Blog entries tagged tourism http://krcb.org Fri, 17 May 2013 23:25:33 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.3 http://krcb.org/1295-ship-sewage-rules <p><img style="float: right;" src="http://krcb.org/images/65/Archive/8-10/usepa_logo.jpg" alt="" /></p><br/><p>Land-based sewage discharges into the ocean are illegal. Soon that ban will apply to big ships, too, under new EPA rules being announced today.</p><br/><p>{play}http://media.krcb.org/audio/nbr/8-25-10.mp3{/play}</p><br/><p><img style="float: left; margin-left: 9px; margin-right: 9px;" src="http://krcb.org/images/65/Archive/8-10/jared-blumenfeld.jpg" alt="" width="162" height="230" /></p><br/><p>Jared BRead More... Bruce Robinson Wed, 25 Aug 2010 12:00:00 +0100 water transportation tourism public safety policy ocean news international Health government garbage fish environment corporate responsibiliyt coast California business animals http://krcb.org/1217-sustaining-eco-tourism <br/>&nbsp; <img style="float: right;" src="http://krcb.org/images/65/Archive/7-10/MACHU-PICCHU.gif" alt="" />Eco-tourism is a growth industry, especially in remote and unspoiled areas. But as those areas attract more visitors, can the natural experience they offer remain the same?<br/><p>{play}http://media.krcb.org/audio/nbr/7-27-10.mp3{/play}</p><br/><p><img style="float: left; margin-left: 9px; margin-right: 9px;" src="http://krcb.org/images/65/Archive/7-10/ToddP.jpeg" alt="" />Initially, most geo-tourisRead More... Bruce Robinson Tue, 27 Jul 2010 11:00:00 +0100 tourism resources recreation poverty journalism international environment economy conservation business author http://krcb.org/1216-eco-tourism-in-bolivia <img style="float: right;" src="http://krcb.org/images/65/Archive/7-10/bolivia_bala_narraows_small_4.jpg" alt="" width="390" height="292" />A remote Bolivian valley full of rare birds and wildlife is becoming an eco-tourism destination, thanks in part to an assist from a Sebastopol non-profit, the Conservation Strategy Fund. {play}http://media.krcb.org/audio/nbr/7-26-10.mp3{/play}<br/><img src="http://krcb.org/images/65/Archive/7-10/Doron2.jpg" alt="" />Doron Amiran of the Sebastopol-based ConservatRead More... Bruce Robinson Mon, 26 Jul 2010 12:00:00 +0100 wildlife tourism state government resources recreation poverty planning nonprofit orgs land rights jobs international Green government environment employment economy conservation business activism http://krcb.org/1038-state-of-the-county-2010 <p><img style="float: right;" src="http://www.krcb.org/images/65/Archive/1-10/valerie_at_work.jpg" alt="" />Each January, the chair of the Sonoma County Board of Supervisors presents a Report to the community that reflects on the year just past, and looks ahead into the year just beginning. For the past several years, KRCB has been pleased to broadcast this annual State of the County address, a tradition that continues with this online posting of the audio from the event, as introduced by News DRead More... Bruce Robinson Wed, 20 Jan 2010 20:43:05 +0100 tourism speaker Sonoma County resources public safety politics planning legislation jobs housing government events employment education economy construction California business budget alternative energy agriculture http://krcb.org/688-the-dangerous-world-of-butterflies <p> <img src="http://www.krcb.org/images/65/Archive/6-09/butterfliescover.jpg" alt=" " hspace="8" width="140" height="211" align="left" /> Nature lovers versus breeders. Preservationists versus poachers and smugglers.&nbsp; A history that goes back eons versus threatened extinctions in the 21st&nbsp; century. These are just some of the stories that lie within the dangerous world of....butterflies?