting Science article. "Seeing the Natural World with a Physicist's Lens" (via Natalie Angier NY Times)
http://ping.fm/DxlvP

More photos and more of the story of the Grizzly chasing the Bison in Yellowstone found on KTVQ.com in Billings MT.
http://ping.fm/iInmk

Boise has a/Stewart/Colbert/ "Rally to Restore Sanity" Event. Others around US all the way to Mt. Everest. Sat. Noon.
http://ping.fm/Tom2J

Read "Extract: Requiem for a Species by Clive Hamilton" / Connects climate science denial to US conservatism lobby/ http://ping.fm/XDJim

Read "Geoengineering for a Desperate Planet" - World Summit delegates calling for a moratorium. (via @El_Climate) http://ping.fm/GLVQp

Read " Lies, Damned Lies, and Medical Science" (via @ahier) -Small % of medical research improves quality of life- http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2010/11/lies-damned-lies-and-medical-science/8269/

Lawrence Lessig at "An extraordinary documentary about influence and government" (via Fix Congress First)
http://ping.fm/TDl9z

Sandra Day O'Connor's iCivics web site provides "games" designed to teach students civics. http://www.icivics.org/

"Getting started with Google Earth" / Good tips for new &/or veteran users. (via Google Earth Blog) http://ping.fm/G79wK

Good article about How to create a "New" Facebook Group/ Useful for special interests, activities, or topics.
http://ping.fm/KYdJc

Uploaded explorable 1.1 Gigapan photo (170 stitched telephoto images) of Old Faithful Geyser erupting-Yellowstone NP
http://ping.fm/aOT8n

Uploaded explorable 1.8 Gigapan photo (200 stitched telephoto images) of beautiful lake near Yellowstone.
http://ping.fm/rlyru

Visited the Idaho Bird Observatory. Saw two Swainson's Hawks soaring, a rainbow & storm front coming in.
http://ping.fm/tD0qo

Read amazing Facebook story & photo by Gina Rene of whale saved from crab traps and lines & expressing gratitude.
http://ping.fm/WBIUf

Aerial photo and explanation of formation of St. Anthony Sand Dunes in Idaho (via @RonsGeoPics)
http://ping.fm/CjTkO

Read a preview of Kenneth M. Sayre's new book.
"The Economic Roots of our Environmental Crisis" (via @jeffsayre)
http://ping.fm/lAlSJ

Citizen Science / USA National Phenology Network / Plants, Wildlife, Birds.
http://ping.fm/vdEDl

Project Budburst web site.
http://ping.fm/6embT
Blog
http://ping.fm/ISqwr
Facebook
http://ping.fm/eztYs

NEON (National Ecological Observatory Network)The story of the nation's first continental ecological observatory.
http://ping.fm/krI39

Geospatial Revolution: Episode One Released
by Penn State Public Broadcasting
(via Google Earth Blog)
http://ping.fm/WZwbv

Read Josh Bernstein's article "Authentic Survival, Please" Animal & Human nature documentaries are anything but wild.
http://ping.fm/47ERn

Encyclopedia of Life "Learning + Education" provides 4 Interactive projects, including a Google Earth species Tour Quiz.
http://ping.fm/47wC4

Video &Text "The Geospatial Revolution Project" - The location of anything is becoming everything. (Via @RonsGeoPics)
http://ping.fm/nFNhl

produced explorable Gigapan image of Old Pen & Idaho Botanical Garden area of Boise before Willie Nelson Concert.
http://ping.fm/mIOLA

CitySourced - use phone etc., to "Find & Report Civic Issues Around You" (via @DruidSmith) - No reports in Boise yet!
http://ping.fm/NksTd

Learn more about "REBOOT.FCC.GOV" interactive developer community and get involved. (Via @timoreilly) RT@dan_munz:
http://ping.fm/4t5ZK

watched video - Google announcing "Instant Search" (via @jeffsayre)
http://ping.fm/wRmzh

Challenge.gov has a Twitter account.
http://ping.fm/NW4WI

Challenge.gov "Government Challenges, Your Solutions" being explained at Gov. 2.0 Summit Live Stream. Web Site -
http://challenge.gov/

Watching Gov 2.0 Summit live stream. (Via @timoreilly) http://ping.fm/Np2hu

Visit a Wilderness! President Obama signs Proclamation designating September 2010 as National Wilderness Month.
http://ping.fm/7ysFH

