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Monday, 20 March
22:51
SYNTHESIS REPORT on Climate Crisis Coming Today from UNITED NATIONS Frack Check WV
The all-important synthesis report will be the primary working document for the next 10 years
News from Article by Frank Jordans, ABC News, March 19, 2023
ASSOCIATED PRESS Governments gave their blessing on Sunday to a major new U.N. report on climate change, after approval was held up by a battle between rich and developing countries over emissions targets and financial aid to vulnerable nations.
The report by hundreds of the worlds top scientists was supposed to be approved by government delegations on Friday at the end of a weeklong meeting in the Swiss town of Interlaken.
The closing gavel was repeatedly pushed back as officials from big nations such as China, Brazil, Saudi Arabia, the United States and the European Union haggled through the weekend over the wording of key phrases in the text.
The report by the U.N. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change caps a series that digests vast amounts of research on global warming compiled since the Paris climate accord was agreed in 2015.
A summary of the report was approved early Sunday but agreement on the main text dragged on for several more hours, with some observers fearing it might need to be postponed. The unusual process of having countries sign off on a scientific report is intended to ensure that governments accept its findings as authoritative advice on which to base their actions.
At the start of the meeting, U.N. Secretary-General Antnio Guterres called on delegates to provide cold, hard facts to drive home the message that theres little time left for the world to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7 Fahrenheit) compared with preindustrial times.
While average global temperatures have already increased by 1.1 Celsius since the 19th century, Guterrres insisted that the 1.5-degree target limit remains possible with rapid and deep emissions reductions across all sectors of the global economy.
Observers said the IPCC meetings have increasingly become politicized as the stakes for curbing global warming increase, mirroring the annual U.N. climate talks that usually take place at the end of the year.
Among the thorniest issues at the current meeting were how to define which nations count as vulnerable...
21:52
Brazils plan to issue credits for recycling gets a boost, but experts call for more Conservation news
Reverse logistics, a principle introduced in Brazil in 2010 in the Brazilian governments National Policy for Solid Waste (PNRS), is an approach that seeks to minimize levels of waste generated after the consumption or at the end of the life cycle of consumer products, such as electronics, light bulbs, tires and packaging in general. Its meant to be an all-of-society responsibility, especially for the private sector, to ensure that waste material is recycled or processed in some other environmentally appropriate way. Reverse logistics was created in order to make the producer responsible for dealing with the environmental impact generated by the products it produces at the end of the production chain, says Jacqueline Rutkowski, a researcher in the field of waste management and member of the Observatory for Inclusive and Solidarity Recycling. Regulations and reverse logistics targets exist for every type of waste, which much be met by the private sector, including manufacturers, importers, distributors and traders. For general packaging, for example, the current target requires companies to recycle 22% of the volume of packaging placed on the market each year. To make it easier for the private sector to comply, the government in April 2022 created the Recicla+ program, along with the Recycling Credit Certificate. However, the new administration, which took office at the start of 2023, has moved to revoke these policies and launched a new program this past February under the name Reverse Logistics Recycling Credit Certificate (CCRRL). Under the new scheme, each metric ton of recycledThis article was originally published on Mongabay
20:00
Weekly Climate and Energy News Roundup #544 Watts Up With That?
: Cheap renewables are very expensive. Power engineers Chris Morris and Russ Schussler
The post Weekly Climate and Energy News Roundup #544 first appeared on Watts Up With That?.
16:00
A New Board Game to Induce Climate Guilt in School Children Watts Up With That?
Just what we need, right? A board game designed to make kids feel even more miserable and guilty about climate change.
The post A New Board Game to Induce Climate Guilt in School Children first appeared on Watts Up With That?.
12:00
Widgee Say NO to the Lines Rally: Meet the Aussie Battlers Standing Up to Big Green Watts Up With That?
When Net Zero obsessed Aussie Federal and State Governments announced large scale electricity grid extensions to service renewable energy installations, they forgot to talk to the land owners.
The post Widgee Say NO to the Lines Rally: Meet the Aussie Battlers Standing Up to Big Green first appeared on Watts Up With That?.
08:00
Weather Disasters Getting Deadlier, Say Experts, As Death Tolls Plummet! Watts Up With That?
