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1 The Road Back Endangered Species Recovery Success with Partners 2 Dedication Our fate and that of our economy are linked to natural systems. We cannot eliminate species and expect our own to survive. Mollie H. Beattie Director, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service 1993-1996 Mollie H. Beattie Walter Steiglitz This report is dedicated to Mollie Beattie, the former Director of the Fish and Wildlife Service, who lost her personal struggle with brain cancer on June 27, 1996. During her three-year tenure as Director, Mollie challenged the Service to adopt an ecosystem approach to fulfill its conservation mission. She believed that this approach, supported by the development of new partnerships and the strengthening of old ones, would assure success. Mollie dedicated her life to conserving wildlife and the ecosystems that support them. She worked tirelessly to make the Endangered Species Act work better, because she believed that Aldo Leopold was correct: "The first rule of intelligent tinkering is to save all the parts." Restoring a threatened or endangered species to a secure status is seldom an easy process. It requires the cooperation and involvement of a wide array of interests, including Federal, State, and local agencies; Tribal governments; scientists from a variety of disciplines; conservation organizations; the business community; landowners, and other concerned individuals. Without their help, the successes described in this report could not have been achieved. This report was made possible by the many people who shared their ideas, species accounts, and beautiful photographs, and by Mollie Beattie. Front Cover: Peregrine Falcon P. Mullen/USFWS 3 The Road Back These Peregrine falcon chicks, shown nesting in the wild, are examples of successful recovery efforts. Karen Bollinger/USFWS Endangered Species Recovery Success with Partners 4 Recovery of the Shasta crayfish depends on healthy river habitats. USFWS Aquatic ecosystems are home to approximately 40 percent of listed species, highlighting the need for clean water. 5 Contents Introduction ...................................................................................................................... 1 What is the Endangered Species Act?................................................................................. 3 What Types of Activities Threaten Listed Species? ............................................................. 5 Why Save Threatened and Endangered Species? ................................................................. 9 Recovery: What Does it Mean? ....................................................................................... 13 What Kind of Recovery Activities Can Help a Listed Species?........................................... 15 Why is Recovery a Complex and Challenging Endeavor? ....................................................... 17 How do Cooperative Partnerships Assist with Recovery? ......................................................... 19 How Can Landowners Become Involved? ............................................................................ 21 What Successes have been Achieved? .................................................................................. 23 American Peregrine Falcon.................................................................................................... 23 Black-footed Ferret ............................................................................................................ 24 Greenback Cutthroat Trout .................................................................................................... 24 Louisiana Black Bear ......................................................................................................... 25 Aleutian Canada Goose ....................................................................................................... 26 Cheat Mountain Salamander ................................................................................................ 26 Northeastern Beach Tiger Beetle ............................................................................................. 28 Haleakala Silversword ........................................................................................................ 29 Peter s Mountain Mallow..................................................................................................... 31 Gray Wolf .................................................................................................................... 33 Abrams Creek Threatened and Endangered Fish ............................................................................ 35 Ash Meadows National Wildlife Refuge.................................................................................... 37 Karner Blue Butterfly ........................................................................................................ 39 Can Private Individuals Become Involved in Recovering Species? .......................................... 41 How Can I get More Information About Endangered Species? ........................................... 45 Summary ........................................................................................................................ 47 Regional Offices .............................................................................................................. 48 6 7 Introduction America's landscape has undergone dramatic changes over the past 300 years. The towering forests and vast prairies that once characterized the landscape now are crisscrossed by highways and fragmented by cities and towns. The environment has changed rapidly because of the increasing demands of the growing human population for water, land, and energy to support agriculture, industry, transportation, and other interests. These changes are stressing many of our natural communities and the native plant and animal species they sustain. As a result, many species have gone extinct, while others are threatened with a similar fate. Recognizing these alarming trends, Congress took action in 1973, by passing the Endangered Species Act (Act). This significant legislation reflects the deep respect and appreciation that Americans have for our natural resources, as well as an understanding that all life is linked to a healthy environment. The Act has been credited with saving hundreds of species from extinction, including the California condor and the black-footed ferret, and for improving the quality of habitat for many more common species. Our national symbol, the bald eagle, is a good example of the progress achieved under the Act. This magnificent bird once nested throughout the United States. By 1967, however, the species was eliminated from much of its range, and the number of bald eagles in the lower 48 States had dropped to only 417 nesting pairs. Declines in the population were attributed to habitat loss, illegal shooting, and the effects of DDT (a widely-used pesticide) on its reproduction. Efforts that have led to the species' successful recovery include protecting nesting sites, reestablishing young eagles into former habitat, rehabilitating injured eagles, banning DDT, and other actions involving the public and private sectors. These recovery efforts helped to boost the current eagle population in the lower 48 States to more than 4,000 nesting pairs. The success of these efforts allowed the Service to upgrade the status of the eagle from endangered to threatened in 1995. Facing Page: Much of the California gnatcatcher s habitat has been changed through economic development near cities. Claire Dobert/USFWS Right: Bald eagles can now be seen throughout much of their former range because of collaborative recovery efforts. Jeff Foott/USFWS 8 Desert Tortoise The Service is cooperating with the Bureau of Land Management to conduct numerous recovery actions for the desert tortoise. These include monitoring permanent study plots to learn about long-term population trends of the tortoise and sponsoring conferences to develop desert management practices. In addition, the Bureau of Land Management is managing its desert tortoise habitat to ensure the species' long-term protection. Research on nutrition and foraging ecology, being conducted by the Bureau of Land Management, has already been used by the Service to develop the Desert Tortoise Recovery Plan. Large areas of desert tortoise habitat have been protected through cooperative efforts. Ross Haley/USFWS Desert tortoise Luther Goldman/USFWS 9 What is the Endangered Species Act? The Act, regarded as one of the world's most important wildlife conservation laws, calls for conserving threatened and endangered plants and animals and the ecosystems (or habitats) on which they depend. The Act defines "conserve" as restoring species to a point where their populations are stable and no longer in need of special protection. Congress envisioned a network of international, national, State and local governments, as well as industry, conservation groups, and private individuals, working together toward the common goal of conserving and recovering species. The Act establishes a leadership role for the Federal Government in conserving and recovering species at risk. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) are responsible for the administration of the Act and for the coordination of recovery efforts for species. The Service is responsible for terrestrial and most freshwater species, while NMFS is responsible for marine species and anadromous fish, such as salmon and the Hawaiian monk seal. The Service, through its recovery program and with cooperators, works to stabilize, conserve, and recover listed species by securing their populations, reversing declining numbers, and stabilizing species so that they are no longer in danger of extinction. The participation of Federal, State, and local agencies, Tribal governments, conservation organizations, the business community, landowners, and other concerned citizens has been critical to the stabilization and recovery of these plants and animals. Red-cockaded woodpecker poises at the entrance to one of the nest cavities developed as part of a recovery effort. USFWS Red-Cockaded Woodpecker The focus of conserving red-cockaded woodpeckers on non-federal lands is to build incentives for conservation by providing a simple mechanism for small woodlot owners to effectively work with small groups of birds. The Service must demonstrate to private landowners the importance of their role in recovery, which is to help increase the population on unoccupied habitat on federal lands in areas where there are designated recovery populations. 