</p><br/><p>{mp3remote}http://media.krcb.org/audio/nbr/6-16-09.mp3{/mp3remote}</p><br/><p></p><br/><p><img src="Read More... Bruce Robinson Tue, 29 Dec 2009 08:00:00 +0100 wildlife trees tourism timber resources policy parks open space media law enforcement international government farms environment conservation author animals http://krcb.org/1014-california-airport-council <p><img style="float: left; margin-left: 8px; margin-right: 8px;" src="http://www.krcb.org/images/65/Archive/12-09/66026509_285166a815.jpg" alt="" width="400" height="297" />California&rsquo;s airports are banding together to weigh in on state and federal laws and policies that affect them, and the Sonoma County Airport (seen here looking south from the air)&nbsp; is part of the group.</p><br/><p>{play}http://media.krcb.org/audio/nbr/12-13-09.mp3{/play}</p><br/><p><img style="float: right;" src="http://Read More... Bruce Robinson Mon, 14 Dec 2009 08:00:00 +0100 transportation tourism Sonoma County planning nonprofit orgs legislation government California budget http://krcb.org/968-voyage-of-discovery <p><img style="float: right;" src="http://www.krcb.org/images/65/Archive/11-09/landing_our_ship.jpg" alt="" />There&rsquo;s nothing like seeing other parts of the world first-hand to give one a different perspective on &ldquo;home.&rdquo; A Sonoma State professor who did just that last summer with his students in the international Semester at Sea program, reports back.</p><br/><p>{play}http://media.krcb.org/audio/nbr/11-5-09.mp3{/play}</p><br/><p>The Semester at Sea program offers educational voyages thRead More... Bruce Robinson Thu, 05 Nov 2009 14:00:00 +0100 tourism students rights religion poverty ocean international Ideas Green environment education coast climate change carbon http://krcb.org/908-visiting-iran <p>Despite the hostile anti-American rhetoric from Iran&rsquo;s president, a Santa Rosa woman who visited last year says the citizens she met were warm and welcoming.</p><br/><p>{play}http://media.krcb.org/audio/nbr/9-15-09.mp3{/play}</p><br/><p>&nbsp;</p><br/><p><img src="http://www.krcb.org/images/65/Archive/10-09/iran_flag.jpg" alt="" width="467" height="248" /></p><br/><p>&nbsp;</p><br/><p>&nbsp;</p><br/><p><img style="margin-left: 7px; margin-right: 7px;" src="http://www.krcb.org/images/65/Archive/10-09/EFC.jpg" aRead More... Bruce Robinson Tue, 15 Sep 2009 05:00:00 +0100 volunteer tourism politics peace nonprofit orgs news media international history government activism http://krcb.org/701-biking-to-seattle <p> <img src="http://krcb.org/images/65/Archive/6-09/Bike.JPG" alt=" " hspace="9" width="130" height="194" align="left" />Bicycling from Santa Rosa to Seattle is no small accomplishment, but doing it a century ago was a far greater challenge.</p><p><img src="http://krcb.org/images/65/Archive/6-09/2wheelsNorth.jpg" alt="" /> </p><p> {mp3remote}http://media.krcb.org/audio/nbr/6-30-09.mp3{/mp3remote} </p><p>&nbsp;The intent of his 15-day ride to Seattle, explains Bill Harrison, was to repeat the Read More... Bruce Robinson Tue, 30 Jun 2009 03:00:00 +0100 transportation tourism sports seniors recreation open space media Ideas history events environment http://krcb.org/696-sonoma-county-economic-forecast <p><img src="http://krcb.org/images/65/Archive/6-09/edb_govdocs_banner.jpg" alt=" " width="150" height="57" align="right" /> Has the recession bottomed out in Sonoma County yet? Economist Steve Cochrane says the answer is....almost.</p> {mp3remote}http://media.krcb.org/audio/nbr/6-26-09.mp3{/mp3remote} <p>&nbsp;<img src="http://krcb.org/images/65//for%20sale%20sign%20on%20lawn.jpg" alt=" " hspace="8" width="240" height="220" align="left" /> </p><p>Housing prices have fallen by as much as 30Read More... Bruce Robinson Fri, 26 Jun 2009 03:00:00 +0100 transportation tourism speaker Sonoma planning jobs housing government employment economy construction business budget http://krcb.org/665-in-darwins-footsteps <p><img src="http://krcb.org/images/65/Archive/5-09/origin_of_species.gif" alt=" " hspace="11" width="150" height="221" align="left" /> </p>The world has changed in many ways in the 150 years since Charles Darwin published &quot;The Origin of Species.