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