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  • Another Pathway


    Riding On DragonsAuthority 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 ...
    1 day ago
  • Big profit from nature protection


    Innovation TorontoAuthority 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 ...
    2 days ago
  • madagascar-pochard


    The Conservation ReportAuthority 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 ...
    2 days ago
  • National Briefing | Southwest: Arizona: Desalting Plant Is Approved


    NYT > TheaterAuthority 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.
    3 days ago
  • Watch new wetlands Web cam at Huntington Beach


    Green OCAuthority 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 ...
    3 days ago
  • No to Mitigation Resolution


    Oconee County, GA PoliticsAuthority 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 ...
    3 days ago
  • WDFW Weekender Report – South Puget Sound/Olympic Peninsula – Nov 10-24, 2009


    Pacific Northwest Backroad AdventuresAuthority 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 ...
    4 days ago
  • Fly Away


    In a Dark Time ... The Eye Begins to SeeAuthority 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 ...
    4 days ago
  • New report: boreal forests contain more carbon than tropical forest per hectare


    Mongabay.com NewsAuthority 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 ...
    4 days ago
  • Resurrecting Eden: How Iraqs marshlands are coming back


    NatGeo News WatchAuthority 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 ...
    4 days ago
  • Declaration calls for more wilderness protected areas to combat global warming


    Mongabay.com NewsAuthority 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 ...
    4 days ago
  • China Publishes Forestry Plans For Climate Change


    ChinaCSR.comAuthority 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, ...
    5 days ago
  • Jan Vandersloot OC Environmentalist Leader Dies at 64


    The Liberal OCAuthority 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 ...
    5 days ago
  • Gratitude Monday - Still Fuzzy


    The Goat's Lunch PailAuthority 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 ...
    1 week ago
  • MARCHESE IS RUNNING, BUT NOT HIS MOUTH


    The District WeeklyAuthority 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 ...
    1 week ago
  • Speaking of the FGDC Annual Report...


    NSGIC NewsAuthority 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 ...
    1 week ago
  • Whooping Cranes at Cheyenne Bottoms


    Kansas Academy of Mathematics and ScienceAuthority 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 ...
    1 week ago
  • Wolunteers wehabilitate Woodberry Wetlands and Walka Waterworks


    newcastleonhunter.comAuthority 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 ...
    1 week ago
  • Belfair and Beyond


    In a Dark Time ... The Eye Begins to SeeAuthority 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 ...
    1 week ago
  • Clatstop County, Oregon to fight a new Wal-Mart on Columbia River Wetlands


    Brave New Films blogAuthority 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. ...
    1 week ago

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