Small Purple Fringed Orchid © 2011 Patty Hankins
Here are some posts and articles that I enjoyed this week – hope you enjoy them as well
Photography and Art Links
Dan Williams Bird Photography has Using Fall Color in Your Photographs, and Catching Hummingbirds……or not.
John Nack on Adobe has The Throwable Panoramic Ball Camera
National Park and National Wildlife Refuge Links
National Parks Traveler has National Park Service Taking Public Comment on Proposal For Cesar Chavez Unit Of the Park System, The Major Road Project That Restored a Park, Call To Action: Building A $1 Billion Endowment For The National Parks, How Many Elk Does it Take to Make a Jam?, Groups Urging Obama Administration To Protect The “Greater Canyonlands” Region Near Canyonlands National Park, and Call To Action: Updating The Leopold Report For National Parks in the 21st Century
Wildlife Links
The New York Times has Climate Change Is Shrinking Species, Research Suggests and Salmon-Killing Virus Seen for First Time in the Wild on the Pacific Coast
BBC Nature News has In pictures: Keeping big cats at bay
National Geographic has Pictures: Baby Gorilla Rescued in Armed Sting Operation
The Washington Post has Asian bug that eats the dreaded, invasive kudzu vine also finds soybeans yummy
Times has The Mountain Gorillas of Rwanda
Environment
Slate has From Dung Power to Solar Power
The Washington Post has Tuvalu fresh water crisis may point to global problems for low-lying islands as oceans rise and US congressmen from RI, Mass. introduce legislation to make Blackstone Valley national park
Tree Hugger has Ask Pablo: Are Food Trucks Greener Than Restaurants?
Greg Laden’s Blog has Gobal Warming is Melting the Ice Caps
The New York Times has 36 Lawmakers Berate State Dept. on Pipeline
If you’re in the DC area – I hope you’ll join me and other flower lovers at our DC Flower Safari Meetups. Next one is scheduled for October 22 at Green Spring Gardens in Alexandria, VA. Also, on November 20th, you can find me at the U.S. Botanic Garden in Washington DC. Hope to see you there!