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Links – October 29, 2010

Southern Blue Flag Iris (c) 2010 Patty Hankins

Here are the rest of this week’s links. Hope you find them interesting.

Photography and Art Links

Maria Brophy has Why Artists Should (Not) Be Paid for Their Artwork

PhotoAttorney has When You Are Eligible for Statutory Damages for Infringements

Jeff Revell has A Few Tips for Fall Color

Dan Heller has Flatter Stock Marketing Tiers

The Upshot has Very Early Photographic Images of Humans Discovered

Black Star Rising has Sometimes, Photographers Are Their Own Worst Enemies

Gardening, Flower and Plant Links

Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center and the U.S. Botanic Garden have launched Landscape for Life

Karen’s Garden Tips has Botany for Gardeners: The Leaf-Autumn Coloration

National Park & Wildlife Refuge Links

National Parks Traveler has Portions of Skyline Drive in Shenandoah National Park to Close at Night During Hunting Season, Economic Analysis Predicts Minimum 4-1 Return on Restoring Everglades Ecosystem,Warmer, Drier, Crowded, Grizzly-less and Lots of Thistle: The Yellowstone of the Future, Shenandoah National Park Ready to Embark on Year-Long 75th Birthday Celebration,

Refuge Watch has Cherry Valley NWR is #553

Wildlife Links

BBCNews has Dolphins Learn to ‘Walk on Water’ and Iberian Lynx: Radical Moves for World’s Rarest Cat

Reuters has Secret Life of Birds My Give Info on Climate Change

Christian Science Monitor has Will Florida’s Burmese Pythons Move North? How Far?

The RecordLive.Com has Record Numbers of Whooping Cranes Coming

National Parks Traveler has Proposal for State-Federal Collaboration on Combating White Nose Syndrome in Bats Out for Public Review

RestoretheGulf.org has Nearly 500,000 Acres Enrolled in Cooperative Federal Effort to Protect Birds in Spill Zone

Environmental Issues Links

BBC News has Nature’s Gift: The Economic Benefits of Preserving the Natural World

Christian Science Monitor has Will Space Tourists Be Earth Polluters? Scientists Sound a Warning and Biodiversity Study Sounds an Extinction Alert (For Things With Spines)

Links – October 28, 2010

Butterfly Weed

Butterfly Weed (c) 2010 Patty Hankins

 

I’ll be doing two links posts this week since I haven’t done one in a few weeks. Hope you enjoy these links.

Photography and Art Links

Black Star Rising has Photographers, Be Sure to Watch Out For Online Scams

Jim Goldstein has Review: Ansel Adams in the National Parks

Photo Business News & Forum has Lessig’s Kool-Aid: Proposed New Norms – Don’t Drink

Dear Rich has How to Register a Group of Published Photos

Plagiarism Today has The Facebook, The DMCA and The Problem with Counternotices

Photopreneur has Surviving the Death of Stock Photography

PhotoAttorney has A DMCA Case of Note for Photographers

Gardening, Flower and Plant Links

NYTimes has A Seed Library for Heirloom Plants Thrives in the Hudson Valley

Wildlife Garden has Getting to Know Plants’ Wildlife Value and It’s a Girl! Why Sex Matters in a Wildlife Garden

Washington Post has The Mighty American Chestnut Tree, Poised for a Comeback

Sustainablog has Indian Scientists Developing a Green Paint from Flowers

Karen’s Garden Tips has Botany for Gardeners: The Leaf Part I General Characteristics

Christian Science Monitor has Milkweed: Not Just for Monarch Butterflies

National Park & Wildlife Refuge Links

National Parks Traveler has Interior Secretary Signs Cape Wind Project Lease, Stresses Need for U.S. to be Energy Independent

Wildlife Links

NYTimes has Scientists and Soldiers Solve a Bee Mystery

National Parks Traveler has In Race to Halt Spread of White-Nose Syndrome in Bats, USFWS Grants $1.6 Million for Research and DNA Tests Indicate Yellowstone NP Elk, Not Bison, Most Likely to Spread Brucellosis

Christian Science Monitor has Dracula Fish, Lipstick Gecko, 23-foot Carnivorous Plant Among New Species Discovered

BBCNews has On How the Leopard Got Its Spots

Ventura County Reporter has Volunteers Saving Condor Chicks from Danger

Environmental Issues Links

CNN has UN Summit Sends S.O.S. on Biodiversity

Slate has Can Biodiversity Conservation Reduce Poverty?

