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Plateau Communities Develop Habitat Conservation Plan
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New State Director Hired In Iowa
http://www.nature.org/wherewework/northamerica/states/iowa/press/press3499.html?src=rssThe Nature Conservancy recently hired Sean McMahon as the state director in Iowa.…
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The Nature Conservancy in Wisconsin Returns Kennedy Bench to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
http://www.nature.org/wherewework/northamerica/states/wisconsin/press/press3484.html?src=rssThe Nature Conservancy announced today that it has returned a wooden bench used by John F. Kennedy and his wife Jacqueline to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. The couple sat on the bench on April 4, 1960 when they visited the newspaper during his successful presidential run. …
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Solid Gold
http://idahonaturenotes.blogspot.com/2008/05/solid-gold.htmlBut the balsamroot steals the show. If you'd like to learn more about wildflowers, Silver Creek Preserve offers free wildflower walks at 9:30 a.m. May 14, 15, 17 and 24. Call 208-788-7910 to reserve a spot. The Idaho Native Plant Society offers plant walks in the Boise Foothills throughout May; the next one meets at the Boise Foothills Learning Center on the 15th at 6:30 pm. --Matt
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Students Go Green
http://blog.connectedu.net/2008/05/students-go-green.htmlpieces of paper processed in college admissions each year. To celebrate the 1,000 high schools that have gone green over the past two years by implementing Connect!, ConnectEdu is replacing 1,000 trees. Our donation to The Nature Conservancy will continue to grow as our network grows. When a high school or college joins the Connect! National Network™, based on a student request through StudentsPlantTheSeed.com, we will make a donation to plant a seed.
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At request of The Nature Conservancy & Legislature, State & Kamehameha Schools continue to kill animals; Hawaiian Humane Society doesn't object
http://hisupremecourt.blogspot.com/2008/05/at-request-of-nat...environmental groups and others want the DLNR to control feral pigs more aggressively. More pigs have come into residential neighborhoods in recent years as more homes have been built in forests. . . . Kamehameha Schools
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Hotels on Islands off East Coast of Malaysia discharging raw sewage directly into the sea
http://promptus.blogspot.com/2008/05/hotels-on-islands-off-e...marine reserve. Reefs off Sabah are being overexploited, and the Malay Peninsula's reefs as a whole are expected to decline significantly due to increasing water pollution and sediment loads during the next 20 years.” For more information click HERE & HERE
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Spam, It's Not Just for Email Anymore
http://www.realtime-websecurity.com/articles_and_analysis/20...If you've traveled through the southeast US you may have seen an invasive vine called kudzu that seems to spread quickly to the point of overtaking other plants in an area. The Nature Conservancy says: it grows out of control, smothers native plants and even uproots entire trees by the sheer force of its weight. Think of it as biological spam. True to form, spam is spreading and threating any messaging services. The latest victims are Twitter
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Big Foot Sightings in the US!
http://www.enviromojo.com/2008/05/big-foot-sighti.htmlcarbon footprint
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SustainabiliTank
http://www.sustainabilitank.infodebris from washing inland and damaging agricultural land. “It’s pretty…clear, looking around the world, that it is generally accepted that mangroves help stop erosion and protect coastland,” said Mark Spalding, a senior marine scientist with The Nature Conservancy. Mangrove branches and roots may also reduce the surging energy of a massive storm wave as it approaches inland. “There are lots of structures that add friction to the movement of water through this fringing mangrove forest,
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Nonprofit Law Prof Blog
http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/nonprofitThe Nonprofit, Nature Conservancy, Hires New Leader The May 9, 2008, issue of the Chronicle of Philanthropy announces that the nonprofit, Nature Conservancy, has hired a former investment manager as its new chief executive. In 2003, the Nature Conservancy was the subject of a series of investigative articles by the Washington Post that resulted in a Senate investigation into its business practices.
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11 Miles at Camden Hills State Park
http://snowplug.blogspot.com/2008/05/11-miles-at-camden-hill...Flora and fauna report: Snowman spotted a Black & White Warbler along the Jack Williams Trail, which is also where we saw most of the wildflowers. Wild oats, red wake robin trillium, purple and white violets, a few bluets and goldthreads, and one or two wood anemones.
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Running For Pork Skins: A Pacer’s (Pig) Tales of a First 5K
http://1inthedistance.wordpress.com/2008/05/11/running-for-p...Nags Head Woods Ecological Preserve, Kill Devil Hills NC, 8 a.m. Saturday, May 10 Results: 39:11 (12:38 minute/mile) At the start of the year, my good friend Mert bought her
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