The web needs a means with which each individual can create, maintain & control their own identity (via Jeff Sayre.com)
http://ping.fm/4a90t

Kayaking or "Flocking to the Stream/ metaphor for YASP (Yet another Social Phenomenon) by Jeff Sayre. (via @noahspivak
http://ping.fm/bThIR

Read interesting Noah Spivak article. "Welcome to the Stream - Next Phase of the Web" (via @novaspivak) http://ping.fm/Cr2vn

Watched video examining risk assessment for 1. Action Vs. 2. No Action on Global Climate Change / Terrifying conclusion
http://ping.fm/i4NaD

Gov2.0 Summit Sept. 7-8, 2010 http://ping.fm/ySMhf
Sessions on "Empowering Citizens" http://ping.fm/qVuuJ/public/schedule/topic/empowering+citizens

Katy and I, with IRU and ICL help, produced a 3D Google Earth Tour of CuMo & Thompson Creek Moly mines & Atlanta Gold.
http://ping.fm/MWGLy

Stephen Hawking/we are rapidly depleting natural resources & our genetic code carries selfish & aggressive instincts/
http://ping.fm/WO5ms

Enjoyed Paul Krugman's article "The Flimflam Man" (via NY Times)
http://ping.fm/4C2Ij

Recommends / Bill McKibben "We're Hot as Hell & We're Not Going to Take it Any More. (Via TomDispatch.com) http://ping.fm/2LxWN

Watched "The Geospatial Revolution Project" "The Location of Anything is Becoming Everything." (via Google Earth Blog) http://ping.fm/ydG9o

Updated Swainson's Hawk Watch Blog and photo album that now has 280 images. Young Hawks are learning how to fly. http://ping.fm/kO7tr

I found a link to a video with Cat Steven's singing "Moonshadow"
http://ping.fm/Ef6Uz

Many people experienced this celestial event in 1979. We were in the Mountains NE of Lewistown MT.

Solar Eclipse in S. Pacific Sunday. View simulation with Google Earth. (via Google Earth Blog) http://ping.fm/ak70U

U.S. (& Russia) exploded nuclear bombs in space during the cold war in late 50s & 60s. (via NPR)
http://ping.fm/aJW1g

Created test Google Earth tour of Salmon Migration Route from Sawtooth Mtns to Columbia River mouth.

http://ping.fm/XqLJg

Created experimental Google Earth Tour of salmon migration route from mouth of Columbia River to Sawtooth Mtns.

http://ping.fm/lpkZv

Our part as citizens - Connecting city governments and Web 2.0 talent. "Pulling weeds example" (via @timoreilly) http://ping.fm/AYMfY

Skip Armstrong shot amazing video footage of Salmon jumping up Dagger Falls in Idaho - 6/27/2010 (via wildsalmon.org) http://ping.fm/NHxN3

Produced a 2nd working draft of a Google Earth Tour of Potential Dam sites on Boise River w photos and water levels.
http://ping.fm/ulkJF

New iPhone app involves public to build a network of "Citizen Scientists" to help wildlife victims in Gulf of Mexico. http://ping.fm/KIvVu

Citizen Science "BioBlitz" projects. Scientists and volunteers of all ages around the world. (Via Encyclopedia of Life) http://ping.fm/U8Eks

Google Earth KMZ file released by EPA has tons of info about the Deep Water Horizon oil Spill. (via @gearthblog)

"While Oil Gushes, Invisible Ocean Impacts Build" Are humans capable of long range problem solving? (via @timoreilly) http://ping.fm/ZL9lF

Idaho Rivers United pointing to rough draft Google Earth Tour (No new Boise River Dams) I am helping develop. http://ping.fm/Eyi6d

Created a rough draft Google Earth Tour to 13 360 degree panorama view locations in the Clearwater Forest in Idaho. http://ping.fm/5xcl2

Uploaded album image links to Swainson's Hawk Watch blog showing construction of new neighborhood Straw Bale House. http://ping.fm/Pm9lD

California, Microsoft, Google, etc., to run apps contest coupled with Data.CA.gov. (via @sunlightnetwork) http://ping.fm/P6ZcD

"YourGOV" an iPhone App to help citizens easily forward place based observations & concerns to local governments. http://ping.fm/1UVKQ

"More GIS Developers Rolling iPhone and Android mobile apps." Example is YourGOV iPhone app. (via @NNVD) http://ping.fm/IvY13(AnyGeo+-+Anything+Geospatial+from+the+GISuser)&utm_content=Bloglines

