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Here are some posts and articles that I enjoyed this week – hope you enjoy them as well
Photography and Art Links
Dan Heller has Busting Myths about Model Releases
Don Rosenberger has Lightpainting the Landscape at Nature Visions
The Copyright Zone has Free Photos!…Not Really
The Online Photographer has Is Bob Dylan a Plagiarist?
Plants, Flowers, and Gardening Links
BBC Nature has New species of genuflecting plant buries its own seeds
Wildlife Garden has Plant Local For Wildlife Health
TreeHugger has Invasive Tree-Killing Insects Cost U.S. Over $3.5 Billion a Year
The Christian Science Monitor has Worry climbs as puzzling bacteria leaves Florida palms withering
National Park and National Wildlife Refuge Links
National Parks Traveler has Climate Study Points To Much Warmer Summers, Less Snow, For Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks, New Section Of Historic Trail Approved Along Blue Ridge Parkway
Chron.com has National Park offers glimpse of tallgrass prairie
CDApress has Bill could open up Glacier National Park to Homeland Security projects
Wildlife Links
Huffington Post has Keystone Pipeline Could Push Endangered Whooping Crane Into Extinction
PhysOrg has DNA confirms existence of NZ bird thought extinct
Environmental Issues Links
Reuters has Brazil farming revolution may slow Amazon demise
Mongabay has The Vietnam War’s Ongoing Effect on Conservation
Mother Jones has This Is What Global Warming Looks Like
The Guardian has Climate change may leave Mount Everest ascent ice-free, say climbers
Terra Daily has Time to begin anticipating and adapting to climate change
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. Hope to see you there!