by hankinslawrenceimages | Jan 20, 2012 | On the Web
Sunny Wind Hibiscus © 2011 Patty Hankins
Here are some posts and articles that I enjoyed this week – hope you enjoy them as well
Flowers, Trees and Plants Links
Invasive Notes has Please consider participating in a Strategic Planning Task Force Survey/Questionnaire for the U.S. National Arboretum
The DC Ladies has Confessions of a Plant Killer
Beautiful Wildlife Garden has Wildlife Garden Trends
National Park and National Wildlife Refuge Links
National Parks Traveler has Birding in the Parks: Not Too Early To Plan To Attend Birding Festivals in the National Park System and Congress Asked To Pass Legislation To Increase Size of Gettysburg National Military Park
Refuge Watch has First Donation of Land for Everglades Headwaters NWR
Examiner.com has New study proposes Lone Star Coastal National Recreation Area
Wildlife Links
Mail Online has Bear-ing all: 24-hour, secret camera attached to grizzly bears captures just what they get up to in the Alaskan wild
National Parks Traveler has U.S. Fish And Wildlife Service Finalizes Ban on Transportation of Non-native Constrictor Snakes That Threaten Everglades and Dozens Of Dolphins Strand Themselves On Cape Cod and Yellowstone National Park Report To UNESCO Outlines Issues of Park’s Genetic Isolation, Human Pressures
US Fish and Wildlife Service has North American Bat Death Toll Exceeds 5.5 Million From White-nose Syndrome
Adventure Journal has This Spirit Bear Cub Is Darn Cute
Padre Island NS Division of Sea Turtle Science & Recovery has New Sea Turtles Arrive at the Sea Turtle Hospital
Environment
Washington Post has Obama administration rejects Keystone XL pipeline
by hankinslawrenceimages | Jan 13, 2012 | On the Web
Sunflower Center © 2011 Patty Hankins
Flowers, Trees and Plants Links
Native Plant and Wildlife Garden has Why go Native?
The Christine Science Monitor has In Africa, using ants and termites to increase crop yields
Issus has Washington Gardener Seed Exchanges 2012
National Park and National Wildlife Refuge Links
The Washington Post has Sites identified as potential Latino national parks
National Parks Traveler has House GOP Expected To Resume Push To Exempt Border Patrol From Environmental Laws Across National Parks and Interior Secretary Salazar Withdraws 1 Million Acres Around Grand Canyon National Park From Hardrock Mining
The New Y0rk Times has U.S. to Ban New Uranium Mining Near Grand Canyon
Wildlife Links
The Washington Post has Snowy owls that gained fame as Harry Potter’s companion migrating to US from Arctic habitat and Fuss and feathers: Young whooping cranes and their bird plane grounded while feds check rules and Rare Asian duck’s mysterious appearance in Calif. draws bird watchers to wildlife refuge and World’s newest snake, Matilda, has menacing yellow scales, horns, and a little girl’s name
The New York Times has More of State’s Species May Be Endangered
Refuge Watch has Cranes Cleared for Take Off
by hankinslawrenceimages | Jan 6, 2012 | On the Web
Salvia & Blanketflowers © 2011 Patty Hankins
Photography and Art Links
Gawker has Rule #1 For Kids’ Clothing Catalogs: No Naked Men
Fine Art Views has The One Thing Appropriation Artists Don’t Want to Talk About: Is legal support for appropriation art about creativity or money? Part 1
MSNBC has 12 must-see skywatching events in 2012
The Star has Year-long exposure of Toronto skyline produces ‘dreamy’ image
Photo Attorney has Start the Year Right!
Flowers, Trees and Plants Links
Native Plant & Wildlife Garden has Plant This, Not That: Native Alternatives to Invasive Plants
Wildlife Garden has Must-Have Native Berry Shrubs for Habitat Gardens – Spicebush and Top 10 Tips for Your Winter Wildlife Garden
National Park and National Wildlife Refuge Links
National Parks Traveler has Work On Long-Range General Management Plan For Everglades National Park Slows Down and Books We’ve Read This Year, And Actually Liked!