Checked in on USA National Phenology Network projects, including Nature's Notebook.
http://ping.fm/bJd7g

Checked on "Project Budburst" - Citizen Science Phenology and Climate Change field observations. http://ping.fm/MtGgI

New iPhone App for Invasive Weeds. (Via Paul Alaback, Project Budburst- A Citizen Science Network) http://ping.fm/NyigW

"Can Technology Forge a New Relationship Between Government and the Public?" Tim O'Reilly & Arianna Huffington. Gov 2.0 http://ping.fm/BKCu1

RT @ PulseonTech: Nature Publisher Aims To Save Planet by Democratizing Science | Epicenter: Some of Scitable's material is basic, b... http://bit.ly/9RYFp0

Clay Shirky "Does the Internet Make You Smarter?" Amid silly videos & spam are roots of new reading & writing culture. http://ping.fm/XphYb

World Wide World Environment Day activity map. http://ping.fm/N1d0V

Today, June 5, is World Environment Day - a Worldwide celebration of positive action for the environment. (Since 1972) http://ping.fm/PWLSZ

Started a "Swainson's Hawk Watch" blog project and photo album for hawks nesting in our neighborhood. http://ping.fm/nEuF2

112 photos of Animals in Peril due to Gulf oil spill. http://ping.fm/yfk6u

"We need a new Civilian Conservation Corps" by Stephen Trimble, photographer.
(Via High Country News) http://ht.ly/1QKph

20 Very interesting USGS Water Data Discovery maps/ Water today / Water in the past/ Water Tomorrow/ http://ping.fm/6B4BZ

See USGS WaterAlert Interactive map. Get updated river/water data via e-mail or text messages (via Idaho Statesman) http://ping.fm/IEmXj

My recent Swainson's Hawk Picasa Photo Album tiny url link does not seem to function. Here is another link. http://ping.fm/l5Ps7

I posted 3 Swainson's Hawk images to Outdoor Idaho Facebook May photo contest. These & others are in a Picasa album. http://tiny.cc/hu2wl

Very interesting Hiking Trail Map (Beta) being developed by the Washington Trails Association. http://ping.fm/8uuTB

Community Maps / ArcGIS Online Beta available - Maps & Apps for Everyone - Gallery, Groups, Make a Map, etc., http://ping.fm/Pq6qr

RT @NN4D: GISUser.com - Jack Dangermond to Showcase Community Maps at Gov 2.0 Expo http://bit.ly/9Ualak

Gov 2.0 Expo Event Preview - a forum to learn about government interaction with technology, the Internet & social media http://ping.fm/W5whK

"The Live Web" It grows, adapts & changes - where we text & post & author & update & tweet...etc., (via @rschott) http://ping.fm/pcZNs

RT @timoreilly .@techcrunch on why open government matters to entrepreneurs http://tcrn.ch/dDyKBo mentions @gov2events and @CodeforAmerica #opengov #gov20

The Open Gov Initiative:- Examples of cities leveraging the web to become more efficient, transparent, & participatory. http://ping.fm/K3ezG

Online Reference for Dov Seidman's book "How" values create value in business-lying is unacceptable-fewer places to hide
http://ping.fm/RH2DX

Thomas L. Friedman quotes Dov Seidman book "How"-we are in "Era of Behavior" Situational values vs Sustainable values.
http://ping.fm/wRk5f

"World’s Largest Social Network: The Open Web"- web pages, blogs, Twitter etc., searchable- compared to Facebook.
http://ping.fm/2pPDJ

Amazing motion time lapse sequences of Iceland Volcano Eruption by Sean Stiegemeier.
http://ping.fm/HXF7e

"Silicon 'nose' turns cell phones into toxin detectors" - Imagine citizen monitoring possibilities. (via CNET News) http://ping.fm/3vFz0

1993 Northwest Environmental Data Base - The Rivers Information Systems of Idaho, Montana, Oregon, & Washington

 
 from Gary O. Grimm on Vimeo.This archival 17.5 minute multimedia production was originally created by Mountain Visions in 1993 and transferred to video tape. Now we have recovered it from the archives, digitized and uploaded as a historical record of one of many similar productions we produced in the late 1980's and early 90s, before we started producing CD-ROMs and web sites.

