my delicious loose ends
“One of the downsides (or is it an upside?) of dragonfly monitoring is you begin to care—deeply—about things you may not have thought about before.” —Cindy Crosby, Chasing Dragonflies
Waters of the U.S. is an incredibly beautiful film that tells the story of the rivers, streams, and wetlands of Alabama, and the Clean Water Act.
In terms of law, riparian is relating to or situated on the banks of a river. In terms of ecology, riparian is relating to wetlands adjacent to rivers and streams. Often, the word is used to modify rights, as in riparian water rights, or…