Butterfly Weed (c) 2010 Patty Hankins

I’ll be doing two links posts this week since I haven’t done one in a few weeks. Hope you enjoy these links.

Photography and Art Links

Black Star Rising has Photographers, Be Sure to Watch Out For Online Scams

Jim Goldstein has Review: Ansel Adams in the National Parks

Photo Business News & Forum has Lessig’s Kool-Aid: Proposed New Norms – Don’t Drink

Dear Rich has How to Register a Group of Published Photos

Plagiarism Today has The Facebook, The DMCA and The Problem with Counternotices

Photopreneur has Surviving the Death of Stock Photography

PhotoAttorney has A DMCA Case of Note for Photographers

Gardening, Flower and Plant Links

NYTimes has A Seed Library for Heirloom Plants Thrives in the Hudson Valley

Wildlife Garden has Getting to Know Plants’ Wildlife Value and It’s a Girl! Why Sex Matters in a Wildlife Garden

Washington Post has The Mighty American Chestnut Tree, Poised for a Comeback

Sustainablog has Indian Scientists Developing a Green Paint from Flowers

Karen’s Garden Tips has Botany for Gardeners: The Leaf Part I General Characteristics

Christian Science Monitor has Milkweed: Not Just for Monarch Butterflies

National Park & Wildlife Refuge Links

National Parks Traveler has Interior Secretary Signs Cape Wind Project Lease, Stresses Need for U.S. to be Energy Independent

Wildlife Links

NYTimes has Scientists and Soldiers Solve a Bee Mystery

National Parks Traveler has In Race to Halt Spread of White-Nose Syndrome in Bats, USFWS Grants $1.6 Million for Research and DNA Tests Indicate Yellowstone NP Elk, Not Bison, Most Likely to Spread Brucellosis

Christian Science Monitor has Dracula Fish, Lipstick Gecko, 23-foot Carnivorous Plant Among New Species Discovered

BBCNews has On How the Leopard Got Its Spots

Ventura County Reporter has Volunteers Saving Condor Chicks from Danger

Environmental Issues Links

CNN has UN Summit Sends S.O.S. on Biodiversity

Slate has Can Biodiversity Conservation Reduce Poverty?