10 Ozark cavefish habitat has been protected through voluntary agreements with landowners. USFWS Ozark Cavefish Partnership efforts between government agencies and private organizations have protected several populations of Ozark cavefish in Benton County, Arkansas, since this species was listed as threatened in 1984. This blind, translucent fish is found in caves within the central portions of the Ozark Highlands in Arkansas, Missouri, and Oklahoma. Several private landowners, working with this alliance of agencies, have agreed voluntarily to protect caves and to help improve the groundwater on their land to assist the species. Through these efforts, several populations of Ozark cavefish have been protected in Benton County, Arkansas. Sixty-seven percent of the freshwater mussels are rare or imperiled, and one out of every 10 mussel species may have become extinct during this century alone. 11 A new Knowlton cactus seedling now can be seen because of the recovery efforts that involved the Service, the State of New Mexico, and the Bureau of Land Management. USFWS What Types of Activities Threaten Listed Species? Although people have been altering the natural environment for thousands of years, technological advances and accelerated development of the past few centuries have drastically changed many natural habitats. Many human activities have had serious detrimental effects on species, including: F land-clearing activities for agricultural production, homes, shopping malls, and reservoirs; F the pollution of our air, water, and land; F collection of species for commercial, recreational, or educational purposes; and F introduction of nonnative species and diseases into our environment. In almost every case, these human activities were not meant to harm wildlife and plants, but nonetheless, the resulting effects have pushed some species to the brink of extinction. Knowlton Cactus A second reintroduced population of the Knowlton cactus is being established, and there currently are 69 seedlings produced from seeds from the first site. The Service, State of New Mexico, and Bureau of Land Management all have participated in this project. 12 Coastal marsh restoration is just one type of recovery activity implemented to restore habitat to benefit a variety of species, like the Yuma clapper rail. USFWS 13 One of the Service's Partners for Wildlife projects, shown in the two photos taken one year apart, has been completed along the Clinch River in southwestern Virginia. Under a voluntary agreement, private land adjacent to the river was fenced to protect the riparian zone from livestock grazing, which subsequently reduced the amount of runoff from surrounding agricultural uses. Protection of this habitat benefited several species of endangered freshwater mussels and fish species at risk. USFWS USFWS 14 Partners from around the world participate in green sea turtle recovery efforts. Gary S.Harrison/USFWS The successes of these cooperative recovery efforts are demonstrated by the fact that approximately 60 percent of the species listed between 1968 and 1973 are known currently to be stable or improving in status. 15 Why Save Threatened and Endangered Species? Economics: Economic benefits provided by a plant or animal species are lost if the species becomes extinct. For example, the chinook salmon population in the Pacific Northwest has supported valuable commercial and recreational fisheries, providing food and generating jobs and income for many people. Any decline in the salmon populations means a they are studied, their chemical secrets will disappear with them. Agriculture: Thomas Jefferson wrote that "the greatest service which can be rendered any country is to add a useful plant to its culture, especially a grain." Botanists estimate that, of the more than 30,000 species of edible plants, less than 20 produce 90 percent of the world's food. Plant collectors currently are seeking out remaining wild strains of crops, such as wheat and corn that can be used to develop hybrid species that are more resistant to crop diseases, pests, and marginal climatic conditions. Also, chemists recently found a compound derived from the endangered Archbold mint that is highly repellant to insects. decline in the number of fish that can be harvested, resulting in an economic loss. Medicine: Nature is a storehouse of potential medicines that can be used to treat a wide variety of diseases. Approximately 50 percent of prescribed medicines are derived from substances found in plants and animals. The Pacific yew tree, for example, provides an anti-cancer substance, the rosy periwinkle yields drugs to treat childhood leukemia, and the foxglove plant provides digitalis, an important heart medicine. Recently, a new cancer medication was developed from a compound isolated from the Asian mayapple, which is found only in India and Pakistan and is imperiled. If species become extinct before 16 Aesthetic/Spiritual: Species and their ecosystems provide essential aesthetic, spiritual, and quality-of-life values to the citizens of our country and its visitors. Many religions teach stewardship of the Earth and respect for nature as God's creation. Recreational: "Eco-tourism," a new industry developing throughout the world, is based on the fact that many people are willing to pay for the chance to experience nature, including native plants and animals. An increasing number of people are planning their vacations around the enjoyment of wildlife or wildlife activities, such as whale watching. In 1991, an estimated 76 million people in the United States participated in bird-related recreation. Species of plants and animals are sometimes compared to books in a library. Conservation ensures that the libraries we leave our children will not be empty, but instead will be full of secrets that can be unlocked, discovered, and enjoyed for years to come. Nobody knows which species may be essential in the future or what is lost when a species goes extinct. But one thing is certain: Extinction is Forever. Why should we save endangered and threatened plants and animals? BECAUSE WE CAN. 17 Tan Riffleshell A coordinated recovery effort among the Service, other Federal, State, and local agencies, conservation organizations, and individual citizens has set the stage for implementing recovery activities for the tan riffleshell mussel. A recent mollusk survey discovered two populations of this endangered mussel. The populations were healthy and rebounding and were found to be reproducing. Additional research efforts on the species' life history is essential to its recovery. The Service is reaching out to other partners, especially local agencies, individuals, and organizations to enlist their support in protecting this species by restoring the stream habitat and water quality that it requires. Florida scrub jay populations are being protected through the habitat conservation planning process currently being implemented in the Southeast. USFWS Florida Scrub Jay Habitat protection through land acquisition has made a major contribution to the recovery of the threatened Florida scrub jay. A cooperative effort among the Service, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, National Park Service, and the State of Florida in conducting habitat surveys and managing habitats for scrub jays on public lands is helping to conserve the species. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration has banded nearly all scrub jays on Kennedy Space Center property, and research is being conducted on the biology of the species to help ensure its long-term survival. Private landowners, through the habitat conservation planning process, are critical partners in the conservation of this Florida species. 18 The Service, along with numerous cooperators is developing a Multi-Species Recovery Plan to address the recovery of all federally-listed species in the South Florida Ecosystem. Richard Frear/National Park Service Seventy-two percent of the species listed as of September 30, 1996, have final recovery plans; an additional 12 percent have draft plans that outline recovery strategies.
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The confusion stems from the failure of some scientists, bloggers, reporters, and others to distinguish among three separate questions. All three questions are scientifically interesting. But the three are different in their nuance, their importance to policy, and their interest to politicians and water managers. Here are the three different questions:
These questions are not the same thing. Yet repeatedly, some have asked one question when they thought they were asking a different one. Some have been asked one question and intentionally or accidentally answered a different one. Some have confused an answer to one question as an answer to a different question.
Frankly, the entire discussion has been frustrating for all involved. For the sake of clarity in the future, people involved in this discussion should be clear whether they are asking or answering question #1, #2, or #3, or even another question entirely. In addition, the answers for California may be different than other regions of the U.S. or world.
And to prime the pump, so to speak, here are my thoughts about the answers, with some relevant recent scientific papers listed at the end.
