by hankinslawrenceimages | Apr 27, 2012 | On the Web
Trout Lily (c) 2012 Patty Hankins
Here are some posts and articles that I enjoyed this week – hope you enjoy them as well
Flower and Plant Links
Native Plants & Wildlife Gardens has Native Trees for a Changing Environment, Federal Land Managers Collaborating On How To Handle Whitebark Pine Issues In Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem and The Meadow Garden
Good Design has A Former Chicago Meatpacking Plant Becomes a Self-Sustaining Vertical Farm
CBC News has Every plant in the world to be catalogued online
Garden Media Group has Trees Matter and The Garden Plot: Celebrate National Public Gardens Day
Beautiful Wildlife Garden has Creating a Bird Garden
BBC News has Non-native forest species ‘extending growing season’
National Park and National Wildlife Refuge Links
National Parks Traveler has Coalition Of National Park Retirees Warns Of Congressional Overreach That Could Impact National Parks, House Of Representatives Passes Legislation That Critics Fear Will Bring More Hunting Into National Park System and Oglala Sioux Tribe, National Park Service Poised To Create First Tribal National Park
MSN has Confessions of a national park ranger
Examiner.com has National Park Foundation lands another major grant
NCPA Park Advocate has Hunting in the National Park System? A Closer Look at the Sportsmen’s Heritage Act
Wildlife Links
John Peter Thompson has Have you met the Giant African Land Snail, an Invasive Species of the first order?
Huffington Post has Gir Forest Lions’ Survival And The Chance To Roam Free (PHOTOS)
Dan Williams Bird Photography has Bluebirds in Spring
The New York Times has As Bison Return to Prairie, Some Rejoice, Others Worry
National Parks Traveler has White-Nose Syndrome Detected In Bats At Chesapeake & Ohio Canal National Historical Park
Environment Issues Links
The New York Times has Dow Corn, Resistant to a Weed Killer, Runs Into Opposition and Study Indicates a Greater Threat of Extreme Weather
Photography and Art Links
British Journal of Photography has Olympics’ security guards “trained to deter people from taking photographs”
Whimbrel Nature Photography has Make Hay While The Sun Doesn’t Shine
Enlightened Images has Warning: Gov’t Rights Grab – NPS Photo Contest and Hey, that’s my picture in your painting! (Derivative Use)
Paid Content has Photographer sues street artist, Google Music over launch party pics
Mail Online has Never-before-seen photos from 100 years ago tell vivid story of gritty New York City
Hyperallergic has Artist Payments at NYC Nonprofits, By the Numbers
Stained Glass Designs has Free Stained Glass Patterns: Pinterest Woes
If you’re in the DC area – I hope you’ll join me and other flower lovers at our DC Flower Safari Meetups. The next one is scheduled for May 12th. The location will be announced about a week in advance – depending on what’s in bloom. I hope to see you there!
by hankinslawrenceimages | Apr 20, 2012 | On the Web
Bent Trillium (c) 2012 Patty Hankins
Here are some posts and articles that I enjoyed this week – hope you enjoy them as well
Flower and Plant Links
Chicago Tribune has Creating a full garden takes years of thought and patience
Meadow Farms Nursery had Eastern Tent Caterpillar Alert
Washington Post has Guerrilla Gardeners spread seeds of social change
NY Times has Who Knows What Bugs Lurk in Imported Plants?
National Park and National Wildlife Refuge Links
National Parks Conservation Association has House Votes to Open Much of National Park System to Hunting and Hamper Efforts to Protect Our Heritage
iPad Apps has Chimani to Give Away 1 Million Mobile Apps for National Park Week
National Parks Traveler has Officials At Harpers Ferry National Historical Park Preparing For The Next Big Flood, What To Do For National Park Week? Here Are Some Suggestions!
and Original Homestead Act Document To Be Displayed At Homestead National Monument Of America
Wildlife Links
BBC has Russian Reserve Created for Amur Leopard and Tiger
Refuge Watch has Water Shortage at Lower Klamath NWR Kills over 10,000 Birds
Ecosystem Gardening has Why Focus on Ecosystem Gardening When There is So Much Wrong in the World?
MSNBC has 56 coral species face extinction danger from warming, acidic seas
Washington Post has Farming aquarium species to save them
Photography and Art Links
Alpenglow Images has Silence
If you’re in the DC area – I hope you’ll join me and other flower lovers at our DC Flower Safari Meetups. Next one is scheduled for May 12th. Location will be announced about a week in advance – depending on what’s in bloom. Hope to see you there.
by hankinslawrenceimages | Apr 13, 2012 | On the Web
Mancetta Sunset Chrysanthemum © 2012 Patty Hankins
Here are some posts and articles that I enjoyed this week – hope you enjoy them as well
Flower and Plant Links
Winterthur Garden Blog has Please say “No” to Mulch Volcanoes
National Park and National Wildlife Refuge Links
National Parks Traveler has Big Cypress National Preserve Extends Deadline For Your Comments On Hunting Plan and National Park Service Launches Civil War Website
Wildlife Links
Discovery News has GIANT PANDA HABITAT MAY VANISH
Native Plants & Wildlife Gardens has Feeding Wildlife: when is a handout deadly?
