>> for years the forest was clear-cut by loggers. throughout the 1990s it became a notorious environmental battle ground; the conservationists pitted against logging companies. all the while the old-growth forest remained vulnerable, which is 7% protected. >> patrick, can you tell me what it was like during the conflict in the 1990s? >> it was very difficult. i mean, you know, the term "war in the woods' has been used. i mean i think that essentially we were at war between the forest products industry and the environmental community, and then our customers were brought into that as well. >> when did it change? when was the moment when it changed? >> it changed in 1999 after the german papermakers and german publishers came to the great bear rainforest with greenpeace. as i like to say, afterwards they took everybody to the wood shed and said, you guys gotta fix this. the industry made a decision that it needed a new strategic approach, and that strategic approach would be based on dialogue and collaboration with environmental groups.

forests. this also goes along with the cost of litigation or even the threat of litigation in some cases. both of these situations keep boots in the office instead of in the forest and spend money on doing paperwork instead of work in the field. the cost of suppressing and fighting wildfires has been a growing challenge for the forest service, with their fire costs increasing from 13% of the forest service budget in 1995 to approximately half of the annual budget today. this epidemic of declining health and catastrophic wildfires are in direct correlation to policies that have led to dramatic decrease in managed acres. timber harvests have drastically plummeted from almost 13 million board feet in the late 1980's to only -- 13 billion board feet in the late 1980's to only 3 billion in recent years. at the same time the number of acres affected by wild fires is doubled from three million around the second timber harvest to six million now this reverses this psych bill ending the destructive fir

the forest. yet these forest management plans have been held up through through or use groups that file a suit against these plans and hold them up in court and the forest isn't managed properly. we have seen an increasing amount of forest fires and because of this, we are destroying our valuable natural resource. not only zrighzwroig our resource. the sing the greatest course is the suppression ap next cost is litigation and where the cost should be and management of the health of the forest comes in third. what the resilient forest act of 015 would do would take the focus off of fire suppression and put it on fire prevention. these are practices that are being carried out in my home state. in my th district i have 5. million acres on the national forest on the owes arc national forest and four different u.s. fish and wildlife service areas. in ar cap saw, we have been able to manage these forests. a lot of this was to protect the species and what we have done is gone into the forests and determ

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indigenous areas, is the only way the rain forest can survive. >> i think people think that the forestuntouchable, but they forget there are people living here. so we must find a formula for them to live from the forest get an income on it, and give -- an income from it, and give it a value. reporter: no country has done more than brazil to decrease previously rampant levels of deforestation. until a workable plan is found that suits all sides, the future of this unique wilderness will remain and result -- remain -- katty: obligated politics and economics of trying to protect the rain forest while giving people a livelihood -- the complicated politics and economics of trying to protect the rain forest well giving people living there a livelihood. thanks so much for watching. do tune in again tomorrow. >> make sense of international news at bbc.com/news. >> funding of this presentation is made possible by the freeman foundation newman's own foundation giving all profits from newman's own to charity and pursuing the common good, kovler foundation, pursuing solutions for america's neglect

gabriel ek cohuo: when i'm here in the forest, i feel very contented. i feel happy because i'm breathing the fresh air and can listen to the birds singing. it's a magical place. i know it has a good spirit that protects it. i know it created for us, so that we can nurture it and live from it. reporter: for gabriel ek and the other residents of his village, the forest is both their home and their livelihood. melionine bees, native to yucatÁn, live here. the honey the stingless bees produce is especially sweet. in maya village communities, beekeeping has a long tradition. gabriel ek learned the craft from his father. t this honey is sold all over mexico and even exported to europe. gabriel ek cohuo: we can earn a lot in a season when the yield is good, even though we have to invest and buy all the equipment. but it's worth it because it's better than what we'd earn farming the fields. reporter: the village of huechen balam lies in the middle of the tropical forest on mexico's yucatÁn peninsula. its 150 or so residents live simply. there aren't many opport

