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just-breezy: Buckhorn, rising . Damon D. Edwards

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 21:25:20 -0400

Buckhorn, rising . Damon D. Edwards

"It’s deplorable that sexually adventurous young women are constantly told they are “degrading..."

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 21:18:03 -0400

“”It’s deplorable that sexually adventurous young women are constantly told they are “degrading themselves” by seeking out various experiences, that every bit of enjoyment eats away at some secret store of purity. This whole tradition–the idea that women need be preserved in glass so as not to “ruin” themselves, lest they diminish their sexual value by “giving it away”–restricts the lived autonomy of women in ways I can’t even begin to articulate. None of the slut-shaming makes sense unless you assume women live to give themselves to men in their purest possible form.””

- Kerry Howley (via ceedling)

mystic-revelations: A Long Hike Up (by Jon Christall)

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 21:17:42 -0400

mystic-revelations:

A Long Hike Up (by Jon Christall)

ecowatchorg: Unacceptable Levels: New Film Links Childhood...

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 21:14:50 -0400

ecowatchorg:

Unacceptable Levels: New Film Links Childhood Illness to Unregulated Chemicals

“This film is a huge eye-opener! Once a parent sees this, they thankfully won’t ever approach their child’s health and future the same way ever again!”

http://ecowatch.com/2013/unacceptable-levels-film-childhood-illness-unregulated-chemicals/

beardedthoughts: My kind of man…

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 21:13:54 -0400

beardedthoughts:

My kind of man…

mothernaturenetwork: BP ends Deepwater Horizon oil spill...

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 21:12:19 -0400

mothernaturenetwork:

BP ends Deepwater Horizon oil spill cleanup in Florida, Alabama and Mississippi
Environmental groups say oil is still coming to shore and more work needs to be done.

creepicrawlies: littleby ~Zi0oTo

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 21:06:45 -0400

creepicrawlies:

littleby ~Zi0oTo

infinite-paradox: redbull: Trekking Everest.

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 21:05:29 -0400

infinite-paradox:

redbull: Trekking Everest.

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science-is: Every river in the United States. (via Kotke.org)

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 21:00:51 -0400

science-is:

Every river in the United States. (via Kotke.org)

patagonia: Grip it and Rip it. Photo by Cedric Bernardini

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:59:16 -0400

patagonia:

Grip it and Rip it. Photo by Cedric Bernardini

mypubliclands: In today’s society, it’s easy to forget the...

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:59:06 -0400

Hallie M. Daggett at Eddy Gulch Station on Klamath Peak.

Hallie M. Daggett plays with her dog at Eddy Gulch Station.

mypubliclands:

In today’s society, it’s easy to forget the historic accomplishments of those who broke down barriers for women to enter the field of natural resources management. Thank you Hallie!

“One of the most untiring and enthusiastic applicants which I have for the position is Miss Hallie Morse Daggett, a wide-awake woman of 30 years, who knows and has traversed every trail on the Salmon River watershed, and is thoroughly familiar with every foot of the District.” M. H. McCarthy, Assistant Fire Ranger for the Salmon River District of the Klamath National Forest

Miss Hallie Morse Daggett was born in 1878 in Liberty, CA. She grew up at the Klamath Mine, also known as Black Bear Mine, very near to where she later worked as a lookout. Her childhood years were spent exploring every inch of the Salmon River drainage with her brothers, which undoubtedly influenced her desire to do her part to protect the forest as an adult.

In describing her life as a lookout, Hallie said: “I grew up with a fierce hatred of the devastating fires and welcomed the Forest Service force which arrived to combat them. But not until the lookout stations were installed did there come an opportunity to join what had up till then been a man’s fight; although my sister and I had frequently been able to help on the small things, such as extinguishing spreading campfires or carrying supplies to the firing line.” Because of the times, Hallie was not allowed to be in the line of work that she truly desired, but through her persistence and the liberal-mindedness of the District Ranger, she was hired. She was the first woman ever employed as a “Forest Guard” by the US Forest Service. Her first day on the job was June 1, 1913, just over 100 years ago.

