the world's biggest container of freshwater lake baikal is. the first danger comes from the saloon actually polluting the cool water with a lethal dyads just the second call from energy companies who seem to be ready to hound the eco system long lake for the sake of producing several more killed just last year plus a special program to protect the lake but what has been done and as it is now is the chair of the board of trustees out lake baikal protection found sleeping. the world's deepest leak can still boost water regional security but it may come to an end at any moment the cellulose factory spitting out waste water full of deadly chemicals straight into the lake undermining its unique ecology the russian government has set a goal to help play by call become clearly get but mani sure. here's where private investments to help one of russia's richest man cares about by call he's ready to pump in cash a development and the environment. this is live in chicago thank you for being with us today we're going to discuss a very important matter whic

was the first president ever to do that in lake baikal rules with michael. and i just couldn't i was prime minister of the supreme unit yes and he was the first top level official to do that . you know we should anyway didn't go in president's head he realized how interconnected we all are of course we are divided by national and initiative borders i say the selling which is the largest river that flows into a bicultural as a source in mongolia and therefore the women go ahead with the sailing effects they buy cars i have a good idea you died with the prime minister say to the death of a thousand meters after a while he asks what are we doing about the surface do we have enough oxygen and you ask him will you give us the money yeah people ask us about that we tell them the data is free it's going back to the surface they have to pay for says me sales slip in shook the chairman of the board of trustees by kulp affection spotlight we'll be back shortly after the break so we'll continue this interview in less than a minute. more news today violence is once again

mention this dive to the bottom of lake baikal . it was a unique project and was actually worth putting in the guinness book of records by the way how they actually put this in the book about. yes they have put it in the russian book of records. was worth a guinness book to order other than being a record just for the fact of it did the buy called have any practical scientific value. we have for institutes working on this project in each his own research program in the course of three years one hundred seventy five dives took place in most areas point to lake baikal up one hundred seventy five yes hundred and seventy five. of course in the one nine hundred ninety s. exploration was conducted with prices submersibles in the number of dives was much lower. today mir is the best research deep submergence vehicles they're equipped with state of the art equipment presented agree search in the can dive to any depth and there are environmentally friendly which is also important for three years two submarines have explored the lake baikal an

there waste into the lake. geneva by the way your music. and i ask. for because the water is very clear and they told me that the water there is clear because. it turns out that lake geneva is even. i'm not sure about it that's what they told me. to go there and anyway the only kind of tourism that exists in the by co area today is people live in tents burn fire is like you said litter the shore so i'm sure that if we have properly organized tourism with the rules and proper oversight they will be one of the best places in russia an old russian people will want to visit it. another problem another issue another thread to buy call our hydro power plants as far as i know there are three day already built they say that is no longer able to swim. and then to lake baikal because of the down they say that the water level and why call has risen by a meter that is causing problems to have told you when we die we discovered three levels that separated at six hundred meters and eight hundred meters that means that bike has been changing present time since the c

opened directly into the ocean. >> lake merced had a high water level. since we paid over much of the city, the water levels have dropped, but at one time, the late actually trade out into the ocean approximately where the dog diner is that now. somewhere in the 1870's, they saw the damage at the water in the late so it did not exit out uncontrolled, and for 10 years, people were drinking lake merced water as drinking water. it is much bigger, too. if you go to san francisco state, the practice will appeal this part of the lake. i do daily city, that was part of the lake. it was huge. >> the southern area [inaudible] but there is a different area. >> there was a creek that came down basically through west portal and said that particular

lowest and helped kick off an effort to clear up the lake. lieve that global warming is to blame despite the efforts to clean up pollution and the algae in the beautiful lake. >>> consider this, the california gold rush 2.0. many people are selling their gold and taking advantage of the sky high prices, while others are panning for gold quite literally. so tonight, raj mathai goes gold digging, which is quickly becoming a popular activity. >> reporter: this is where it all began, a saw mill west of sacramento in the tiny town of kaloma. in 1848 james marshall discovered the gold flake that set off a golden stampede. but the gold is not just left for the history books. steve tyler and rick eddie are professional gold diggers. >> the economy in 1979 hit the skids, and there was no construction work, so i started to look at gold. >> reporter: for three decades tyler has plucked 70% of his income from the streams and rivers of the gold country. >> looking for a surprise this time, and i have a good gravel. fortunately, i'm a cynical person, so i d

the r directors are wonder. >> the pine lake is natural. they take of the area around the lake. they plant natives that are drought tolerant. one that stands the dry summers here. the whole park is under going quite a bit of reconstruction. they will renovate the trails around the lake. and the big project is the capital project for pine lake meadow. they are going to returf the dog run and the meadow by the day camp. we are looking for a very busy fall. by the spring of next year should have major renovations to the mark thal make it an outstanding park. i don't ever refer to it as my park. all the parks belong to all the people. this park belongs just as much to the families in the bay view sdrishth as it does to the gentlemen that lives across the street. i'm happy and proud to be the caretaker for them. i wake up every day and thank that i havee

it is a land where some tropics and the lakes adjoining j.c.s. . come on let's go locals remember all too well the tragic events and not cause is more than the history. of what was a little slip eighteen years have passed since then you've lost but i can talk about it without my lips trembling and unforgiving heart i can talk about that. i'm cuz you is returning to normal and again becoming a tourist cob for the black sea region and. if travelling by sea an old lighthouse points the way top causes capital so whom. they keep a finds it difficult open the massive tools and is at least one hundred fifty years old. he then climbs the leading to the lamp. for the crown yes three this is part of a long stairwell made in the nineteenth century. it was bill together with his lighthouse in eight hundred sixty one. and it's beautiful to see where they don't make anything like it nowadays really view. the lighthouse is one hundred feet high it's a powerful large can be seen thirty kilometers away. so who lighthouse has french origins the russian empires navy p

the r directors are wonder. >> the pine lake is natural. they take of the area around the lake. they plant natives that are drought tolerant. one that stands the dry summers here. the whole park is under going quite a bit of reconstruction. they will renovate the trails around the lake. and the big project is the capital project for pine lake meadow. they are going to returf the dog run and the meadow by the day camp. we are looking for a very busy fall.