i'm david i live at lake forest court i'm objecting because of the nature of los angeles forest and they'rell two second floor homes an additional increases the congestion for cyclists and south setting a persistent in the neighborhood i support the discretionary review and support contacting lens prospective this is going to drastically effect hereby day to day and we have plenty of light and see sunlight it is - those rooms in sunlight are 5 degrees or so warmer with no sunlight we'll be lost i have letters from 4 of my neighbors from the neighborhood in support of the discretionary review thank you. >> good evening thank you for the opportunity i'm in support of kathleen discretionary review and primarily again, i'm in agreement with david density of the neighborhood and the changing of the character and this can set a president for other third floor additions so the only parking available for not in front of homes is long park oak drive there are cars parked along the park drive in the non-homeland sections so being that those streets are quite narrow if you have parkingal along park oa

forest service estimates that the loss of forests through urban growth and wildfires could make our forests a source of carbon pollution as soon as 2030. we've got to ensure that our forests continue to absorb more carbon than they release and work with our allies to protect our forests abroad. mr. president, we have solutions on climate change. stopping deforestation is one of them and it's one of the solutions i'm most excited about because it is an opportunity for bipartisan work. we know what we need to do and we now how toured to do it. thank you mr. president. i yield the floor and suggest the absence of a erm quovment quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: ms. murkowski: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator alaska. ms. murkowski: i ask that proceedings your honor the quorum call be dispensed -- under the quorum call be dispensed with. the presiding officer: without objection. ms. murkowski: mr. president we've been discussing the value of having a multiyear transportation bill, a highway bill moving through the senate, something that i

the romanian environmentalists -- big risks, fighting for the forests. and the cooks of the basque country, men-only in this kitchen. but first to our top story, something that threatens to tear the european single currency apart, greece's debt crisis -- it went from bad to worse this week when talks collapsed between athens and international lenders, who have been propping up the country's economy. now greece is in danger of default. and the country's banks are closed, in an attempt to stop the entire banking system collapsing. greece's new government, led by the radical left-wing syriza party, blames the rest of the eurozone, saying the bail-out agreements weren't generous enough. but syriza's chaotic, and at times confrontational, negotiating style, and its apparent lack of willingness to compromise, has antagonized the leaders of all the other 18 eurozone countries. so many greeks are increasingly disillusioned with their government. reporter: nuts. the balamoutses family business has been processing, packing, and selling them abroad for generations.

the council moved to cover the highway monument of forest with brush. >> the statue and the flags do not represent of values of nashville. >> reporter: soon the capital commission will discuss whether the bust of forest belongs on state grounds at all. the curator also occur rates for -- curates for the capitol and was against the bust in the '80s. >> i think it's part of our story, part of who we are. if you forget where you come from and how you got here, you might have to go through the whole thing again. >> reporter: and get this. he says while most people know forest as a slave owner, a klan founder, there's a lot they don't know. >> he was a man of his time, but he also evolved. >> reporter: he dumped the klan after less than two years and started advocating for african- american rights. >> he calls for educating them and bringing them into mainstream culture. >> reporter: he rallied against those involved with lynching.

our forests need to be managed. forest service estimates up to two million acres of land need to be actively managed. in the rocky mountains, 4 million acres have been affected by the bark beetle. we have seen results of that in my area, where thousands of acres have been devastated by this beetle that attacks weaken trees and certainly exposes a problem to wildfire conditions. and once those wildfires start, the fires become catastrophic and as we have seen just recently in a fire in a the san bernandino national forest. we are fortunate that it was well below the normal with 87% of the 10-year average. and we are praying that is going to occur in the 2015 wildfire season. most people believe that's not going to occur that because of the drought, especially in the west that we could have catastrophic conditions and could have wildfires that could certainly grow out of control. 2% of the wildfires, mr. chairman, cost more money than the other 98%. that's why we need to continue to invest resources wisely a into maki

a forester tries to make the forest as healthy as he can. how it's kind of like a doctor for the forest. >> where do you come in as far ght as environmental policies as far as capitol hill? how do you treat the issues of climate change? what's your personal issues?a prac >> iti consider myself very much an environmentalist but a . practical environmentalist. i like to use the word stewardship and kons conservationist. we need to conserve itr and make sure we leave it in better shape, to you for the future than what it was when we got it. >> when it comes to climate change, do you think it happens? >> climate change happens. cause the question is what causes it to happen and you have natural events forest fires put millions of tons of carbon in in t the yearhe every year. volcanic eruptions do it, and when it happens, it's minute changes, so you can't deny the fact that climate change how mu happens. the question is whatoe causes climate change to happen, how much negative impact does it ch have, how much can we stop by climate change by chan

