Showy Orchis © 2010 Patty Hankins
Here are some posts and articles that I enjoyed this week – hope you enjoy them as well
Photography and Art Links
The Art Newspaper has Sculptor finds alleged copies of his work in corporate collection
G. Dan Mitchell has 10 Critical Tips for Landscape Photographers and Very Basic Filter Advice for New DSLR Shooters
Digital Photography School has Photography in Harsh Mid-Day Light
Virtual Photography Studio has The Basic Guide To Google+ For Photographers
Photo Attorney has Another Way to Search for Uses of Your Photos
Flowers, Plants & Gardening Links
Civil Beat has Saving Hawaii’s Rarest Orchid
Washington Post has Whitebark pine tree faces extinction threat, agency says
Maui News has Researcher breathes life into rare Hawaiian orchid species
Delaware Online has DuPont admits new herbicide has damaged spruce, pine trees
CBC News has Exotic ash borer threatens Montreal trees
National Park and National Wildlife Refuge Links
National Parks Traveler has Interior Secretary Wants Congress To Designate A Manhattan Project National Historical Park and Curatorial Facility Proposed for Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Four Other Park Service Units
Environment News Service has Climate Change Disrupts Great Lakes National Parks
Wildlife Links
Science Daily has Snow Leopard Population Discovered in Afghanistan
Christian Science Monitor has Rainbow toad: Found after 87 years, first photo ever
The Atlantic has A Way to Save America’s Bees: Buy Free-Range Beef
Buffalo News has Pair of injured eagles prove to be lovebirds
Birdwatching has Beyond the webcam: Open water and plentiful food beckon to Decorah Bald Eagles
Native Plants & Wildlife Gardens has I’ve Just Seen a Baby Hummingbird . . . NOT !
NYTimes has Evolution Right Under Our Noses
Washington Post has Long-distance swims associated with loss of sea ice may cause problems for Alaska polar bears and Largest population of endangered gibbon found in Vietnam, giving new hope to species
BBC has Chernobyl’s Przewalski’s horses are poached for meat
Environmental Issues Links
bittusahgal has a great video on YouTube She’s Alive… Beautiful… Finite… Hurting… Worth Dying for.
NYTimes has As ‘Sinks’ for Carbon, Forests Are Even Mightier Than Assumed
The Guardian has When Antarctica was a tropical paradise