environmental land artist collaborating with Earth pigments, plant materials, Earth elements and environmental energetics... please visit me with Facebook, https://www.facebook.com/gregpatch... all contributions are appreciated, visit and think about being a patron... www.Patreon.com/GregPatch
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Thanks, and Be Well...
local circle Fire charcoal, stones, vegetation, Water and Earth cosmos
Wolf Creek
Wolf Creek TN
Wolf Creek is a tributary with the French Broad River... the Cherokee referred to the tributaries with the French Broad its' children... it runs down from near Max Patch in the Cherokee National Forest to the French Broad River by the eastern Tennessee and western North Carolina state line...
Love, Peace and CoCreativity
Water is Life
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Sunday, November 26, 2017
local circle Fire charcoal, stone, vegetation, Water and Earth cosmos
Wolf Creek
Wolf Creek TN
Love, Peace and CoCreativity
Water is Life
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Wednesday, November 22, 2017
Yokum Brook
local circle Fire charcoal, stone, vegetation, Water & Earth
Dam removal is a potentially powerful tool for restoring riverine habitats and communities.
However, the effectiveness of this tool is unknown because published data on the effects of dam removal on in-stream biota are lacking. We investigated the effects of a small dam
AT Bednarek - Environmental management, 2001 - Springer
… Table 1. Case studies of completed or proposed damremovalsDam Location Removal status
Ecological impact of removal addressed by study Reference Dead Lake Dam Chipola River,
Florida, USA Removed December 1987 Improved fish passage; increased flow …
… of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, USA. Search
for more … as “removals.” Both channels were allowed to adjust to the damremovals through the …
only the natural channel adjustments that occurred during the first year following removal …
Abstract A substantial increase in fluvial sediment supply relative to transport capacity
causes complex, large-magnitude changes in river and floodplain morphology downstream.
Although sedimentary and geomorphic responses to sediment pulses are a fundamental
JR Shuman - River Research and Applications, 1995 - Wiley Online Library
… This paper provides a selected review of damremovals in the USA and discusses some of the
environ- mental considerations apparent from those removals. A current project involving the
assessment of dam retention and damremoval alternatives is then discussed in detail …
… WHITE Institute for Environmental Studies University of Wisconsin–Madison Madison, Wisconsin
53706, USA … is being given to the environmental aspects of dams and damremovals, but very …
the socioeconomic and institutional di- mensions associated with the removal of dams …
Sun 0˚ Sagittarius qunx rUranus 25˚ Aries... Moon 16˚ Capricorn (12:00 PM EDT) sq Mars, sx Venus/Scorpio, sq Uranus/Aries, Neptune/Pisces & cj Pluto 17˚ Capricorn... Mercury 22˚ Sagittarius cj Saturn & Black Moon Lilith 26˚ Sag, sq rChiron 24˚ Pisces & trine rUranus/Aries... Venus 19˚ Scorpio sx Moon and Pluto17˚ Capricorn... Mars 19˚ Libra sq Moon and sq Pluto 17˚ Capricorn... Jupiter 9˚ Scorpio trine rNeptune 11˚ Pisces... Saturn 26˚ Sagittarius exact cj Galactic Center 26˚ Sagittarius and cj Black Moon Lilith 0˚ Capricorn, trine rUranus & sq rChiron 25˚ Pisces… rUranus Aries 25˚ qunx Sun, sq Moon, trine Saturn 26˚, trine Galactic Center 26˚ Sagittarius and Black Moon Lilith 0˚ Capricorn... Neptune 11˚ Pisces sx Moon, trine Venus/Scorpio & qunx Mars/Libra... Pluto 17˚ Capricorn sq Mars/Libra… rChiron 24˚ Pisces sq Saturn and Galactic Center/Sag...
~ truths enfold through our personal and cultural blockages ~
...Love, Peace & Cocreativity with Universe...
Water is Life
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Tuesday, November 21, 2017
Yokum Brook
local circle Fire charcoal, stone, vegetation, Water & Earth
Yokum Pond Road
Becket MA
"Yokum Brook's restoration has many benefits
Posted
"Readers may recall that a year or so ago, the restoration of Yokum Brook in Becket was completed. Two dams were removed from the brook (Silk Mill and Ballou dams). Not only were the dams removed to allow fish passage, but the town derived some long-term benefits.
A new underground tank to be used in fire emergencies was installed, a flood hazard had been removed, and safety issues related to the dams had been resolved. The kids in the Becket-Washington elementary school got into the act too, raising salmon fry from eggs, which were provided by the Reed Hatchery in Palmer, and stocking them into the brook.