NED was a result of the Northwest Power Planning Council started in 1980 and the Pacific Northwest River Study in 1984. More than ten years of valuable data was gathered by agencies, tribes, communities, businesses and individuals and put into this Data Base that provided detailed information about 34,000 distinct river segments in 135,000 miles of streams in the Columbia River System and four Northwest States.
Categories of Data included Anadromous Fish, Resident Fish, Wildlife, Natural Features, Cultural Resources, Recreation, Institutional Constraints, Hydrosite Data Base, River Reach File, and Protected Areas.
This outreach educational multimedia project was used in Town Hall and other meetings throughout the Northwest to describe the Data Base, GIS technology and how to use the Rivers Information Systems. These presentations encouraged and invited everyone to use NED and to continue to participate in its future development.
The data contained in NED still exists in various data bases and has been improved over the years. I believe that the current trend toward Open.Gov, making data more available to the public and inviting participation in gathering and analyzing data, and being more involved in decision making is the wave of the future, promised by NED even in 1993.

Viewed Ogallala Commons web site. Network to reinvigorate human & natural "Commonwealth" forming basis of communities. http://ping.fm/YIMXI

Also GeoWeb Networking provides opportunities for local "Sense of Place & "The Commons" discussions and actions.

In my view "Sense of Place" & "The Commons" are concepts that provide local citizen participation opportunities.

Read Courtney White article "Why We Need a New Party, A Party for Commonwealth" local level action. (via NewWest.net) http://ping.fm/teMsn

@Tongass_NF - Prince Of Wales Is Watershed Restoration Google Maps & Earth project w HD visuals has educational value. http://ping.fm/wV0o1

Tim Blood found this great YouTube animated world map showing sunlight and air traffic change over 24 hours. http://ping.fm/kZ8kZ

Informative Open Government 2.0 Review - Crisis Response, The Gulf oil spill, net neutrality, open source, etc., http://ping.fm/LEEIe

U of Oregon Outdoor Program Bike Music Fest powered by human powered pedalers. http://ping.fm/ropib

Exposures to cancer/pesticides fertilizers, pharmaceutical byproducts in the water supply, household chemicals, etc. http://ping.fm/zEizM

Presidents Cancer Panel, established in 1971, reports "Cancers from Environment 'Grossly Underestimated' - http://ping.fm/QjdXv

RT @ savewildsalmon The state of Pacific salmon? Not so wild #Northwest #salmon http://bit.ly/azzajG [@oregonian]-

GeoCommons map showing Major Oil Platforms in Gulf of Mexico plus other map layers you can turn on. http://ping.fm/aCtsp

Crisis Commons helping develop crowdsourcing efforts to report effects of Gulf Oil Spill (& other examples) http://ping.fm/SUlwR

Re: my previous post - How many other agencies, organizations & businesses have similar position on sharing knowledge?
http://ping.fm/09TqN

Inducing people to join a debate creates possibility of losing control of a process that only we (?) fully understand. http://ping.fm/WO21E

The oil catastrophe in the gulf has created public visibility for Environmental problems again. (via Paul Krugman) http://ping.fm/ldgwT

Attending "Life in the West" seminar today, sponsored by the Andrus Center for Public Policy. http://ping.fm/QkTRI

Uploaded 1993 video / NW Environmental Data Base-The Rivers Information Systems of Idaho, Montana, Oregon, & Washington http://ping.fm/lwvsa

Your Mom’s Guide to Those Facebook Changes, and How to Block Them (Via GigaOm)
http://ping.fm/5jmAy

RT sunlightnetwork: RT @jakebrewer: Help build the largest catalog of government information in the world.
http://ping.fm/M2tMR

RT @PulseonTech Are Like Buttons Evil? The Open Web Reacts To Facebook’s Not-So-Open Graph: http://bit.ly/aLY2j4 (via TechCrunch)

Great photo of amazing expanding solar prominence. Also great photos of Northern lights .
http://ow.ly/1BqFD

Public=Online Participatory Wiki Transparency US State Map. Oregon has some info. Idaho does not yet.
http://ping.fm/Mj4Sd

RT @RonsGeoPicks: Betting on Climate Change: Corporations Stand to Make or Lose Billions http://dlvr.it/YSfG

Pledge for PUBLIC=ONLINE - Govt. transparency is of highest importance in how I cast my vote (via @sunlightnetwork)
http://ping.fm/h4CNq