But California droughts are also fundamentally linked to the quantities and timing of precipitation, the dynamics of storm formation in the Pacific Ocean, the impacts of climate change on the frequency and intensity of El Niño and La Niña events and the Pacific Decadal Oscillation, and the behavior of the jet stream as conditions in the Arctic change. These changes are less certain, vitally important to the frequency and intensity of future California drought impacts, and remain serious topics for research and analysis. And as some observers have noted, the risk that future droughts will worsen is more certain for other regions of the world.
The research and the debate over climate change and California droughts will continue. But before commenting, let's make sure we understand what question is actually being asked, what question should be asked, and what question is actually being answered.
Cayan et al., 2010. "Future dryness in the southwest US and the hydrology of the early 21st century drought, PNAS, Vol. 107, December 14, 2010, pp 21271-21276:
Although the recent drought may have significant contributions from natural variability, it is notable that hydrological changes in the region over the last 50 years cannot be fully explained by natural variability, and instead show the signature of anthropogenic climate change.
Dai, A. 2013. "Increasing drought under global warming in observations and models," Nature Climate Change, Vol 3., pp. 52-58. DOI:10.1038/nclimate1633
Trenberth, K. E., A. Dai, G. van der Schrier, P. D. Jones, J. Barichivich, K. R. Briffa, and J. Sheffield, 2014: Global warming and changes in drought. Nature Climate Change, 4, 17-22, doi:10.1038/NCLIMATE2067.
Wehner et al., 2011. "Projections of future drought in the continental United States and Mexico," Journal of Hydrometeorology, Vol. 12, December 2011, pp 1359-1377.
All models, regardless of their ability to simulate the base-period drought statistics, project significant future increases in drought frequency, severity, and extent over the course of the 21st century under the SRES A1B emissions scenario.
Pederson et al., 2011. "The unusual nature of recent snowpack declines in the NorthAmerican Cordillera," Science, Vol. 333, 15 July 2011, pp 332-335.
Over the past millennium, late 20th century snowpack reductions are almost unprecedented in magnitude across the northern Rocky Mountains and in their north-south synchrony across the cordillera. Both the snowpack declines and their synchrony result from unparalleled springtime warming that is due to positive reinforcement of the anthropogenic warming by decadal variability. The increasing role of warming on large-scale snowpack variability and trends foreshadows fundamental impacts on streamflow and water supplies across the western United States.
See also the conclusions from:
The 2013 report of the IPCC's Working Group I, The Science Basis (pdf)
The Technical Summary from IPCC WGI 2013 report (pdf)
[1] Trenberth, K. E., A. Dai, G. van der Schrier, P. D. Jones, J. Barichivich, K. R. Briffa, and J. Sheffield, 2014: Global warming and changes in drought. Nature Climate Change, 4, 17-22, doi:10.1038/NCLIMATE2067.
The same isn't true for water issues in the western United States. Debates over water policy still skirt around the fundamental issues. Politicians are still unwilling to accept the hydrological realities of peak water limits, buck powerful vested interests, or propose long-term fixes. It is far easier to talk about temporary responses to drought like taking shorter showers, or letting your lawn go brown, or not washing your car, than it is to tackle our larger failure to monitor, measure, or manage groundwater; push for more efficient urban and agricultural water use; properly price water to encourage new investment and ongoing maintenance of our water systems; or acknowledge that natural ecosystems deserve to be protected along with vulnerable agricultural and urban communities.
In a remarkable example of this, we saw clear and strong statements about climate change from President Barack Obama when he visited California last week to bring some federal moral and financial support in the face of what may be the most severe drought in modern California history. Following up on his State of the Union statement (video) "The debate is settled. Climate change is a fact," when he was in California he directly and clearly addressed the issue of climate change, its growing links to extreme weather conditions, and the need to tackle the challenge of carbon emissions.
"Unless and until we do more to combat carbon pollution that causes climate change, this trend is going to get a lot worse."
"We have to be clear. A changing climate means that weather-related disasters like droughts, wildfires, storms, floods, are potentially going to be costlier and they're going to be harsher."
Yet when asked about California water policies, the President's response was far more cautious:
"I'm here to listen," he said. "I'm not going to wade into this. I want to get out alive on Valentine's Day."
I don't fault the President – the severe drought in California is largely a local, western issue and there is only so much Washington can do. But we're not getting anything especially new, innovative, or effective in the way of permanent solutions from our state and local politicians either. If the drought in California continues or worsens, maybe this will change and the conversation can move beyond short-term emergency response to fundamental reform. But we now live in a world where, at least in some places, it's ok to talk seriously about climate change but still political dynamite to talk seriously about water.
But they are also opportunities – a chance to put in place new, innovative water policies that are not discussed or implemented during wet or normal years.
In the hopes that California's warring water warriors open their minds to policy reform, here are some of the issues that should be on the table now, in what could be the worst drought in California's modern history. But here is what I fear, said best by John Steinbeck in East of Eden:
"And it never failed that during the dry years the people forgot about the rich years, and during the wet years they lost all memory of the dry years. It was always that way."
Here are five top priorities (more will be presented in later posts):
Let's do more than wring our hands during this drought; let's do more than hope for rain; let's do more than muddle through. And let's not forget the dry years when the rains start again.
]]>It is time to recognize the serious California drought for what it is: a bellwether of things to come; a harbinger of even more serious challenges to California water resources allocation, management, and use.
The drought could end next month. It could go on for more years. But it will not be the last drought and it is vital that we take the opportunity — amidst the serious problems farmers, cities, and the environment all face — to rethink those aspects of California water policy created in the 1900s and 2000s that no longer make sense in the 21st century.
We must also consider this drought in the context of climate change. We know the climate is changing because of human emissions of greenhouse gases and we know our water resources are especially vulnerable. These climatic changes are superimposed on top of our natural variability of floods and droughts and we must factor this into our responses.
There will be more to come at this blog site on the impacts of the drought and on the range of appropriate and necessary responses. But for now, let's acknowledge the Bellwether Drought as a message to us to use this opportunity to seek a better water future.
California has a "Mediterranean" climate, which means that each year it has a concentrated rainy season, followed by a long temperate and dry period. California's rainy season typically runs from early October to late March, with very little precipitation outside of these months. (Figure 1 shows the average monthly rainfall for California.) It is now early 2014 and the rains have not come, for the third year in a row. While the definition of "drought" varies from place to place, it is safe to say that California is currently suffering from a severe – and by some measures, unprecedented – drought.
It is not too late for some big storms off the Pacific Ocean to bring relief. But the odds are against it and current meteorological conditions are not encouraging. If the rest of the winter months are dry, or even of average wetness, the state will have much less water than normal, and much less than water users want – from cities to farms to our natural ecosystems.
We've had dry periods before – they are a recurring feature of our variable climate. The difficulty, expense, and pain of droughts, however, depend on two things: how severe they are and how we react. The Pacific Institute has spent many years studying the effects of droughts in California and has published several analyses of past impacts and responses (here and here).
Based on past experience, here is (part of) what Californians can expect this year if it remains as dry as it is now.