Hallie was a pioneer in natural resource employment for women who, at the time of her employment, had only just started to vote. Some of the men predicted that after a few days of life on the peak she would telephone them to say that she was frightened by the loneliness and danger of staffing the lookout. To their surprise she was full of “pluck and high spirit”. She grew more and more in love with the work. She didn’t lose heart even when the telephone wires were broken and she was cut off from communication with the world below for weeks at a time. She performed the duties of the position with all of the skill that trained men could have shown in hopes of being reappointed for the 1914 fire season.

Hallie worked 15 seasons at the Eddy Gulch Lookout atop Klamath Peak on the Klamath National Forest. During her first season she spotted 40 fires, keeping the total acres burned to less than 5. In her later years (around 1951) residents of Hallie’s home town in Etna, California, banded together to build her a cabin on Main Street next to her sister Leslie’s home. She lived in this house until her death in 1964. The cabin was donated to the City of Etna by the Rosemary Holsinger family in 1993. Through efforts by the volunteer citizen’s committee, the City of Etna moved the cabin to the city park and developed a historical interpretive site that was completed in 1996. This project was identified as a priority in the Etna community action plan and was funded by Forest Service grants from President Clinton’s Northwest Economic Adjustment Initiative and the Ore-Cal Resource Conservation Development Area. The project was also sponsored by the Native Daughters of the American West. The site continues to honor Hallie’s legacy today.

-Story courtesy of the Klamath National Forest.

"Try to learn to breathe deeply, really to taste food when you eat, and when you sleep, really to..."

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:52:57 -0400

“Try to learn to breathe deeply, really to taste food when you eat, and when you sleep, really to sleep. Try as much as possible to be wholly alive with all your might, and when you laugh, laugh like hell. And when you get angry, get good and angry. Try to be alive. You will be dead soon enough.”

- Ernest Hemingway (via infinite-paradox)

wendesgray: RMNP

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:52:31 -0400

wendesgray:

RMNP

seltaire: Yosemite Falls & El Capitan Length: 19 miles...

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:52:22 -0400

seltaire:

Yosemite Falls & El Capitan

Length: 19 miles (depending on detours)

History: Carved by glaciers, created with volcano and faults.

Notes: I never anticipated on going to El Capitan, since I am usually very slow climbing Yosemite Falls. I also skipped sleeping. Somehow, I ended up blazing through the trail and arrived to the top of the entire falls in about two or two-and-a-half hours, so I just took an additional ten or twelve miles to venture further in to El Captain.

I was so exhausted, at the end of the day I saw a piece of brown mammal behind a tree. I tried to ask for direction but it was a deer.

"Seriously, if we believe a 14 year old is too immature to know how to take a pill, do we really..."

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:52:10 -0400

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Seriously, if we believe a 14 year old is too immature to know how to take a pill, do we really think she’s adult enough to handle an unwanted pregnancy?

The truth is that the age restriction is completely arbitrary, tied only to our puritanical comfort levels. And listen, I get it; I think it’s fair to say that most people are uncomfortable with the idea of a 14 year old having sex. But here’s the thing - access to Plan B isn’t about keeping a 14 year old from having sex - by the time she gets to the pharmacy, that ship has sailed - it’s about keeping a 14 year old who has already had sex from getting pregnant. And despite what urban legend (or past embarrassing FDA memos) may tell you, making emergency contraception more available is not more likely to make young teens have sex - it will just make them less likely to end up pregnant.

We can’t let our discomfort with teen sex trump young people’s right to sexual and reproductive health and we can’t continue to let politics trump science. If we care about young women’s health and bodily autonomy and integrity, we’ll drop all age restrictions from emergency contraception. Anything less isn’t just illogical - it’s immoral.

”

- “Hey, FDA: Drop the Plan B Age Restriction,” (via frostbiiite)

touchdisky: Alaska by hansfund website

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:49:59 -0400

touchdisky:

Alaska by hansfund website

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