On Friday, May 2 the partners of the Yokum Brook Restorations were honored by the Coastal America Partnership. The partners are the Executive Office of the U.S. President and Departments of: Agriculture, Commerce, Defense, Energy, Health and Human Services, Homeland Security, Housing and Urban Development, Interior, Justice, Labor, State, Transportation, EPA, NASA and National Science Foundation"
Sun 29˚ Scorpio qunx rUranus 25˚ Aries & trine rChiron 24˚ Pisces... Moon 4˚ Capricorn (12:00 PM EDT) sx Jupiter 9˚ Scorpio... Mercury 21˚ Sagittarius sq rChiron 24˚ Pisces & trine rUranus/Aries... Venus 17˚ Scorpio sx Pluto17˚ Capricorn... Mars 18˚ Libra sx Mercury/Sagittarius & sq Pluto 17˚ Capricorn... Jupiter 8˚ Scorpio... Saturn 26˚ Sagittarius exact cj Galactic Center 26˚ Sagittarius and cj Black Moon Lilith 0˚ Capricorn, trine rUranus & sq rChiron 25˚ Pisces… rUranus Aries 25˚ qunx Sun, trine Saturn 26˚, trine Galactic Center 26˚ Sagittarius and Black Moon Lilith 0˚ Capricorn... rNeptune 11˚ Pisces trine Venus/Scorpio... Pluto 17˚ Capricorn sq Mars/Libra… rChiron 24˚ Pisces trine Sun/Scorpio, sq Moon and sq Saturn and Galactic Center/Sag...
~ one small step with Earth, one giant leap with Man/Womankind... ~
...Love, Peace & Cocreativity with Universe...
Water is Life
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Monday, November 20, 2017
circle Fire
digital
some circle fires I've come across with the NC and TN Appalacians gathering charcoal
for drawing with the environment...
a few notes I've made the last couple years on using charcoal from circle and fireplace fires & Willow sp as drawing medium;
I practice making traditional pre and post literal artful markings with the Earth as affirming and collaborating my/our relationship with Earth using charcoal... my work focusses on using small, "homeopathic" doses of cleansing and clearing wood charcoalsfrom local circle fires with the bodies of water, mostly river systems,...
since Spring of 2016 my work focus are post literate markings of cleansing and clearing wood charcoals using home made charcoal from Willow spp., and from local circle and home fires... they are energetic drawings in collaboration with our Nature, Earth and Cosmos...
I am intentfull to do these drawings on public access land or to get permission from landowners to work these drawings. they are often near and photographically in view of historical, institutional, in the news of the day sites and with sacred space as fractal universe… with healing, bringing to a balance, our woundings of past and future crimes against humanity and nature... I use charcoal from fires local to each site... charcoal is elemental with all life and is a filtering and cleansing substance... as that I see my use with it as healing with homeopathic perspective applications and as symbolic energetically... rain, rivers, water, etc. never wash anything away, it transfers it to another location and eventually is absorbed with Earth universe... I collaborate with Earth and its' energetic variations described with Water, Fire, Earth, Air and Ether of our cosmos...
some references on replenishing soils and waters with charcoal;
Sun 28˚ Scorpio qunx rUranus 25˚ Aries & trine rChiron 24˚ Pisces... Moon 22˚ Sagittarius (12:00 PM EDT) cj Mercury/Sag 20˚ sx Mars 18˚ Libra, cj Saturn 26˚ and Galactic Center 26˚ Sagittarius, and Black Moon Lilith 0˚ Cap, tr rUranus 25˚Aries & sq rChiron 24˚ Pisces... Mercury 20˚ Sagittarius cj Moon, sq rChiron 24˚ Pisces & trine rUranus/Aries... Venus 16˚ Scorpio trine rNeptune 11˚ Pisces & sx Pluto17˚ Capricorn... Mars 18˚ Libra sx Moon and Mercury/Sagittarius & sq Pluto 17˚ Capricorn... Jupiter 8˚ Scorpio trine rNeptune 11˚ Pisces... Saturn 26˚ Sagittarius cj Moon/Sag, exact cj Galactic Center 26˚ Sagittarius and cj Black Moon Lilith 0˚ Capricorn, trine rUranus & sq rChiron 25˚ Pisces… rUranus Aries 25˚ qunx Sun, trine Moon/Sag, trine Saturn 26˚, trine Galactic Center 26˚ Sagittarius and Black Moon Lilith 0˚ Capricorn... rNeptune 11˚ Pisces trine Jupiter and Venus/Scorpio & qunx Mars/Libra... Pluto 17˚ Capricorn sq Mars/Libra… rChiron 24˚ Pisces trine Sun/Scorpio, sq Moon and sq Saturn and Galactic Center/Sag...