1. Urban water agencies will (and are beginning to) roll out a wide range of voluntary and mandatory water "conservation" programs. These typically ask customers to limit discretionary water uses such as watering gardens and washing cars and sidewalks. As droughts worsen, agencies expand these programs to offer incentives for both structural and behavioral changes: purchase more water-efficient appliances, remove grass and plant water-efficient gardens, cut shower times, and more. In the past, these kinds of programs and educational efforts have temporarily cut urban water use by between 10 and 25% depending on the programs and level of effort.
2. Some farmers and water districts with "junior" water rights will see water allocations from state and federal irrigation projects severely cut; some growers with "senior" water rights will see modest or even no shortages at all. Farmers with water shortages have some options: seek temporary water transfers from other users, increase pumping of local groundwater, change the kinds of crops they grow, or leave some lands fallow. These actions can impose local economic hardships, especially for low-income communities in affected regions. (Interestingly, however, recent severe drought from 2007-2009 did not lead to a significant drop in total statewide agricultural revenue or production. Figures 2 and 3 show total California agricultural revenue and revenue for the four major Central Valley counties for the period 2000 to 2009, showing the economic resilience of the sector during the 2007-2009 drought because of the buffering effect of some high crop prices, temporary use of expanded groundwater pumping, water transfers, and other factors.)
3. The generation of hydroelectricity at California dams will drop dramatically from average levels because it varies directly with streamflow. Because renewable hydropower is among the cheapest and most versatile of electricity sources, California ratepayers will have to pay for more costly fossil fuels to make up for the difference. In the past, the drop in hydropower has been largely made up by burning more natural gas, costing Californians billions of dollars in added energy costs and generating more greenhouse gases to the atmosphere. The same is likely to happen this year.
4. Natural ecosystems are likely to suffer severely, especially fisheries in the Sacramento-San Joaquin river delta (the "Delta"). These ecosystems are already under severe pressures due to water diversions and other stresses. The California Department of Water Resources described some of these past drought impacts here (pdf).
5. During past droughts, political pressures have been applied to increase diversions of water away from ecosystems. Some groups and politicians have pointed to legal decisions restoring some minimum flows to ecosystems as the cause of hardship to some California agricultural interests and used droughts to push for exemptions from these decisions, increasing ever-present tensions among different California water interests. This is also likely to reoccur this year.
6. Wildfires could be more frequent or severe, and the wildfire season may expand into normally wet months. Soil moisture is already extremely low; vegetation is likely to die in the foothills, coastal ranges, and Sierra; and these factors can increase fire danger.
7. Prices of water are likely to rise, in part because of the real cost of water scarcity, and in part because our water rate designs still too often penalize efforts to conserve water, leading to higher rates during droughts even when water use goes down. The Pacific Institute has described water rate strategies to address this problem, but more could be done to improve rate designs.
Droughts are a natural part of our climate, even without the complication of climate change, which has the potential to significantly alter the patterns of both water availability and demand in the coming years. In part, our massive water infrastructure (dams, reservoirs, aqueducts, and management institutions) has been built to help us manage this natural variability. But we could all be doing much more to reduce our vulnerability to extreme events.
In the short term, water agencies, managers, and users will look to the temporary fixes mentioned above, including behavioral changes, to help cut demand for water to a level that more closely matches reduced supply – and we should not sacrifice our natural ecosystems for short-term water needs.
In the long term, we need to make permanent fixes (and prepare for climatic changes). Despite our efforts in recent decades, California water use still remains unnecessarily profligate and inefficient. Many of us still have old toilets, showerheads, washing machines, and other appliances and we must replace them. We still grow water-hungry field crops and even some fruits, nuts, and vegetables with flood irrigation and we must further improve irrigation efficiency. Some homeowners still insist on having lawns that mimic those in the humid East (or more accurately in far wetter England), and in our current climate we should instead plant native vegetation that uses less water. Most of us still pay too little for our water. Higher prices would more properly reflect the true cost of getting, treating, and using water in California, though we must also protect economically disadvantaged communities. And we must seek out and explore new, renewable sources of water, including especially water treatment and reuse, rainwater harvesting, and brackish water desalination. The reuse of water – already underway in some places around the world, including some efforts in California – is one of the most promising ways of expanding the apparent supply of water for many non-potable, and even potable, uses.
California is a spectacular home, and we choose to live in its dry and variable climate. Our water behaviors should match and respect this environment, even during normal times, but especially, and critically, during drought times.
I've also noted the approximate period when homo sapiens first appeared — thought to be around 150,000 to 200,000 years ago. During all human existence, pre-industrial levels of CO2 never exceeded around 275 parts per million (ppm). They touched 400 ppm this year.
As this graph so vividly depicts, humans have now increased the atmospheric concentration of carbon dioxide (and other greenhouse gases) to levels we've never before experienced.
]]>The reality, of course, is that water problems belong to all of us. We all contribute in various ways through our choices of appliances, or diets, or Congressional representatives, or gardens. And every little thing adds up to stress our limited freshwater, or contributes just a bit more to water pollution that has to be treated or ends up contaminating a local waterway.
Just recently, however, an interesting piece of information became available that let me actually calculate something I've always wondered. How much water do those Los Angeles pools actually contain, and how much is lost every year to evaporation? Could we solve California's water problems if we just addressed the "swimming pool" problem?
Here are the pieces of the puzzle:
How many pools are there? A new "Big Atlas of L.A. Pools" has just been released. It is a digital analysis of every swimming pool in the Los Angeles basin between San Pedro and the Hollywood Hills, and from Santa Monica to Alhambra. This analysis, by Joseph Lee and his research partner Benedikt Gross, identified 43,123 swimming pools.
Figure 1: Pools in a single block of Los Angeles, via Google Maps.How big are these pools? The Lee and Gross analysis also provided an estimate of the average size of the pools in LA. According to them, the typical swimming pool in Los Angeles is oval-shaped and measures 16 feet, 4 inches (width) by 33 feet, 6 inches (length). Other research suggests that the average depth of a pool is 5 and a half feet. Using these data, the average surface area of a pool is around 430 square feet (the area of an oval is π*a*b, where "a" and "b" are the semi-major axis (half of the length and width)) and the average volume is 2,400 cubic feet, or around 18,000 gallons.
Figure 2. Calculating the area of an oval.
This suggests that the total amount of water stored in Los Angeles' swimming pools at any one time is around 760 million gallons, or 2,300 acre-feet of water.
How much water is lost every year to evaporation? The Los Angeles Airport experiences an estimated 65.5 inches per year of "pan" evaporation – the amount of water that evaporates from a standard measuring device used by hydrologists – a four-foot diameter Class A evaporation pan. This rate of water loss is approximately (perhaps 25% higher than) what would occur off of the surface of a pool. Assuming there are no pool covers, this means that the surface area of all Los Angeles swimming pools would lose roughly 2,000 acre-feet of water per year to evaporation. [It is a coincidence that the total amount of water stored in LA pools is close to the same amount as lost to evaporation annually. That is due to the fact that the annual evaporation losses are about equal to the average depth of a pool.] Swimming pool covers can save an estimated 30 to 50 percent of this water, so actual losses are likely to be somewhat less (depending on how many pool covers there are and how they are used). By the way, as the climate continues to warm, evaporation from pools is expected to incrementally increase over time.