Washington Post has Leader of Park Service retirees laments federal law for loaded guns in parks and Study says that with more wolves and fewer elk, trees rebounding in portions of Yellowstone
Wildlife Links
BBC News has Deep-sea creatures at volcanic vent
The Washington Post has 2011 worst year in decades for endangered elephants as large ivory seizures grow
Environmental Issues Links
Mongabay has Ecuador makes $ 116 million to not drill for oil in the Amazon
Washington Post has Polluted water did little damage to Chesapeake Bay’s grasses, but oysters may not be as lucky
The New York Times has In Solar Power, India Begins Living Up to Its Own Ambitions
The Guardian has Rick Santorum and Mitt Romney are both bad news for climate change fight
by hankinslawrenceimages | Dec 30, 2011 | On the Web
Mexican Hats © 2011 Patty Hankins
Here are some posts and articles that I enjoyed this week – hope you enjoy them as well
Photography and Art Links
The New York Time has From North Korea, an Altered Procession
Plants
Native Plant & Wildlife Garden has 5 Wildlife Gardening Resources for the Pacific Northwest
Washington Gardener has Christmas Tree Recycling Tips
National Park and National Wildlife Refuge Links
National Parks Traveler has Congress Authorizes … But Doesn’t Fund … 5.5 More Miles Of Bridge On Tamiami Trail Through Everglades, National Park Service Reviewing West Virginia Site For Possible National Park and Preserve, and Winter: A “Secret Season” in the South’s Loftiest National Parks
Wildlife Links
Wildlife Extra has Jaguar cubs photo shows conservation success in Bolivia
The Daily News Online has Migrating snowy owls run afoul of civilization
Mother Jones has Unusual Marine Mammal Deaths on 4 US Coasts
BBC News has Palm oil threat to Indonesia’s orangutans
Native Plants & Wildlife Garden has To Feed or Not to Feed… (Birds)
Monga Bay has The biggest new species discoveries in 2011
The Washington Post has Kemp’s ridley sea turtle stranded on beach in Europe in 2008 returned to Gulf waters off Fla.
Environmental Issues Links
Switchboard has New Energy-Saving Bulbs Are Coming — Here’s How You Find the Right Ones for Your Home
Econpreneurist has One Hundred Economists Agree: Conservation Efforts will Improve Economy & Job Market
by hankinslawrenceimages | Dec 23, 2011 | On the Web
Christmas Feeling Poinsettia © 2010 Patty Hankins
Here are some posts and articles that I enjoyed this week – hope you enjoy them as well
Photography and Art Links
Russ Bishop Photography has Simplify, Simplify
PND Photo District has Photogs Show Up on List for Unclaimed Royalties
Plants
BBC News has Guide reveals Amazon’s biological bounty
Native Plant Wildlife Garden has Designing with Native Plants
Native Plants & Wildlife Garden has Plant This Not That: Native Groundcover Edition
National Park and National Wildlife Refuge Links
National Parks Traveler has Great Smoky Mountains National Park Receives a Generous and Timely Gift, and Resort Planned For Schoodic Peninsula Near Acadia National Park Scuttled
Refuge Watch has Congress Cuts Refuge System Budget for FY12
Wildlife Links
Daily Record has Bald eagles reach new milestone in N.J.
The New York Times has For Many Species, Moving Day Has Added Stress, and Trucking Trout to Their Native Streams
The Washington Post has Little brown bats found that appear to resist disease that has devastated species
Environmental Issues Links
The New York Times has As Permafrost Thaws, Scientists Study the Risks and Environmentalists Get Down to Earth
Daily KOS has House Republicans smash their own record for anti-environmental votes
The Washington Post has Brazil’s forest policy could undermine its climate goals
Africa News has Climate change to heap more burden on women
The Guardian has Save our sacred woodlands
Nature Conservancy has Nature Brains: Conserving Grasslands Can Help Millions of People
by hankinslawrenceimages | Dec 16, 2011 | On the Web
Ice Punch Poinsettia © 2010 Patty Hankins
Here are some posts and articles that I enjoyed this week – hope you enjoy them as well
Photography and Art Links
Gay Tul Photography Journal has The Art and the Life
BBC has Live music: photographers’ rights in danger?
Kirk Tuck has So here’s what I know about iPhone-ography
Pixiq has Lightroom Twitter
Plants
Beautiful Wildlife Gardens has Best Berries for Birds in the Wildlife Garden
Silver Spring Patch has Nearby Destinations for Silver Springers to Get a Garden Fix
National Park and National Wildlife Refuge Links
National Parks Traveler has Humans, Comfort-Loving Animals That They Are, Are Changing Their National Park Habits With Climate Change, Congressman Dusts Off 1913 Law In Battle To Get Yosemite National Park’s Hetch Hetchy Valley Drained, NPS Director Jarvis Allows Parks To Ban Disposable Plastic Bottles and National Parks Heading To The Big Apple
Wildlife Links
BBC News has Polar bear ‘cannibalism’ pictured
Washington Post has New rule on endangered species would end state-by-state listing for threatened plants, animals, The reality of ‘Finding Nemo’s’ marine life, and Psychedelic gecko, ‘Elvis’ monkey among 208 new species found in Asia’s Mekong River region.
National Parks Traveler has Obama Administration Proposing Worrisome Change In Endangered Species Act
Smithsonian has Reptiles may be spreading deadly amphibian disease in the tropics
Discovery News has Russian Icebreaker On Race to Rescue Whales
Environmental Issues Links
The Christian Science Monitor has Why deforesters could soon have freer rein in the Amazon
Mother Jones has Is Your Fleece Killing the Ocean?
NY Times has Add Quakes to Rumblings Over Gas Rush