the new san francisco zoo exhibit that could change how you view the rain forest. >>> and the weather at&t park looks pretty nice sunny and breezy in san francisco, will be watching the giants game at 7:00 right here on nbc bay area. tonight more clouds and maybe a few showers as the weather system brings more clouds and showers on the north coast our way. look at that in the frast when we come back. there's a jungle in the city by the bay. today, the san francisco zoo on a brand new, rainfores >>> there is a jungle in the city by the bay. today the san francisco zoo opened a brand-new rain forest exhibit. >> it's taken years and also millions of dollars to complete. nbc bay area reporter ian cole gives us a sneak peek at the animals and their new home. >> reporter: at the san francisco zoo past the jury rafs and large outdoor exhibits you will behind a 75-year-old building and inside south america. the building used to house birds, but not like this. the zoo spent $6 million renovating. >> the tallest emergent trees lived in here through the work. >> reporter: turning it into a rain

one was the forest service.mills came to believe that when it came to propose new parks the position of the forest service, henry graves was anything but clear. the forest service was guilty of foot dragging and offering support. mills vehemently charged his old employer with being an active and covert opponent out to delay, sabotage, and if at all possible kill the estes park project. scratch any old forest service man, mills wrote to his friend and confidant and you will find a charter who is opposed to all national parks." breaking what seemed to be an endless logjam of delay was a september 1912 visit to the estes park region of robert marshall, the chief geographer of the united states geological survey. he had been sent west by the secretary of the interior with verbal instructions. fischer told him to go out and do what he could and then tell him about it. marshall and his party, which included two survey assistance spent six days inspecting the region and meeting with a variety of individuals. one of tho

one was the forest service. ever suspicious, mills came to believe that when it came to propose new parks, the position of the forest service and chief foerster henry graves was anything but clear. at the very least, mills believed graves and the forest service was guilty of foot dragging and offering support. when suspicion ripened into certainty, mills vehemently charged his old employer with being an active, is covert opponent out to delay, sabotage, and if at all possible kill the estes park project. "scratch any old forest service man," mills wrote to his friend and confident horace mcfarland in march of 1911, "and you will find a charter who is opposed to all national parks." breaking what seemed to mills rogers, and their colleagues to be an endless logjam of delay s was a september 1912 visit to the estes park region of robert marshall, the chief geographer of the united states geological survey. marshall had been sent west by the secretary of the interior with verbal instructions. go out and see what yo

many of japan's forests have been neglected.omi kondo has started a business that not only creates a unique product, but also replenishes the forest. >> translator: we need to thin the forest. but timber can't be sold or, rather, nobody will buy it. so i tried to create a business in wood paper. >> reporter: no one had cut timber this thin before. kondo had to develop the technology himself. thin doesn't mean weak. for added strength, japanese washi paper is pasted to the timber strips. this process transforms forest waste into a flexible wood paper. it's mainly used for wallpaper and other building materials, but kondo and his customers are finding new uses all the time. >> translator: this is a bag made of wood paper. the material can be sewn with thread. >> reporter: corsages are also popular. so are paper cranes. the wood grains add a warm texture. one international fashion designer came up with a novel use by making the material into a dress. wood paper is creating job opportunities for disadvantaged people in the local com

department of agriculture forest service state and private forestry, for the forest legacy program as authorized by section 1217 of title 12 of the food agriculture conservation and trade act of 1990. 16 united states code 2103-c, there is hereby appropriated in the amount otherwise provided for department of interior bureau of land management management of lands and resources, is reduced by $5,9 5,000. -- $5,985,000. the chair: pursuant to house resolution 333, the gentleman from pennsylvania and a member opposed each will control five minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from pennsylvania. mr. fitzpatrick: i intend to offer and then withdraw this amendment which will make it easier for efforts under the forest program. during my time as a bucks county mission commissioner, i was proud to lead low lowe call efforts to advance forest conservation through commonsense conservation efforts. along with a fasktors -- task force for that purpose, our community was able to expend approximately $1 million for preservation of farmland, parkland and critical national areas, close to 15,0

