Strong Thunderstorm Last Night, Environmental News Roundup, New Restaurant

After the little mini-drought, it’s been on and off rainy, with a few really wonderful breezy days, like yesterday. Hope you were here for a bit of that! Last night, we had a strong thunderstorm that brought an eight hour power outage. I imagine other areas of the county were involved, since it took so long to restore power.

There’s a new restaurant in Blue Ridge, Bread & Bleu, which seems to be an upscale sandwich shop. It’s in an odd location, down past the Co-op on East Main, in the Pedego Bikes building. You can see the menu on Facebook, if you’re into that deal.

Here are a few environmental news stories that you may have missed.

Here’s a dramatic example of trout management gone wrong.

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/13/opinion/fishing-species-extinction-yellowstone.html?action=click&module=Opinion&pgtype=Homepage

They’ve figured out where the Prothonotary Warbler winters, and the location raises fears for their conservation. They’re the beautiful bright yellow warblers, and they seem to be in decline. I see reports of them on the Indiana birding listserve, but I haven’t seen one in years. We have had a Scarlet Tanager in our woods, which is a bit unusual after the migration passes.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/science/songbird-migration-study-finds-a-tiny-vulnerable-winter-range/2019/06/20/1bffa6fe-92cb-11e9-b570-6416efdc0803_story.html?utm_term=.10d56117406b

Here’s an explanation of why we’ll never get the coyotes under control unless we bring the red wolf back.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2019/06/03/killing-wolves-was-supposed-solve-problem-created-one-that-will-last-forever/?utm_term=.802226224b7d

Finally, a bald cypress in North Carolina may be one of the oldest trees in North America.

https://www.newsweek.com/2624-tree-north-carolina-swamp-oldest-planet-1421844

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