Every year official agencies like the UN and WMO tell us that weather disasters keep getting more frequent.
The post Weather Disasters Getting Deadlier, Say Experts, As Death Tolls Plummet! first appeared on Watts Up With That?.
06:19
Chevron Seeks to Produce Safe Fuels from Plastics, But (not so fast) Frack Check WV
Fuels derived from plastics are generally toxic or worse!
From an Article by Sharon Lerner, ProPublica, February 23, 2023
The Environmental Protection Agency recently gave a Chevron refinery the green light to create fuel from discarded plastics as part of a climate-friendly initiative to boost alternatives to petroleum. But, according to agency records, the production of one of the fuels could emit air pollution that is so toxic, 1 out of 4 people exposed to it over a lifetime could get cancer.
That kind of risk is obscene, said Linda Birnbaum, former head of the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences. You cant let that get out.
That risk is 250,000 times greater than the level usually considered acceptable by the EPA division that approves new chemicals. Chevron hasnt started making this jet fuel yet, the EPA said. When the company does, the cancer burden will disproportionately fall on people who have low incomes and are Black because of the population that lives within 3 miles of the refinery in Pascagoula, Mississippi.
ProPublica asked Maria Doa, a scientist who worked at the EPA for 30 years, to review the document laying out the risk. Doa, who once ran the division that managed the risks posed by chemicals, was so alarmed by the cancer threat that she initially assumed it was a typographical error. EPA should not allow these risks in Pascagoula or anywhere, said Doa, who now is the senior director of chemical policy at Environmental Defense Fund.
In response to questions, an EPA spokesperson wrote that the agencys lifetime cancer risk calculation is a very conservative estimate with high uncertainty, meaning the government erred on the side of caution in calculating such a high risk.
Under federal law, the EPA cant approve new chemicals with serious health or environmental risks unless it comes up with ways to minimize the dangers. And if the EPA is unsure, the law allows the agency to order lab testing that would clarify the potential health and environmental harms. In the case of these new plastic-based fuels, the agency didnt do either of those things. In approving the jet fuel, the EPA didnt require any lab tests, air monitoring or controls that would reduce the release of the...
04:00
The Sleight of Hand in the Disingenuous 4th National Climate Assessment Watts Up With That?
Among the most troubling aspects of the NA4 is what appears to be a sleight of hand intended to disguise the unimportance of their estimated damages.
The post The Sleight of Hand in the Disingenuous 4th National Climate Assessment first appeared on Watts Up With That?.
00:00
Peaker Power Plants and Environmental Injustice Watts Up With That?
...the presumption of egregious harm is based on selective choice of metrics, poor understanding of air quality health impacts, and ignorance of air quality trends
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Sunday, 19 March
20:00
Return of Svalbard sea ice in time for seal births and the polar bear feeding bonanza Watts Up With That?
It seems that every fall and winter for the last decade at least, there has been hand-wringing about the lack of Svalbard sea ice and what a tragedy this is for polar bears.
The post Return of Svalbard sea ice in time for seal births and the polar bear feeding bonanza first appeared on Watts Up With That?.
16:00
Climate Change Weekly #465: [Fill in the Blank Climate Crisis] Season Is Here Watts Up With That?
Climate realists should gird their loins in preparation for the pending onslaught of stories in the mainstream media proclaiming this or that seasonal weather event is being enhanced by anthropogenic climate change to some degree somehow or other.
The post Climate Change Weekly #465: [Fill in the Blank Climate Crisis] Season Is Here first appeared on Watts Up With That?.
12:00
Wrong, PBS and AP, Climate Change Isnt Worsening Floods or Droughts Watts Up With That?
This flawed reporting seems to be a sad trend.
The post Wrong, PBS and AP, Climate Change Isnt Worsening Floods or Droughts first appeared on Watts Up With That?.
09:13
Geoengineering Watch Global Alert News, March 18, 2023, #397 Geoengineering Watch
Dane Wigington GeoengineeringWatch.org
"Freezing rain without freezing temperatures", a new headline from
the scheduled weather script readers. Matrix media is covering the
tracks of the climate engineers with "made-up science" to explain
away chemical ice nucleation cloud seeding operations. Chemical
flash freezes are crushing crops while simultaneously confusing and
dividing populations on the true state of
08:00
A Simple Reason Why Net Zero Is Impossible Watts Up With That?