&quot; But much remains the same on the Galapagos Islands that inspired his famous theory. &nbsp; {mp3remote}http://media.krcb.org/audio/nbr/5-20-09.mp3{/mp3remote} <p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><img src="http://krcb.org/iRead More... Bruce Robinson Wed, 20 May 2009 03:00:00 +0100 wildlife tourism speaker Science religion ocean history education birds author animals http://krcb.org/645-lost-rivers <p><img src="http://krcb.org/images/65/Archive/4-09/roalc_poster.jpg" alt="" align="right" />The rise and surprisingly rapid fall of fly fishing on the Russian and other northern California rivers is told in a new documentary film, Rivers of a Lost Coast.</p><p>{mp3remote}http://media.krcb.org/audio/nbr/4-27-09.mp3{/mp3remote} </p><p><img src="http://krcb.org/images/65/Archive/4-09/Flyfishing.jpg" alt=" " width="220" height="338" align="left" /></p><p>As a boy, Justin Coupe, co-director of RiveRead More... Bruce Robinson Mon, 27 Apr 2009 03:00:00 +0100 water tourism Russian River resources recreation policy ocean media history fish environment coast http://krcb.org/632-us-cuba-policy <p><img src="http://krcb.org/images/65/Archive/4-09/band2.jpg" alt="" align="left" /> </p><p>After half a century of hostile relations, is it finally time to start talking-and trading-with Cuba again?</p> {mp3remote}http://media.krcb.org/audio/nbr/4-8-09.mp3{/mp3remote} <p><img src="http://krcb.org/images/65/Archive/4-09/datelinehavana_cover.png" alt="" align="right" /> </p><p>Cuba is not a high priority for the Obama administration, Erlich observes, but there is a considerable upside Read More... Bruce Robinson Wed, 08 Apr 2009 03:00:00 +0100 veterans tourism speaker politics policy peace legislation immigration history government Congress author http://krcb.org/586-geo-tourism <p> Eco-tourism may draw some visitors to the North Bay, but some forward-looking groups are betting that even more travelers can be enticed through the broader approach called Geo-tourism.</p> {mp3remote}http://media.krcb.org/audio/nbr/3-19-09.mp3{/mp3remote} <p>&nbsp;<img src="http://www.krcb.org/images/65/Archive/3-09/california-northcoast-map.png" alt=" " width="250" height="369" align="left" /></p><p>&nbsp;Anyone wanting a broader understanding of Geotourism in general or the North Coast Read More... Bruce Robinson Thu, 19 Mar 2009 03:00:00 +0100 wildlife water tourism Sonoma Russian River parks ocean nonprofit orgs Napa media Marin Ideas environment economy conservation http://krcb.org/585-mcarthur-grant-for-cfs <p><img src="http://krcb.org/images/65/Archive/3-09/CSFlogo.gif" alt="" align="right" /> </p><p>A Sebastopol-based non-profit has gotten a big boost from the MacArthur Foundation. {mp3remote}http://media.krcb.org/audio/nbr/3-17-09.mp3{/mp3remote} </p><p>The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation has awarded the Conservation Strategy Fund&nbsp; $400,000&nbsp; over the next three years in support of their efforts to build natural resource economics skills to sustain biodiversity conservaRead More... Bruce Robinson Tue, 17 Mar 2009 03:00:00 +0100 wildlife water tourism Sebastopol resources recreation poverty policy planning parks nonprofit orgs news media land rights jobs international government finances environment education economy design conservation community climate change carbon business birds agriculture activism http://krcb.org/561-petaluma-river-561 <p> The Petaluma River has a long and interesting history, and some new Friends who want to make that history better known.