by hankinslawrenceimages | Mar 9, 2012 | On the Web
Prairie Smoke © 2011 Patty Hankins
Here are some posts and articles that I enjoyed this week – hope you enjoy them as well
National Park and National Wildlife Refuge Links
National Parks Traveler has Interior Secretary Salazar: No Plans To Explore Possibility of a North Woods National Park in Maine,and It’s the Centennial Year for Washington D.C.’s Cherry Blossoms. Will the Blooms Cooperate?
Mother Jones has Should Corporations Bankroll National Parks?
The Nature Conservancy has New Everglades Refuge Benefits People, Wildlife, Ranching and Recreation
Wildlife Links
Discovery News has Killing Barred Owls to Save the Spotted Owl
BBC has Up to 900 tropical bird species could ‘go extinct’
National Parks Traveler has Ongoing Research At Yukon-Charley Rivers National Preserve Shows Steady Peregrine Falcon Population and Yellowstone National Park Wolf Population Numbers Down
US Fish and Wildlife Service has Reward Offered for Information on Killing of a Bald Eagle in Lucedale, Mississippi – $2,500 to Help Identify the Shooter
Environment Links
Christian Science Monitor has Five hotbeds of biodiversity
New York Times has Spike in Food Prices Projected by 2013
Washington Post has Mexico City’s ancient Xochimilco floating gardens are in ecological peril
Photography and Art Links
William Brittan has Morton Overlook – a great photo spot in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park
PhotoAttorney has What’s An Infringement Worth?
Art Biz Blog has How to Investigate an Artist Call for Entry [Infographic]
Ask Harriette has An Opinion about Pinterest – “What’s Yours Is Mine”?
Huffington Post has The Case Against Art Show Entry Fees
Plagiarism Today has 5 Misconceptions Copyright Holders Have About the DMCA
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!
by hankinslawrenceimages | Mar 2, 2012 | On the Web
Here are some posts and articles that I enjoyed this week – hope you enjoy them as well
Photography and Art Links
Several sites have posted about Pinterest, copyright and art including
The news from Bill of Rights for All Creative People that Pinterest is stripping metadata from files has caused me close my Pinterest account. I will be adding the Pinterest code to my website and putting a note on my blog asking people not to pin my work due to Pinterests policies.
Shepard Fairey is back in the news as well
QT Loung has How to create a useful watermark
Mountain Mist Photo has Who cares what others think about your photography
Glenn Guy at Luminous Landscape has Photographing the Human Condition
Flowers, Trees and Plants Links
New York Times has Much to Savor, and Worry About, Amid Mild Winter’s Early Blooms
Beautiful Wildlife Garden has 7 Steps to Birdscaping Your Garden
US Wildflower Journal has An Early Spring at The Pocket at Pigeon Mountain
We Love DC has And the Blossom Bloomtime Is….
National Park and National Wildlife Refuge Links
National Parks Traveler has Effort Under Way In Congress To Reinstate Ban On Firearms in National Parks , Traveler’s View: Republican Presidential Contenders’ Dim View of Federal Lands Is Short-Sighted, National Park Service Touts Economic Might Of Parks: $31 Billion and 258,000 Jobs In 2010, PEER, National Park Foundation At Odds Over Foundation’s Spending Habits, and Rare Venus Transit Offers a Second Solar Spectacular for Park Sky Watchers in 2012
Wildlife Links
New York Times has Wisconsin Bill Would Allow Hunting of a Once-Rare Crane
Environment Links
Mother Jones has How Climate Change Causes Earthquakes and Erupting Volcanoes
Greenpeace has Top 10 reasons why Arctic oil drilling is a really stupid idea
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!
by hankinslawrenceimages | Feb 17, 2012 | On the Web
Here are some posts and articles that I enjoyed this week – hope you enjoy them as well
Photography Links
British Journal of Photography has Telegraph’s picture editor caught in copyright infringement blunder [update]
The Consumerist has Groupon Figures It’s Not Important To Use A Photographer’s Actual Pictures To Advertise Photo Deal
A Photo Editor has ACLU Says: Know Your Rights Photographers
The Terra Galleria Blog has Why I use Watermarks
Dan Williams Bird Photography has Early Morning in the Marsh
Flowers, Trees and Plants Links
Mother Jones has What the Supplement Industry Isn’t Telling You About St. John’s Wort
National Park and National Wildlife Refuge Links
Refugee Watch has Friends Tesitfy before Congress in Support of Harris Nect NWR
The National Parks Traveler has Great Smoky Mountains National Park Looking To Backcountry User Fee To Improve Services, Protect Resources
Wildlife Links
The Christian Science Network has Purple squirrel spotted in Pennsylvania. Did it fall into a portable toilet?
