Links – September 23, 2011

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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

Alyson Stanfield at ArtBizBlog is You Promise Exposure, We Want to See Results

PhotoAttorney has Q&A – Copyright Registration Issues – Part 3

Plants, Flowers, and Gardening Links

Native Plants & Wildlife Gardens has Online Resources for Wildlife Gardeners

Karen’s Garden Tips has What is an Heirloom Plant?

National Park and National Wildlife Refuge Links

National Parks Traveler has Is The Time Right For A “Maine Woods National Park”?

Mother Jones has Will Climate Change Make National Parks More Dangerous?

Environmental Issues Links

Cool Green Science has What a Waste: Why Human Sewage Is Laying Waste to Coral Reefs Globally

 

Links – May 27, 2011

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These are a few articles I enjoyed reading this week. Hope you find some interesting links . . .

Photography and Art Links

My Modern Met has Tiny People’s Wonderful World of Food

NYTimes has  Fine Print Blurs Who’s in Control of Online Photos

Flowers, Plants & Gardening Links

Native Plants and Wildlife Gardens has Wildlife Value for All and Finding Native Groundcovers

NY Times has A Tree Hugger, With a Twist  and A City Prepares for a Warm Long-Term Forecast

TH Online has Garlic mustard weed taking root

Cool Green Science has  Nature Brains: Will Climate Change Spoil Fruits and Nuts?

National Park and National Wildlife Refuge Links

National Parks Traveler has NPCA Leading Petition Drive To Protect Funding for National Parks, Tornado Destroys Great Blue Heron Rookery At Mississippi National River and Recreation Area  and   National Park Service Director Takes Chair Of North American Wilderness Committee

Wildlife Link

National Parks Traveler has Grand Teton National Park Urging Motorists To Slow Down and Watch Out For Wildlife,   Study Points To Value Of Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem For Future of Wolverines and Marking ‘Endangered Species Day’ In the National Park System

Environmental Issues Links

Mongabay has Ten-year-old takes on KFC for destroying US forests

Links – May 13, 2011

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These are a few articles I enjoyed reading this week. Hope you find some interesting links . . .

Photography and Art Links

Dan Williams has Research and Planning the Shot  and Making Directional-lighting Work for You

PhotoRadar has New Jersey Bill Would Ban Child Photography

Fine Art Views has Exposure: The Ugly Myth

The Online Photographer has To USB or Not to USB

Kirk Tuck has Approval. Tacit Approval. Implied Approval and “Street Photography.”

Guy Tal has Don’t be an Idiot

Michael Albany has The Photography Business, It’s Not about Photography

ArtBizBlog has High-Quality Connections on Twitter

National Parks Traveler has Dream Of Being Artist-In-Residence at a National Park? Here’s the List Of Participating National Parks

Plagiarism Today has The Twitpic Terms of Service Debacle

Flowers, Plants & Gardening Links

NYTimes had A Method Behind All the Wildness

National Wildlife Federation has Wildlife Gardening for Beginners: Five Simple Steps

Beautiful Wildlife Garden has Beware Cheap Wildflowers

National Park and National Wildlife Refuge Links

National Parks Traveler has Does Today’s Technology Offer A Better Connection, Or A Disconnect, To Enjoying National Parks? and   Walls at Risk of Collapse at Historic Fort Jefferson Make “Crumbling Infrastructure” a Harsh Reality

Refuge Watch has Fire Fighting Effort at Alligator River NWR Hampered by State Budget Cuts

Wildlife Links

Stop Extinction has Endangered Species Day

NBC Washington has Campaign to Drive Out the Nutria

BBC has   Tiger find prompts WWF pressure against planned logging

National Parks Traveler has  “State of Birds” Report Points To Value of National Parks, Other Public Lands For Birds

New3 has Kiwi found in Russia baffles authorities, wildlife experts

Environmental Issues Links

NYTimes has Coal Curriculum Called Unfit for 4th Graders,   Young Activists Sue U.S., States Over Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Report Stresses Urgency of Action on Climate
The Guardian has Biodiversity: It’s the ecology, stupid

Links – January 21, 2011

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Here are some sites I found interesting recently. Hope you enjoy them.

Photography and Art Links

Mike Spinak has How to Isolate Subjects Part 1 and Part 2

Christopher Schneiter at Luminous-Landscape has Do You Need An HDR Intervention?

PhotoAttorney has  The Other Side to the DMCA Takedown Notice

Flowers, Plants & Gardening Links

Smithsonian Science has  With specialist pollinator absent, Himalayan gingers must adapt

Freshare has  Wildflowers Give Subtle Direction to Butterflies

National Wildlife Federation has Garden for Wildlife

NYTimes has Tiny Flower Saved from Extinction

Karen’s Garden Tips has   Botany for Gardeners: The Leaf-Shape

National Park and National Wildlife Refuge Links

National Parks Traveler has  Civil War Preservation Trust Saves 49 Acres of “Wilderness Battlefield” From Development, A Day At Big Cypress National Preserve In “The Dry”, Watching Climate Change Across the National Park System and National Park Service Looking For Kids Interested in Becoming Junior Civil War Historians

NPCA has  Coalition of Clean Air Groups Bring Actions Against Federal Government For Failure to Protect People and National Parks

Wildlife Links

Friends of Blackwater NWR has  Welcome to a New Season! The blog will have updates on the Blackwater NWR Eagle Cam. There are 3 eggs in the nest this year!