lowest level and helped kick off an effort to clear up the lake. scientists are speculating despite their efforts the effects of global warming could be having a larger impact on the clarity. >>> budget shortfalls are hitting all kinds of organizations beyond government programs. and they are also affecting the search for life beyond our planet. joe risotto jr. shows how a group of researchers are keeping alive the hunt for extra terrestrial life. >> it is disappointing to walk by this room every day and see it empty. >> reporter: every day as he walks the halls of mountain view sett institute, tom pearson is reminded something is missing. zblof the five computer screens that you see, normally they would be on the the telescopes were working. >> reporter: now the dark screens would normally be honoring the information transmitted from an array of 42 telescopes 290 miles northeast of san francisco. the allen telescope ray combed the galaxies for any signs of life. but in april the plug was pulled. >> u.c. berkeley had to pull out of the funding and t

the leaders. >> next up, lake merced, and we went to report the status on that. as you know, we wanted to have an mou, and it is on the agenda today, and there is a report. >> the general manager for water. we have been working with rec and park for some time. we produced a draft to that and put it out and had a public meeting last tuesday evening at the clubhouse. 43 people attended, and we had a lively discussion. we heard comments that focused, having me pu -- the puc take complete control. people have been disappointed in the management of lake merced. there is a desire for an additional boat house. a lot of people fishing, boating, different kinds. again, we heard a lot of commons. we have been summarizing those. we are aiming to bring it back to the commission for consideration in september. president vietor: and the issues primarily at the community are what? they would like the puc to maintain control is possible, rather than the split control? >> yes, you raise that it is a range now -- the way that it is arranged now is general resource management, they

stalin's country house still stands on one of the scenic banks of the lake. soviet leaders were fond of vacationing here they often invited leaders of foreign communist parties to visit one of the foremost state country house stands polling tool age old trees today it is a tourist site. a trip is found tucked away in the foothills of a mountain and that cause it is situated on the banks of the macis the river which boasts clean water and a strong current in the old days monks fishtail they lived in a monastery high in the mountains hidden away from well d.f.s. legend has it that in the nine hundred thirty s. then soviet leader joseph stalin went fishing in the river. the catch was so full that he ordered a trout to be built here. today there are some three hundred thousand rainbow trout in the farms palms. all. all of cocoa want to catch at that so much kyra and this female is five years old. it is the spawn in school the framework trout we get baby trout from and. the trout farm is situated on the banks of a unique river. and his food with water gushing from

some of the lakes are natural lakes. they are not all man-made. >> it took a while to get the water lines out there. >> you can see the huge sand dune behind it. it was a challenge to get basic services. people would build houses, and instantly, a huge sand banks would blow in the night and basically close-up people's front doors. they had a lot of development that was needed before they could make a nice place to live. >> this was the park side real estate brochures from about 1913. >> 1908. >> there are pages you can read. inside it shows what you can do. it was so might be developed but never got develop. >> the realty company was going to take all of it and essentially the lead in and put houses in there. that was their plan. it was a very nice square grid. so the south side of the sunset is called the park side. i think it would be closer to golden gate park, but it was sort of a realty bargaining scheme because it was mostly sand dunes. the first announcement was that it was much warmer than you would imagine. it is

the road goes uphill only way into the much celebrated pride of the republic lake reach it was forms of chewed of nine hundred fifty meters above sea level following a rock slide is described as a remarkable natural creation and the most attractive site on the black sea shore of the caucasus. a lake or its own as a result of an ancient earthquake. that's how it was filmed. instead has about one hundred thirteen meters of it it's just what you thought of the lake is the jewel of the entire coaxes as well as at huzzy just woke up close ups of book of gotham it's a because he has nature reserves a constantly expanding another national park is being laid out in the can dory gorge it will be adjacent to the wreaths a park a relic of. nature reserves will gradually cover almost one third of the republic's territory. stallion's country house still stands on one of the scenic banks of the lake greets a soviet leaders were formed vacationing here often invited leaders of foreign communist parties to visit them to form a state country house stance point tool age old trees today it is a tourist

the republic's north. it is a land where some tropics and lakes adjoining j.c.s. . come on let's go locals remember it needs to well the tragic events spin up because he has moved in the history. through. eighteen years have passed since then he has double crossed but i can talk about it without my lips trembling and of probing heart i come talk about that. because it is returning to normal and again becoming a tourist tub for the black sea region. if traveling by sea an old lighthouse points the way to abkhazians capital so whom . the keeper finds it difficult to open the massive door it is at least one hundred fifty years old. he then climbs the leading to the lamp. this is part of a long stairwell made in the nineteenth century. it was built together with his lighthouse in eight hundred sixty one. it's beautiful they don't make anything like it nowadays. the lighthouse is one hundred feet high it's a powerful light can be seen thirty kilometers away. the lighthouse has french origins the russian empires navy placed an order for its construction with a company that