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Advocates seek national monument expansion for Berryessa monument following Grand Canyon designation
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Tribal and community leaders and elected officials have united behind the effort to protect the area along the eastern edge of the existing Berryessa Snow Mountain National Monument known as Molok Luyuk.
Molok Luyuk is Patwin for “Condor Ridge” and is a name provided by the Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation.
Tuleyome said the expansion of the national monument would safeguard public lands that are sacred to the Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation and are critically important to protect in the face of a changing climate.
“Tuleyome is thrilled to hear that President Biden has protected significant public lands by designating the Baaj Nwaavjo I’tah Kukveni – Ancestral Footprints of the Grand Canyon National Monument in Arizona. We thank President Biden for preserving these critical cultural and natural landscapes,” said Sandra Schubert, executive director of Tuleyome.
“We urge President Biden to use his authority from the Antiquities Act to expand Berryessa Snow Mountain National Monument in Northern California to include Molok Loyuk. The Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation’s connection to this area stretches back thousands of years. The land is of tremendous present-day cultural and religious importance to the Tribe and includes sites central to their origin stories. They have advocated for the protection of these lands, a return to an Indigenous name, and the establishment of co-management with federally recognized tribes,” Schubert said.
Schuber said the region is home to unique geology, a great diversity of plants and animals, and a habitat for imperiled wildlife.
The area is also popular for recreation including hiking, sightseeing, mountain biking, camping, horseback riding, and off-highway vehicle use on designated routes.
“The expansion of Berryessa Snow Mountain National Monument would help improve access to the outdoors for the region’s residents and visitors alike,” Schubert said.
Representatives John Garamendi and Mike Thompson and senators Alex Padilla and Dianne Feinstein have joined tribal and community leaders in supporting all approaches, including the president’s use of the Antiquities Act, to permanently protect Molok Loyuk as part of the National Monument. They have also championed legislation to protect the area.
The Antiquities Act is a 1906 law that grants presidents the ability to designate federal public lands, waters, and cultural and historical sites as national monuments to permanently conserve them.
To learn more about this effort and to sign a petition in support of the expansion of the Berryessa Snow Mountain National Monument, visit www.expandberryessa.org.
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MATH will meet at 7 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 10, in the Middletown Community Meeting Room/Library at 21256 Washington St., Middletown. The meeting is open to the public.
To join the meeting via Zoom click on this link; the meeting ID is 832 1989 2440. Call in at 669-900-6833.
While Zoom meeting attendance is offered, due to minimal equipment, tech support and poor WIFI connections, to fully participate in the MATH meeting, community members are encouraged to attend in person if possible.
MATH previously had reported that Chris Meredith of the Guenoc MAHA Project was going to offer a presentation at the August meeting.
However, the group reported this week that the update has been indefinitely postponed.
“The project is still awaiting the recirculation process. In an email sent to the MATH Chair, Mr. Meredith stated he has been advised by his legal team to hold off on community outreach at this point. The Guenoc MAHA Project will be rescheduled at a ‘yet to be determined’ future date.
At 7:05 p.m., MATH will hear from the meeting’s speakers, beginning with Cal Fire Division Chief Paul Duncan, who will speak about this year’s fire season, to be followed by District 1 Supervisor Moke Simon, who is expected to give his monthly update on issues in the south county.
Under business, the group will discuss forming a committee regarding projects and cannabis.
Agenda items for future meetings expected to be discussed include a September presentation on the community garden and the beginning of board nominations for 2024, now scheduled for October.
MATH will next meet Sept. 14.
The MATH Board includes Chair Monica Rosenthal, Vice Chair Todd Fiora, Secretary Ken Gonzalez, Rosemary Córdova and Bill Waite, and alternates Julia Bono and Tom Darms.
MATH — established by resolution of the Lake County Board of Supervisors on Dec. 12, 2006 — is a municipal advisory council serving the residents of Anderson Springs, Cobb, Coyote Valley (including Hidden Valley Lake), Long Valley and Middletown.
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- Written by: Todd Jones, Mississippi State University; Benjamin Cowan, Washington State University, and Jeff Swigert, Southern Utah University
The Research Brief is a short take about interesting academic work.
The big idea
Moms of school-age children get significantly less sleep during the school year than during the summer.
We are economists who specialize in education and health research. We combined extensive data on school district schedules with information derived from the American Time Use Survey to explore the ways families use their time differently depending on whether school is in session or out for summer.
We observed mothers on average tend to sleep 25 minutes less, have 28 minutes less free time and allocate seven minutes less for exercise on weekdays during the school year than during the summer. For comparison, fathers reduce sleep by 11 minutes during the school year relative to the summer, have 21 minutes less free time and five fewer exercise minutes.
Conversely, mothers spend about half an hour more per day during the school year taking care of others, including kids, and five additional minutes on travel – which often involves driving their kids to and from school.
