Dick Pohl’s students in Montana State University horticulture classes selected plants identified by Lewis and Clark on their voyage of discovery for installation at the museum’s new outdoor exhibit.
BOZEMAN, Mont.– This summer if you travel up to the Big Sky state you can find hundreds of native plants that Lewis and Clark discovered almost two centuries ago.
Students from Montana State University volunteered their time to help the community and get some experience in plant installation. At MSU the students study plant science and plant pathology. When their education is done they will earn a bachelor of science in horticulture with a emphasis in landscape design or horticultural science.
MSU professor and landscape architect, Dick Pohl, has about 90 landscape design students. During the fall the seniors in his studio class sought ways to fulfill their community services requirement and helping plant indigenous species at the new Garden of Discovery at the Museum of the Rockies seemed to be a good opportunity. Local Boys Scouts troops also got involved in setting up challenge courses.
?EUR??,,????'??This was a group project where we could provide some design services,?EUR??,,????'?? Pohl told LASN. ?EUR??,,????'??During the spring semester our landscape construction students got involved. One portion of the challenge course was the Discovery Garden, which was the final station where plants went on display.?EUR??,,????'??
Keel boat replicas of the ones used by Lewis and Clark will be on one display. At another station a corn garden is replicated that was planted by the Mandan Native Americans centuries ago. Signage and brochures direct visitors to the displays.
?EUR??,,????'??This is a participatory garden where visitors can outrun a grizzly bear, experience walking out with a keel boat or getting into a dugout canoe,?EUR??,,????'?? said Pohl. ?EUR??,,????'??At the amphitheater they hold discussions about the garden.?EUR??,,????'??
The exhibit is slated to open in early June this year with display stations staying up for two or three years.
Some local nurseries donated the plant materials for the garden, adjacent to the MSU campus. Because some of the students had installation experience and others didn?EUR??,,????'???t, Pohl teamed up an inexperienced student with one who had previously had the chance to get their hands dirty.
?EUR??,,????'??Spring is a good time of year to do a lot of planting,?EUR??,,????'?? said Pohl. ?EUR??,,????'??The more tender herbaceous plants haven?EUR??,,????'???t been installed yet. The woody ones have already been planted.
MSU students have also pruned trees, cleared brush, removed burlap from the berms and kept an eye on native grasses that were planted last fall.
Pohl said local nurseries donated all the home-grown plant materials, as the region has developed a greater interest in native plant species, especially with the current drought in the West. Pohl said although several of the plants are native species, but that doesn?EUR??,,????'???t necessarily mean that those species are drought-tolerant. Some plants found near streams or lakes may require more water.
PORTLAND, Ore.– Stormwater Management, Inc., has announced a new electrocoagulation (EC) system that uses controlled electrical current to remove multiple contaminants from industrial wastewater, wash water, and storm water, in many cases, the company asserts, eliminating the need for chemicals and significantly reducing power demand and operator attention. Unlike mechanical and chemical systems that need to be monitored, adjusted, and maintained around the clock, operators of the EC System are said to need only routine checks once or twice a day. The new system draws only a minimal amount of power–approximately 15 amps on a 230V 3-phase circuit at 5 gpm?EUR??,,????'??+significantly less than mechanical systems. Computer control and minimal components are touted to make the system reliable and simple to maintain. ?EUR??,,????'??Our electrocoagulation system also significantly reduces operating costs, making it an ideal option for industrial applications,?EUR??,,????'?? said David Pollock, CEO of Stormwater Management, Inc. Pollock said the treated water is up to 10 times better than that of mechanical systems, and nearly 100 percent of the cleaned water can be recycled. The system purports to separate emulsified oils, suspended solids, petroleum hydrocarbons and heavy metals. The EC System comes in a prepackaged cargo container that sits above ground. For more information visit www.stormwaterinc.com/EC/ECLaunch.shtml
The Kansas State University College of Architecture, Planning, and Design?EUR??,,????'???s final lecture of the 2003-2004 academic year presented architect and educator Peter Lang speaking on ?EUR??,,????'??Superstudio: Life Without Objects.?EUR??,,????'??