To put this in perspective, total water use in the LA Basin is around 600,000 acre-feet per year.
The bottom line: water use and losses from swimming pools in LA are relatively low compared to total water use. Certainly, pool covers should be used everywhere, and leaky pools should be repaired. And pool owners should certainly be paying the full cost of providing, treating, and using this water. But taking away those amenities is not the solution to the state's water challenges.
Lawns, on the other hand….
(Stay tuned.)
]]>The days of easy water and easy money and environmental ignorance are over. And that means that tackling water problems is more complicated. For many years it has become increasingly obvious that only a comprehensive integration of ecosystem protection, innovative supply sources, comprehensive water efficiency programs, smart economics and pricing, and good management will produce sustainable water systems.
Yet the old strategies and mindsets still linger in the minds of some politicians and water managers. A case in point is California, where it has long been clear that the massive water infrastructure built to store water in wet seasons for use in dry seasons, and to move water from the mountains and northern watersheds to the drier southern agricultural lands and cities, has caused massive ecological devastation — not just the water supply benefits expected when the projects were funded.
For decades there have been discussions, studies, reports, commissions, meetings, plans, and arguments about how to fix California's water problems – a veritable alphabet soup of acronyms litter the water policy landscape: CALFED, BDCP, DSC, CVP, SWP, CWC, CCWA, SWRCB
In the end, however, the idea of just building our way out of the problem, without fully understanding the implications of new construction for the things we really care about (water system reliability, resilience in the face of changing climate, ecosystem health and restoration) is just too easy for policymakers. As a result, we still get serious proposals for massive infrastructure costing billions without actually knowing if it will achieve our goals or just end up kicking the (gold-plated) can down the road to the next generation.
The Bay Delta Conservation Plan, especially the proposal to spend upwards of $25 billion (or likely more) to build a massive water diversion tunnel, is such a question mark. We are being asked to support it without the information necessary to really understand it. I recently described this lack of transparency and information in a Sacramento Bee opinion piece (available here).
The bottom line is that no multibillion dollar water project, or frankly any large project, should be authorized without a clear comprehensive understanding of its full costs and benefits, its operating rules, explicit detail on who is going to pay for it, details on the institutional structure in which it will operate, and a complete analysis of alternatives that might accomplish the same objectives. None of these are available for the Delta tunnels yet. Sustainable and successful water systems are possible to design and build, but it is going to require more effort to move away from old paradigms and thinking.
]]>Scientists worry about the growing threat of climate change because the global climate is tied to everything that society cares about: human and environmental health, food and industrial production, water availability, extreme events, and more. Figuring out how all these pieces tie together is difficult. And many of us, from scientists to the public to policy makers, have only a partial understanding of the true implications of a changing climate for our economies, societies, and the world around us. But we already know enough to be worried. Here is just one example: the connections between climate, snow, ice, and water resources.
My early research on climate and water showed that climate changes were likely to reduce the amount of snow we get in mountainous areas, increasing the chances of rain instead of snow and accelerating snowmelt. Since then, more and better research has confirmed and expanded this understanding. In the late 1980s, this was all hypothetical – it is what our models told us was likely to happen with warming. Those models proved correct, and we now see these and many other changes occurring. Some of these scientific findings were recently summarized in the latest, compelling IPCC release (see here for a summary of what the IPCC said about water resources), but as an example, scientists now state that:
There is very high confidence that the extent of Northern Hemisphere snow cover has decreased since the mid-20th century.
It is likely that there has been an anthropogenic contribution to observed reductions in Northern Hemisphere spring snow cover since 1970.
Human influence has been detected in warming of the atmosphere and the ocean, in changes in the global water cycle, in reductions in snow and ice, in global mean sea level rise, and in changes in some climate extremes. This evidence for human influence has grown since [the previous IPCC report]. It is extremely likely that human influence has been the dominant cause of the observed warming since the mid-20th century.
And projections for the future continue to be worrisome:
By the end of the 21st century, the global glacier volume, excluding glaciers on the periphery of Antarctica, is projected to decrease by 15 to 55% for [the low emissions scenario], and by 35 to 85% for [the high emissions scenario] (medium confidence).
The area of Northern Hemisphere spring snow cover is projected to decrease by 7% for [the low emissions scenarios] and by 25% in [the high emissions scenarios] by the end of the 21st century for the model average (medium confidence).
Our water systems are complex. But many climate impacts are actually pretty simple to understand. Let's focus for the moment on just one piece of the climate change picture: rising temperatures. We know the Earth is warming up because of human activities – as recently described, scientists are as confident of this as we are that smoking tobacco causes cancer. Warming alone means that more precipitation will be rain and less will be snow. Higher temperature also means that what does fall as snow will melt faster, run off earlier into our rivers and streams, and evaporate more quickly back to the atmosphere.
Take the Himalayas as an example. The Hindu Kush-Himalayan region (HKH) covers parts of eight countries (Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India, Nepal, Myanmar and Pakistan), contains many of the biggest mountains in the world, and has the largest glaciers. These mountains are the headwaters of some of the world's great rivers as well – including the Ganges, Indus, Brahmaputra, Salween, Mekong, Yellow, and Yangtze. These rivers provide drinking and irrigation water for at least one and a half billion people. Even with the accelerating climate changes, the HKH region are expected to have glaciers for centuries, but as temperatures rise, lower elevation glaciers and snow will melt, recede, and disappear, affecting water availability and especially, the timing of flow. (A few of the many scientific assessments about this are here, here, here, and here.)
The eastern Himalayas and the Tibetan Plateau are already warming, like the rest of the planet. Glacial retreat, especially in the central and eastern Himalayas, is already occurring. Lower elevation glaciers are disappearing faster than higher (and colder) ones. Some rivers are already experiencing seasonal or annual increases in flow as ice melt grows. These are the regions likely to be on the front line of any challenges to water resources from climate change.
Water supplies in North America from the Rocky Mountains, the Cascades, and the Sierra Nevada are also at risk: Expect to see rising snowlines. Expect growing winter flows and flood risks as snow turns to rain and decreasing summer flows as the snow disappears earlier and earlier in the year. Expect to see local glaciers shrink and disappear, as is already happening in Glacier National Park.
[In a straight-faced comment on the website of the famous Glacier National Park in the United States, the National Park Service states: "Despite the recession of current glaciers, the park's name will not change when the glaciers are gone." Maybe that's fitting: the disappearance of glaciers in Glacier National Park will be a mark of our failure to act.]
Significant climate changes will occur because we've taken too long to acknowledge and react to the problem. And that means unavoidable impacts for water resources (and other things), and inevitable adaptation and reaction. The (somewhat) good news is that planning and acting now can help reduce the worst consequences later. There are plenty of things we can do, including improved water-use efficiency and cutting waste, better planning for floods and droughts, advanced monitoring and warning systems for extreme flood events (such as we've just seen with the successful evacuations for Typhoon Phailin), more sophisticated reservoir operations, and stronger institutions to manage water and reduce water conflicts. I will continue to address some of these issues in future posts.
[This is an update from an earlier post here, with information from the latest IPCC science summary.]