Swainson's Hawks are back from Argentina. I saw one this morning in Boise. (via @sdaudubon) http://ping.fm/5Spkb

RT @RonsGeoPicks: Using Logic Diagrams to Organize Knowledge and Pinpoint Ignorance http://dlvr.it/XrtT

Many other videos from Where 2.0 2010 Conference available on YouTube.
http://ow.ly/1wJy2

Viewed You Tube video "The New Meaning of Mapping" presented by Michael Jones at Where 2.0 2010 conference.
http://ow.ly/1wJy2

Stranded Norway's Prime Minister runs country with iPad. (Via CNNTech)
http://ping.fm/mDdZH

Howard Rheingold has collected many helpful links for facilitating or managing online communities. (via @hrheingold)
http://ping.fm/FErIZ

Found 14 Owyhee Canyonlands "full screen" 360 degree panoramas I uploaded to Google Earth Community-2006 Browser view
http://ping.fm/qLYmv

Digitized & uploaded 1992 archived multimedia/video "Owyhee Canyonlands - The High Desert Country of Southwest Idaho"
http://ping.fm/PBjb4

Watched "Spatial Analysis & the GeoWeb" video with Jack Dangermond (ESRI) at recent Where 2.0 2010 Conference.
http://ping.fm/Ldrqa

Viewed "Armchair Revolutionary" a Web-based social activism supporting science & technology projects (via geek gestalt) http://ping.fm/cXEA4

"Google Asks Obama to Support Home Energy App Platform" (Via ReadWriteWeb) monitoring & reducing energy use saves $.
http://ping.fm/xHgYR

Wrote a longer post on my Blog related to aquifer & other natural resource sustainability issues, & Internet networking.http://ping.fm/DvbaF

Who thought the Snake River Plain aquifer was "unlimited?"

A 4/05/10 article in the Idaho Statesman titled - "Barker: Water dispute shows how rural Idaho's clout is fading" states that "Many irrigators in Eastern Idaho believed the aquifer was 'unlimited'…"

Here is a link to an Overview of the Snake River Plain Aquifer - From the Digital Geology of Idaho web site. Hydrologic and geologic conditions, physical characteristics, and human impact are described. References also provided.

The Mesa Falls video below shows a large quantity of water flowing from the Henrys Fork of the Snake River in Eastern Idaho. Some water from the Snake River tributaries seeps down into the aquifer. For example, here is a link explaining how the Big and Little Lost Rivers become subterranean, feeding the aquifer.

(Here is a link to a High Definition version of the Mesa Falls Video)

Even 150 years ago, before most "Water Law" was established in the west, some historians had published knowledge of local, regional and worldwide problems related to this kind of natural resource myth. How does a population of educated people let itself create these kind of short term problems that would have different outcomes if long term sustainability could have been established as a goal by politicians, businesses, and the public initially? My view is that it is imperative that a much more balanced public participatory process is necessary. Everybody has to be a stakeholder in sustainability issues, not just politicians, government, businesses and special interest groups.

The question from now on is - how are we going to deal with natural resource sustainability decisions that affect everybody in Idaho and ecosystems that affect us and other western states, the US and countries around the world?

Again as I have stated many times in this blog, my view is that the Internet via open source and networking tools is becoming a transformative opportunity for more public information to become available and for many more people to become much more active participants in future natural resource and ecosystem sustainability decisions. I am trying to push my friends and associates to learn how to use these tools more effectively and to share their experiences with the rest of us.

"Irrigators in Eastern Idaho believed the aquifer was 'unlimited'…" Global historic "sustainability" records ignored?
http://ping.fm/yofLE

Idaho "Citizen Science" Water Monitoring opportunity?

On March 29, 2010 Sara Cohn of The Idaho Conservation League created a Facebook comment and a blog post and on the ICL Community titled "Cutting Water Quality Monitoring is Pound Foolish." The thrust of the post is that the Idaho State Department of Water Quality has announced they are gutting its water quality-monitoring budget at least for the next two years. Sara notes that "Water is the lifeblood of our communities, offering recreation, enjoyment, and sources of drinking water. Without monitoring information about these precious resources, Idahoans will not be able to identify problem streams or sources of pollution."

In response I wrote the following comment on the ICL Facebook and Blog pages.

