by hankinslawrenceimages | Dec 9, 2011 | On the Web
DaVinci 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
Central Station has Mysterious paper sculptures – Central Station Blog post
Art Biz Blog has Why Your Art is the Profile Picture for Your Facebook Page
Pixiq has Dear Transport for London, why do you hate dSLRs?
Dan Williams has Savannah Sunrise
National Park and National Wildlife Refuge Links
National Parks Traveler has Hiker Wants Great Smokies Mountain National Park To Divulge Comments On Proposed Backcountry Fee, Grant Will Rehabilitate Boone Fork Trail Portion of Mountains-to-Sea Trail on Blue Ridge Parkway and Snakes Alive! There’s An App For That At Everglades National Park
Wildlife Links
National Parks Traveler has Orphaned Florida Panther Released into the Wild at Big Cypress National Preserve…
BBC Nature has Threatened species need farmland
The New York Times has In Southern Arizona, Rare Sightings of Ocelots and Jaguars Send Shivers
Refuge Watch has Lead Bullets Preventing Recovery of Condor
Environmental Issues Links
BBC News has Brazil Amazon deforestation ‘at lowest level in years’
NYTimes has E.P.A. Implicates Fracking in Pollution
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 December 11 when we’re heading to Longwood Gardens in Kennett Square, PA. Hope to see you there!
by hankinslawrenceimages | Dec 2, 2011 | On the Web
Monet Twilight 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
Enlightened Images has A List of Legal, Copyright and Trademark and Intellectual Property Links
Art Print Issues by Barney Davey has 2012 Color Trends: Paint Hues Drawn From The American Landscape
National Park and National Wildlife Refuge Links
National Parks Traveler has Why The Delay In Designating Official Wilderness In National Parks?, San Francisco Public Utilities Commission Denies Request For Hearing On Restoring Hetch Hetchy Valley in Yosemite National Park, NPS Proposes Adding Five Bikeshare Stations on the National Mall and A Potpourri of Suggestions For Visiting The National Park System This Winter
The Washington Post has Chincoteague fears proposal to move beach would hurt tourism, economy
Examiner.com has National parks face budget cuts up to 9%
Wildlife Links
National Parks Traveler has Appellate Court Rules Yellowstone Area Grizzly Bears Should Remain On Endangered Species List
The Washington Post has Ore.’s wandering wolf has covered some hundreds of miles looking for love
The Province has Endangered whooping crane recovery suffers major setback
National Parks Service has Release of Florida Panther K304/FP194
The New York Times has Among Hundreds of Dead Dolphins, an Intriguing Survivor
Environmental Issues Lins
USA Today has Being near nature improves physical, mental health
The New York Times has Partnership Preserves Livelihoods and Fish Stocks
Mother Jones has 5 Things to Know About the Durban Climate Talks and Study: Common Herbicide Causes Menstrual Trouble
Grist has Can you say ‘sprawl’? Walmart’s biggest climate impact goes ignored
National Parks Traveler has House Natural Resources Committee To Hold Hearing On Endangered Species Act
China Daily has Conversing on conserving rivers
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 December 11 when we’re heading to Longwood Gardens in Kennett Square, PA. Hope to see you there!
by hankinslawrenceimages | Nov 18, 2011 | On the Web
Showy Primrose © 2011 Patty Hankins
Here are some posts and articles that I enjoyed this week – hope you enjoy them as well
Photography and Art Links
Cannon Blogger has Forget the Small-Timer: Adobe Versus the Little Guy
JMG Galleries has 9 Amazing Apps for Night Photography
Flowers, Trees and Plants Links
BBC News has Human-induced fires sow the seeds of the future
The Christian Science Monitor has You’ll learn a lot when you attend a rose show
National Park and National Wildlife Refuge Links
The National Parks Traveler has Blue Ridge Parkway Management Alternatives Draw More Than A Little Debate, BLM Considering Proposal To Expand Coal Mine Near Bryce Canyon National Park, and “Vital Signs” Report From Yellowstone National Park Points To Areas Of Concern In Park’s Health
Metro Pulse has 17,000 Species in the Great Smoky Mountains. And Counting.
Wildlife Links
BBC News has Viewpoints: Should we give up trying to save the panda?
The Star has Canada bringing bison back to life
The National Parks Traveler has “3” Might Not Seem Like Much, But It’s A Record For Condor Chicks At Grand Canyon National Park
The Washington Post has Killing of orangutans in Indonesia seen as ‘serious threat’ to species; 750 killed in year
Jakarta Globe has Twelve New Species of Fish Found Near Bali
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 November 20th, you can find me at the U.S. Botanic Garden in Washington DC. Hope to see you there!