]]>Warming of the climate system is unequivocal, and since the 1950s, many of the observed changes are unprecedented over decades to millennia. The atmosphere and ocean have warmed, the amounts of snow and ice have diminished, sea level has risen, and the concentrations of greenhouse gases have increased.
There are likely more land regions where the number of heavy precipitation events has increased than where it has decreased.
The frequency or intensity of heavy precipitation events has likely increased in North America and Europe. In other continents, confidence in changes in heavy precipitation events is at most medium.
It is very likely that regions of high salinity where evaporation dominates have become more saline, while regions of low salinity where precipitation dominates have become fresher since the 1950s. These regional trends in ocean salinity provide indirect evidence that evaporation and precipitation over the oceans have changed (medium confidence).
Over the last two decades, the Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets have been losing mass, glaciers have continued to shrink almost worldwide, and Arctic sea ice and Northern Hemisphere spring snow cover have continued to decrease in extent (high confidence)
The average rate of ice loss from the Greenland ice sheet has very likely substantially increased … over the period 1992–2001 to … over the period 2002–2011.
The average rate of ice loss from the Antarctic ice sheet has likely increased … over the period 1992–2001 to … over the period 2002–2011.
There is very high confidence that the extent of Northern Hemisphere snow cover has decreased since the mid-20th century.
There has been some improvement in the simulation of continental-scale patterns of precipitation since the [previous IPCC report]. At regional scales, precipitation is not simulated as well, and the assessment is hampered by observational uncertainties.
Human influence has been detected in warming of the atmosphere and the ocean, in changes in the global water cycle, in reductions in snow and ice, in global mean sea level rise, and in changes in some climate extremes. This evidence for human influence has grown since [the previous IPCC report]. It is extremely likely that human influence has been the dominant cause of the observed warming since the mid-20th century.
It is likely that anthropogenic influences have affected the global water cycle since 1960. Anthropogenic influences have contributed to observed increases in atmospheric moisture content in the atmosphere (medium confidence), to global-scale changes in precipitation patterns over land (medium confidence), to intensification of heavy precipitation over land regions where data are sufficient (medium confidence), and to changes in surface and subsurface ocean salinity (very likely).
It is likely that there has been an anthropogenic contribution to observed reductions in Northern Hemisphere spring snow cover since 1970.
Extreme precipitation events over most of the mid-latitude land masses and over wet tropical regions will very likely become more intense and more frequent by the end of this century, as global mean surface temperature increases.
Globally, it is likely that the area encompassed by monsoon systems will increase over the 21st century. While monsoon winds are likely to weaken, monsoon precipitation is likely to intensify due to the increase in atmospheric moisture. Monsoon onset dates are likely to become earlier or not to change much. Monsoon retreat dates will likely be delayed, resulting in lengthening of the monsoon season in many regions.
By the end of the 21st century, the global glacier volume, excluding glaciers on the periphery of Antarctica, is projected to decrease by 15 to 55% for RCP2.6 [the low emissions scenario], and by 35 to 85% for RCP8.5 [the high emissions scenario](medium confidence).
The area of Northern Hemisphere spring snow cover is projected to decrease by 7% for RCP2.6 and by 25% in RCP8.5 by the end of the 21st century for the model average (medium confidence).
Finally, it is worth noting this IPCC conclusion:
Continued emissions of greenhouse gases will cause further warming and changes in all components of the climate system. Limiting climate change will require substantial and sustained reductions of greenhouse gas emissions.
[Note: In this Summary for Policymakers, the following terms have been used to indicate the assessed likelihood of an outcome or a result: virtually certain 99–100% probability, very likely 90–100%, likely 66–100%, about as likely as not 33–66%, unlikely 0–33%, very unlikely 0–10%, exceptionally unlikely 0–1%. Additional terms (extremely likely: 95–100%, more likely than not >50–100%, and extremely unlikely 0–5%) may also be used when appropriate. ]


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Steps to the Beach...Gorgeous Maui Condo. King Bed/Free Wifi in Kihei
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Gorgeous, newly remodeled Maui condo, located at Kihei Kai Nani Resort, in S. Kihei. It is close to all of Mauis scenic attractions, including miles of golden sandy beaches, Waileas "World Championship" golf courses, Mt. Haleakala & Molokini Crater. Shopping, restaurants and nightlife are just steps away.
Walk outside the condo, and you are just a few steps from Kamaole II & III beaches. These are two of Mauis most popular and beautiful Golden sandy beaches. After a great day of beach fun, relax with your favorite beverage and enjoy a beautiful Hawaiian sunset. Maui is blessed with year around sunshine. Temperatures average in the 80s, which is perfect for your tropical vacation in paradise.
Located on six beautiful acres of Polynesian gardens, the condo is situated in a quiet area of the complex, just past the pool and away from any road noise. Relax on your private lanai and enjoy the song birds, coconut palms, tropical flowers, and plumeria trees. The large pool area is ideal for cooling off, playing with the kids, or just soaking up some rays. Shuffleboard, gas BBQs & picnic tables are provided for your enjoyment. Parking is free.
We offer additional vacation rentals. We specialize in family reunions, wedding parties and large groups. If your dates aren't available for this listing, call or send us an email, and we will check availability for our other properties.
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The condo has just been gorgeously renovated. It has new flooring, bathroom, cabinets, fixtures, paint, lighting, granite counters, & furniture. It is absolutely Gorgeous!
Air conditioned, 1 bedroom, 1 bath, fully furnished 723 sq. ft. condo with a private covered lanai. Designer ceiling fans are located in the living room and bedroom for your comfort. The bedroom has a new King bed that is comfortable and firm. There is a sofa sleeper in the living room, and an additional tri-fold children's futon cushion. The condo comfortably sleeps 5 people.
The kitchen is fully equippedwith everything. Two new flat screeen cable TVs & DVD player are located in the living room and bedroom. Wireless high speed internet access is provided. All linens and towels are included. Beach cooler & beach towels are provided for your enjoyment. Laundry facility is located adjacent to the pool. Shuffleboard & gas BBQ's are located just outside the unit in the gardens.
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Sunbathing, swimming, snorkeling, scuba diving, golf, whale watching, surfing, windsurfing, fishing, tennis, hiking, Luau's, Maui Aquarium, museums and multiplex cinema.
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Jan 6 - Jan 31............. $159/night
Feb 1 - Feb 28............. $189/night
Mar 1 - Apr 12............. $159/night
Apr 13 - June 13.......... $129/night
June 14 - Sept 1.......... $129/night
Sept 2 - Dec 19........... $139/night
Dec 20 - Jan 4, 2015.... $189/night
Jan 5 - Jan 31............. $169/night
Feb 1 - Feb 28............. $199/night
Mar 1 - Apr 11............. $169/night
Apr 12 - June 12.......... $129/night
June 13 - Sept 7.......... $129/night
Sept 8 - Dec 18........... $139/night
Dec 19 - Jan 3, 2016.... $199/night
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Extra guests $10 each
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$50.00 cancellation fee for all cancellations > 90 days from arrival date. $100.00 cancellation fee for cancellations between 60 & 90 days. A $250.00 fee applies for cancellations within 60 days of arrival and for Holiday Season cancellations between 60 & 90 days. No deposit or rental charge refunds for cancellations within 60 days of arrival, unless we secure a comparable reservation to replace yours. Your refund will be prorated less a $100.00 processing fee.