I would like to suggest that a new era of transformational Internet networking tools are becoming available to enable"Citizen Science" projects to monitor sensitive water resources and other environmental topics that affect the quality of life in our living

communities. At least in the interim period, until the State budget improves (and DEQ agency priority changes), I believe it is possible students and teachers, concerned citizens, scientists, retired people and others may be interested, and even excited, to have the opportunity to contribute to important water quality knowledge, especially as it relates to the specific geographical locations and time frames where they live, and recreate.

In Idaho and other states over several years I have been in the presence, and have videotaped high school science classes and other volunteer groups learning how to gather basic water quality monitoring data and create geo referenced and time dated reports for their communities. And I have also been actively involved with many others in learning how to initiate networking opportunities for environmental interest projects including the use of internet tools and initiatives including the GeoWeb, ImageWeb, MobileWeb, Interest/SocialWeb, OpenSourceWeb and Semantic/Linked Data Web.

If readers of this comment are interested in starting a discussion project or group about the Idaho citizen science water quality monitoring issue please leave another comment here or contact me through my profile or this blog site.

Read "Government Must Give a ****: A Lesson from @garyvee" (via @ timoreilly) Attitude of caring is important.
http://ping.fm/Xyosu

Posting information online could preempt Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) queries. EPA reduced requests by 96%. http://www.govexec.com/dailyfed/0310/031810e1.htm

'Hell No You Can't' Vs. 'Yes We Can' Mashup: New Viral Video Starring John Boehner
http://ping.fm/qoWkS

iPhone being used in higher education experiment. Abilene Christian University Mobile Learning project. http://ping.fm/nJf0i

RT @PulsonTech: Feds Deem Pedestrians, Cyclists and Motorists Equals http://bit.ly/bEj8Db

Viewed Jon Stewart video explaining "Dodgy Wall Street Practices" even I could understand.
http://ping.fm/4LFIt

Found C-Span video archives since 1987 searchable and accessible to the public. Memorable moments examples highlighted. http://ping.fm/TFJBF

Boise Airport and Air Force F-35 Noise and Public Comment closes March 25. Only link is to http://idahoF35.com site ! http://ping.fm/yO4Pz

"Merchants of Doubt" Handful of Scientists obscured Truth on issues from Tobacco Smoke to Global warming. (via @algore) http://ping.fm/bdBoD

Joined Ushahidi Facebook page
http://ping.fm/MqcW2

Ushahidi /http://ushahidi.com/ Kenyon open source mobile tool to gather public testimony in Haiti, Chili, Wash DC etc http://ping.fm/rxBcm

A mobile version of the Consumer Broadband Test-- the FCC’s first
mobile app - available at Apple & Android app stores.
http://ping.fm/zORiQ

Preview The National Broadband Plan's Blueprint for Accessibility.
http://ping.fm/hlPPQ

Test your Internet broadband connection quality - and learn more about the FCC National Broadband plan.
http://ping.fm/sH0Gp

Gov 2.0 Expo May 25-27, 2010 / Participation, Collaboration, & Transformation. Wash. D.C.
http://ping.fm/CCdX2

Deal of the Day – Only $9.99! "Open Government" Ebook. http://bit.ly/crC3F5 Use discount code: DDGVN (via @timoreilly)

"So, What is Gov 2.0?" A good kind of revolution. (Via @You2Gov) http://ping.fm/ZKFd7

Gov 2.0 online conference held yesterday. Information, December 2009 videos and "Open Government" chapters available. http://ping.fm/2ikPl

Noticed "Biking directions added to Google Maps" for Boise and 150 U.S, Cities. http://ping.fm/ZNoMx

Produced a "Hammer Flat" Google Earth Fly-in & fall 2005 Video with Tony Jones describing wildlife habitat values. http://ping.fm/dxD7B

Created experimental Google Earth tour of Alaska 1975 Denali Clean Climb & Ski Expedition Re: "Denali Diary" http://ping.fm/IcAuv

Boise River Winter Sunset - http://ping.fm/vCvJE

Idaho Wilderness Lake Sunrise - http://ping.fm/Hg3Bl

Read Earth Days Timeline "The Modern Environmental Movement in the U.S." 1948-1990. Example - Renewable energy, 1952. http://ping.fm/ns5y7

Read Bill Moyers article "What Are We Bid for American Justice?" - Govt. not broken, bought out from under us.- http://ping.fm/TpnR9

Viewed 1st Chapter of "Ecological Debt: The Health of the Planet and the Wealth of Nations"
by Andrew Simms, 2005 http://ping.fm/Yz144

