Ox-Eye Daisies (c) 2009 Patty Hankins

Lots of links this week – hope you enjoy them

Photography Links

LightStalking has 5 Ways to Improve Your Photography Without Spending More Money,

BBCNews has First Images from NASA’s Wise Infrared Sky Probe,

Photo Business News and Forum has Digital Photo Rights- Don’t Just Give Away the Farm

Thoughts of a Bohemian has Share It

Method to Mayhem has On-line Copyright Infringement: 4 Ways to Remove Your Stolen Works

An Ecelectic Mind has How to Make Everyone Think You’re a Great Photographer

Guy Tal has On Fine Art Photography

Barney Davey has What is the “Hot Color” Trend for 2010

PhotoAttorney has Important News for Photographers

Virtual Photography Studio has When Do I Need a Model Release?

Dan Williams has When You Least Expect It

Photowalk DC is organizing an Early Morning Cherry Blossom Photowalk on April 10 (subject to change depending on when the cherry blossoms bloom)

National Park and Wildlife Refuge Links

National Parks Traveler has Entrance Fees Generate Hundreds of Millions of Dollars for the NPS, Hikes Abound in Great Smoky Mountains National Park,  America the Beautiful Federal Lands Pass: How’s the Revenue Flow?,and Ban on Outside Firewood Brought Into Shenandoah National Park Begins March 1

Refuge Watch has USFWS Prepares for End to Gun Ban

Gardening and Flower Links

Christian Science Monitor has Garden Trends: What’s In and Out for 2010,

Garden Variety has Philadelphia Flower Show,

The Philadelphia Flower Show website has all the info you need for visiting the show

Wildlife Links

BBCNews has Critically Endangered Sumatran Rhino Expecting Calf, and Rare Indian Wild Cats Caught on Film

Center for Biodiversity has Obama Administration Proposes Budget Cuts for Endangered Species

WHSV TV has White Nose Syndrome Confirmed in WV

National Parks Traveler has Cape Cod National Seashore Plan to Protect Piping Plovers by Killing Some Crows Not Welcomed by All

Environmental Issues Links

MSNBC has Pollution Problem Looms From Discarded CRT’s

Newsweek has Debunking Lomborg, The Climate-Change Skeptic

Yale Environment 360 has An Ominous Warning on the Effects of Ocean Acidification