Felling a small river floodplain forest in this age of global warming and annual flooding increases, nullies any wording to describe the criminality of such an the act directed against the local communities that surround Aleiwfe.March and June rains were torrential and flooded the Alewife flood plain, surrounding the silver maple forest up to the …
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Save this forest
Will I know you are doing all you can to save this beautiful area – a gem in such an urban area. Why can’t the government use the money they are giving the developer, to save this area? There certainly are enough people who are passionate about this forested area so that if it were …
The Belmont Uplands
It’s not exactly that the bulldozers are starting their engines, but the string of appeals and long-shot funding ideas seems to be running out on the silver maple trees of the Belmont Uplands.
The 2009-2010 Session: A Mixed Bag
The two year formal legislative session, now ended, has been a mixed bag. Perhaps the best news about the session is that we got through it.
Our long term financial problems
There is a growing belief among serious economists that we, as a country, face a large and unsustainable gap between our financial resources and our financial expectations. Current deficit spending by the national government and a failure to control long term debt, pension and health care costs at all levels of government will lead to …
Official Summary of House Accomplishments in the 2009-2010 Session
Read this post for an official overview of the accomplishments of the 2009-2010 session.