</p> {mp3remote}http://media.krcb.org/audio/nbr/3-2-09.mp3{/mp3remote} <p>&nbsp;<img src="http://krcb.org/images/65/Archive/3-09/david%20yearsley.jpg" alt="" align="left" /></p><p>David Yearsley is a co-founder and&nbsp; Executive Director of the Friends of the Petaluma River, which has the following mission and goals: </p><p>Mission: To promote stewardship of the PetalumaRead More... Bruce Robinson Mon, 02 Mar 2009 04:00:00 +0100 wildlife water waste volunteer transportation tourism resources recreation policy parks nonprofit orgs history government fish environment education conservation community birds activism http://krcb.org/551-angel-island-immigration-station <p>&nbsp;Newly preserved and restored, a rare piece of bay area history reopens for visitors on Sunday.&nbsp; (See below for details of the reopening day ceremonies) </p><p>{mp3remote}http://media.krcb.org/audio/nbr/2-10-09.mp3{/mp3remote}</p><p><img src="http://krcb.org/images/65//Archive/2-09/Spanphoto.jpg" alt=" " width="600" height="125" /></p><p>The federal immigration station on Angel Island, as seen above in 1915,&nbsp; was reached by a long wooden dock which no longer exists. Most of theRead More... Bruce Robinson Tue, 10 Feb 2009 04:00:00 +0100 tourism rights recreation parks Marin immigration history government events education conservation http://krcb.org/546-drought <p>&nbsp; <p>&nbsp;</p><p align="center"><img src="http://krcb.org/images/65//Archive/2-09/Logo_scwa%20sized%204-color.jpg" alt="" /></p> <p>It&#39;s official.&nbsp; The drought is back, and mandatory cutbacks in water consumption are imminent.</p> <p>{mp3remote}http://media.krcb.org/audio/nbr/2-3-09.mp3{/mp3remote}</p> <p>&nbsp;</p><p>Water reserves are at or approaching historic lows in both Lake Mendocino (see at right) and Lake Sonoma. With seasonal rainfRead More... Bruce Robinson Tue, 03 Feb 2009 04:00:00 +0100 water tourism Sonoma resources recreation policy parks nonprofit orgs media Marin legislation jobs government food fish environment economy conservation community climate change business agriculture http://krcb.org/531-economic-forecast-for-2009 <p><img src="http://krcb.org/images/65/Archive/1-09/610x.jpg" alt=" " width="305" height="213" align="left" />Sonoma County has not been spared by the national economic recession, but economist Steve Cochrane says its effects should be less severe here, with recovery underway by this time next year.<br /><br />{mp3remote}http://media.krcb.org/audio/nbr/1-22-09.mp3{/mp3remote}</p><p>Even though unemployment is up for Sonoma County, and other economic indicators reflect the local effects of the glRead More... Bruce Robinson Thu, 22 Jan 2009 04:00:00 +0100 water tourism technology speaker Sonoma resources policy planning news housing government finances energy economy construction business budget http://krcb.org/527-state-of-the-county <p><img src="http://krcb.org/images/65/Archive/1-09/edb_govdocs_banner.jpg" alt="" align="right" />The Sonoma County Economic Development Board hosted the 6th annual State of the County breakfast Wednesday morning, with Supervisor Paul Kelley delivering the centerpiece address. KRCB was there to record and bring you his talk.</p><p>&nbsp; {mp3remote}http://media.krcb.org/audio/nbr/county09.mp3{/mp3remote} </p><p><img src="http://krcb.org/images/65/Archive/1-09/paulk.jpg" alt="" /> Supervisor PRead More... Bruce Robinson Wed, 21 Jan 2009 04:00:00 +0100 transportation tourism speaker Sonoma resources public safety policy planning parks news legislation law enforcement justice Ideas housing healthcare government finances environment education economy construction conservation coast climate change business budget alternative energy agriculture