None of this impossibility is being considered in todays reliability assessments.
The post A Simple Reason Why Net Zero Is Impossible first appeared on Watts Up With That?.
06:40
West Virginia Interfaith Power & Light is worthy of support! Frack Check WV
WVIPL has performed important work here in WV over the past 20 years
We are writing to you today with important information from the West Virginia Interfaith Power and Light (WVIPL).
Faith Climate Action Week is coming up and Interfaith Power and Light has released some great planning materials. You can find them here:
https://www.faithclimateactionweek.org/
The theme for this year is Living the Golden Rule: Just Transition to a Clean Energy Economy. We hope you will check these resources out and utilize them in your faith community.
The WVIPL is on the verge of gaining independent 501(c)(3) nonprofit status. We will be developing a Board of Directors with officers. If you have the time and interest in helping out, please contact Robin Blakeman at rbrobinjh@gmail.com, and include WVIPL leadership in the subject line of your email.
With spring just around the corner, a time of rebirth and rejuvenation, we thank you for your support and extend an ongoing invitation to be involved in the important work of caring for our common home.
Sincerely, WVIPL Steering Committee and Staff
04:00
The Danger Of Short Datasets Watts Up With That?
Guest Post by Willis Eschenbach A couple of months ago, I came across another claim that the solar sunspot cycle affects weather down here at the earths surface, in particular,
The post The Danger Of Short Datasets first appeared on Watts Up With That?.
00:00
Urbanization Effects on GHCN Temperature Trends, Part III: Using Population Density, 1880-2015 Watts Up With That?
Eventually, all of this will lead to an estimation of how much of the land warming (say, since 1880) has been spurious due to the Urban Heat Island effect.
The post Urbanization Effects on GHCN Temperature Trends, Part III: Using Population Density, 1880-2015 first appeared on Watts Up With That?.
Saturday, 18 March
20:00
Open Thread Watts Up With That?
Open Thread
The post Open Thread first appeared on Watts Up With That?.
18:00
16:00
Best Extinction Prevention Plan? Quit Killing Them Watts Up With That?
An example of Killing to Extinction is the near-miss demise of the Northern elephant seal of California. If you havent seen a male elephant seal the wild, you have really missed something
The post Best Extinction Prevention Plan? Quit Killing Them first appeared on Watts Up With That?.
12:00
The LWIR Puzzle: Experiments with MODTRAN Watts Up With That?
Much ink is spilled on this site, both in the articles themselves and in the threads that follow, on CO2 and its impact on long wave infrared radiation (LWIR).
The post The LWIR Puzzle: Experiments with MODTRAN first appeared on Watts Up With That?.
08:39
Arctic Sea Ice Maximum Extent Is Fifth Lowest on Record EcoWatch
The Arctic sea ice extent for the Northern Hemisphere winter of 2023 is the fifth lowest on record.
The National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) announced Wednesday that the Arctic sea ice likely reached its maximum extent on March 6 at 5.64 million square miles. Thats 398,000 square miles below the average maximum for 1981 to 2010, which was 6.04 million square miles.
These effects are clearly linked to human-caused climate change and have major implications regionally across the Arctic, Dr. Zack Labe, a postdoctoral researcher who works at the NOAA Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory and the Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences Program at Princeton University, told Carbon Brief of the figures.
The climate crisis contributes to the loss of Arctic sea ice through warmer ocean and atmospheric temperatures, as the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) explained. The sea ice typically melts in the summer and reaches its minimum extent in September, then rebuilds over the winter to cover most of the Arctic Ocean by March. However, the Arctic is also warming nearly four times faster than the global average, so both the September minimum extent and the March maximum extent of sea ice have been decreasing over the last four decades.
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08:32
08:00
Australian renewable energy transition. Part 3 Watts Up With That?
The known solutions are expensive, but the renewable sector doesnt want to pay for them their mantra remains that renewables are cheaper than fossil fuels so the others should pay for them hiding the expense.
The post Australian renewable energy transition. Part 3 first appeared on Watts Up With That?.