peru is famous for its rich forests, like the one in san martin.but those forests are now endangered by, amongst other things, expanding coffee plantations. now a new initiative is aiming to protect the forests whilst increasing crop yields. reporter: the rainforest of northern peru. rare species of crabs and fish are at home in this remote region. butterflies, insects, and monkeys, too. many endangered plants and animals thrive in this biotope. jose cruz llatas takes tourists on boat tours of this massive protected habitat. he's been doing it for one and a half years. it's an additional source of income. he's also a coffee grower. but he has a newfound love and respect for the rainforest. jose cruz llatas: if we don't protect the rainforest and destroy it, the rains will wash away more and more soil every day and the air will become polluted. people want to cut down the trees and plant coffee. since the highway was built, more people have moved here from the coast and the mountains. of course they need something to eat and a source of income. repo

securing a martini from autre he fixed eyes on forest it's their problem. as an army officer knows is even wider than that dividing a full colonel from aa general. it was time for forest to shut up and he knew it but he couldn't stop himself. it's a matter of conscious with me he explained and they've got it wrong, they are going to try to blow a load of ten actually 12 tons of torpex with an arming system that is about as safe as a basket full of rattlesnakes. instead he did something worst raising the fresh martin any he proposed his toast torques you and your wild imagination twhen navy blouse -- blows up, give me a ring. either the army would succeed before he got a chance to fly his mission or the war would end. on august 6th one source was eliminated when two air corps failed miserably and doolittle himself grounded operation aphrodite, which is the air force version of this vision. now the rational for including living personnel aboard a robot was twofold. the double azone system had not been design today take off on. it had actually succeeded in tak

outpostless and very few people guarding the vast forest which is about 6,000 square kilometers. so i suggest that the forest department should increase its strength in terms of outposts as well as the staff so that they can fight with poachers. because poachers are you active all over the area. >> forest fires have forced dozens of homes or the evacuated in the spanish area of catalonia. fire broke out on sunday. emergency services says the blaze has now been contained. >>> term high tech may evoke images of machines but scientists say they are striving to create softer robots, softer side of hardware. >> reporter: industrial robots like these are strong and powerful tools also a little menacing. controlled to perform repetitive tasks largely oblivious to those around them. but scientists are creating soft robots. >> a soft robot is inherently soft, it will bounce off of you. what we would like is to make systems that humans can collaborate with, people can work together with a robot and you don't have to have the fear that a robot is going to crush somebody if the robot is soft

where there is a necessity for us to spend money on protecting the forest, on forest health. thinning, other kinds of things, fire breaks and the like. so that we just don't burn down all the forests. this is what you call kicking the issue into gear. and with that i reserve the balance of my time. the chair: the gentleman reserves the balance of his time. does the gentleman from idaho wish to rise in opposition? >> i claim time in opposition to the amendment. the chair: the gentleman is recognized. >> i thank the gentleman. i understand what he's trying to do. and we're on the same page actually, and ultimately what we want to accomplish with this. mr. simpson: the fact is that we appropriate money and the interior subcommittee has done it for several years now and the chairman calvert has done it in this bill, where we fund, under the flame act, the 10-year average what have it costs to fight wildfire. unfortunately i think it's in eight of the last 10 years we've exceeded that 10-year average. consequently when money runs out for fighting wildfires, what we do, what the fo

being here seeing these birds will help people understand how important it is to conserve a rain forest. >> in san francisco, ian cole, nbc bay area news. >> now, if it wasn't for the doyle drive closure, we could get to the zoo. but everyone in san francisco, that's the per fekts place to go this weekend. >> yes, and jessica, you like exhibits like that. so i'm going to be looking forward to hearing about that. >> yes, i will definitely be there. >> we have quited down from that storm activity over the past 24 hurs. you can see no rainfall here across tlooegs the bay area right now. but we are tracking cloud cover offshore. eventually, this will be impacting our weekend forecast. let's get you right into that saturday morning forecast. if you eve been sick of the fog, it's not going to be as foggy as it has in the past two to three days. i still think we'll have low clouds but sunshine mixed in here across the south bay. let's take you into the future cast and you'll see the best location tomorrow morning to start off with some sun will be down here across the santa clara valley. cloud

