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This site is about the industry that I have been in for many years. We referred to it as the Green Industry. The word GREEN has a slightly different connotation now.

As I think about what to do after having spent forty years dealing with trees, landscapes, irrigation, and ponds, I find that I still have a great deal of interest in growing things and observing nature at work.

Ponds, Koi, and watergardens, entomology and gardening keep my interest.

I have been raising a few of my favorite water lilies and lotus, and as I write this (May 17th) my koi are spawning.

I now have time to explore some other areas of interest. When I had a full time job, I did not get time enough to look at some of the environmental issues that I knew about, but never studied.

One of the subjects I became familiar with on a fly fishing trip to Alaska in 2007 was the Pebble gold mine which is located above Bristol Bay Alaska. A gold mine is being proposed in an area which is directly above Bristol Bay. Bristol Bay is the largest salmon fishery in the world. Salmon are a renewable resource and at some point the gold from the mine will be depleted. What happens then. Read about both sides of the issue on the

Most people who I encounter, do not know much about this situation or many other issues that I find fascinating. I plan to reference some of those on this site. Go to the Environment page for some links and comments about the world’s worst environmental disasters.

I hope you find it interesting.

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