tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-59934422881400590132024-02-20T05:26:43.879-08:00Virtual SaltworksVirtual Saltworks shares what is at stake with the Cargill Salt Ponds development, in the context of Google Earth.Virtual Saltworkshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09753444822774022101noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5993442288140059013.post-7751354678179371422011-07-27T17:13:00.000-07:002011-07-27T17:14:00.777-07:00Cargill Salt Ponds CAN be Restored<span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: normal; font-size: medium; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia; ">After a over a year since that last Google Earth tour release, I am proud to release another one -- this one takes you around the Bay to visit several former salt ponds which are in the process of successful restoration back to natural tidal marshes. This shows that the Cargill Salt Ponds in Redwood City can also be restored!</span></span></span></span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: normal; font-size: medium; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia; "><br /></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: normal; font-size: medium; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia; ">If you want to see the Cargill Salt Ponds restored too, m</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: normal; font-size: medium; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia; "><span class="Apple-style-span">ake your voice heard at the</span> <a href="http://www.redwoodcity.org/government/council/meetings.html"><b><span class="Apple-style-span">next city council meeting</span></b></a>, <span class="Apple-style-span">or</span> <b><span class="Apple-style-span"><a href="http://dontpavemybay.org">sign the online petition</a></span></b>.</span></span><br /><br /><object width="410" height="248"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/iomelzuZIZ4&hl=en_US&fs=1&rel=0&color1=0x006699&color2=0x54abd6"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/iomelzuZIZ4&hl=en_US&fs=1&rel=0&color1=0x006699&color2=0x54abd6" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="410" height="248"></embed></object><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; font-family: georgia; "><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; "><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iomelzuZIZ4">View in YouTube</a></span></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; font-family: georgia; "><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; "> | </span></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; font-family: georgia; "><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; "><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iomelzuZIZ4&hd=1">View in HD</a></span></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; font-family: georgia; "><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; "> | </span></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; font-family: georgia; "><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; "><a href="http://www.youtube.com/v/iomelzuZIZ4">View full-screen</a></span></b></span><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia; "><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; "><br /></span></b></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="http://www.google.com/earth/gallery/images/kml_feed_small.png" border="0" alt="" style="float: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; cursor: pointer; width: 16px; height: 16px; " /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: georgia; "><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; "><a href="https://sites.google.com/site/virtualsaltworks/file-cabinet/Saltworks_CAN_be_Restored.kmz">Download to view in Google Earth</a></span></b></span></span><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; "><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; "><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia; "><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; "><a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1PxMzQ-2Pyi7oGrUhGKsXBO8UfQLqFw440-vOW1zV7Iw/edit?hl=en_US">Read transcript for this tour</a></span></b></span></div></div></span></span></span></div>Virtual Saltworkshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09753444822774022101noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5993442288140059013.post-12573761873612959552010-05-24T22:58:00.001-07:002011-07-27T17:14:30.888-07:00Saltworks IS in the Bay<a href="http://www.google.com/earth/gallery/images/kml_feed_small.png" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">This Google Earth tour shows historical imagery of the tidal marshes that used to exist at the Cargill </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">Salt Ponds, and illustrates the ecological and other reasons why we must restore the salt ponds back to tidal marshes. Make your voice heard at the <a href="http://www.redwoodcity.org/government/council/meetings.html">next city council meeting</a>, or <a href="http://savesfbay.org/redwoodcity">sign the online petition</a>.</span></span><br /><br /><object width="410" height="248"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/pzRnmw_u-kA&hl=en_US&fs=1&rel=0&color1=0x006699&color2=0x54abd6"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/pzRnmw_u-kA&hl=en_US&fs=1&rel=0&color1=0x006699&color2=0x54abd6" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="410" height="248"></embed></object><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><b> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pzRnmw_u-kA" target="_blank"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">View in YouTube</span></a></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> | </span></b></span><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pzRnmw_u-kA&hd=1" target="_blank"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">View in HD</span></b></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> | </span></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><b><a href="http://www.youtube.com/v/pzRnmw_u-kA" target="_blank"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">View full-screen</span></a></b></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></b></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="http://www.google.com/earth/gallery/images/kml_feed_small.png" border="0" alt="" style="float: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; cursor: pointer; width: 16px; height: 16px; " /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family:georgia;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><a href="http://sites.google.com/site/virtualsaltworks/file-cabinet/Saltworks_IS_in_the_Bay_tour.kmz?attredirects=0&d=1">Download to view in Google Earth</a></span></b></span></span><div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1qv-4saFxKp5jilVC26zz21UY6FQyQRLdcpMkRQwEARY/edit?hl=en_US">Read transcript for this tour</a></span></b></span></div></div>Virtual Saltworkshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09753444822774022101noreply@blogger.com4