. >> so my name is michelle an covert with the forensics the urban forest we green team an sgrirm for high school students from san francisco we get to learning urban forestry sclerosis as part of this last semi tar officer rodriguez talked about the career in law enforcement. >> what that means and we had one student ms. smith was interested in pursuing this and sergeant rodriguez expended her you know here all the information she could give and mentored her into the sfpd and actually give her the information to look at being a cadet so that's what she's doing in the cadet program i have a letter if i could read that arrest my name is jess schizophrenia smith i want to thank you for the opportunity to share the information that the individual without our mentoring and guidance it wouldn't be possible to take on this position roll call. >> i'm dan of the friends of urban forest thank you commissioner loftus for working this out this program is over 20 years we've been in business for 34 years committed to working with kids of need explicitly from the southeast section of inform and it

. >> forest fires forced dozens of homes to be evacuated in catalonia. emergency services says it has now all been contained. it is the word's most popular weed killer and at the center of a big health scare roundup. used in more than 160 countries. yesterday we focused on france where it's banned after being suspected of causing 16. after menel fernandez reports in sri lanka it's waiting for other concerns. >> more than 69,000 people who have been diagnosed with chronic kidney disease a condition mostly diagnosed in male farmers in north central sri lanka. >> the body feels fairly weak, there is no cure but i have to keep taking medicine. >> reporter: the husband along with other farmers blames glyphosphate. under the brand name roundup more than 30 years ago. after its monopoly ended other companies began making glyphosphate. >> the earth is saturated with roundup. >> the government banned glyphosphate. the weed killer made popular by monsanto is still available ton black market. we bought this can quite easily. despite its wide use researchers say it'

. >> there are very few forest outposts and very few guarding the forest of this area, so i've suggested that the forest department should increase its strength in terms, as well as the staff so they can fight with the poachers because the poachers are active all over the areas. >> forest fires have forced dozens of homes to be evicted fire broke out on sunday. emergency services say the blaze has now been contained. another active volcano has e been erupting. five years ago has led to international calculation. a reminder, you can find much more on our website the address is aljazeera.com aljazeera.com.

however, wild forest fires are being reported. jonathan oh from our weather desk has the details. >> hello. we have been monitoring the very unusually warm weather that has been taking ahold of the western portions of north america and extends all the way into canada into british columbia, and also saskatchewan saskatchewan. it is causing problems when it comes to forest fires. let me show you some of the video. you can see what's happening. the skies are being lit up with flames and smoke because of hundreds of forest fires burning parts of these locations forcing 13,000 people to evacuate. 180 fires are burning at the present moment including 18 major ones just in british columbia alone. hot and dry weather fueling this extreme fire season authorities are saying more than 1,000 soldiers are deployed to put out the fire. you can see the smoke and haze all in place on monday. now, on top of that though there is suspicion of a criminal element in this where arson may be a culprit in some of these fires. but certainly the weather si

and here in france hundreds forced to flee forest fires are told they can return to their homes as they bring the blaze under control. more than 500 acres of land devastated though. kurdish forces in syria. it comes after a series of turkish of air strikes. >> turkey patrols the border after they accused turkey of shelling the positions. they pushed back islamic jihadists in the north of the country. they deny the accusation saying it has only been targeting the group in syria. in neighboring iraq turkey has been waiting a two pronged campaign. >> we use our rights to keep the targets. >> a nato member turkey has been a reluctant partner in the u.s. campaign over islamic state groups. it was a suicide bomb attack that killed more than 30 people in a town near the syrian border. it catapulted turkey to the frontline. it sparked protest by kurds across the country. they urge the government to revise. >> we're supporting them in in their efforts to fight terrorism. but self defense has to be proportion nature. >> they're holding a special meeting on tuesday. turkey's intervention would cha

