The Quality of ____ Is [Not] Strained
July 9, 2020 10:50 AM Subscribe
AirNow "is your one-stop source for air quality data." This mapper "provides results from the largest-ever assessment of water-quality changes in the Nation's streams and rivers." The National Transportation Noise Map "facilitates the tracking of trends in transportation-related noise, by mode, and collectively for multiple transportation modes." "Finding a pristine sky is not as easy as it once was. But you can use the Map on this site to help you." Clear Dark Sky "shows at a glance when, in the next 48 hours, we might expect clear and dark skies for one specific observing site."
That monologue has been in my head for two days for seemingly no reason, so go zeitgeist!
posted by lauranesson at 11:03 AM on July 9, 2020
posted by lauranesson at 11:03 AM on July 9, 2020
You can play "spot the airport" with the Noise Map.
posted by Old'n'Busted at 11:05 AM on July 9, 2020 [1 favorite]
posted by Old'n'Busted at 11:05 AM on July 9, 2020 [1 favorite]
It's not just spot the airport, it's spot the runway. Billings, MT has two, but Great Falls, MT seems to have three.
posted by fedward at 11:08 AM on July 9, 2020
posted by fedward at 11:08 AM on July 9, 2020
The huge void in the noise data between Boise, ID and Missoula, MT seems to be a half dozen National Forests, some other BLM land, and at least one National Wilderness administered by USFS (I got tired of clicking the Protected Areas Database map and related links). Idaho has a lot of National Forests. I continue to be confused about how and why the USFS divides them the way they do, but it makes comparing their combined area with, say, Yellowstone or Glacier more difficult than it needs to be.
posted by fedward at 11:40 AM on July 9, 2020
posted by fedward at 11:40 AM on July 9, 2020
Mercy me, these are helpful sites...
posted by PhineasGage at 11:45 AM on July 9, 2020 [1 favorite]
posted by PhineasGage at 11:45 AM on July 9, 2020 [1 favorite]
A fantastic new resource in this space is How’s My Waterway, which was just released by some colleagues at the EPA.
I run one of the sites that it pulls from
posted by rockindata at 1:25 PM on July 9, 2020 [3 favorites]
I run one of the sites that it pulls from
posted by rockindata at 1:25 PM on July 9, 2020 [3 favorites]
TIL about the Frank Church-River of No Return Wilderness, 2.4 million acres of that blank spot with no road noise between Boise and Missoula. A compromise in 2008 secured 3.3 million acres of roadless area in Idaho, of which that particular wilderness is a large part.
posted by fedward at 3:06 PM on July 9, 2020
posted by fedward at 3:06 PM on July 9, 2020
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