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There is not a whole lot to grading Jared, if you could be more specific about what it is your having issues with, I would be happy to help.

I just found out that a BSLA is considered a “non-professional degree” and a BLA is considered a “professional degree”…

I think that one reason that you are not getting an overwhelming response has to do with the fact that so many are looking for “out of the box” cures for what is not an “out of the box” problem. The problem is that there is currently less being built on the ground. It is not that we can do more to adapt to some new type of development because it…[Read more]

Landphair and Klatt, Landphair and Klatt..Get an old copy if you can, I don’t think the updates improved it..

Landplanner, please save your gushing negativity for the threads more suited for it.
It would be better if you were honest, rather than negative – that you’ve looked into X many firms, in Y many areas that are not hiring at all, or are not hiring unless you have A, B, and C skills.

That sort of problematic, honest and straightforward review might…[Read more]

The non-shortcut would be to go to the site.

I’m sorry to be harsh, but I find your solicitation merits a tough response. I’m confused – did you personally visit the site or not? Maybe you’re low on ideas because “many of you” have “other priorities” besides visiting and understanding your site. What do you perceive as your duty to your own academic/creative work? When I read that, I was…[Read more]

I take it the lack of postings on this discussion illustrates the disastrous state of this profession. Is Walmart hiring?

They have something like this out at the Colorado Rapids soccer complex. I forget exactly what they were- some type of coyote statue that they were using as “scare crows”.

Thanks for that reply, Landplanner.

I don’t think many LA’s realize, either because of their newness to the field or because of the area of practice that they are in, that the engineering-related aspects of our practice, such as stormwater calculations, are an integral part of landscape design, in fact of sustainable design. At the University of…[Read more]

Not an end…just an overview of what has been working and what has been researched as far as I know. These are issues I try to keep up with.
The rail in India that has killed so many elephants is criminal.
The new highway through the Serengeti will be another.

Is that the end of that thought on roadkill, Rob? My point is, we can look at a cancer cell forming, but we haven’t spent one second of time on research on what can keep animals out of roadways and traintracks..I am sure you read about the seven elelphants run over by a train in India last week – two babies got caught in the tracks, and the adults…[Read more]

Thank you for commenting on the fees associated with various certifications. They add up quickly.

Hello Jordan,

Yes, I have reviewed the LEED ND certification requirements and system. It is certainly more context oriented than LEED versions for new and existing buildings. These have improved, site-wise, with the 2009 building versions, nearly doubling the available points for sustainable site elements. The ND version sections on conservation…[Read more]

The grape extract has been researched and found reasonably effective for Canada geese. It is taste-based, not smell. There are other taste-based repellents, of course, but they must be matched to the species one wants to repel. What works for deer does not usually work for rabbits, etc.

As to roadkill, if we run a road or rail through natural…[Read more]

Gillette Stadium uses real stuffed coyotes to keep both the Canadian and Canada Geese of other national origins off of the practice fields. It must work because they’ve used them for several years now.

In fact I saw one being used in a waterside park in my town earlier this year (when I pulled over to check it out because I thought it was real).…[Read more]

Border collies are the best for big areas – golf courses in virginia use to good effect – plus you are giving a couple of dogs a good job..Geese cannons were used in the Hamptons, but man they piss off the neighbors..hee..

The rejexis product sounds expensive and weird. Why introduce one more human applied chemical to the world.
And of course,…[Read more]

I heard grape Kool-Aid does the same thing. Its more the smell than the taste (birds can’t taste too well, as evidenced by squirrel repelant in bird-feed…hot pepper flakes). This was a long time ago, but I heard that one project in Boston was rid of bird nesting by placing grape Kool-Aid around the ledges where they were nesting. It supposedly…[Read more]