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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)