Read "The Price of Environmental Destruction? There Is None" by Andrew Simms. http://ping.fm/E8ZTo

"ESRI and Volunteered Geographic Information" @ ESRI Federal Users Conference - (via @DruidSmith) http://ping.fm/CtJqz

Buzzword: VGI-Volunteered Geographic Information a/k/a crowdsourcing OpenStreetMap, Citizen science...(Via @DruidSmith) http://ping.fm/sy0c4

Report for UN - 1/3rd of profit ($2.2tn/year) would be lost if top firms paid for use, loss and damage of environment.
http://ping.fm/K24EA

Read "GeoWeb and the regulation of the commons" Economics Vs Commons (via Ron Lake's Blog)
http://ping.fm/AYxDc

Submitted Google Earth kmz 360 degree panorama locations tour of Jamaica in 2006. (Click camera icons to view pans)
http://ping.fm/e6q3U

Initiated Google Earth kmz for Salmon Migration up Columbia, Snake & Salmon Rivers in 2007. Collaborators welcome!
http://ping.fm/sW8bG

Google Earth (GE) Community now provides GE Plugin to preview kml & view old Owhyee 360 Panoramas in a Web browser.
http://ping.fm/eKOul

Found my 2006 Google Earth Community post to view 14 Hi Definition, full screen 360 degree Owyhee Canyonland panoramas
http://ping.fm/T6N4m

1970 Boise River video promoting Greenbelt. Imagine what the alternatives could have been, and could be, in the future.
http://ping.fm/5Ng4p

In 2008 I created a short concept description and list of personal experimental Environmental Interest/Social Networks
http://ping.fm/Tkzlv

Tips for creating Online Communities /Facebook & Twitter are the tip of the iceberg/ Ning has 1.6 million networks.
http://ping.fm/brYBt

Photographs provide better sense of place. "Beyond Cartography where next for the geoweb?" Parsons (via Dan Rickman)
http://ping.fm/DzYOF

Viewed Full Screen Weather map / http://ping.fm/pnKzU
Article by Josh Lowensohn at Web Crawler
http://ping.fm/U7DKY

Helped coordinate several 1970's "Clean Climbing" projects on Mt. Denali, AK. New 1975 "Denali Diary" by Tim Verkler.
http://ping.fm/LExLi

Viewed Google Video explaining plan to build experimental ultra high speed broadband network (1 Gigabit/Sec)
http://ping.fm/fXlbC

Watching Google Gmail/Buzz live YouTube Announcement presentation.
http://ping.fm/ZXIwb

Heart Of Idaho - The Wild White Clouds

Uploaded repurposed 1991 multimedia show "Heart of Idaho - The Wild White Clouds"

Produced for the Boulder-White Clouds Council in 1991, originally as an 18 + minute 3 projector multi-image traveling road show, then transferred to video in 1992. Produced by Katy Flanagan and Gary O. Grimm Mountain Visions, Boise, Idaho. Digitized for archival and historical purposes for the Internet in 2010. Script by Pat Ford. Music courtesy of Steve Eaton and Wayne Millward, Seagate Productions. Photography and narration credits at the end of the program.

RT@petapixel: 40 amazing examples of macro photography: http://j.mp/5ShAsA

Visions of Wilderness - 1994 National Wilderness Conference

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Mountain Visions (Katy Flanagan & Gary O. Grimm) produced and presented this repurposed version of "Visions of Wilderness" at the 1994 National Wilderness Conference in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Produced originally as a 3 projector multi-image show, with music, but no narration, we also transferred it to video. Only a few copies were made and it has not been available for viewing for many years. This is a digital copy of the entire show. Another version has been uploaded to YouTube divided into 2 parts both about 9 minutes long to fit the uploading requirements for YouTube. Production Credits are available in Part 2. Music provided by Bill Miller, Steve Eaton, and Walkin' Jim Stoltz.