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city in their 1-800 million dollars produces 25 yet the planning commission is giving credit to forest city for 71 units how can you do that how can you buy into that i ask you to stop this project at this time until hard affordable units are identified aid funded and will be built unit thank you very much. >> thank you. next speaker. >> (clapping.) again, please no interruptions. >> good afternoon. i'm bill a resident of middle plaza live across the street i'm one of the people that use the plaza and space i should say i'm an architecture f i a and hold the position on the task force i'm in support of the project i want to say i've reached out to the members of 5 m i wanted to understand how it was put together and the sustainability consultants we worked on many towers we understand this this is a project we need in that neighborhood i see the benefits and what it will add to the neighborhood the team is assessable i don't know r i don't think they're hiding anything and their transparent and they came to talk about the project i will see this from my house in my view i'm in port of

visited john price who argues that the tall grass prairie deserves to be protected much like the forestsountain ranges in "the tallgrass prairie reader"." >> the prairie hasn't had as many sort of literary accounts in literature unfortunately because part of that is the prairie, the tall grass prairie was destroyed the majority, 90% was destroyed so quickly between 1830-1900. so it didn't give authors an nature writers a chance really to appreciate it and to write about it in the same sense that john muir out in a serial mouse had a chance to appreciate and write about that wilderness. temporary wilderness was pretty much gone by the turn-of-the-century. it does still exist in the imagination of people and that was, i should say in the very earliest sort of treatments literary treatments of this region and exploration literature, it was very much a presence like in the journals of lewis and clark describes this area, filled with wildlife in beauty and diversity. and also george kaplan was an artist and export came to this region, painted in this area wrote about it. his descriptions of p

this video shows huge plantations where they're once rain forests.s of acres are being cut or burned to make room for palm trees. >> when i heard about what is happening, it hit close to home. it's that they don't know what is going on. >> it is in about half of all of the package products in your grocery store. sometimes, it is clearly labelled but it can be listed under different names some is produced responsibly. a lot is not. some is produced by child labor or forced labor. we can't identify this man. >> this is for companies. this is not good for people. they can't get the space. >> it's almost impossible to know the products that contain palm oil. so the bay area based action network this website focusing on the 20 biggest snack food companies. >> good news is that half of these global brands have come out and made commitments to eliminate palm oil from the supply. >> the maker of pepsi is making tons of palm oil per year. >> that means they're not often colored by the commitment. >> pepsico would not speak but sent a statement saying in part

federal forests. this critical piece of legislation would address the disastrous consequences of catastropheic wildfires and return resilience to our overgrown fire-proned forests by dramatically improving the health of our federal forests and range lands. my district as well as many areas around the country continue to face the threat of catastrophic wildfire, which is made worse by the continuing drought conditions and the poor management and maintenance of forests on our federal land. we must prevent and address these fires which this bill does, by reforming the way we prepare and respond to and fund wildfire response and mitigation efforts. mr. speaker, we cannot continue on this current path where we limp from one devastating fire to the next, unable to break the cycle of destructive fire seasons due to ineffective funding mechanisms insirblet forest maintenance and review processes. these bill tackles the process and problem of fire borrowing. simplifying environmental process requirements and r

this video shows huge plantations where they're once rain forests.es are being cut or burned to make room for palm trees. >> when i heard about what is happening, it hit close to home. it's that they don't know what is going on. >> it is in about half of all of the package products in your grocery store. sometimes, it is clearly labelled but it can be listed under different names some is produced responsibly. a lot is not. some is produced by child labor or forced labor. we can't identify this man. >> this is for companies. this is not good for people. they can't get the space. >> it's almost impossible to know the products that contain palm oil. so the bay area based action network this website focusing on the 20 biggest snack food companies. >> good news is that half of these global brands have come out and made commitments to eliminate palm oil from the supply. >> the maker of pepsi is making tons of palm oil per year. >> that means they're not often colored by the commitment. >> pepsico would not speak but sent a statement saying in part it has a

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the forest service issued a warning to hikers in may.rous state" because of unseasonably warm weather. >> reporter :here at lake sonoma a very challenging day the drivers behind me are going into lake sonoma a around 2:00 divers discovered the body of a boy who had dropped to around--drowned when his raft capsized. family say he did not know how to swim >> reporter :here in san jose the fourth of july is over but worries about fireworks continue. this home sustained heavy damage when an air and fire work landed in the backyard and touched off a to alarm fire. firefighters say they were stretched very thin over the fourth of july weekend responding to many fireworks related calls. and they say they expect to stay busy for the next few days as there is typically a kind of residual effect with many people continuing to use illegal fireworks long after the independence day holiday is over >> catherine : and gary is coming back next with sports stay with us is there an elk in your bed? with sleep number now there's an adjustment for that. onl