Roger,
One Square Inch seeks to establish a mere point within a national park that
will be declared a QUIET PLACE, or acoustic preserve, to be free of all
human caused noise intrusions. The net effect of this point management
system (rather than managing the soundscape of the entire park) is that it
is immediate, it is affordable, it is simple, and it affects the entire
park. If One Square Inch were established in a national park then much of
the backcountry areas would likely have long noise-free periods. (The close=
r
you position yourself to the One Square Inch within a national park the
longer natural quiet would last before a noise intrusion.)
People understand it and identify with it, whereas other preservation
strategies are hard to understand. That makes a big difference, too, since
people are making the noise and they need to understand what, exactly, is
going on.
Yet, One Square Inch is not to be underestimated.. it means an end to air
tourism (the NPS currently supports air tours) and high elevation commercia=
l
airline traffic (something the NPS chooses to avoid for political reasons).
A recent success story was when I received a pledge from American Airlines
to avoid Olympic National Park, and support One Square Inch. To me that wa=
s
a real breakthrough. And a total surprise, but perhaps you are familiar wit=
h
the class action suite where a court awarded compensation to nearby
residents for loss of sleep around Heathrow Airport. Health impacts are rea=
l
issues for airlines, and now that noise is linked to health losses, and
natural quiet is showing benefits to health, we can anticipate that airline=
s
will be anxious to show a balance sheet between health losses and gains.
My search for One Square Inch has led to a single valley at Olympic Park. I
have attempted to access this site for two years but unseasonably early
rains have prevented me from entering (there are no roads or trails into
this valley and I have to cross a river on foot). I hope to be successful
this year. I've been doing this alone, without outside funding. So progress
is slow, but alone and slow is still good. The Sound Survey and One Square
Inch is in my mind, a certainty.
FYI: Part of One Square Inch is the Sound Survey--a media archival system
that amounts to an interactive map and searchable database that allows park
staff (and public) to hear (360 degrees) and see (360 degrees) at various
points within a park. The more sampling points the higher the 'resolution'.
I developed this software and gave it to the NPS and the regional office
seems eager to use it, but the national headquarters is less interested and
there has been no action. There is a real need to replace noise data (whic=
h
in my mind is irrelevant) with actual media that people can sense.
Hope this gives you some helpful information.
There is more though links at my web site http://www.soundtracker.com
All the best,
Gordon
-----Original Message-----
From: Roger C Boughton
Sent: Saturday, February 23, 2002 11:45 AM
To:
Subject: [Nature Recordists] One suare inch of silence
Gordon,
Very interested in your one square inch of silence. I live in one of
Englands National Parks, the Lake District, and would very much like to
promote a similiar area for natural sound only. Perhaps you can tell me
more.
Roger C Boughton
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>From Tue Mar 8 18:22:16 2005
Message: 3
Date: Sun, 24 Feb 2002 06:15:09 -0000
From: "richpeet" <>
Subject: Re: Wind protection for mic
Ok as I understood it you wish to pack your ME 67 light and easy into
Africa.
So here is a design I made to show you and I will get good use out of
the building of it.
This works very good and is very light and packs well.
First I built a PVC plumbing pipe case for the ME 67. This will
serve as a protective shipping case as well as a handle for the shock
mount/windscreen
1- 1 =BD" pipe
2- end caps
1- threaded end
pvc glue
For the shock mount
1- 4" pvc pipe junction
3' shock cord, bought from a camping store. Make sure you configure
it the same as shown or the rings will want to twist.
3' aluminum bar stock
3- screws and nuts
For the wind screen
Go to radio shack and buy 4 of their foam wind covers and cut the end
off 3 of them. Then they will fit in the =BD" PVC pipe
1 nylon stocking if you need more protection than the foam, stretched
over entire assembly and tied to mic cord in back.
See the following small photo files
http://home.attbi.com/~richpeet/me67a.jpg
http://home.attbi.com/~richpeet/me67b.jpg
http://home.attbi.com/~richpeet/me67c.jpg
--- In Callan Cohen <> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I've been recording bird (and frog) sounds for a few years on a
relatively
> amateur level, although I've found many of the recordings most
useful for
> birding, frog atlassing and scientific purposes. I use a Sennheiser
ME67
> (the long shotgun mic with a K6 power pack) and have recently moved
to a
> Sony minidisc M700(?) from my trusty Sony cassette recorder
TCM5000EV.
>
> I have a question for the NatureRecordists regarding prevention of
wind
> distortion. I initially used the foam cover that was suppled with
the mic
> but then invested in a "fluffy dog" Rycote Softy because I found
that some
> environments were too windy. I've been less than impressed with the
> Rycoyte's performance (although it is definitely a step up from the
supplied
> foam) and find it often unacceptable bulky.
>
> I'm leaving soon on a birding trip to Cameroon, Central Africa,
where the
> majority of my recording will be of birds in the relatively wind-
free forest
> interior. Because both the Rycote softy and the supplied foam cover
are very
> bulky, I'm considering making a compact wrapping for the mic from a
high
> density foam, perhaps 0.5 mm thick? Does anyone have any advice
concerning
> this? What density does the foam need to be? How thick should it
be? The
> thicker, the less wind but also the less signal, I assume? Any
advice will
> be gratefully received!
>
> With many thanks,
> Callan
>
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> Callan Cohen Percy FitzPatrick Institute
> of African Ornithology,
> Tel: +27 21 683 1898 University of Cape Town,
> Mobile: +27 83 256 0491 South Africa.
> Fax: +27 21 671 2990
>
> For African birding & travel information, guiding & pelagic trips,
visit:
> BIRDING AFRICA www.birding-africa.com
> CAPE TOWN PELAGICS www.capetownpelagics.com
> Email:
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