Fire burns homeless encampment in San Luis Obispo

Remember when Americans wanted clean water and a clean environment? There was a time once when the City of SLO made an effort to protect and preserve the waterways and riparian environments that meander through the city. They regarded them as worthy, quiet, restorative oasis for fish, wildlife and the largest trees. It was understood those natural, cool, green corridors are critically important not only for sustained wildlife populations but also for their role in the hydrologic cycle, replenishing surface waters as well as subterranean aquifers. Adventures abounded for the city’s children as they could safely play and explore in the easily accessible enchanting ribbons of nature’s ready-made parks. Remember those days before we turned our backs on their protection and our riparian environments were relegated to vast unregulated encampments of abuse, waste, drugs, crime, litter, pollution and uncontrolled fires? Yeah, good times.