we raise the money to improve lake merced. in the year 2006, we discussed with these agencies the potential of a puc taking over the management responsibility. we have also been engaged in a master plan for lake merced, which ultimately became the watershed report you are going to talk about today. we decided that if this could happen, if the management responsibility were taken over by the puc, that perhaps there would not be a need for the task force to continue. in 2009, with that assurance, through a resolution we made, we decided to sunset. in i believe january, possibly later -- actually, in july of 2009. we had a meeting where the resolution was approved unanimously by all the representatives. we had members of rec and park and i believe sean elsbernd himself. sean had requested through the city supervisors that this mou you are talking about today be approved. there could be written something to the effect that you would take over. we were looking forward to that taking place, and it's called for a long time. it should

activities around the lake. it should not go elsewhere. >> i think in the past it did make some money for rec and park, and it is doubtful much came back to the like. -- to the lake. i think the idea is if you make money there, it should stay there. commissioner vietor: and it would go back to the items in the mou? >> it would go back to rec and park, but it would be used on site. commissioner vietor: this seems to be for some basic repairs, right, to the boat house? is it all for the boat house? >> it is for the upper story of the bauhaus, renovation of the bathrooms -- boat house, renovation of the bathrooms, basic cleanup of the inside and additional repairs. it does not make a finished space a tenant could walk into at this point. we can either, through an rfp, get a tenant to make apartments, or through additional funding from the puc or rec and park, bring it to a level where we would find it functional for ourselves. commissioner vietor: the sense is that needs to be spent to even lease it. >> that is the

into the first lake. even in the twenty first century when many villages have tap water locals prefer to take it from rivers for their daily needs just as their fairy tale ancestors from the colored folks picked it when the rivers are covered with ice in winter people make holes in it with the next the water of creating lakes and rivers is so clean it is safe to drink straight from the source even the lowest temperatures can do nothing to bridle the mountain streams the hills are not high they are almost entirely with trees. in the from the regions highest point is over there beyond the horizon according to the caliber of folk apic that's where the old and vicious which he lived. a good go go go go mush mush great job guys nicely done. low he the which has given the expedition a frosty welcome bitter cold in a grey sky and developed in snow a shroud a recent snow fall delays the dog teams. for years and though. the timetable is now in tatters. the sleds have to cover the distance to the next over packed s

we should go here then by the lake to get there on time and. with seventy kilometers still ahead of them the expedition decided to use name of eels to cover the remaining distance the dogs to save the trouble of crossing the harsh terrain. the arctic circle comes across to different points around the globe the aim of the expedition is sixty six degrees thirty three minutes and thirty nine seconds north of the equator there is only one way to reach this geographical point any deviation from it will instantly change the figures. that were looking. to receive the masses that we have been registered. excuse me what does it mean it means we have done it and we are here. never gators pinpoint the right coordinates in a forest age old pine trees following a six hour marathon in snowmobiles the group checks their position within the arctic circle with a special satellite navigation device they're the first to come here and register their coordinates. that it is sixty six degrees thirty three minutes and thirty seconds longitude is twenty nine degrees f

how do we relate it to the lake, and the condition of the lake overall? that is important to us as part of this package. the harding road boathouse is under way. >> you are up about 5 minutes. how much more time the need? >> about three more slides. >> ok. >> this has been a long-term issue out there and is one of the primary concerns going back to the mou of the water levels in lake merced. historically, they have gone down as a result of drought and groundwater pumping. the city had been working with various golf clubs in the area, and environmental stakeholders, to come up with solutions. one option was to take golf courses off of the ground water pumping, and move into waste water. that has had a salutary effect. we are working on the flood control project. the vista grande project is encompassed by the yellow- outland areas there. at the top, that little dip in the middle is where lake merced starts. in effect, we have cut off like merced from all the water that drains to it. the daly city chunck echoes out into a tunnel into the ocean. none of it go

