Events
Water is all around us, not only in soils and water bodies but also in creatures include plants, animals and humans, to support the life of all creatures. The presence and circulation of water makes the existence and development of life possible. Therefore, it is extremely important to taking care of this resource, which affects both our planet and all its inhabitants, including us and birds. Birds come to our attention because today, 5 January 2026 is National Bird Day (NBD) in the US.
Unfortunately, in the US the Trump administration’s Environmental Protection Agency (US EPA) has proposed a new rule of redefining what constitutes "water of the United States.” This new definition will that guts Clean Water Act protections for many U.S. waters and remove protections for the majority of our nation's wetlands and waterways, leaving thousands of acres of these critical ecosystems at risk of pollution, development or destruction. It's crucial that we protect wetlands and waterways — for wildlife, communities and the planet.
I have taken online actions of submitting public comments/messages to Lee Zeldin, EPA Administrator, for defending the Clean Water Act on and right before the 5 January deadline, separately with two nonprofit environmental groups: 1) Nature Resource Defense Council (NDRC) to send a message titled ‘Save clean water protections” and 2) Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) to send a petition titled “Wetlands need your support”;
In addition, US EPA is proposing to further delay the closure deadlines for coal ash ponds and allow dirty power plants creating the coal ash to continue operating past their planned retirement dates. These unlined coal ash ponds are known to leak toxic pollutants – such as arsenic, lead, mercury – into our surrounding surface water and groundwater. Thus, I've signed a petition to US EPA with Climate Action Campaign (CAC) on Action Network titled: Tell Trump’s EPA To Not Delay Closing Coal Ash Ponds.
We are also taking in-person actions to cleanup a couple of birdbaths installed at the micro-forest of the Arcadia Ecohome, a Certified Wildlife Habitat and a Certified Pollinator Habitat, and refill with clean water for birds. This action is needed resulted from a 2-week winter rainstorms/windstorms since 23 Dcecember 2025 with fallen leaves and other debris filling the bridbaths.