07:03
Global Freshwater Demand Will Exceed Supply 40% by 2030, Experts Warn EcoWatch
Samuel Taylor Coleridge first published the poem The Rime of the Ancient Mariner in 1798, but, with the world running out of fresh water, the lines, Water, water, every where, / Ne any drop to drink, feel timely.
Today, the planet is facing an unprecedented water crisis, with global freshwater demand predicted to exceed supply by 40 percent by 2030, President of the 77th United Nations General Assembly Csaba Krsi said at a press conference on the upcoming UN Water Conference, as Down to Earth reported.
The scientific evidence is that we have a water crisis. We are misusing water, polluting water, and changing the whole global hydrological cycle, through what we are doing to the climate. Its a triple crisis, Director of the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research Johan Rockstrom, who is co-chair of the Global Commission on the Economics of Water (GCEW), told The Guardian.
A Water Action Agenda voluntary pledges by countries and stakeholders to achieve sustainable development goals is expected to be adopted at the UN conference being held March 22 to 24 in New York.
Turning the Tide: A Collective Call to Action, a report published by the GCEW, puts forth urgent actions humans must take collectively to stop the imminent water crisis. The commission said that if the world does not take these steps, the UNs Sustainable Development Goals and climate action in general will fail, the GCEW said in a...
06:27
Train Derails, Leaks an Estimated 5,000 Gallons of Fuel on Reservation in Washington EcoWatch
Another train has derailed, this time on the Swinomish Reservation near Anacortes, Washington. The incident, which happened in the early morning hours on Thursday, March 16, has led to a fuel leak estimated by state officials to be around 5,000 gallons.
The freight train with BNSF Railway derailed on a berm along Padilla Bay in northwest Washington, with the fuel leaking out into the soil rather than into the waterways. The first responders from the states ecology department estimated the leak to be around 5,000 gallons. BNSF Railway spokesperson Lena Kent told Huffington Post that the leak was below that estimate, although the amount was still unknown.
The fuel leak is occurring on the Swinomish Reservation. Officials have so far said there are no injuries related to the incident and no wildlife has been affected. The fuel spill has not reached local waterways, The Associated Press reported. Responders placed a boom along the shore to minimize risk of the fuel reaching the water, and any remaining fuel from the two derailed train cars has been removed.
The cause of the derailment is still unknown and under investigation. Emily Tasaka, a communications manager with Washingtons Department of Ecology, told HuffPost that the spill was not from the trains cargo, but was from the diesel fuel in the front two locomotives that derailed. The additional four tank cars, which did not derail, were marked to carry propane, but were empty before the train derailed.
As of Thursday night, responders are removing contaminated soil from the site and will continue soil sampling until the area is backfilled, according to a tweet from the Washingtons Department of Ecology. The U.S. EPA Region 10 also reported on Friday that the EPA, the Swinomish tribe, the state department of ecology, BNSF Railway and the Skagit County Department of Emergency Management were working collectively in a Unified Command to swiftly contain the s...
06:10
On wildlife and the Metaverse, some ethical considerations (commentary) Conservation news
In the fight against climate change, will the Metaverse be helpful or hinder environmental efforts? Essentially an updated internet and virtual world where participants can pose as avatars and interact with others inside a three-dimensional simulation, the Metaverse relies on artificial intelligence (AI) and virtual reality (VR), both of which require wasteful data Metaverse allows people to forge social connections while conducting business, purchasing real estate, exchanging crypto-currency, trading artwork and other digital assets in the form of non-fungible tokens (NFTs) and playing video games. In addition to Meta (formerly Facebook), other heavy-hitters have expressed interest in creating their own worlds, including Microsoft (which recently made a bid to purchase video game company Activision), Apple and Disney. On the one hand, the Metaverse may allow physical events and activities to take place online, thus cutting down on carbon emissions resulting from travel. Flight simulations could cut down on pollution, architectural simulations may help to shape the future of green cities, and scientific simulations might assist in the fight against climate change. On the other hand, though the Metaverse is still in its infancy, the new technology could spell increased problems for climate in the event such technology truly takes off. Indeed, the Metaverse will require a global computer infrastructure which is 1,000 times more powerful than present consumption. Reportedly, AI language processing models will push Metaverse carbon emissions through the roof, since they require astronomical amounts of electricity. WithThis article was originally published on Mongabay
