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Rain faces a hazardous journey
By Arne Anselm
Guest writer
February 26, 2011
A "raindrop's journey" sounds like the smallest slide in the kiddie section of the water park, but it is much more hazardous than that....more
Eye on the Environment: Take action to keep watershed clean
By Kelly Hahs
Sunday October 25, 2009
The first rainstorm of fall2009 has come and gone. The sky is clear, the air fresh and the ground is clean. The rain washed everything away, but what is "everything" and where is "away?"...more
Eye on the Environment: Waterway cleanup is part of agencies' attack on pollution
By Ricardo E. Moreno, Guest writer
Sunday, August 23, 2009
People have asked me what I do for the county of Ventura. I respond, “I am the county’s TMDL coordinator.” And yes, they usually have the same reaction you are having now: “What’s that?”more
Eye on the Environment: Follow these steps to cut pollutants flowing to ocean
By Arne Anselm
Guest writer
Sunday, December, 2008
A swim in the ocean can be fraught with danger — and not necessarily because of pesky sharks or a strong undertow.
The danger comes from pollutants that often find their way into the sea from the Ventura County watershed. more
Debating How Much Weed Killer Is Safe in Your Water Glass
By Charles Duhigg
For decades, farmers, lawn care workers and professional green thumbs have relied on the popular weed killer atrazine to protect their crops, golf courses and manicured lawns... more
Eye on the Environment: Gunk down the gutter comes back
By Arne Anselm
Sunday November 18, 2010
Remember the not-to-distant past when we thought nothing of using the gutter to get rid of stuff? No time to bag leaves and grass clippings--we used the gutter. Didn't want to wash paint brushes in the sink? We used the gutter....more
Eye on the Environment: Campaign urges residents to keep all water clean
By Arne Anselm
Sunday, June 17, 2010
Just in time for the peak summer gardening season, a new public service campaign was introduced last week to educate Ventura County residents on how to keep dangerous residential pesticides out of the watershed....more