wide cracks have appeared on the surface of the lake.h the lava that bubbled up is cooled by the air at the surface of the lake, and solidifies, new lava continuously bubbles up from underground and therefore new cracks are created. after a while, the surface of the lava lake begins to swell up. it rises to a height of about 50 centimeters, proof that the pressure of the lava that boils up from underground is extremely high. this cycle repeats itself about once every 20 minutes. it is as if the earth itself is breathing. ♪ ♪ the danakil lowlands, ethiopia, the land below the sea. there are up to 30 volcanoes concentrated in this area. why is it that so many volcanoes were formed right here? the clue to solving this mystery lies near erta ale. this is a volcano called dallol. the very flat shape of the crater makes it extremely unique. vivid colors can be seen within the crater. minerals from below the surface, such as sulfur, iron and salt, spring up along with hot geyser water create this mysterious spectacle. the many volcanoes in the

in the region lake elman.but i'm looking for a bit of a shortcuts the town lies on the banks of the mistah river and it's perfect for a more direct route assuming you can find the right transportation. where larry and the boys are experienced rafters and the mistah river has some of the best whitewater in europe in russia. everything seems pretty gentle but i was warned not to get too comfortable. by the quiet waters this is just the camp before the storm. it's much tougher in spring when the water rises as high as the top slabs of the bank meant. that point the water is to be metres higher than what it is right now. the mistah used to be a vital supply route and a few hundred years ago the river would have been jammed with ships making their way to st petersburg. apparently back in seventeen eighty five the british ambassador wants to fight the express command of the czarina catherine the great and rode the rapids here and i could hear them the distance. things are just starting to speed up a little bit. now

they need accountability at lake merced. page 43 of the watershed report -- i swear i am the only person who carries a hard copy around. this is to cited, 187 pages -- two sided, 187 pages. page 43 says there is a need for a fishing concession out there. the prior concessionaire pulled out in april 1999 with some very harsh words i would be glad to send you by e-mail. they said, "we are out of here. we are tired of meetings and nonsense." i hope you will not approve the mou. should you decide to go forward, i am a former lawyer, a recovering lawyer. there are some drafting problems with the mou. one sentence in paragraph f says $4,000 the rod and gun club pays close to you folks. the next line says it goes to rec and park. it is just sloppy. in conclusion, the reversal, when puc said in 2007 they would take this on -- i have had a feeling it would fail ever since. i have a feeling we were betrayed. do not adopt the mou. carved out, maybe in february, two hours. let us have a lake merced workshop with you folks. actually spen

supposedly it's the second poorest lake in russia just off the lake by car and using this rather interesting device apparently i'm going to be able to see that for myself but even so it was you. so bloody marys scientists from the hydrological institute and he's going to take me out. ok. for millions of years ago by migrating glaciers the lakes clarity various during the year and vladimir and his colleagues are always on hand to make a note of it it's just a matter of finding the right spot. this week quite a few meters deep here. hopefully it should be a good place to take some measurements. let's do it and see how far we get so. we keep it coming here so that is six races. six. so we can still see our describe the boss all the way down there considering apparently the average for a normal lake is two and a half. so valdai has its well deserved reputation as the second cleanest lake in the country. but the mayor dropped me off on the shore and it was time to hit the road again i was gradually heading back towards north grotto but i wasn't done with the waterways just yet this little village

and the great lake is edged by a wild and beautiful landscape. but i'm here on the banks of the mighty lake ilm an approximately fifteen hundred square kilometers of water. and over there in the distance you can see great novgorod and i'm actually on a pathway that was originally designed to be a roadway to the capital it was bought up by catherine the great in the eighteenth century but as you can see the builders didn't quite get it finished my trip was nearly over but i had one more highlight left on my route. of all the foot work i really feel like i've also had a journey through the history of the novgorod region and i know that around here this should be somewhere which could be the icing on the cake. and lo and behold zunes what manner of cloth is this me thinks i have found the right place. this is libby tonight and it's a picture perfect reconstruction of a tenth century slavic village. it's well sort of our right. you. know makes law here the father made it very good little bits but the days bread everything is based on archeological da