by hankinslawrenceimages | Jul 27, 2012 | Flowers, On the Web
Harvest of Memories Yellow Bearded Iris(c) 2009 Patty Hankins
Here are some posts and articles that I enjoyed this week; I hope you enjoy them as well
Flower and Plant Links
Town Mouse & Country Mouse has My Silver rule: Don’t plant nursery natives that cross with my wild natives
Metro DC Lawn and Garden Blog has Avoiding the invasives
National Park and National Wildlife Refuge Links
National Parks Traveler has Traveler’s View: Yellowstone National Park Deserves A Better Winter-Use Plan, Ranger III At Isle Royale National Park Given Ballast Treatment System To Thwart Non-Native Critters, National Water Trail Designated In Kansas, New Visitor Center Dedicated At Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve, Minimum Impact Stock Use Training at Great Smoky Mountains National Park and Southern Appalachian Highlands Conservancy To Improve Wildlife Habitat At Cataloochee Ranch On Border of Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Refuge Watch has Home Values Higher Near National Wildlife Refuges
Wildlife Links
Gothamist has There Is An Endangered Egg Bandit On The Loose!
MSNBC News has Lobstermen finding more odd colors in the catch
The New York Times has Frozen Sperm Offer a Lifeline for Coral
The Christian Science Monitor has Polar bears, brown bears interbred during warm periods. Is it happening again?
Refuge Watch has USFWS Routinely Ignored Experts When Designating Endangered Species Habitat
Environmental Issues Links
The New York Times has Searching for Clues to Calamity and Melting asphalt, kinking rail tracks: Weather extremes buckle US infrastructure
Switchboard NRDC has Drought Grips Nation and Shows What Climate Change Does to Our Communities
The Washington Post has What we know about climate change and drought
Photography and Art Links
Whimbrel Nature Blog has Avoiding Five Common Macro Mistakes
BBC News has The search for photos of China’s past
British Journal of Photography has Fujifilm discountinues two professional films [update]
Social Times has Who Will Stop People from Sharing Photos at the Olympics? [Infographic]
Digital Photography School has 10 Tips for Improving Your Wildlife Photography
Photo Attorney has Excuses, Excuses (Part 1) and Excuses, Excuses (Part 2)
If you are in the DC area, I hope you will join me and other flower lovers at our DC Flower Safari Meetups. The next one is scheduled for Sunday, August 5 at Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden (map). For those in Maryland, we will meet at Grosvenor Metro at 6:30 AM and leave at 6:45 for Richmond. I hope to see you there!
by hankinslawrenceimages | Jul 13, 2012 | On the Web
Wild Bleeding Hearts (c) 2009 Patty Hankins
Here are some posts and articles that I enjoyed this week; I hope you enjoy them as well
Flower and Plant Links
Native Plants & Wildlife Gardens has New Daisies Attract Lots of Life
National Park and National Wildlife Refuge Links
National Parks Traveler has National Poll Shows Great Support For Conservation Of Public Lands and Federal Court Tosses Out ORV Plan For Bear Island Unit Of Big Cypress National Preserve, Says Park Service Acted Without Reason
Wildlife Links
The New York Times has Killed by Thousands, Varmint Will Never Quit
Wildlife Extra has New forest discovery triples rare habitat area in Angola
Environmental Issues Links
The Guardian has Scientists attribute extreme weather to man-made climate change
Photography and Art Links
Pixiq has To protect your camera equipment, fly with a pistol..A starter pistol, that is.
The Washington Post has Mars as you’ve never seen it before: New panorama shows detailed view of the Red Planet and Southern Poverty Law Center demands Delgaudio’s nonprofit stop using gay couple’s photo
The Nation has ‘Occupy the Arts’: South Carolina Activists Protest Governor Haley’s Cuts
artbizblog has What Is Your Art Business Costing You?
If you are in the DC area, I hope you will join me and other flower lovers at our DC Flower Safari Meetups. The next one is scheduled for Sunday, August 5 at Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden (map). For those in Maryland, we will meet at Grosvenor Metro at 6:30 AM and leave at 6:45 for Richmond. I hope to see you there!
by hankinslawrenceimages | Jul 6, 2012 | Flowers, On the Web
Crested Dwarf Iris(c) 2009 Patty Hankins
Here are some posts and articles that I enjoyed this week; I hope you enjoy them as well
Flower and Plant Links
Science Daily has Native Plant Restoration Not Enough to Maintain Tropical Dry Forests in Hawaii
Futurity has Plants hold keys to human survival, say scientists
Metro DC Lawn and Garden has America the Beautiful – Native plant species add to the beauty of our country
National Park and National Wildlife Refuge Links
National Parks Conservation Association has Will 2012 Be a Landmark Year for Cleaner Air in National Parks?
National Parks Traveler has Defuse Summer’s TICKing Time Bomb and Oil And Gas Exploration Threatens The Setting That Gave Teddy Roosevelt His Conservation Ethos
Wildlife Links
Oregon Live has Green sea turtle rescued from Newport beach, doing well
The New York Times has Date Night at the Zoo, if Rare Species Play Along
Environmental Issues Links
Boston has Invasive seaweed threatens environment along New England coast
The New York Times has Cities Get So Close to Recycling Ideal, They Can Smell It and Florida Struggles to Overcome Threats to Freshwater Springs
The Christian Science Monitor has Rising sea levels: Is global warming making the US East Coast a ‘hot spot?’ (+video)
Nature has Palm-oil boom raises conservation concerns
Photography and Art Links
Enticing The Light has Photography theft and how to protect your work.