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The guy may be a monster, but rights are rights. He should have been informed about the consular review.
And if the case against him is that strong, it can withstand another trial.
Mexico and the U.N. can go F themselves.
So can the DUmp monkeys, who no doubt love this.
Ignorance of the Law is not a get out of jail free card. The man should have done is not brutalize little girls. I'm going out on a limb here and guessing that he knew this.
Liberals, When they're not being total idiots they are mildly amusing. Much like monkeys; funny to watch until they start their predictable pooh flinging.
The consular review isn't a right under US law, it's something that the International Court tried to impose un the US, and which congress rejected. Voiding his conviction would subject the families of the victims to horrendous grief, cost the taxpayers a fortune and make a few bureaucrats in the Hague feel warm and fuzzy, but it wouldn't do a thing for the enforcement of US law or the administration of justice.
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2014 and still sounds goodPros: Picked this card up in 2005, it still sounds great. Its been in and out of use over the years, but I reinstalled it maybe six months ago. Cons: 9 years of ownership....none Did you find this review helpful? |
Pros: Good card, great sound. I love it. Cons: Has a awkward J1 connector instead of one that a front panel jack would fit right into (like on board audio has). Other Thoughts: You can hook up front audio jacks, you need a J1 connector and some special parts to solder up, search the internet and you will find DIY sites for this. Did you find this review helpful? |
bad supportPros: it has many speaker outputs? Cons: I had problems with this sound card in most of my games. Mostly, missing sounds. the game would play 4-5 different sounds at once (background, music, weapon or spell effect, getting hit, etc) and the card would only play 2 of the sounds. Major disappointment right out of the box. had to turn off the acceleration to use it in games, then it wasn't any better than onboard. Other Thoughts: Creative support is horrible. they produced this card for over 3 years, yet only updated the drivers 4 times, and never fixed any of the major issues (such as bad hardware acceleration with Athlon 64's) I will never buy another Creative Labs product again. 0 out of 1 people found this review helpful. Did you? |
Great sound card.Pros: It's compatible with Linux and FreeBSD. I love the sound quality coming from this card, and it sure beats the heck out of onboard sound. If you have onboard sound and an extra PCI slot, this is definitely the way to go. Cons: I can't fit a 7.1 system into my small living space! Other Thoughts: I forgot to mention that the Windows drivers for this card are excellent in terms of stability. No sound issues as with the first Audigy. If you're using Linux, the driver is EMU10K. BSD, use snd_emu10k1. 4 out of 4 people found this review helpful. Did you? |
MehPros: well its gold and general applications have sound Cons: well for games like oblivion the sound is overall good but makes wierd demented sounds occasionally and games like counter strike source the sound frequently cuts out. this is the WORST newegg.com purchase i have ever made. Other Thoughts: i plan on getting some logitech x-530 speakers and an X-Fi xtreme gamer soun card i hope it fixs the sound and makes me appreciate Creative again. 0 out of 1 people found this review helpful. Did you? |
Wow get one of these if you canPros: The amount added to music and games from having a soundcard like this is huge. Especially games, you can hear all kinds of details that weren't there with an onboard card. Cons: minor con is that mine didn't have a place to hook up front jacks, but I can live without. Other Thoughts: I would recommend hooking these up with a nice headset, I got Sennheiser HD-212 Pro headphones and it's beautiful. My onboard sound was crackling on my M2N-E mobo, so i finally got this as a solution. It turned out to be a major upgrade, I love it. Did you find this review helpful? |
Sounds GreatPros: Sounds great. Plugged it in, compiled a new kernel and that was all I needed. Cons: None. Did you find this review helpful? |
sounds goodPros: I've had this card for about two years. It's easy to install and no issues to date. Cons: none Other Thoughts: Be sure to update the drivers. This may clear up any in-game performance or sound issues. 1 out of 1 people found this review helpful. Did you? |
Good CardPros: Good card, not that expensive, sounds good and is working fine. no crashes on my system. Cons: none that i have found. Other Thoughts: I would recommend this card! Way better than onboard audio! Did you find this review helpful? |
Great CardPros: This is a great card, i was with my onboard Dell ( :-[ ) and now i cant quit listenging to the same music that i was listening to before, it all sounds so much better. Amazed Cons: Card is a little big, moved it down to the bottom PCI slot to keep from heating up the PC. Other Thoughts: a friend who i proclaim and "audiophile" (sp?) gave me this card after getting a new one. he has had it for a while, so its not exactly new. and its still running strong. Did you find this review helpful? |


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Written on: 17/02/2014
I placed my order 3 weeks ago and they have taken my money yet I have not received anything ! I have sent 4 emails to the company and had no replies ! My partners birthday had been and gone ! I never give bad reviews but this is ridiculous ! Now trying to get a refund and failing (read more)
Written on: 30/08/2013 by Ducklady33 (1 review written)
So it's bank holiday weekend and one week until my mother in law's wedding for which I'm chief bridesmaid.... Panic as I remember I've forgotten to order some items!! Quick email to Tip Top Wedding Shop requesting items and if I would be able to collect as I didn't live too far away & delivery stated allow 10 days. Not expecting a prompt reply due to bank holiday back log and previous poor experience with similar retailers during my own wedding prep two years ago, I was so grateful and... (read more)
Written on: 16/08/2013
13 days after placing my order and paying for it I had still not received it, despite the 5-10 days quoted on the website. Failed to respond and confirm when it would be dispatched and no explanation for the delay given. Opened a dispute on PayPal and they then started sending shirty emails because they didn't like this then tried bullying me into closing the dispute as resolved when it had not been and told me they would not send the order until I did. Escalated on PayPal and received a... (read more)
Written on: 29/08/2013
Customer opened a case, instead of contacting us direct, then paypal took the money from us for the order, we responded to the case saying we could get it sorted for them, but they had to ask them to cancel the case, as we needed to get paid for the items before we shipped them, as any website/company would. Customer refused. Instead of dealing with the issue, that she hadnt paid for the items, as she had opened a case, she escalated the case, which meant all we could do is refund. I explained this to the customer, and again the customer refused to realise the issue was that she hadnt paid for the items. Paypal didnt sort the refund for her, we did, so im unsure why 'thank goodnes for paypal'. Also, 'chances are you will never recieve the order you paid for' is also incorrect, as the customer didnt pay for the items, as this was the issue, and why the order couldnt be sent. I cant see that asking the customer to close the claim so that we could be paid for the items is bullying.