Interestingly, even though both mothers and fathers spend more time physically present with children in their household during summer months, both spend more time actively engaged with the children – such as helping with homework or reading together – during the school year. However, the effect is almost three times greater for women than it is for men: Moms spend an extra 34 minutes per day during the school year actively engaged with the children versus an extra 12 minutes for dads.
Our study also observed teenagers ages 15-17, as they are the only children included in the time use survey.
During the school year, teenagers sleep about one hour and 20 minutes – or 13% – less than they do during the summer, and they have over two hours – or 33% – less free time each day. This reduction in free time includes nearly an hour and a half less time spent each day on television, games – including video games – and computer use.
Why it matters
Prior research has shown there is a gender gap in mental health, with women faring worse than men on measures such as anxiety and depression. Women are also four times as likely as men to be diagnosed with seasonal affective disorder, a type of depression that typically occurs in fall and winter.
Our results suggest the possibility that these issues are exacerbated by the greater demands placed on mothers during the school year.
Regarding teenagers getting more sleep, our findings support arguments for later school start times so that teens can get more sleep. The American Academy of Pediatrics has recommended middle and high schools start no earlier than 8:30 a.m. so that adolescents can get sufficient sleep to support mental health and academic achievement. However, the average start time for U.S. high schools is 8 a.m..
Our results also suggest that when school is out, teenagers may be especially susceptible to media overconsumption. Teens themselves say they spend too much time on screens.
What we still don’t know
We do not yet know how these changes in schedules affect teen mental health. While some measures of teen mental health improve during summer months, we found that teenagers spend the lion’s share of their extra summer free time in front of screens, and studies have linked excessive screen time to higher levels of depression and poorer mental health.
This article was updated on July 31, 2023 with a new chart.
Todd Jones, Assistant Professor of Economics, Mississippi State University; Benjamin Cowan, Associate Professor of Economics, Washington State University, and Jeff Swigert, Assistant Professor of Economics, Southern Utah University
This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article.
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It will closely resemble the Zero-Emission Vehicle Market Development Strategy to help California collectively move forward and deliver zero-emission benefits to all Californians.
“California is all in on clean, renewable hydrogen — an essential aspect of how we’ll power our future and cut pollution,” said Newsom. “This strategy will lay out the pathway for building a robust hydrogen market to help us fully embrace this source of clean energy.”
Expanding the market for clean, renewable hydrogen is key to achieving California’s climate goals — especially for a clean electric grid, net-zero carbon emissions, and drastically cutting air pollution.
California is currently competing to become a federally funded Hydrogen Hub, a program that will leverage $8 billion from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to establish at least four Hydrogen Hubs across the United States.
What it will do:
• Create a market development strategy that is focused on leveraging hydrogen to accelerate clean energy deployment and decarbonizing our transportation and industrial sectors;
• Build on our 2022 Scoping Plan while leveraging the upcoming SB 1075 hydrogen report and ARCHES’ cross sector, multi-stakeholder hydrogen market white papers;
• Developed in consultation with state agencies – including the California Air Resources Board, the California Energy Commission, and the California Public Utilities Commission – while clearly defining agencies’ roles and responsibilities;
• Identify shared strategies to deliver projects, which may include new financing models, permitting modifications, and procurement initiatives;
• Engage relevant stakeholders, including local communities, to advance equity and deliver environmental and economic benefits;
• Ensure state agencies and partners continue to pull in a shared direction to accelerate the use of renewable energy throughout our economy and increase the resilience and reliability of our energy system.
This initiative builds on the governor’s executive order to create an Infrastructure Strike Team to streamline projects throughout the state.
The Hydrogen Strategy will be one outcome of the Infrastructure Strike Team’s hydrogen, clean energy, transportation, and zero-emission vehicle workgroups.
California’s application for this federal funding was led and submitted by California’s Alliance for Renewable Clean Hydrogen Energy Systems, or ARCHES, a public private-partnership organized to create an economically sustainable, multi-sector, renewable hydrogen ecosystem that directly benefits California’s communities.
“As a founding member of ARCHES, GO-Biz is eager to work with all stakeholders to create California’s first-ever Hydrogen Market Development Strategy,” said Dee Dee Myers, senior advisor to the governor and director of GO-Biz. “Hydrogen has tremendous potential to not only grow our economy but also clean our air, create family supporting jobs, and lead the nation’s clean energy transition. The ARCHES model provides an incredible opportunity to accelerate this market and drive down cost for everyone — while unlocking critical community benefits."
“ARCHES was structured to enable and deliver a clean renewable hydrogen energy system in California and beyond,” said ARCHES CEO Angelina Galiteva. “Gov. Newsom’s all-of-government approach to accelerating the hydrogen market is exactly what we need to deliver for California and the nation. ARCHES is fully committed to continuing to work hand in hand with GO-Biz and our broad coalition of partners to accelerate California’s transition to a carbon free economy.”