MSNBC has Drought, cholera kill 10,000 birds at vital refuge
National Parks Traveler has Pythons Roaming Everglades National Park Develop Taste For Birds And Their Eggs and Birding In The National Parks: Spring Migration Is Spreading Across The National Parks
Environmental Issues Links
Mother Jones has Frogs May See Monsanto’s Roundup Herbicide As a Predator
Photography and Art Links
PetaPixal has Art Collector Sues William Eggleston for Selling New Prints of Iconic Photos and A Man Can’t Live on Image Credit Alone
The Art Newspaper has Newer, bigger, better? Eggleston reprints sell out
Four and Six has Photo Tampering throughout History
Guy Tal has The Ethics of Limited Editions
If you’re in the DC area – I hope you’ll join me and other flower lovers at our DC Flower Safari Meetups. Next one is scheduled for May 12th. Location will be announced about a week in advance – depending on what’s in bloom. Hope to see you there.
by hankinslawrenceimages | Apr 6, 2012 | On the Web
Columbine © 2011 Patty Hankins
Here are some posts and articles that I enjoyed this week – hope you enjoy them as well
Flower and Plant Links
Beautiful Wildlife Garden has Lady Bird Johnson, A Woman With a Love of Natural Beauty
National Park and National Wildlife Refuge Links
Richmond Times-Dispatch has For battlefield thefts, man gets 366-day term
National Parks Traveler has Ryan Budget Would Lead To Closures Of “Hundreds” Of National Park Units and Spring In the National Parks: Where Can You Find Wildflowers?
National Parks Examiner has National Park Service fines tour guide for Bigfoot search without a permit
Wildlife Links
Washington Post has Fairfax painting its deer shocking pink; will the shame finally make them go away?
Nature Conservancy has Proof Is in the Cheetah
Mother Jones has 3 New Studies Link Bee Decline to Bayer Pesticide
WWF India has The Elusive Snow Leopard
Environmental Issues Links
Mother Jones has In the Everglades, Taxpayers Foot the Bill for Industry’s Mess and Scientists Use Thoreau’s Journal Notes to Track Climate Change
Photography and Art Links
Whimbrel Nature Photography has Rebirthand Don’t Fear The Rain
Artist Bill of Rights has Pinterest Terms of Use Changed
Read Write Web has Despite Policy Changes, Pinterest Still Doesn’t Comply With DMCA
Alain Briot has They are Stealing Our Work at Luminous Landscape
NYTimes has 100 Years Later: A Snapshot of Life on the Titanic
If you’re in the DC area – I hope you’ll join me and other flower lovers at our DC Flower Safari Meetups. Next one is scheduled for April 7th when we head to Meadowlark Botanical Garden. Hope to see you there.
by hankinslawrenceimages | Mar 23, 2012 | On the Web
Blue-eyed Mary © 2011 Patty Hankins
Here are some posts and articles that I enjoyed this week – hope you enjoy them as well
Flower and Plant Links
BBC has Study sheds light on plants’ ‘spring switch’
Wildlife Links
Christian Science Monitor has Bison reach Montana as part of relocation plan
Randi Minetor has Two national parks find bats with white-nose syndrome
Environmental Issues Links
Mother Jones has Cherry Blossoms in February?
NY Times has Spring Gets Ahead of Itself and Early Spring Sets Much of U.S. Awash in Color and Pollen Dust
Photography and Art Links
Dan Heller has Pinterest Copyright Infringement: Yeah, so what?
NYTimes has From a Mantelpiece Fern to the Front Page
PaidContent has Photographers Drag Amazon Into Pinterest Copyfight
BBC has In pictures: Russian Empire in colour photos
If you’re in the DC area – I hope you’ll join me and other flower lovers at our DC Flower Safari Meetups. Next one is scheduled for April 7th when we head to Bull Run State Park for Bluebells. Hope to see you there.
by hankinslawrenceimages | Mar 16, 2012 | On the Web
Texas Paintbrush © 2011 Patty Hankins
Here are some posts and articles that I enjoyed this week – hope you enjoy them as well
Flower and Plant Links
BBC has Global flower trade threatens rare palm
National Park and National Wildlife Refuge Links
National Parks Traveler has 13 National Historic Landmarks Added To the System, and Student Conservation Association Works To Nurture Life-Long Love For Outdoors in Youth
Everglades Foundation has Remove obstacles to Everglades Restoration
Washington Post has Efforts begin to put water back into Great Dismal Swamp peat bogs
Wildlife Links
Native Plants & Wildlife Gardens has Prairie Dogs Are the New Bison
Mother Jones has Enviros Target Lead Bullets, Pro-Gun Crowd Freaks
Washington Post has White-nose fungus reaches bats in Alabama, to biologists’ dismay
Photography and Art Links
DIY Photography has A Twin Lens Reflex (TLR) Built From Lego Bricks
If you’re in the DC area – I hope you’ll join me and other flower lovers at our DC Flower Safari Meetups. Next one is scheduled for March 17th when we head over to see Early Spring Flowers at Brookside Gardens. Hope to see you there!
