Reports
Sunday, April 17 - Tours
My son Ivan and I walked part of the Reserve Cuesta Blanca. Like the previous day had been overcast, there was nobody. We are dedicated to collecting garbage (very little) and water the seedlings that had placed two weekends ago at the output of Argentine ecosystems. We could see the many posters that are now placed by the community, reporting on the environmental standards of conduct (see picture one). It was not until approximately 14 hours came the first visitors, who deliver leaflets.
Saturday April 23 - Fire
That night was the smell of smoke and going to see around of the 21 hours, I found a group of 4 young people making a fire, and armed with a tent near the beach of the Whale. The fire was surrounded by stones, but made by a group of dead branches that residents should not place on the banks of river. And there were two fires in the Sierras de Córdoba. The drought, coupled with the neglect of the people, and poor provincial preventive policies, is a very dangerous combination. I explained where are the places authorized to camping and fire. The boys, who had seen a sign placed by the municipality in the fall of the Goldfish, could not claim they did not know. Without protest too much, broke camp and left. Since it is the second time this has happened in less than a month, with several residents of the beach for a cow decided to commission a poster and more, to strengthen placed by the municipality, with an indication of prohibited camping and fire.
Sunday, April 24 - Ferns and travel
Around noon, a couple was taking ferns Reserve Cuesta Blanca. They were just in the area where there is a sign that says "We are recovering the native forest: help us take care of" and another with a sign not to remove plants. I asked if they had not seen the posters, but I was told very rudely that they had only taken a fern, which is not exaggerated. "Do you think that taking a fern going to destroy the forest?" After a few minutes left. A little later, Elisa Riffo was the usual route. Saw very few visitors only two families and a youth group. Nobody was trying to fire. There was very little trash. Elisa was surprised how quiet the day, being Easter Sunday.
News
Path of interpretation "clump Serrano
Sebastian (Ranger community) placed the starting lineup of the path "grove Serrano "a little more visible to everyone. If you go to the bridge, you will see (see photo), then follow the yellow arrows to go and hit the trail. I recommend the walk worthwhile. There is still place a few signs, but still you can enjoy and learn the route.
Fall Pruning
is usual at this time there are problems with the branches from pruning. Some neighbors who do not know what to do with the shooting in road or river, which is not permitted by regulation communal (municipal regulations related to environmental issues are on our blog: http://vecinoscuestablanca.
what to do with pruning? A green vision
FUVA Arroyito of
Apparently, the little stream that comes from the sewage water FUVA is already processed and clean. But several neighbors have occasionally found that the water smells really bad. Perhaps this coincides with the busiest times of visitors, when the treatment plant to process it does not reach all the water. This should not happen at all. But if you leave as much vegetation on the banks of the creek, when it does come more clean water to the river, as the vegetation absorbs nutrients and that decreases the amount of bacteria.
Notices
May 7, 2011. 17 hours in the hotel lounge Cuesta Blanca (FATF). Symposium "Water: natural capital and social capital." The speakers will be Daniel Renison, "The landscape and natural capital", Ramiro Berardo, "Social capital and management of water" and Melissa Giorgis: "How much water? Then there will be a discussion moderated by Gustavo Peyroti. Commune organized Cuesta Blanca, group-care environments and ecosystems Argentine volunteers. Free admission. No registration is required.
Schedule rangers environments
Sunday 1 May. Leo Barbera
Sunday 8 May. Mattano Ricardo and Monica (tbc)
plants saws
Margarita yellow ( Hysterionica jasionoides or Bakerii Hysterionica )
not really called yellow daisy, but it is a yellow daisy, and the book does not include a common name. It's a very nice yuyito growing near the road, in sector 1 of the Reserve Cuesta Blanca. Melisa asked Giorgis, who knows all the plants of the hilly forest. She said that without seeing the plant it can not be sure which of the two species is Hysterionica .
Did you know ...
More than 10 million hectares of arable land per year are lost per year (are left), due to soil erosion? (Source: Pimentel et al. 1995. Science 267: 1117-1123).
Text: Ana M. Cingolani