 

Links – October 8, 2010

 

Immortality Bearded IrisImmortality Bearded Iris (c) 2010 Patty Hankins

 

 

Here are some links I found this week – hope you find them interesting.

Photography and Art Links

Wired has Kodak Sees a Very Real Resurgence for Film

Photo Business News and Forum has Property Releases – Not Necessary One Court Rules

Several sites including   DuckrabbitPhoto Business News & Forum, and A Photo Editor have posts about the AFP vs Morel case

Melody Lea Lamb has The Power of Twitter for Artists

National Park & Wildlife Refuge Links

National Parks Traveler has Dark Skies in National Parks Make It Easier to Spot the Space Station: Here’s How to Look For It

UPI has Everglades Land Deal Mired in Legal Issues

Wildlife Links

The Daily Green has The Madagascar Turtle Crisis

NYTimes has The BP-Spill Baby Turtle Brigade

BBC has Experts Baffled by Small Bangladesh Tigers

Discovery News has Photographs Show New Mexico’s Wildlife on the Move

Billings Gazette has Highway Wildlife Crossings Attract All Kinds

Telegraph has One Species becomes Extinct in England Every Fortnight

Defenders of Wildlife has Right Steps Taken Toward Habitat Protection for North Atlantic Whales


 

Links – October 1, 2010

Cherry Parfait Rose

Cherry Parfait Rose (c) 2010 Patty Hankins

Here are some links I found this week – hope you find them interesting.

Photography and Art Links

Black Star Rising has Someone Ripped Off My Photos Three Years Ago. Can I Still Sue?

HandMade in PA has Top 10 Reasons You Should Buy Contemporary Art

Virtual Photography Studios has Is Your Photography the $50 Assembly Product or the $5,000 Original

Plagiarism Today has The Lara Jade Coton/TVX Case: The Full Story

Gardening, Flower and Plant Links

BBC News has Rare Foissilised Flower Found, Related to Sunflowers

Easy Shade Gardening has Create Shade Garden

Scientific American has Death and Chocolate: Disease Threatens to Devastate Global Cocoa Supply

CSMonitor has When to Prune Trees and Shrubs? Wait Til After the Leaves Fall

Black Mountain News has Fall Colors Are Expected to be Vibrant this Year

Discovery News has 20 Percent of Plant Species Face Extinction

National Park & Wildlife Refuge Links

Refuge Watch has Oil Lingers at Bon Secour NWR

National Parks Traveler has Interior Secretary Salazar Issues “Scientific Integrity” Order

Wildlife Links

National Parks Traveler has Record Summer of Turtle Nesting at Cape Hatteras National Seashore Spawns  . . . Debate, Great Gray Owls in Yosemite National Park Deemed to be Distinct Subspecies,

CSMonitor has Florida Panther Comeback a Success with Many Asteriks , South Africa Rhinos: Poachers Now Take 20 Rhinos Per Month,

LATimes has Another Deadly Challenge for the Sea Otters

Audubon Magazine has National Parks: The Mother Lode

The Guardian has This Seal Was Declared Extinct in 1892. So What is it Doing Alive and Well Today?

Environmental Issues Links

Rainforest News has General Mills Moves Away from Rainforest Destruction

Sustainable Business has 60 MPG Standard Would Save America $101B Per Year in 2030

Links – September 24, 2010

White Calla Lily

White Calla Lily (c) 2010 Patty Hankins

Here are some links I found this week – hope you find them interesting.