06:06
Video of rare West African lion cubs sparks hope for the population Conservation news
New video of a West African lioness and her three cubs is exciting news for the conservation community, sparking hope for the slow recovery of a population perilously close to extinction in Senegals Panth (NKNP). The lioness featured in the clips is known to researchers as Florence or Flo. She was the first lion fitted with a tracking collar in Senegal by Panthera, a global wild cat conservation organization, and Senegals Department of National Parks (DPN). At around 10 years old, shes considered NKNPs matriarch. Scientists have been monitoring Flo for several years. So when her GPS collar stopped working, they were concerned she might have been killed by poachers or predators. The team placed camera traps near Flos last known location in an attempt to locate her. Photos and videos from the cameras later revealed that not only was Flo still alive, but that while denning in the dense forest, she had given birth to three healthy cubs. Smaller in size and genetically distinct from other lions, West African lions are considered critically endangered. Only an estimated 120 to 374 West African lions remain in the wild. Florence is the mother of an estimated nine cubs, including the first males in NKNP. When the history of Niokolo Kobas recovery is written, this moment will mark a turning point and Florence above all others will likely be recognized as the critical driver of West African lion recovery in one of this big cats last strongholds, Panthera regional director Philipp HenschelThis article was originally published on Mongabay
04:16
Forest Recovery Can Offset Some Tropical Deforestation Emissions, But Not All EcoWatch
As deforestation continues in vulnerable and vital tropical rainforests, the recovery of secondary or degraded forests can play a role in mitigating some of the consequences of forest loss. However, it cannot compensate for that loss altogether.
A new study published in Nature Wednesday found that recovering forests in the Amazon, Central Africa and Borneo had offset the greenhouse gas emissions from slightly more than a quarter of deforestation in those regions over more than three decades.
Our study provides the first pan-tropical estimates of aboveground carbon absorption in tropical forests recovering from degradation and deforestation, study lead author Dr. Viola Heinrich, who earned her doctorate at the University of Bristol School of Geographical Science and is now a research associate at the University of Exeter, said in a University of Bristol press release. While protecting ancient tropical forests remains the priority, we demonstrate the value in sustainably managing forest areas that can recover from human disturbances.
New research shows recovering tropical forests offset only a quarter of carbon emissions from new tropical deforestation and forest degradation.
University of Bristol (@BristolUni) March 15, 2023
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The carbon storage abilities of tropica...
03:45
Climate TV LIVE at 1PM EST: Climate Change Madness Bracket Watts Up With That?
Welcome to Climate Change Roundtable, your weekly live show dedicated to debunking myths and discussing the latest news in climate change! In this weeks episode, were applying the spirit of
The post Climate TV LIVE at 1PM EST: Climate Change Madness Bracket first appeared on Watts Up With That?.
03:40
Two Aging UK Coal Plants to Shutter in March Despite Government Requests to Remain on Standby EcoWatch
Two aging UK coal plants will close at the end of the winter despite requests by the government to keep them running.
The plants were originally scheduled to shutter in 2022, but the government asked them to remain on standby through the winter of 2022 and 2023 to pick up the slack during the ongoing energy crisis prompted by Russias invasion of Ukraine.
The two remaining units at West Burton A coal-fired power station in Nottinghamshire will close as planned on March 31 2023, in line with the agreement signed last year, Electricite de France (EDF), which operates one of the plants, said, as the Press Association reported.
EDFs West Burton plant was only used once during the winter, during a cold snap on March 7. The other plant in limbo is a plant operated by Drax in North Yorkshire that has not been used yet this winter.
On Wednesday, the National Grids Electricity System Operator (ESO) revealed t...
