by hankinslawrenceimages | Jun 8, 2012 | On the Web
Azaleas in the Woods (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
National Parks Traveler has 54 New National Recreation Trails Added To System In Advance Of National Trails Day, Celebrating National Park Friends Groups—Download Traveler’s First-Ever Magazine!, and All Units Of National Park System Will Be Free To Enter On Saturday
Flower and Plant Links
Gardening Know How has Welcoming Wildlife In The Garden: How To Create A Wildlife Garden
Wildlife Links
Panthera has Press Release: First Photos Ever Of Jaguars In Colombian Oil Palm Plantation Taken With Panthera’s Camera Traps
Environmental Issues Links
The New York Times has Are We Nearing a Planetary Boundary?
Photography and Art Links
MSNBC has ‘First Amendment rights can be terminated’: When cops, cameras don’t mix
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!
by hankinslawrenceimages | Jun 1, 2012 | On the Web
Catesby’s Trillium (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
National Parks Traveler has NPCA Worried That House Legislation Would Open National Park System To Hunting and Is A Tiny Beetle Causing Haze In Places Such As Rocky Mountain, Yellowstone, Grand Teton, And Glacier National Parks?
Flower and Plant Links
Beautiful Wildlife Garden has Runway Natives
Native Plants & Wildlife Gardens has A Tale of Two Iris
Phys.org has Scientists discover first ever record of insect pollination from 100 million years ago
The Garden Plot has A Food (pickup) Truck
Wildlife Links
AAAS has Science: Once-Rare Butterfly Is Benefiting From Climate Change
MSNBC Word News has Tens of thousands of elephants likely killed last year, experts say
The New York Times has To Save Some Species, Zoos Must Let Others Die, A Tighter Focus Yields Dividends for Penguins, and In Wild Animals, Charting the Pathways of Disease
Mother Jones has Can GMO Mosquitoes Save You From Dengue? and Is the California Condor Out of the Woods?
Environmental Issues Links
The Baltimore Sun has Lyme disease tick study stirs dispute
MSNBC World News has Budget cut overkill? Canada axes entire marine pollution program
Photography and Art Links
Whimbrel Nature Blog has Simplify…
The Atlantic has The American West, 150 Years Ago
The Terra Galleria Blog has Photographing Moonbows in Yosemite (part 1)
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!
by hankinslawrenceimages | May 25, 2012 | On the Web
Pink Peony (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 White House has Rolling Out the Welcome Mat for our Military Families at National Parks and Public Lands
Flower and Plant Links
Native Plants & Wildlife Gardens has Butterfly Bushes ≠ More Butterflies
Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center has Recommended Native Plants by State
Wildlife Links
The New York Times has Why Bambi Must Go
National Parks Traveler has Birding In The National Parks: Seen Any Rare Birds Lately?
BBC News has Warning over deep-ocean stowaways
Environment Issues Links
Food Democracy Now has Bee Kills in the Corn Belt: What’s GE Got to Do With It?
The Grand Forks Herald has Like seatbelts, invasive species laws are beginning to click
Photography and Art Links
Whimbrel Nature Blog has Composing Carefully
NPR has ‘Canal Zone’ Collages Test The Meaning Of ‘Fair Use’
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 this Sunday, May 27th at Brookside Gardens, 1800 Glenallan Ave, Wheaton. I hope to see you there!
by hankinslawrenceimages | May 18, 2012 | On the Web
Pink Tulip Trio (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
National Parks Traveler has Keeping Things Quiet In the National Parks, Yosemite Falls Featured In New Webcam From Yosemite National Park, and List Of “Most Endangered Rivers” Flows Through National Parks
Wildlife Links
National Parks Traveler has Study Assessing Climate Change Impacts On Birds Includes Yosemite National Park
Environment Issues Links
MSNBC has Report: Global biodiversity down 30 percent in 40 years
Photography and Art Links
Charles Cramer has Tonal Adjusments in the Age of Lightroom 4 at Luminous Landscape
Art Wolfe has What to Do on a Rainy Day?
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 May 27th at Brookside Gardens, 1800 Glenallan Ave, Wheaton. I hope to see you there!
by hankinslawrenceimages | May 11, 2012 | On the Web
Monet’s Blue 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
GOOD Project has Why Killing Your Lawn Is a Good Idea – And How to Do It
Longwood Gardens has Proud to be Beautiful
The Washington Post hasGoats tackle weeds, invasive species that chemicals and mowers can’t handle
Natural News has Human genes engineered into experimental GMO rice being grown in Kansas
Wildlife Links
EurekaAlert has Scientists provide first large-scale estimate of reef shark losses in the Pacific Ocean
The New York Times has Herd’s Fate Lies in Preservation Clash
Environment Issues Links
The Huffington Post has Why Safeguarding the Arctic Is a Must
Mother Jones has 2 Years Later, Grim Photos From the BP Disaster
Photography and Art Links
NPR has The Power Of Flower Photos
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 May 12th at Green Spring Gardens, 4601 Green Spring Road, Alexandria. I hope to see you there!
by hankinslawrenceimages | May 4, 2012 | On the Web
Pink Dogwood (c) 2009 Patty Hankins
Here are some posts and articles that I enjoyed this week – hope you enjoy them as well
Flower and Plant Links
Native Plants & Wildlife Gardens has Ditch the Garden Design Science This Weekend and Go With Your Heart and Down Under Flowers
The Garden Dude has Plant sales: Christmas for plant geeks
Karen’s Garden Tips has Why Have a Lawns? The Pros and Cons of Lawns
Metro DC Lawn and Garden Blog has May is American Wetlands Month – How to help Protect these Vital Eco-systems
The Christian Science Monitor has Walking in a woodland garden
Wildlife Links
The Washington Post has In Everglades, tracking pythons may provide clues to vanishing wildlife
Environment Issues Links
The New York Times has An Earth-Bound View of Where Ospreys Soar and An Underground Fossil Forest Offers Clues on Climate Change
The Huffington Post has Fracking Fluids Could Migrate Into Aquifers, Study Says
Scientific American has How Biodiversity Keeps Earth Alive: Scientific American
Photography and Art Links
QuinnCreative has Your Art Needs Your Time
Whimbrel Nature Blog has How To Find Good Places To Photograph
Photo District News has Copyright Watch: The Liability-Proof World of Pinterest
Nature Visions has Butterfly Shooting Tips and Locations
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 May 12th at Green Spring Gardens, 4601 Green Spring Road, Alexandria. I hope to see you there!
