by Middleton Stream Team | Sep 24, 2013 | Water Closet Blog
In this weeks Water Closet, Pike tells about a recent trip along the Ipswich River with fellow Stream Teamers. Pike notes the impact of the resurgent beaver population in changing the landscape of the river flood plane which likely would not be apparent to those who do not venture onto the river. Hopefully the article will inspire people to appreciate the beauty of the river and its surround as a sanctuary from our man made world and make them want to preserve it for future generations..
by Roger Talbot | Sep 20, 2013 | Water Closet Blog
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by Middleton Stream Team | Sep 18, 2013 | Water Closet Blog
Once again, Pike relates a fascinating story from Arthur McKee about a traveling experience that Arthur had in August, 1983 while driving through the Great Basin’s mountains and plains in a van with other profs and grad students from Oregon State University. They encounter a seemingly impassible lake that has flooded the highway in front of them only to witness a pickup truck do what they would have thought to be an impossible drive across the lake. The secret of how the pickup truck is able to drive across the lake will surprise readers.
by Middleton Stream Team | Sep 10, 2013 | Water Closet Blog
In this weeks Water Closet, Pike writes about historian, Daniel K. Richter’s book “Facing East from Indian Country: A Native History of Early America”. It is not a happy story and deals with the unending skirmishes, wars, and broken treaties, between the native american indians and the European settlers from the late 1500s to the mid 1800s on the continent east of the Mississippi. It is revisionist history that is sure to raise controversy with readers.
by Middleton Stream Team | Sep 3, 2013 | Water Closet Blog
In this week’s Water Closet, Pike relates a human interest story from heavy equipment operator, Leon Rubchinuk, regarding a rescue mission that shows a caring for other creatures on this planet that should be inspirational for all readers.
by Middleton Stream Team | Aug 27, 2013 | Water Closet Blog
In this weeks Water Closet, Pike relates another fascinating story from Arthur McKee about his time spent in Alaska as a researcher in the 1960’s where he has the opportunity to see view some of the most beautiful and fragile crystalline structures found on earth buried deep in the permafrost. The crystals are formed naturally in caverns that were dug deep into the permafrost during the 1940’s and 50’s ostensibly to hold food supplies to support oil exploration. Given the size and depth of the caverns and the fact that they were dug during the hight of the cold war, one is left wondering whether they were dug for purposes other than food storage. Perhaps one of the readers could shed further light on this mystery. Regardless, I think it will make for enjoyable reading for all readers.
