So much going on today ... they may not be related but what the heck.
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is removing the grizzly bear population in Yellowstone National Park from the federal Endangered Species Act. Seems they've bounced back from 136 to 312 bears when they were listed as threatened in 1975, to more than 500 today. At least one environmental group, the Natural Resources Defense Council, was quick to say it will fight that decision.
It's World Water Day, the annual and international observance that grew from the 1992 United Nations Conference on Environment and Development in Rio de Janeiro. The event focuses mainly on drinking water and the scarcity of the life-sustaining resource.
And here in the Inland region, the Water Resources Institute at Cal State San Bernardino will be looking at water in a different way.
The institute is partnering with the California Department of Water Resources to develop an Alluvial Fan Task Force.
The panel, to be appointed in the coming months by Lester Snow, the director of the state water agency, will look at flood hazards associated with the rapid rate of housing development on alluvial fans.
We have many alluvial fans in the Inland region below the San Bernardino and San Jacinto mountains. They form near the bottoms of canyons or mountain passes when fast-flowing water flattens, slows and spreads debris.
But, they can also be prone to flooding, especially following wildfires. Findings by the task force that include developing land-use guidelines will be presented to the state Legislature.

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