I stepped off the plane and it was hot. The flight was less then spectacular, highlighted by a single serving of pretzels. The landscape I viewed from my exit row seat was freckled with green circles amidst desolate colors of brown, tan and red. My mind desperately tried to understand how humanity could live in such an area when plants could not sustain a life without irrigation ditches. I guess man can be ingenious when necessary. Upon our descent into Salt Lake City, we flew over the Great Salt Lake. It didn’t look so great today. The shoreline had significantly diminished and the water had turned a copper red. I have visited here in the wintertime and can remember flocks of birds spotting the landscape. Today, there was sand and nothing else. I now sit in a room with a single fan whirring at light speed to dissipate the 90°F air and the shades are closed to keep the light out. This is very different then home.
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tomorrow is eco-working group for 4 hours... then tuesday is industry breakfast with Ken Salazar... 1 hour break to get as many free pairs of socks as humanly possible and then 2 hours on the "America Great Outdoors" Initiative, more eco-working group, then back to Seattle. Oh, and i need to finish this paper on Wolverines. Fun fact (actually not so fun fact). Did you know that there are only 7 Wolverines known to exist in the state of Washington? less fun fact: Department of Fish & Wildlife has denied two separate acts to list the furry little guy on the Endangered Species List. How much smaller does an animal population need to get before it's considered endangered?
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