Photography and Art Links

Michael Dubovoy has an essay at Luminious Landscape on Photography, Rain or Shine

Photography Business News & Forum has Beware Your Copyright Infringements – Case in Point

Examiner has Model Photo Shoots on Federal Land Threatened

Dear Rich has Registering Groups of Photos: eCO or Form CO?

CurrentPhotographer has Silly Things Customers Have Said to Photographers

Digital Photography School has Taking Photos in Busy Tourist Destinations with No People in the Shot

HistoricLOL has Photo Collection: Tilt Shift Van Gogh

Gardening, Flower and Plant Links

Christian Science Monitor has A Guide to the New Echinaceas or Coneflowers

TransAtlantic Plantsman has Autumn Fruits Confirm an Old Wives’ Tale

National Park & Wildlife Refuge Links

Refuge Watch has Refuge System Closing Caves and Mines and Interior Announces Land Acquisitions for Refuges

Southwest Airlines has Southwest Airlines to Donate $1 From Early Bird Check In Purchase to National Wildlife Refuge Association

Wildlife Links

WWF has World’s Rivers and Dophins at Risk

Helium has Causes of Worldwide Amphibian Declines

NYTimes has Researchers Search Cascades for Signs of Grizzlies and Extreme Heat Bleaches Coral and Threat is Seen

TreeHugger has Super Rare Asian Unicorn Captured, Dies in Captivity

BBC News has Highest Living Tigers Found in Himalayas and ‘Lost’ Frogs Found After Decades

Environmental Issues Links

Baltimore Sun has Arctic Summer Sea Ice Third Smallest on Record

OnEarth has Why We Should Care About Forest and Peat Fires in Russia

Cool Green Science has Speak Up For Nature! Send a Message to President Obama

Links – September 17, 2010

Pearly Everlasting

Pearly Everlasting (c) 2009 Patty Hankins

Here are some links I found this week – hope you find them interesting.

Photography and Art Links

ArtistsWhoThrive has Ignorant Theft

FineArtsView has Art Marketing: Feed Their Addiction

Photo Business News & Forum has The TSA – Misguided Government Propaganda Targets Photographers, A Copyright Ruling That Could Affect Photographers, and iStockPhoto . . . Wait It’s All About the Money

PhotoPreneur has Photography Deals That Are Worse Than They Look

ArtBizBlog has Start a Fan Page on Facebook, and a second part of Fan Page on Facebook

Cradoc PhotoSoftware has Maintaining Your Digital Rights as a Photographer

Virtual Photography Studio has How To Write  A Photography Disclaimer

Plagiarism Today has Groupon Offering Photog Causes Plagiarism Stir

Gardening, Flower and Plant Links

Gardening Made Easy has Using Plants Indoors

Science has Rare Plant Species Found in Kodiak

National Park & Wildlife Refuge Links

National Parks Traveler has Fall Spectacular: Great Autumn Hikes in the National Parks, Friends of Great Smoky Mountains National Parks Buys 20 Acres for the Park, What do GOP Politicians Have Against National Park Landscapes?, and  Counting Bats at Mammoth Cave National Park.

Oh Ranger has Light Pollution Threatens Our Dark Night Skies

Wildlife Links

Science Daily has Most Penguin Populations Continue to Decline, Scientists Warn

TreeHugger has NASA Satellites Reveal Connection Between Mountain Pine Beetle Infestation and Wildflowers

Softpedia has Candid Camera Follows Wild Animals

NaplesNews has First Sighting of Rare Cuban PeeWee Reported in Everglades National Park

USFWS has a video on YouTube – Rehabilitated Sea Turtles Released

Bradenton.com has More than 500 Red Lionfish Caught in Keys

AP has Scientists Find Drugs That May Fight Bat Disease

National Parks Traveler has All Was Not Lost When Loggerhead Turtle Determined to Nest at Cape Hatteras National Seashore was Run Over

Environmental Issues Links
The Sun News has Study Finds Marsh Being Drowned as Sea off SC Rises

Sustainablog has Fish Kills: Unreported Oil Spill News?