Superstudio was an avant garde group of young architects in Florence, Italy who came together in 1966 to offer radical critiques of the state of the architectural profession through photo-collages, films and exhibitions.
Superstudio described its work thusly before a 1973 exhibition in Graz, Austria. ?EUR??,,????'??In the beginning we designed objects for production, designs to be turned into wood and steel, glass and brick or plastic, then we produced neutral and usable designs, then finally negative utopias, forewarning images of the horrors which architecture was laying in store for us with its scientific methods for the perpetuation of existing models.”
Superstudio disbanded in the late 1970s, but the group continues to engender commentary and debate.
Peter Lang is co-curator with William Menking of an exhibition of Superstudio?EUR??,,????'???s work and is co-author of a monograph on the firm published in 2003 by Skira Press. The exhibition, originating at the Design Museum in London, is now traveling from New York (Storefront for Art and Architecture, Artists Space and Pratt University) to the Art Center College of Design, in Pasadena, California.
Lang works on and writes about modern and contemporary Italian history and theory. He received his PhD in Italian history and urbanism from New York University in 2000 and completed his professional degree in architecture at Syracuse University in 1980. He has been teaching design theory studio at Texas A&M University?EUR??,,????'???s Santa Chiara Center in Castiglion Fiorentino, Tuscany, Italy since the fall semester of 2001. He previously taught at the New Jersey School of Architecture and the Cooper Union.
Ken Gibson and Brock Reimer, May 2003 graduates of K-State's landscape architecture program, are the most recent recipients of a top award in the annual American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) National Student Design Competition. K-State landscape architecture students have now won 47 ASLA National Student Design Competition awards, more than twice as many as any other school. Source: Kansas State University
A poll by Global Strategy Group released in June 2004 by the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies found that 67 per cent of respondents believe the federal government is not doing enough for the environment. Sixty-one per cent of believe state government is not doing enough, and 55 per cent feel local government is also coming up short. The poll?EUR??,,????'???s methodology was telephone interviews to 1,000 American adults, conducted April 26 to May 3, 2004.The margin of error is 3.1 per cent. While the Bush administration has tax incentives for energy-efficient technologies, environmentalist are concerned that the administration has three times proposed to Congress to ease environmental standards for the military, has plans for further drilling for oil in Alaska, and seeks to expand natural gas drilling on federal lands that are off-limits to energy development. In a January 2004 New York address, former Vice President Al Gore said the Bush administration is “wholly owned by the coal, oil, utility and mining industries.” He also criticized the administration for cutting cleanup at toxic waste sites and making alterations to the Clean Air Act. “They are radical changes that reverse a century of American policy designed to protect our natural resources,” he said.
Start planning now to attend the ALCA?EUR??,,????'???s premier event of the year?EUR??,,????'??+the 2004 Green Industry Conference (GIC) November 3-6 in Charlotte, North Carolina. Attendees will participate in diverse educational and networking opportunities, and will have access to the newest products, resources, and technology at the Green Industry Expo?EUR??,,????'??+all guaranteed to help landscape contractor?EUR??,,????'???s business grow. Seven different educational tracts will be offered. Networking opportunities will include the ever-popular ?EUR??,,????'??Breakfasts with Champions?EUR??,,????'?? morning roundtable. Evening networking events include ?EUR??,,????'??Night of the Roundtables?EUR??,,????'?? and a Saturday awards banquet. These events offer participants the chance to meet with old friends and engage in productive new dialogues with the leaders of the green industry. The early-bird deadline for registration is September 15, 2004. i>For more information on ALCA?EUR??,,????'???s Green Industry Conference, please contact the ALCA office at (800) 395-2522 or visit ALCA online at www.alca.org.