02:18
Kenyan science interns turn Lake Victorias fish waste into oil and flowers Conservation news
KISUMU, Kenya At Dunga Beach on the shores of Lake Victoria, numerous varieties of fish, such as tilapia, Nile perch and mudfish, are processed for consumption and distribution. Every day after processing, the fish remains create tons of waste that threatens the environment. The process of converting Nile perch into chilled fish fillets for export generates substantial amounts of solid and liquid waste, estimated to be as high as 50-80% of the original raw material, thereby posing significant environmental concerns. In addition, the proliferation of medium-sized fish processing facilities along the lakeshores leads to a significant amount of waste. The Kenya Marine and Fisheries Research Institute (KMFRI) reports that 150,000 tons of fish waste are generated each year, of which 80% is dumped. A substantial portion of the fish waste is swept into the lake, while some of it ends up in open landfills. But now, a group of young scientists is trying to solve the problem, turning fish waste into valuable fish oil. Their efforts are part of a growing trend in recycling Lake Victorias waste and turning it into usable goods. Environmentalists have warned of the dangers in fish waste: When it decomposes, it consumes oxygen from the water. This can lead to oxygen depletion, which can harm fish and other aquatic organisms that require oxygen to survive. In addition, excess amounts of fish waste and other nutrient sources can cause eutrophication, which is when an excess of nutrients in the water leads to algal blooms andThis article was originally published on Mongabay
02:12
Q&A: How the EU wants to race to net-zero with Green Deal Industrial Plan Carbon Brief
At least 40% of the EUs low-carbon technologies from solar panels to heat pumps will need to be made within its borders by 2030 under new plans.
The European Commission has set out a series of proposed targets and reforms that collectively make up its Green Deal Industrial Plan.
It is an explicit response to Chinas dominance in the sector and the wave of low-carbon subsidies announced in the US Inflation Reduction Act last year.
In order to take on these rivals, the commission says EU member states need to cut red tape, end excessive bureaucracy and fast-track net-zero projects. It also calls for the bloc to ramp up production of critical raw materials for the low-carbon economy.
To help fund these activities, the commission has loosened rules around the money that governments can hand out to low-carbon companies potentially paving the way for a subsidy race with other nations.
However, concerns remain over how member states and businesses will finance such a major industrial transition.
A reform of the EUs electricity market design has also been released, which the commission says will help Europeans benefit from the expansion of cheap renewable power.
The commission has framed all of these proposals as a key part of its ambition to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050.
In this Q&A, Carbon Brief examines all of the proposals that together make up the EUs Green Deal Industrial Plan.
All of the proposals must now be discussed and agreed by the European Parliament and the EU Council before they can enter into force.
01:21
Meet Europes Latest National Park, A Wild River in the Heart of Albania EcoWatch
The Vjosa is a more than 400-kilometer (approximately 250 miles) river that flows from Greeces Pindus Mountains to Albanias Adriatic coast through the habitats of otters, Egyptian vultures and Baltic lynxes among more than 1,100 animal species.
As of Wednesday, it is also Europes first wild river national park.
Today we protect once and for all the only wild river in Europe, Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama said at the designation ceremony, as The Guardian reported.
The Vjosa is the one of the only wild rivers in Europe outside of Russia, according to the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), one of the organizations that campaigned for the parks formation. It passes through a variety of landscapes from gorges near the start of its journey to a delta at the end. The middle stretch alone incorporates at least eight different habitat types. The area is also home to abundant biodiversity, including 13 species of animal and two species of plant that the IUCN has designated as threatened.
00:50
American Conservation Film Festival was March 10 12 in Shepherdstown & Elsewhere Frack Check WV
Mary Anne Hitt was the Main Speaker on March 12th . (Click this image to read it)
Evolve Shepherdstown (106 W. German Street) is the festivals pop-up headquarters, a place for guests to pop in and meet representatives from conservation groups like Solar Holler, Sky Truth, Trout Unlimited, WV Rivers, Garden Stewards, and Oak Springs Garden Foundation. Film stars and filmmakers were popping in throughout the weekend, including the on-screen personalities from Hellbent and Little Stream, Big Magic, and filmmaker Neil Losin of symbeeosis.
At 1pm on Sunday afternoon, Shepherdstown resident Mary Anne Hitt, international climate advocate and activist, read an excerpt from her essay included in All We Can Save: Truth, Courage and Solutions for the Climate Crisis.
At 2pm, we learned more about West Virginias native brook trout and star of the film, Little Stream, Big Magic from Than Hitt, research biologist. Did you miss the art installation School of Trout created by fourth grade students at Shepherdstown Elementary School. Over 50 beautifully collaged trout greeted visitors to Evolve all weekend.
Admission was free. Evolve was open Sat & Sun 11AM to 5PM.
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