A DRAINING ISSUE : PLAN TO PAVE POND STIRS CRITICISM.Byline: Karen Maeshiro Daily News Staff Writer Environmentalists are crying foul over a plan to drain Lake Highland, a retention basin Noun 1. retention basin - a storage site similar to a detention basin but the water in storage is permanently obstructed from flowing downstream catchment area, catchment basin, drainage area, drainage basin, river basin, watershed, basin - the entire geographical at Highland High School Highland High School or Highlands High School may refer to: In the United States:
Steve Landaker, a member of the Antelope Valley High School Antelope Valley High School is located in Lancaster, California and is part of the Antelope Valley Union High School District. It was founded in 1912[1]. It is located in the Mojave Desert. District board, wants to pave the basin and build tennis courts or other recreation facilities over it. Miguel Rios, a campus security guard, wants the basin preserved and last fall helped organize a student petition to save it. ``I can't believe it, for a slab of cement and a (tennis) net to wipe out a whole generation of ducks and birds,'' Rios said. ``The kids are being shortchanged. Schools are supposed to be about education.'' Landaker has concerns that the basin will become a magnet for trash and mosquitoes. Already he has noticed people have dumped tree limbs and grass clippings there. With the cost of erecting a fence around the basin at more than $67,700, Landaker is questioning whether the basin is worth the expense. He also noted there are other wetlands in the valley that could be used as educational resources. ``Before we spend any money, let's see Let's See was a Canadian television series broadcast on CBC Television between September 6, 1952 to July 4, 1953. The segment, which had a running time of 15 minutes, was a puppet show with a character named Uncle Chichimus (voice of John Conway), which presented each if the board is interested and open up conversations with the city of Palmdale,'' Landaker said. ``With the liability and everything else we have to look at, are we doing the right thing with that piece of property?'' The board will discuss the matter at its 7:15 p.m. meeting today at the district office, 44811 Sierra Highway Sierra Highway is a road in Southern California, United States. It runs from Tunnel Station near the north limit of the City of Los Angeles, where it intersects with San Fernando Road and Foothill Boulevard, as well as Interstate 5, and continues north to Mojave, mostly paralleling . What was once a muddy storm water catch basin catch basin n. 1. A receptacle at the entrance to a sewer designed to keep out large or obstructive matter. 2. A reservoir for collecting surface drainage or runoff. on the campus has evolved over the past five years into a serene and picturesque waterfowl waterfowl, common term for members of the order Anseriformes, wild, aquatic, typically freshwater birds including ducks, geese, and screamers. In Great Britain the term is also used to designate species kept for ornamental purposes on private lakes or ponds, while in sanctuary. The pond developed because the catch basin's drainage ditch was filled with cement and never drained properly, school officials said. Lined with cattails and reeds, the basin is home to cranes, wild ducks, geese, coots, swallows, goldfish, guppies ''This article is about an American pop-culture term. For the fish, see Guppy Guppies is an acronym which stands for Generation X Yuppies. The combination of the two nelogistic generational terms is used to loosely identify anyone who was in their twenties during the 1990s, , crayfish crayfish or crawfish, freshwater crustacean smaller than but structurally very similar to its marine relative the lobster, and found in ponds and streams in most parts of the world except Africa. Crayfish grow some 3 to 4 in. (7.6–10. , catfish, turtles and baby blue herons. ``It's an ecosystem,'' Rios said. ``It's a patch of greenery in the middle of the desert.'' A petition drive was started in September by students and staff to save Lake Highland after they heard of rumored plans to drain the basin and fill it to make space for portable classrooms. More than 2,000 signatures were gathered at the high school and from residents in neighboring communities, organizers said. The pond has been used as an outdoor classroom by Highland students in many fields of study, such as science, photography, law and writing, and students from nearby Cottonwood Elementary School also have paid visits. In addition, families from neighboring housing tracts take strolls around the pond and feed the birds. CAPTION(S): 2 Photos Photo: (1SAC and AV--color in AV) Waterfowl race acrossLake Highland in Palmdale on Tuesday. In recent years, the retention basin has become a sanctuary for birds. (2--SAC only) Highland High School security guard Miguel Rios wants the retention basin preserved and helped organize a student petition drive last fall. Jeff Goldwater/Daily News |
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