Written on: 01/08/2013
I have used this website twice, both recently, and each time my order has been delivered quickly with no problems. The website is easy to use and had everything i was looking for. The items were cheaper than other website i looked at. (read more)
Written on: 26/07/2013
I needed to buy a number of "last minute" items for a wedding I was bridesmaid for (guest book, table numbers, favour bags, etc). Company got everything to me at short notice after I emailed explaining urgency, and products were excellent and good value for money. (read more)
Written on: 24/07/2013 by Katealwayslate (2 reviews written)
I've ordered several things from Tiptopweddingshop over the past few years and every order has been delivered within 28 days and has been good quality and value for money. The first couple of orders I made were wedding related, I saved a fortune on buying preprinted hen do t shirts by ordering personilised iron on transfers which looked fantastic and were very easy to do. Having looked through the rest of the website and seen what a wide range of other gifts there are, I have since ordered... (read more)
Written on: 24/07/2013 by Katealwayslate (2 reviews written)
I've ordered several things from Tiptopweddingshop over the past few years and every order has been delivered within 28 days and has been good quality and value for money. The first couple of orders I made were wedding related, I saved a fortune on buying preprinted hen do t shirts by ordering personilised iron on transfers which looked fantastic and were very easy to do. Having looked through the rest of the website and seen what a wide range of other gifts there are, I have since ordered... (read more)
Written on: 15/07/2013
I wanted some personalised aprons with photographs of me and my fiance for our wedding. Tip Top Wedding Shop were a great help and pretty much made me a bespoke apron. I would definitely recommend this company. (read more)
Written on: 28/06/2013
I ordered an umbrella for my wedding, the description on the site was lacking a major detail on the product and the image used was not clear enough for the issue to be seen. (Leopard print frill on what is described as a 'Chocolate Pagoda'). I contacted customer service on the day the item was delivered on the 23rd of May and only after the third attempt to get a returns code on the 5th of June did they get back to me and that was after I threatened to go through paypal. I contacted them... (read more)
Written on: 31/05/2013 by Kdmm19 (1 review written)
I ordered table number holders on 6th may for my wedding in july and I have not reveived any information regarding my order. I have emailed twice to the contact address but still no reply, and there is only a phone number to deal with website enquiries which after dialling several times I could not get through to anyone. Surely someone at the company must be able to help. I am now worried at I will not get my goods in time for my wedding! (read more)
Written on: 11/06/2013
I have replied each time we recieved an email, but the customer never replied to us. I would asume that our emails have been going into a spam folder. Please contact us, as your order has been returned to us, as you didnt collect it from your local post office depot. Once it has been dispatched from us (the same day that it was bought), then it is out of our hands if royal mail delivers, or if the customer picks the item up from the depot.
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Written on: 11/01/2013
I have used this company twice now. The first occasion was for a friends hen party. They had a great range and some nice transfers that we could iron onto our clothes. I used them a second time for my own wedding and bought some nice table decorations. On both occasions I was very happy with the products and the service I received. I will definately recommend them to friends and will use them again in the future. (read more)
Written on: 09/11/2012
I ordered my goods on the 17th October, it stated they were all in stock, on the 29th October I recivbed an email to say it had been dispatched..... still no order and its now the 7th November!!! Dont know what service they use to send it out but its appauling. I need the itmes for this weekedna dn I am now left without my goods, without my money and without any answers after 2 emails! No phone number for any delivery problems only for technical difficulties with the website, how very... (read more)
Written on: 11/01/2013
I am sorry to hear you were not satisfed with the service you received from Tip Top Wedding Shop. We do not state anywhere on our website that items are in stock. Some items have to be ordered in from our suppliers hence the 7-14 days dispatch time stated at the top of every page on our website. Your order was dispatched within the 7-14 days. The courier we use is Royal Mail which we state when placing your order. It is also displayed on your invoice. We aim to reply to all Emails within 24 hours so apologise if we did not get back to you within this time. Unfortunately as this review is anonymous I cannot look into this order and apologise directly.
Kind Regards,
Managing Director
Written on: 08/03/2012 by zanna75 (1 review written)
I have ordered personalised items more than once and they have always arrived quickly and been lovely- will definitely use again, two more weddings this year! Have recommended to others already. (read more)
Written on: 07/03/2012 by MrandMrsFinch (1 review written)
Purchased lots of little finishing touches from this site for a relative's wedding. Really helpful and fast delivery. You can find things on this site that are that little bit different from all the other sites. (read more)
Written on: 05/03/2012 by EmmaDudley (1 review written)
Good quality products, reasonable prices, fast delivery and excellent communication. Thanks, I would buy again and recommend to friends. Emma Dudley Chorley (read more)
Written on: 02/03/2012
speedy delivery and items so well packed. People here seem tounderstand just what I wanted (read more)
Written on: 28/02/2012
I needed a personalised apron by the end of the week. They were happy to do this for me and I received it within 3 days. Great service and I will definately be using them again! (read more)
Written on: 17/01/2012
I ordered my wedding favours from this company and a few items for my hen do. All arrived within a week and were great quality. I have already placed another order and would recommend to friends. (read more)
Written on: 05/04/2011
I wouldn't normally write anything of this nature as I think good service should be a pre-requisite. But in this instance I am more than happy to say how impressed I am with the simplicity and speed of your operation. (read more)
Written on: 21/03/2011
I needed to order a large amount of table number holders. They had them in stock is sent them the same day I ordered. They were very helpfull and I will certainly be using them again. (read more)
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The SEWNTP offers a variety of courses concerning PI 34 professional development plans (PDP) for Consortium members and to the general public. These courses are all designed for all educators, from first-year beginning teachers to administrators and veteran teachers.
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Gain an in-depth understanding of the law and the PDPin order to be a resource in your school/district. Participants will unpack the teacher and administrator standards, write a PDP, and how to help initial educators and others in writing a PDP. This course is intended for Administrators, experienced teachers, mentors and those who are enrolled in the Mentoring/Coaching Certificate program.Two or three credits are available, more information will be provided on the first night of the workshop (the three credit option is required for the Mentoring/Coaching Certificate).
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Helpful document: Timeline and SEWNTP Consoritum Support for the PDP Process
This course will help you understand the requirements of PI 34 and be able to complete your PDP. Participants will gain an in-depth understanding of the law and the PDP, explore teacher standards and write a PDP. One graduate credit is available, more information will be provided at the first session of the workshop.
This self-paced, online version of EDUC 584 has no face-to-face contact and includes approximately 12.5 hours of online work. Participants must have a google account and be familar with wikispaces and GoogleDocs.
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Please call 414-410-4243 to Register. Registration for this course cannot be completed online.
This offering is only available for SEWNTP Consortium members.
Participants will be provided with the most current DPI information that is needed to write a professional development plan. Both overviews will immediately follow the December Community of Practice for New Educators Seminar and will be offered at a Northeast and Southwest location. Please pick a date and location that is most convenient to you.
Intended for: beginning teachers and their mentors.
Required for: those taking the Community of Practice for New Educators seminars for credit.
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This offering is only available to SEWNTP consortium members.
This seminar reviews the expectations for license renewal, and is geared to help participant review and update their professional development plans with spring reviews to further develop needed documentation.
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Making the PDP- District Connection
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Can your district do more to support your Initial Educators in the licensing process? Yes! Does providing a supportive PDP environment enhance professional development of new teachers, mentors and all staff? Yes! Would you like to learn more? Program Leads, and one or two mentors who are interested in learning more about supporting Initial Educators through the PDP process are invited to attend a new SEWNTP learning opportunity- Making the PDP District Connection workshop with our SEWNTP PI-34 Coordinator, Mary Cieslewicz.
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