Repurposed 1993 analog video to digital archive "Visions of Wilderness - Ecosystem Protection in the Northern Rockies" http://ping.fm/rCpq3

RT @PulseonTech:
5 Essential Tools for the Mobile Journalist: A smartphone microphone doubles as a remarkably good in... http://bit.ly/dwivlf (via Mashable)

Read "Internet Future Driven by User Reputation Scores" by Hutch Carpenter - You "earn" and "give" reputation.
http://ping.fm/MrbMB

Studying Administrative Procedure Act (1946) & other laws & amendments requiring citizen "Public Input" & Consultation. http://ping.fm/i5N2Z

RT @timoreilly "There is a specter haunting America: the specter of a saner, updated version of Ross Perot." Should be Obama. http://bit.ly/bpLumv

"Situational" decisions Vs. "Sustainable" decisions and actions in American politics (via Thomas L. Friedman) http://ping.fm/iXx4Z

Read "Proposed Guidelines for Open Government Plans" Particiopation-Collaboration-Transparency http://ping.fm/GOxUo

Read Robert Reich "What the 'I'm Mad as Hell' Party Could Do" - Wrecking balls vs. Rescuing our democracy - http://robertreich.org/

Read Gina Bianchini Ning CEO "The Evolution of Social Technology: Building Richer, More Engaged Lives, Online and Off"
http://ping.fm/y0ieK

Watched Lawrence Lessig's new video Re: Supreme Court's United v. FEC Decision. Support Change-Congress.org plan. http://ping.fm/Epvkh

Read "Man Buried in Haiti Rubble Uses iPhone to Treat Wounds, Survive" (viaWired/gadgetlab)
http://ping.fm/idtG8

Read "The Facebook Privacy Debate: What You Need to Know" (via ReadWriteWeb @PulseonTech) http://ping.fm/dR485

Read Jeremy Rifkin 'The Empathic Civilization': Rethinking Human Nature in the Biosphere Era- Internet communication... http://ping.fm/1MhNt

Google Earth now has recent satellite imagery of earthquake damage in Haiti. (via Google Maps Mania) http://ping.fm/OSJXl

Google Earth examples of sharing information & data & visualizing tragic Haiti earthquake. (via @earthoutreach) http://ping.fm/3bOnH

Realtime Web delivers updates on the Quake aftermath in Haiti. Ways to get involved & donate. #HelpHaiti (via @OneRiot) http://bit.ly/6AmcCg

Map of Haitian quake centers/magnitude, fault line and other crisis data. (via @geocommons @ushahidi & @ajturner) http://tr.im/KhLa

Real Time Congress / new iPhone app...the power of real Congressional information in your hand. (via @sunlightnetwork)
http://bit.ly/85JMnY

Checked out WH "Open Government Initiative" web site/ Transparency - Participation - Collaboration. http://ping.fm/pUSIi

Watched video "End Institutionalized Corruption FIRST" references http://ping.fm/6U2yo (via @lessig) http://bit.ly/708rdt

Used Google Earth 3D browser to view "Frozen Britain" NASA photo overlay. (kmz file bottom of 2nd post here) http://ping.fm/Ua88M

Reviewed "RebootFCC.gov" Web site to solicit public input to FCC, and new Blog.
http://ping.fm/jWm9W

RT: @DruidSmith
Free training on Google geo apps for tribes & indiginous communities: http://ping.fm/1HCCp

Found 6 old videos we produced showing Trail Creek Fire suppression efforts near Atlanta, Idaho in Aug. 2000. http://ping.fm/EDuhd

RT: @timoreilly: Solar-Powered Camel Clinics Carry Medicine Across the Desert http://bit.ly/5ZBz0j (via @casinclair at DGREE)

Celebrate Urban Birds Survival / Photo-Video-Art Challenge. Send in your creative work to Cornell Lab of Ornithology. http://ping.fm/mmN1b

Viewed Data.gov ideascale site. Ready for public participation in shaping access to govt info (via @DruidSmith) http://ping.fm/Vp2Q9

paraphrase/Govt is a big bus-each seat has a brake-anyone can stop anytime-makes it undrivable. (via James Fallows) http://ping.fm/OcN44

Read-Is America going to Hell? - "How America Can Rise Again" by James Fallows (via @timoreilly)
http://ping.fm/aZS7H

Reviewed Google Wave user survey data http://ping.fm/z7Qrc (via Mashable @PulseonTech)

Found "The Elders" web site. Eminent global leaders offering collective influence & experience.
http://ping.fm/rqMoj

Link to "What exactly is Google Wave? What will/can it do?
http://ping.fm/0ME4B

One "Google Wave Overview" video:
http://ping.fm/6u1wO

I have 22 "Invite Others to Google Wave." Want one? Started an "Idaho Environmental Networking" Wave to learn.

Watched video 4D map journey from Earth out to edge of known Universe & back. (via American Museum of Natural History)
http://ping.fm/BiYGb