Page 24 RAIN NESTUCKERS and TRASKERS RECYCLING continued from page 22 Stop the Five-Gallon Flush, 4th edition, A Survey of Alternative Waste Disposal Systems, from: School of Architecture McGill University P.O. Box 6070 Montreal, H3C 3Gl Canada $2.00. A survey of 60 alternative privys and equipment: marine toilets, squat style, portable, clivus, manual remove, low water use (or no water use), make your own, methane digesters. Also good introduction, definitions of terms. The Sewerless Society, Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, November, 197 5. "The climate of this part of Oregon has been described as mild and salubrious, but such a description presupposes a taste for misty, rainy, and cloudy weather. From October to June, disturbances move in from the vast Pacific in a steady succession of varieties of bad weather. Storms that are funneled ininland by the gorge of the Nestucca, driven by southwest gales, are called 'Nestuckers.' They send new Oregonians fleeing to ticket offices and other escapes. A Nestucker can dump an inch of rain in an hour, and has been known to bring four inches of rain in a day. "Gentler disturbances that move in from the west, up the valleys of the Wilson and Trask, are known as "Traskers." They bother the natives no more than the famous showers of Paris trouble Parisians. Intervals between Nestuckers and Traskers are not long enough, or numerous enough, to receive nicknames. They are referred to, somewhat nervously, as "nice spells." In August a nice spell sometimes prolongs itself for several days and is then called a "drouth." The pitchy evergreen forest that surrounds Tuality then dries out, and pictures of serious-looking bears inform everybody that 'only you can prevent forest fires.'_" (_from Land of Tuality, Washington County, Oregon, Bob Be_nson, Lots of good homework in this report on types of proposed and in-use alternative waste disposal systems. Especially useful survey of some medium-size systems in operation on the east coast. Sound analysis of the net costs of present directions. Bucks County Audubon Society c/o Virginia Hutton Hutton Recycling Center Box 289 New Hope, R.D., PA 18938 The June 1975 issue on recycling. Obviously they are good fanatics. The kind of density and impact of reading our rush section-but 40 pages long. A potpourri or collage about national developments in recycling-quotes, references, survey of unique programs-all from a wide range of sources. I'll bet even those that follow the recycling scene closely will find lots of things to note and work with. Washington State Recycling Office People in Washington can now call a tollfree number to get information on how and where to recycle in their area: 1-800-5 62-8090 RAIN 2270 N.W. Irving Portland, OR 97210 Address Correction Requested (Usually local Audubon newsletters come with membership in the national organization, so write for details.) NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION U.S. PO~TAGE PAID PORTLAND, ORE. PERMIT NO. 548
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