~ spirited communications within an intimate hearth ~
...Love, Peace & Cocreativity with Universe...
Water is Life
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Sunday, November 19, 2017
Delaware River
Solebury PA
circle Fire charcoal, stone, vegetation & Water & Earth
Sun 27˚ Scorpio qunx rUranus 25˚ Aries & trine rChiron 24˚ Pisces... Moon 10˚ Sagittarius (12:00 PM EDT) sq rNeptune 11 Pisces & cj Mercury 18˚ Sagittarius... Venus 15˚ Scorpio trine rNeptune/Pisces... Mars 17˚ Libra sx Mercury/Sagittarius & exact sq Pluto 17˚ Capricorn... Jupiter 8˚ Scorpio trine rNeptune 11˚ Pisces... Saturn 26˚ Sagittarius cj Black Moon Lilith 0˚ Sagittarius and exact cj Galactic Center 26˚ Sagittarius, trine rUranus & sq rChiron 25˚ Pisces… rUranus Aries 25˚ qunx Sun, trine Saturn 26˚, trine Galactic Center 26˚ Sagittarius and Black Moon Lilith 0˚/Capricorn... rNeptune 11˚ Pisces trine Jupiter and Venus/Scorpio & qunx Mars/Libra... Pluto 17˚ Capricorn sq Mars/Libra… rChiron 24˚ Pisces trine Sun/Moon & sq Saturn and Galactic Center...
~ we are the soul ~
...Love, Peace & Cocreativity with Universe...
Water is Life
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Saturday, November 18, 2017
Delaware River
New Hope PA
circle Fire charcoal,
stone, vegetation & Water & Earth
George Washington slept here!... and burned the bridge when the British were pursuing his troops after battles in Philadelphia and Trenton... thinking the townspeople were collaborators with Washington the British responded with firing canon destroying much of the village of New Hope... they rebuilt... later, in 1790 after a devastating fire at the mills the town was rebuilt again inspiring the name "New Hope"...
Sun 26˚
Scorpio cj New Moon, qunx rUranus 25˚ Aries & trine rChiron 24˚ Pisces...
New Moon 28˚ Scorpio (12:00 PM EDT) cj Sun, qunx rUranus 25˚ Aries &
trine rChiron 24˚ Pisces... Mercury 17˚ Sagittarius sx Mars/Libra... Venus
14˚ Scorpio trine rNeptune/Pisces... Mars 16˚ Libra exact sx
Mercury/Sagittarius, qunx rNeptune/11˚ Pisces & sq Pluto 17˚ Capricorn... Jupiter
8˚ Scorpio cj Venus & trine rNeptune 11˚ Pisces... Saturn 26˚ Sagittarius
cj Black Moon Lilith 0˚ Sagittarius and exact cj Galactic Center 26˚
Sagittarius, exact trine rUranus & sq rChiron 25˚ Pisces… rUranus Aries 25˚
qunx Sun/Moon, exact trine Saturn 26˚, trine Galactic Center 26˚
Sagittarius and Black Moon Lilith 0˚/Capricorn... rNeptune 11˚ Pisces
trine Jupiter and Venus/Scorpio & qunx Mars/Libra... Pluto 17˚ Capricorn sq
Mars/Libra… rChiron 24˚ Pisces trine Sun/Moon & sq Saturn and Galactic Center...
~ and with a New Moon comes new hope... ~
...Love,
Peace & Cocreativity with Universe...
Water
is Life
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Friday, November 17, 2017
Delaware River
Stockton NJ
circle Fire charcoal, stone, vegetation & Water
& Earth
"America’s
history is reflected along the entire 60-mile length of the Delaware Canal.
Original locks and aqueducts remain. Visualize the time when mule-drawn boats
traveled the Canal and locktenders stood ready to help them continue their
journey. Canal boats carried coal and other cargo from the northern reaches of
Pennsylvania to more populated areas in the south.Centuries-old homes,
picturesque villages, historic inns, and general stores evoke the days when the
Canal fueled this country’s Industrial Revolution. Its boatmen and muletenders
sought rest, refreshment and fellowship along the route.The towpath along the
Delaware Canal provides a level trail for walking, jogging, biking and
horseback riding. Boat accesses allow for relaxingcanoeing and kayaking.
Picnic sites are available in Delaware Canal State Park. In winter, ice skating
and cross country skiing are popular along the Canal."...