Dan Heller has Royalty Free no longer exists
Art Wolfe has Ask Art
Photoink has Photogs Boycotting Concerts After Band Asks to Pay Only £1 for All Photo Rights
Phil McDermott has My priority as an outdoor photographer
Slate has The World’s Ugliest Photograph of Michael Phelps
If you are in the DC area, I hope you will join me and other flower lovers at our DC Flower Safari Meetups. The next one is scheduled for Sunday, August 5 at Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden (map). For those in Maryland, we will meet at Grosvenor Metro at 6:30 AM and leave at 6:45 for Richmond. I hope to see you there!
by hankinslawrenceimages | Jun 29, 2012 | Flowers, On the Web
Samur Lilly (c) 2009 Patty Hankins
Here are some posts and articles that I enjoyed this week; I hope you enjoy them as well
Wildlife Links
The Washington Post has Conservation icon Lonesome George undergoes autopsy
Environmental Issues Links
Mother Jones has Sea Levels Rising at Fastest Rate in 2000 Years
The Huffington Post has Come Hell and High Water: Last Call for a Living Ocean
The New York Times has DuPont Says Claims Over Herbicide Are Rising and Shell Is Likely to Receive Permits for Oil Drilling Off Alaska
Photography and Art Links
Alpenglow Images has Seeing Beauty
If you are in the DC area, I hope you will join me and other flower lovers at our DC Flower Safari Meetups. The next one is scheduled for Sunday, July 1st at Kenilworth Park & Aquatic Gardens. We’ll meet in the parking lot at Kenilworth, 1550 Anacostia Ave NE, at 7am (map) and we’ll head in and photograph. I hope to see you there!
by hankinslawrenceimages | Jun 22, 2012 | Flowers, On the Web, Wildflowers
Jack in the Pulpit(c) 2009 Patty Hankins
Here are some posts and articles that I enjoyed this week; I hope you enjoy them as well
National Park and National Wildlife Refuge Links
MSNBC has Billionaire pledges 90,000 acres for conservation area in Colorado
National Parks Traveler has Birding In The National Parks: Top 10 Birding Spots In The National Park System , and Energy Department, National Park Service Team Up To Launch Alternative Fuel Vehicles
Wildlife Links
Native Plants & Wildlife Gardens has Surprising Find in my Wildlife Garden
Environmental Issues Links
Grounded Design has Native Cultivars on Green Roof
Mother Jones has Report: Rhode Island Is the Fastest-Warming State
The Christian Science Monitor has Report: Wildfire risks around the world likely to change dramatically
The Nature Conservancy has Everyday Environmentalist: Paper or Plastic? Neither!
Sustainablog has Using Grasslands for Carbon Sequestration: a Viable Weapon against Global Warming?
BBC News has Rio+20: Sir Paul backs Greenpeace Arctic campaign
Photography and Art Links
Dan Williams has Judging the Quality of Light
The New York Times has In Art, Freedom of Expression Doesn’t Extend to ‘Is It Real?
Plants
Organic Gardening has Go Native but Not Wild
If you are in the DC area, I hope you will join me and other flower lovers at our DC Flower Safari Meetups. The next one is scheduled for Sunday, July 1st at Kenilworth Park & Aquatic Gardens. We’ll meet in the parking lot at Kenilworth, 1550 Anacostia Ave NE, at 7am (map) and we’ll head in and photograph. I hope to see you there!
by hankinslawrenceimages | Jun 15, 2012 | Flowers, On the Web
Pink Dogwood (c) 2009 Patty Hankins
Here are some posts and articles that I enjoyed this week; I hope you enjoy them as well
National Park and National Wildlife Refuge Links
The Washington Post has Forest lands in the East attract oil and gas bidders, but some question rush and Obama’s wilderness legacy remains uncertain
MSNBC has Pledges forgotten, local governments repurpose federally funded parks
Wildlife Links
Mother Nature Network has Webcam follows 4 panda cubs
The New York Times has Rare Lizard Is Protected, but Fails Endangered Test
National Geographics has Lions and Cubs, Kenya
Sustainablog has Texas’ Dying Dolphins
Environmental Issues Links
The Christian Science Monitor has Beneath Arctic ice, scientists find an ecosystem never imagined
Dan Williams has We Can Make a Difference……Really
Ecosystem Gardening has The 5 Pillars of Ecosystem Gardening
Photography and Art Links
Scott Reither has My Peter Lik Story
Dan Williams has Trust Me……Bigger is Better!
Nature Vision has Seven Ways To Improve Your Waterfall Images
If you are in the DC area, I hope you will join me and other flower lovers at our DC Flower Safari Meetups. The next one is scheduled for Saturday, June 16th at Longwood Gardens. We’ll meet at Grosvenor Metro Station, 10300 Rockville Pike, Bethesda (map) and carpool to Longwood. I hope to see you there!