Salt Palace Convention Center, Salt Lake City, Utah, Oct. 29 – Nov. 2, 2004 Saturday?EUR??,,????'???s speakers include Utah native and acclaimed nature writer Terry Tempest Williams, author of ?EUR??,,????'??Refuge: An Unnatural History of Family and Place.?EUR??,,????'?? Grant Jones (FASLA) landscape architect, peot, educator and founder of Jones & Jones, the first recipient of the ASLA Firm Award will present Saturday afternoon. On Sunday, renowned photographer Steve Uzzell will share his presentation, Open Roads, Open Minds: An Exploration of Creative Problem Solving. Monday?EUR??,,????'???s closing general session features remarks by Peter Walker, FASLA, on his many projects and work underway around the globe. Continuing Education Opportunities Earn continuing education credit toward maintenance of your state license (where mandated) with 79 educational opportunities within eight tracts including: design, business, planning, landtech, cultural, resource management, polity and urban. This year?EUR??,,????'???s expo will include nearly 400 exhibitors, and is typically the largest trade show in the industry for landscape architects and allied design and construction professionals. New in 2004: meet with federal agency representatives and explore how to work with each agency. Early bird registration must be received by noon (EDT) September 20 and will save you $100 in registration fees and $10 per ticked event. Online, fax and mail registrations will be accepted through October 15. For more information including online registration log on tho the ASLA Web site at www.asla.org.
The National Concrete Masonry Association?EUR??,,????'???s Design Awards of Excellence program is calling for entries from all architects, designers and landscape architects to submit projects for consideration. There will be an award of Excellence and an Award of Honor. Entries must be submitted no later than August 10, 2004, and before entering, the owner?EUR??,,????'???s approval must be obtained, as well as clear rights to any photos used. Owners also need to be informed about potential site visits, and significant media recognition. Both new projects and renovation/restoration projects are eligible. Concrete masonry units–architectural block, unit concrete pavers, segmental retaining walls or articulated concrete block revetment–must be a primary material in order for projects to be eligible, and must have been designed by a licensed design professional or engineer. Landscape submissions should include a project description, and professional 8?EUR??,,????'?? x 10?EUR??,,????'?? color photos of the context of the project as well as ?EUR??,,????'??before?EUR??,,????'??, ?EUR??,,????'??under-construction?EUR??,,????'?? and ?EUR??,,????'??after?EUR??,,????'??. For all the details as well as an entry form, contact the NCMA at www.ncma.org., or call 703-713-1900.
The Michigan Chapter American Society of Landscape Architects (MASLA) invites you to its annual conference, ?EUR??,,????'??Leadership – Within and Without,?EUR??,,????'?? on Friday, September 10, 2004, hosted by the downtown Radisson Hotel in Kalamazoo, Michigan. This one-day event focuses on professional and personal leadership. The registration fee is only $75, which includes all activities. For further information contact the MASLA office at 517-485-4116.
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has decided it will not demand small firms to comply with last year?EUR??,,????'???s federal Phase II storm water program regulations designed to curb pollution from storm water run-off. Small construction and landscape construction firms now no longer have to file the same state paperwork with an EPA office in Washington. The EPA?EUR??,,????'???s decision was based on the comments and concerns of small construction and development companies that additional federal permitting would duplicate and possibly conflict with existing state and local water run-off regulations and permitting requirements. The representatives recommended that the EPA focus on better enforcement of existing rules and, and improvements in state and local permitting systems.
Professor Marvin Adleman, FASLA just won the Jot D. Carpenter Medal for sustained and significant contributions to landscape architecture education. Adleman joined the Cornell faculty in 1972 as head of the landscape architecture program, with the encouragement of the late Jot Carpenter. He built a department considered one of the foremost undergraduate and graduate programs in the nation. He continues to carry a large teaching load and advises students. The Florida Chapter of the ASLA, which represents over 800 landscape architects in the state, will hold its annual conference and expo in Daytona Beach, July 28-31. The Daytona section is the host for three days of activities, keynote speakers and educational seminars. The conference theme is ?EUR??,,????'??Florida Under Siege–A Quest for Balance.?EUR??,,????'?? The focus will be on water conservation in the landscape. Some Florida counties now have ordinances to limit turf in new housing landscapes, and strict watering regulations. Other subjects addressed will be wildfire ecology; Florida laws and regulations for landscape architects and irrigation designers; an irrigation auditor workshop; efficient irrigation design; walkable communities; and ecological design. The conference is a great way for businesses to support ASLA and interact with landscape architects, landscape contractors, residential garden designers and irrigation designers and specifiers.
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November 3-6, 2004 Charlotte, NC
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