Monday, January 16, 2012
Sunday, January 15, 2012
Please join us at Martin Luther King Jr. holiday events Monday, January 16, 2012, in Fayetteville, Arkansas. List linked below
Martin Luther King Jr. Day events in Northwest Arkansas
Martin Luther King Jr. celebration IN 2009 in Fayetteville, Arkansas, included unveiling signs renaming Sixth Street to honor the civil-rights leader
Please click on images to ENLARGE view of unveiling of Martin Luther King Boulevard Signs at Razorback Road and the former Sixth Street
Fayetteville City Attorney Kit Williams rode up in a lift bucket to remove the cover from the newly installed signs, giving the change his full legal blessing.
In the crowd photo, Ernestine Gibson, president of the Northwest Arkansas Martin Luther King Jr. planning committee is speaking to the group.
Fayetteville City Attorney Kit Williams rode up in a lift bucket to remove the cover from the newly installed signs, giving the change his full legal blessing.
In the crowd photo, Ernestine Gibson, president of the Northwest Arkansas Martin Luther King Jr. planning committee is speaking to the group.
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Friday, January 13, 2012
New York City's stormwater-management rules upgraded: Can Fayetteville match the NYC model?
New York City's Urban GreenCouncil (a chapter of the U.S. Green Building Council) Web site celebrates advances in Department of Environmental Protection stormwater rules.
The same day last week the City Council helped us all breathe easier with a new law on chemicals in carpets, the Department of Environmental Protection released its new stormwater rule that encourages natural rainwater detention and retention, along with accompanying design guidelines. “Natural” here is not being used like the labels on cleaning products – here we are talking about honest to goodness mother nature. Rather than send rainwater to concrete tanks, sewers, and treatment plants, the new DEP rule encourages onsite reuse and natural infiltration.
It’s hard to overstate how much of a “180” this rule and the Green Infrastructure Plan represents for DEP, at least in terms of the principles involved. Until very recently, the only stormwater approach that mattered to DEP’s water engineers were those that could be measured in tanks and pipes. While we all know rainwater can be absorbed in the ground, directed into a rain barrel, and retained by a green roof, it wasn’t that easy to measure this capture. So it didn’t count at all for DEP. It does now.
The new rule is not a panacea for those who favor green infrastructure but is still a big step forward. The rule drastically reduces the allowable runoff from new construction and major reconstruction (a 90% reduction from previous limits). DEP will consider a range of approaches to reduce runoff including vegetative cover, green roofs, and permeable pavement. It will also consider open-bottomed detention systems that allow infiltration. Owners are required to provide maintenance for these systems so they work as intended. And finally, new developments next to a waterway must send rainwater into the waterway (rather than the sewer system).
Taken together, this rule implements 4 Task Force recommendations:
Stormwater Management As Mother Nature Intended
The same day last week the City Council helped us all breathe easier with a new law on chemicals in carpets, the Department of Environmental Protection released its new stormwater rule that encourages natural rainwater detention and retention, along with accompanying design guidelines. “Natural” here is not being used like the labels on cleaning products – here we are talking about honest to goodness mother nature. Rather than send rainwater to concrete tanks, sewers, and treatment plants, the new DEP rule encourages onsite reuse and natural infiltration.It’s hard to overstate how much of a “180” this rule and the Green Infrastructure Plan represents for DEP, at least in terms of the principles involved. Until very recently, the only stormwater approach that mattered to DEP’s water engineers were those that could be measured in tanks and pipes. While we all know rainwater can be absorbed in the ground, directed into a rain barrel, and retained by a green roof, it wasn’t that easy to measure this capture. So it didn’t count at all for DEP. It does now.
The new rule is not a panacea for those who favor green infrastructure but is still a big step forward. The rule drastically reduces the allowable runoff from new construction and major reconstruction (a 90% reduction from previous limits). DEP will consider a range of approaches to reduce runoff including vegetative cover, green roofs, and permeable pavement. It will also consider open-bottomed detention systems that allow infiltration. Owners are required to provide maintenance for these systems so they work as intended. And finally, new developments next to a waterway must send rainwater into the waterway (rather than the sewer system).
Taken together, this rule implements 4 Task Force recommendations:
- SW 2: Reduce Stormwater Runoff From New Developments
- SW 4: Send Rainwater to Waterways
- SW 5: Encourage Innovative Stormwater Practices
- SW 6: Maintain Site-Based Stormwater Detention Systems
Wednesday, January 11, 2012
National Cemetery noisy as destruction of the Sale Barn and removal of the debris continues
See Fayetteville National Cemetery site on Flickr for many photos of the area. Also, please see National Cemetery Neighbors and Friends Web log for more selected items.
Tuesday, January 10, 2012
Sierra Club's Ozark Highlands Group meeting begins at 6:30 p.m. today at Nightbird Books on Dickson Street in Fayetteville
Sierra Club meeting tonight in Fayetteville. Details at link.
Monday, January 9, 2012
Thursday, January 5, 2012
Annual gathering of friends and members of OMNI Center for Peace, Justice & Ecology set for January 22, 2012, at a very special site
Please click on image to ENLARGE for easy reading.
Sunday, January 1, 2012
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