by hankinslawrenceimages | Nov 11, 2011 | On the Web
Lotus Blossom V © 2011 Patty Hankins
Here are some posts and articles that I enjoyed this week – hope you enjoy them as well
Photography and Art Links
ArtBizBlog has Educate Those Who Ask for Donations of Your Art
ArtInfo has Interview with Martin Kemp on How To Spot a Lost Leonardo
Guy Tal Photography Journal has I am The 0.000000014%
The New York Times has Artists File Lawsuits, Seeking Royalties
Plagiarism Today has How to Deal with Repeat Infringers
Flowers, Trees and Plants Links
National Parks Traveler has Four Men Given Jail Time For Digging Up Gingseng In Great Smoky Mountains National Park
WNYC.org has NY Botanical Garden Celebrates Restoration of Ancient Forest
National Park and National Wildlife Refuge Links
Refuge Watch has Study Shows Wildlife Refuges Help Provide Jobs and Major Financial Boost to U.S Economy, and Take Action by Nov. 15 to Protect Arctic NWR
National Parks Traveler has Paterson Great Falls National Historical Park Joins National Park System
The New York Times has Parks Chief Blocked Plan for Grand Canyon Bottle Ban
Wildlife Links
TreeHugger has Egypt’s Endangered Species in Media Spotlight
Summit County Citizens Voice has New surveys up estimates of coral reef biodiversity
National Parks Traveler has Winter Brings Increased Hazards for Wildlife and Humans on Park Roads
International Society for Endangered Cats has Cats In China
The Washington Post has Going, going, gone: 3 rhino subspecies extinct or close to extinction in the wild
Environmental Issues Links
The Washington Post has Susquehanna dam’s sediment has officials fearing for the Chesapeake Bay
The New York Times has Pine Trees Help Reconstruct a Long-Ago Drought
Mother Jones has Gulf Oil Spill? What Gulf Oil Spill?
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 November 20th, you can find me at the U.S. Botanic Garden in Washington DC. Hope to see you there!
by hankinslawrenceimages | Nov 4, 2011 | On the Web
Lotus Blossom IV © 2011 Patty Hankins
Here are some posts and articles that I enjoyed this week – hope you enjoy them as well
Photography and Art Links
Photo Blog has Tragic Beauty
Mail Online has It’s not exactly compact’: Six-foot long camera produces pictures that remain sharp at 30-feet long
Photography by Alan Majchrowicz has Winter Photography Tips and Tricks/ Part One
The Washington Post has Photographers’ association challenges D.C. regulations
Enlightened Images has When Pre-Visualization meets Reality
Flowers, Trees and Plants Links
Miami Herald has A Hollywood woman’s oceanfront garden tolerates salt, wind and sun
USDA has The Science of Autumn Colors
National Park and National Wildlife Refuge Links
Mother Jones has Let’s Not Mine Uranium in the Grand Canyon
Refuge Watch has Canaan Valley NWR Gets 325-acre Addition
AZCentral has Major development planned just outside Grand Canyon
National Parks Traveler has President Obama Uses Antiquities Act To Create Fort Monroe National Monument, More Groups Sue National Park Service Over Big Cypress National Preserve Management Plan, BioBlitz Turns Up More Than 850 Previously Undetected Species in Saguaro National Park , Chair Of House Subcommittee On National Parks Calls Parks, Other Federal Lands Unconstitutional and Stretches Of Blue Ridge Parkway To Be Closed For Months For Work on Historic Guardrails
Wildlife Links
National Parks Traveler has Great Smoky Mountains National Park Gets Approval For Elk Management Plan.
BBC News has Biomimicry: Beaks on trains and flipper-like turbines
Tree Hugger has Uncovered Film Footage Offers Rare Look at an Extinct Bird (Video)
Washington Post has Workers find 16-foot python that had just eaten an adult deer in the Florida Everglades and Deep reef ‘twilight zones’ slowly yield their secrets to explorers
Ice News has Outright puffin hunting ban suggested in face of population crisis
Wildlife Extra has Worst ever year for rhino poaching in South Africa
Environment
Sustain A Blog has Map Shows Who Gets Screwed by Climate Change, Who Doesn’t
The New York Times has Catastrophic Drought in Texas Causes Global Economic Ripples
Cool Green Science has Seven Tips for a “Greener” Holiday
National Parks Traveler has Science Takes A Hit In President Obama’s 2012 Budget
The Christian Science Monitor has The new water wars? Study shows broad decline in Rockies snowpack
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 November 20t h, you can find me at the U.S. Botanic Garden in Washington DC. Hope to see you there!
by hankinslawrenceimages | Oct 28, 2011 | On the Web
Texas Blanketflower © 2011 Patty Hankins
Here are some posts and articles that I enjoyed this week – hope you enjoy them as well
Photography and Art Links
Guy Tal has Teachers Wanted
PhotoWalk Pro has Finding a Shot in the Crowd
NY Times has Photographing Conflict for the First Time
John Paul Caponigro has 9 Essential Photo Editing iPhone Apps
Washington Post has No, D.C. photographers, you will not be arrested
Flowers, Trees and Plants Links
Baltimore Sun has Maryland has become ground zero for a new invasive species threat, wavyleaf basketgrass
NY Times has Seeds for New York: The Lawn Guy
Karen’s Garden Tips has Characteristics of Hybrid Tea Roses
National Park and National Wildlife Refuge Links
National Parks Traveler has Consider 2012 “Entrance Fee Free Days” When Planning Your National Park Adventures, Call To Action: Growing The National Park System and Congressman Pushing Legislation To Require National Park Gift Shops To Carry “Made In America” Items
Refuge Watch has Stamp Out Extinction and USFWS Releases 10-year Blueprint for the Refuge System
NY Times has Ruling Backs Forest Service in Limiting Roads in the Wild
Wildlife Links
Washington Post has Farmers nationwide plant bee-friendly habitat to attract native pollinators, bolster honeybees and Vietnam loses fight to save its rare Javan rhinos after last animal believed poached for horn
BBC has Epic wolf hunt caught on camera and Bat killer cause confirmed as fungus
NY Times has Loving the Chambered Nautilus to Death and Arctic Predators, Caught in the Act
Environment
Slate has Black and Orange and Green: Can fun-size candy bars be good for the environment
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 November 20t h, you can find me at the U.S. Botanic Garden in Washington DC. Hope to see you there!
