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Rip Rap installed at Central park File Photo KDG

On October 25th the NWCRT will host a free presentation on Floods , Beetles., fires. Hot topic considering two years in a row of  high run spring run off.

Logging is going here and someone will be supplying lumber for the billions of dollars of hurricane destruction in the US. It almost makes it worth it to cancel Saudi arms sales.

Is there a spiraling curve to 5 degrees to pre-industrial  age temperatures, should we dust our caves. This bunch makes no representations on these things however they are offering an educational forum on water hydrology and how it works.

October 25th Merritt Civic center free event M. Free parking.

Guest presenter Rita Winkler, PhD  Registered Forester Hydrologist.

Rita is the Research Hydrologist with over 30 years of experience in forestry, applied hydrology, and water-related research. Rita coordinates the Upper Penticton Creek Watershed Experiment and the Mayson Lake Hydrologic Processes Study. Her research focuses on forest-snow interactions and the effects of forestry practices on water supplies. In addition to research, she also provides technical and professional advice on hydrologic and watershed management issues and is actively involved in operational and academic extension. Rita is an Adjunct Professor at Thompson Rivers University and the University of British Columbia.

Consulting areas: Forest hydrology, forest-snow interactions, forest management effects on streamflow and water quality, watershed management, hydrologic process research design, extension and education.

On this Day: October 16th 1841

Queens university is founded in Canada.