Mount Tamalpais and the Marin Municipal Water District - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Mount Tamalpais and the Marin Municipal Water District write by Jack Gibson. This book was released on 2012. Mount Tamalpais and the Marin Municipal Water District available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Mount Tamalpais rose from the land that has become Marin County. As the crown jewel of the Marin Municipal Water District, the mountain and adjoining watersheds total 22,000 acres. These properties sit adjacent to county open space as well as holdings of the Golden Gate National Recreation Area and Mount Tamalpais State Park. Together, the land provides an unparalleled world-class recreation and wilderness area only 30 minutes from the city of San Francisco. Amidst the upheaval of the Progressive Era, the Water District was chartered in 1912 by citizens of Marin County to create a public water system and to fulfill the promise of a park. Rich with possibility, the land had remained surprisingly undeveloped throughout the 19th century. Surviving the Gold Rush, a notorious period of wanton greed for natural resources, the mountain needed protection. Armed with the power of eminent domain, the Water District started the conversion of the vast watershed areas from private to community ownership, a process that ultimately saved the mountain and left in its formidable shadow the beloved and beautifully preserved natural land of the Mount Tamalpais Watershed.
Mount Tamalpais Scenic Railway
Mount Tamalpais Scenic Railway - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Mount Tamalpais Scenic Railway write by Fred Runner. This book was released on 2009. Mount Tamalpais Scenic Railway available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. "A hundred years ago, high on the summit of Mount Tamalpais, stood a grand lodge with a breathtaking view. For 33 years, elegantly dressed men and women came to visit on the gritty steam trains of a famous twisting railroad known affectionately as the Crookedest Railroad in the World. They could dine, dance, and spend the night, and in the morning coast down the mountain in a gravity car. The Mount Tamalpais Scenic Railway had 281 curves in 8 1/5 miles. It had a branch into Muir Woods. It was built by business-minded conservationists in seven months in 1896 and climbed from a depot on the dirt streets of Mill Valley through a redwood forest and on to the rocky summit one-half mile above San Francisco Bay"--P. [4] of cover.
Historic Resource Study for Muir Woods National Monument
Historic Resource Study for Muir Woods National Monument - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Historic Resource Study for Muir Woods National Monument write by John Eric Auwaerter. This book was released on 2006. Historic Resource Study for Muir Woods National Monument available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
The Water-Wise Home
The Water-Wise Home - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Water-Wise Home write by Laura Allen. This book was released on 2015-02-27. The Water-Wise Home available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Save the earth’s most precious resource while also saving yourself money. Laura Allen provides expert strategies for using water smartly and efficiently while fulfilling all of your home and garden needs. Learn how to create a water-wise landscape, reuse greywater, harvest rainwater, and even set up a waterless composting toilet. Offering proven techniques in clear and accessible language, The Water-Wise Home makes it easy to help the environment and lower your household operating costs through conserving water.
Monitoring Bird Populations by Point Counts
Monitoring Bird Populations by Point Counts - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Monitoring Bird Populations by Point Counts write by C. John Ralph. This book was released on 1998-05. Monitoring Bird Populations by Point Counts available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Point counts of birds are the most widely used quantitative method and involve an observer recording birds from a single point for a standardized time period. In response to the need for standardization of methods to monitor bird populations by census, researchers met to present data from various investigations working under a wide variety of conditions, and to examine various aspects of point count methodology. Statistical aspects of sampling and analysis were discussed and applied to the objectives of point counts. The final chapter presents these standards and their applications to point count methodology.