The Washington Post has Deadly virus hits turtles, tadpoles in Montgomery County
BBC News has Hidden cameras show rare snow leopards ‘thriving’
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!
by hankinslawrenceimages | Feb 10, 2012 | On the Web
Here are some posts and articles that I enjoyed this week – hope you enjoy them as well
Photography Links
Nature Photographers Online Magazine has They Are Stealing Our Work
A Photo Editor has The Impact Of Conservation Photography – Garth Lenz
National Park and National Wildlife Refuge Links
National Parks Traveler has National Park Foundation Funding School Field Trips to The National Parks, Sale of Plastic Water Bottles Banned At Grand Canyon National Park and Cape Hatteras National Seashore Issues Final Rule Guiding Off-Road Vehicle Management
Wildlife Links
13 News has Whooping cranes opting for Alabama instead of Citrus County
Common Dreams has Bird Population in Collapse Near Fukushima
Environmental Issues Links
Scientific Amercian has Temperatures–Not Acid–Could Cook Coral to Death
Mother Jones has What NASA’s Blue Marble Photo Reveals About Climate Change
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!
by hankinslawrenceimages | Feb 3, 2012 | On the Web
Here are some posts and articles that I enjoyed this week – hope you enjoy them as well
Photogrpahy
Pixiq has When Public Photography Is Not Protected By The First Amendment
Photo Attorney has Diary of a Copyright Infringement Lawsuit – 1a (Costs)
The New York Times has Financing a Rare Book on Endangered Species
Dan Williams Bird Photography has Finding Some Color in the Midst of Winter
Flowers, Trees and Plants Links
EcoSystem Gardening has Creating Change to Make the World a Better Place: NWF Backs Down
National Park and National Wildlife Refuge Links
National Parks Traveler has Blue Ridge Parkway Digital History Now Online and Survey of Western Attitudes Shows Strong Support for National Parks, Clean Environment
Randi Minetor has What’s the next national park? Part 6: Harriet Tubman historic sites
Refuge Watch has J.N. Ding Darling Documentary
Wildlife Links
NY Daily News has Thai elephants might become extinct because too many people are eating them
The New York Times has They’ve Done It Again: An Albatross Chick
ABC News has Dolphins Reported Talking Whale in Their Sleep
National Parks Traveler has Birding in The National Parks: Bald Eagles No Longer A Ghost Bird in the National Parks
The Washington Post has In Florida Everglades, pythons and anacondas dominate food chain
Mother Jones has What Everglades Pythons and Other Invasive Species Are Trying to Tell Us
Environment
National Wildlife Federation has National Wildlife Federation and ScottsMiracle-Gro Partnership
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 February 5th when we head to Longwood Gardens for their Orchid Extravaganza. Hope to see you there!
by hankinslawrenceimages | Jan 27, 2012 | On the Web
Yellowstone Gerbera Daisy © 2011 Patty Hankins
Here are some posts and articles that I enjoyed this week – hope you enjoy them as well
Photogrpahy
Mark Dubovey has Everything Matters at Luminous-Landscape
Photo Attorney has Compensating You for Copyright Infringement
Landscape, Nature and Travel Photography has 10 Ways To Improve as a Photographer
Flowers, Trees and Plants Links
The Washington Post has Botanists agree to loosen Latin’s grip and New plant map shifts area to warmer zone
BBC News has ‘Peak timber’ concerns in tropics
USDA has USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map
National Park and National Wildlife Refuge Links
The National Parks Traveler has Biscayne National Park Visitors Concerned About Climate Change And How It Could Impact the Park, Friends of Acadia Works With Youth To Plan The Future Of Technology In Acadia National Park, On The Eve Of America’s Summit On National Parks, Some Questions To Mull and Millions Of Dollars Heading To National Parks For Road, Multiple-Use Trail Improvements
Wildlife Links
The New York Times has Bird-Watchers Revel in Unusual Spike in Snowy Owl Sightings, Sounding an Alarm on Birds and Mercury and Dozens of Stranded Dolphins on Cape Cod Shores Perplex Rescuers
Discovery News has Invasive Species: Why Not Just Eat Them?
Environment
Native Plant Wildlife Garden has National Wildlife Federation Teams up With Scotts Miracle Gro? and Scotts and National Wildlife Federation: Toxic Partners?
EcoSystem Gardening has National Wildlife Federation and Scotts Miracle Gro: Perfect Together?
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 February 5th when we head to Longwood Gardens for their Orchid Extravaganza. Hope to see you there!
