1 day ago by Chance Gates

Image via Wikipedia Fallon National Wildlife Refuge was established in 1931 as a refuge and breeding ground for birds and wild animals. It is located in the Lahontan Valley of western Nevada, at the terminus of the Carson River. The refuge comprises over 15,000 acres of playa and wetland habitat in ...

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2 days ago by Jim

By RANDY LEE LOFTIS / The Dallas Morning News rloftis@dallasnews.com, 12:00 AM CST on Sunday, February 7, 2010 From North Texas to Florida, a high-pitched voice is strangely missing from the chatter of wintering birds. The rusty blackbird, a winter visitor to Dallas-Fort Worth, has suffered one of N ...

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3 days ago by BrendaKelly

The Massachusetts Association of Conservation Commissioners (MACC) informed me that I’ve been nominated to the Board of Directors. This is an honor and an opportunity to serve this organization which reaches statewide, regionally and nationally. The nominee notice on page 14 of the newsletter contai ...

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6 days ago by envirohistorynz

This is a view of Swamp Road, with forms an L-shape through farmland just south of Otaki township [click here to view location]. This shot is taken looking east towards the Tararua Ranges. As hinted by the name, this area, which is the floodplain of the Otaki River, was once a mosaic of wetlands, op ...

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7 days ago by Fra Puccino

Gracchiano i rospi, ronzano le libellule, banchettano giocose le zanzare. Oggi ricorre la giornata mondiale delle paludi, world wetlands day, e mi sembra giusto celebrarla ricordando un capolavoro dell’horror in bianco e nero, di quelli dove il mostro è un attore con sopra un costume che ne trovi pi ...

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7 days ago by Tony maisnam

Imphal, February 01 2010: Wetland areas of Manipur where fishing activities can be taken up naturally has shrunken from one lakh hectare in 1993 to 56,491 hectare today, thus recording a loss of over 40,000 hectares in the face of increasing human population, siltation and urbanisation. This startli ...

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8 days ago by molly

Anna and I took a walk on the lake yesterday. The frozen lake is pretty amazing. Usually there’s a thick layer of snow snuggled on top, but with the sun we’ve been getting lately, there’s only a slick, sleek surface. I was surprised at how smooth it was — perfect for skating! There were also some st ...

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8 days ago by Dianne Saxe

When I was a young lawyer, fines up for even the most egregious environmental offences tended to be very small. In one famous case, R.v. Cyanamid, proof of enormous pollution was punished with a $1 fine. Judges used to groan when we environmental prosecutors came into their courtrooms, complaining a ...

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8 days ago by Govind Singh

The Yamuna Biodiversity Park (YBP) invites all citizens to celebrate the World Wetlands Day on the 2nd of February. This date marks the signing of the ‘Convention on Wetlands’ in 1971 at Ramsar, Iran. The 2010 Wetlands Day theme is “Caring for Wetlands – an Answer to Climate Chang”. The theme highli ...

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9 days ago by The Golden Bee

Thick snow, blue skies, still air. A rare and perfect day for skiing through our neighborhood and around the Greensprings Interpretive Trail! On our way out our driveway, we met a nice neighbor who lives down the street with his wife, little girl, and good yellow dog, whom he was out walking. “When ...

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