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• Another Pathway

  
  Riding On Dragons — Authority: 116
  Last February I wrote here about The Mythic Pull Of Pathways , and included photos of roads, streets, forest paths, and so forth, that have captured my attention. I recently found another! This pathway is in the Tres Rios Wetlands in Phoenix, Arizona. Who would have thought it? Wetlands in the desert! And this ...
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• Big profit from nature protection

  
  Innovation Toronto — Authority: 438
  Image via Wikipedia Money invested in protecting nature can bring huge financial returns, according to a major investigation into the costs and benefits of the natural world. It says money ploughed into protecting wetlands, coral reefs and forests can bring a hundredfold return on capital. The Economics of ...
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• madagascar-pochard

  
  The Conservation Report — Authority: 488
  The Madagascar pochard ( Aythya innotata ) is one of the rarest birds in the world (pochards are a group of diving ducks). In fact, it was believed to be extinct at one time. However, by chance, an isolated but tiny population was discovered several years before when “ the Peregrine Fund, who were scouting for a ...
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• National Briefing | Southwest: Arizona: Desalting Plant Is Approved

  
  NYT > Theater — Authority: 914
  A 17-year-old plant, largely mothballed since it was built, is expected to spring to life in May to finally help provide water for Western states.
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• Watch new wetlands Web cam at Huntington Beach

  
  Green OC — Authority: 517
  The transformation of an empty lot into a naturalistic wetland can now be seen live online from Huntington Beach. The restoration of Magnolia marsh, being paid for with $3.3 million in federal stimulus funds, will create meandering water channels lined with native plants and will open the wetland area to tidal ...
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• No to Mitigation Resolution

  
  Oconee County, GA Politics — Authority: 137
  I can only hope that some maverick Board of Commissioners member who is not in the pocket of local developers will turn the tide on destruction of local wetlands without some sort of LOCAL - meaning in Oconee County - comparable set aside. What good will a stream in Greene County do us here near Watkinsville? The fact ...
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• WDFW Weekender Report – South Puget Sound/Olympic Peninsula – Nov 10-24, 2009

  
  Pacific Northwest Backroad Adventures — Authority: 432
  WDFW WEEKENDER REPORT Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife600 Capitol Way North, Olympia, WA 98501-1091November 10 – 24, 2009Contact: (Fish) 360-902-2700 | (Wildlife) 360-902-2515 South Puget Sound/Olympic PeninsulaFishing: As the chum salmon season nears its peak, anglers fishing the shores of Hood Canal and ...
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• Fly Away

  
  In a Dark Time ... The Eye Begins to See — Authority: 121
  Although rain was predicted today, and every day for the next seven days, I woke up to beautiful blue skies this morning. Since it was rather cold, for here at least, I thought perhaps it was just a break between showers, but when it was still bright blue after Skye’s morning walk I had to grab the camera and fly ...
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• New report: boreal forests contain more carbon than tropical forest per hectare

  
  Mongabay.com News — Authority: 139
  A new report states that boreal forests store nearly twice as much carbon as tropical forests per hectare: a fact which researchers say should make the conservation of boreal forests as important as tropical in climate change negotiations. The report from the Canadian Boreal Initiative and the Boreal Songbird ...
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• Resurrecting Eden: How Iraqs marshlands are coming back

  
  NatGeo News Watch — Authority: 430
  Iraqs southern marshlands, home of the Marsh Arab people, were once famous for their quiet waterways, wooden boats, reed homes, diversity of fish and flocks of migratory birds. Many biblical scholars believe the marshlands could be the site of the Garden of Eden. "In 1991, shortly after the first Persian Gulf ...
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• Declaration calls for more wilderness protected areas to combat global warming

  
  Mongabay.com News — Authority: 139
  Meeting this week in Merida, Mexico, the 9th World Wilderness Congress (WILD9) has released a declaration that calls for increasing wilderness protections in an effort to mitigate climate change. The declaration, which is signed by a number of influential organizations, argues that wilderness areas—both terrestrial ...
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• China Publishes Forestry Plans For Climate Change

  
  ChinaCSR.com — Authority: 432
  The State Forestry Administration of China has published a plan which sets forth the basic principles, targets, and initiatives to be taken in light of climate change.The five basic principles included in the plan are combining the targets of forestry development with the national strategies on climate change, ...
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• Jan Vandersloot OC Environmentalist Leader Dies at 64

  
  The Liberal OC — Authority: 526
  Jan Vandersloot poses in 2003 on the Adams Ave. bridge in Costa Mesa, overlooking the Santa Ana River. He was in favor of returning the river to a more natural state. (Don Kelsen / Los Angeles Times) I just saw this story in the LATimes. Jan was a true leader in the cause of protecting our coastal waters. I had ...
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• Gratitude Monday - Still Fuzzy

  
  The Goat's Lunch Pail — Authority: 121
  One of more than 20 different types of willow in the province. We went for a drive yesterday. That alone is something to be grateful for as it was a nice late fall day and good for driving. It was good to get out of the house, too, as I hadnt ventured around much locally in the past few months. It was good to see ...
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• MARCHESE IS RUNNING, BUT NOT HIS MOUTH

  
  The District Weekly — Authority: 443
  Thomas Marchese, whose candidacy for the 3 rd district’s seat on the Long Beach City Council was reported Friday by LBreport.com , confirmed today that he will oppose incumbent Gary DeLong in next April’s election. But the typically talkative activist rather uncharacteristically declined to say much more. “I ...
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• Speaking of the FGDC Annual Report...

  
  NSGIC News — Authority: 412
  Several folks in NSGIC leadership have called my attention to the naming of Bill Wilen as National Spatial Data Infrastructure Champion in the FGDCs 2009 Annual Report . The FGDC honors one champion in its report each year who "has taken a strong leadership role in the development of the National Spatial Data ...
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• Whooping Cranes at Cheyenne Bottoms

  
  Kansas Academy of Mathematics and Science — Authority: 133
    Pair of whooping cranes at the International Crane Foundation in Baraboo, Wisconsin. Photo credit: USFWS/Joel Trick According to Curtis J. Wolf, the manager of the Kansas Wetlands Education Center, as of yesterday, there are 18 whooping cranes staying at Cheyenne Bottoms.  Whooping cranes are a federally ...
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• Wolunteers wehabilitate Woodberry Wetlands and Walka Waterworks

  
  newcastleonhunter.com — Authority: 147
  INTERNATIONAL VOLUNTEERS JOIN CONSERVATION VOLUNTEERS IN REHABILITATING WOODBERRY WETLANDS AND WALKA WATER WORKSTwo areas of important habitat are being targeted for practical care by Conservation Volunteers Australia in Maitland in the coming week. From Monday the 9th through to Friday the 13th of November an eager ...
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• Belfair and Beyond

  
  In a Dark Time ... The Eye Begins to See — Authority: 121
  Wednesday was the best day weather-wise we’ve had in weeks, and rain is in the forecast for the next six days. So I was determined to get out as much as I could. I wanted to start by exploroing Penrose Point Park, a place I’ve been hearing about for over a year but have never been to before. The night before I ...
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• Clatstop County, Oregon to fight a new Wal-Mart on Columbia River Wetlands

  
  Brave New Films blog — Authority: 424
  Here in Clatsop County, Oregon, we are just starting to fight a Wal-Mart super store from invading our beautiful area. Astoria is on the mouth of the Columbia River with a population of 10,000. The next town, about 3 miles south of Astoria, is Warrenton, population 4,600. There is wetlands all around Warrenton. ...
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