The Telegraph has Cameras for tiger study capture poachers at Orang and ‘Extinct’ Bornean Bay Cat spotted in Malaysia

Refuge Watch has  Stranded Dolphin Calf Rescued at Ding Darling NWR,  USFWS Proposes Wolf Killing at Alaska Maritime NWR and Birds Die During Rat Eradication at Alaska Maritime NWR

St Petersburg Times has Lovesick whooping crane Romeo gets home with his Juliet in Homosassa Springs

 

Links – January 7, 2011

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Here are some sites I found interesting recently. Hope you enjoy them.

Photography and Art Links

Photo Attorney has  Morel Clears First Hurdle in Infringement Lawsuit for Tweeted Photos

Chicago Magazine has The Life and Work of Street Photographer Vivian Maier

A Photo Editor has   Morel vs AFP and Getty: New Developments

Flowers, Plants & Gardening Links

Beautiful Wildlife Garden has Resolve to do More and 5 Books for the Butterfly Garden

National Park Service has Chestnut Blight and the Good Virus

National Park and National Wildlife Refuge Links

Refuge Watch has Refuge: Pea Island — the DVD,  Video Monday: Winter Life at Blackwater NWR , President Signs NWR Volunteer Improvement Act of 2010 and Controversial Request for Beach Fencing at Chincoteague NWR

National Parks Traveler has Looking Back On 2010 Across the National Park System,  National Park Stories We’d Like To See In 2011,   Political Lineup For House Natural Resources Committee Sure to Produce Fireworks Over Public Lands, 111th Congress Did Well When it Comes to National Park Wilderness, But It Could Have Done Better,     What Are The Top Issues Confronting The National Park System?, Interior Secretary Sets Aside 17 Fee-Free Days Across the National Park System and    Big Cypress National Preserve Superintendent Defends “Addition” Lands ORV Use

Wildlife Links

BBC has Secret lives of baby American beavers filmed and Rare monk seal colony found in the Mediterranean

ZooBorns has Back to Back Cheetah Cubs – 2 Firsts for Smithsonian

ABC has  Researchers Find “Alarming” Decline in Bumblebees

TreeHugger has  10 Invasive Species that Changed the World Forever

Miami Herald has A plan to rid Keys of predator species

Environmental Issues Links

Washington Post has EPA Unveils Massive Restoration Plan for Chesapeake Bay

BBC has China official warns of 300-year desertification fight

Slate has Will The Gulf Ever Be Oil-Free?

Links – December 17, 2010

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Here are some more sites I found interesting recently. Hope you enjoy them.

Photography and Art Links

PhotoAttorney has Update on Lawsuit Against Photographer for Photograph of Statue

The Online Photographer has Several Stock Kodak B&W Sheet Films Discontinued

NYTimes has David Wojnarowicz’s “A Fire in My Belly” and Curators Criticize Controversial Art’s Removal

ArtBizBlog has Google Insights Fine Tunes Your Art Website and Guidelines for Pricing Your Art

Beauty of Nature has 100 Brilliant Examples of Bird Photography

Environmental Graffiti has Frost Crystals

Dan Williams has Hot Spots for Birds in Winter

Flower and Gardening Links

Wildlife Garden has How to Create a Wildlife Garden Meadow

Garden Variety has A Mother and Child Reunion

The University of Maryland has Gardener Alert! Beware of Herbicide-Contaminated Compost & Manure
National Park and National Wildlife Refuge Links

National Parks Traveler has

• El Malpais National Monument Closes Caves to Humans over White-Nose Syndrome Concerns

• Can Congress Pass Omnibus Land Bill Before Session Ends?

• Foothills Parkway Construction Continues in Great Smoky Mountains National Park with “Missing Link”

• Big Cypress Preserve Gains 29,000 Acres from State of Florida

• Interior Officials, Wyoming Officials Agree on $107 Million Deal for Roughly 1400 Acres Inside Grand Teton National Park

Defenders of Wildlife has Saving America’s Last Great Wilderness

Refuge Watch has Today Show Highlights Three Sisters Springs

Wildlife Links

Cool Green Science has Black-Capped Crossbill? I Don’t Think So and Stressed Corals Need to Chill Out

Center for Biologic Diversity has Obama Offshore Oil Plan Fails to Protect Arctic, Polar Bears from Drilling

Environment360 has Is the End in Sight for the World’s Coral Reefs?

NYTimes has Mountain Gorilla Makes a Comeback and Musk Oxen Tell a Survivor’s Tale

BBC has Giant Panda Breeding Breakthrough in China, Polar Bears Can Be Saved By Emissions Cuts and New Species of Lemur Discovered in Madagascar

Washington Post has Administration Proposes Listing Arctic Seals as Threatened

KeysNet has Rare Keys Butterfly Disappears Again

US Fish and Wildlife Service has a Twitter Account for the latest new on White Nose Syndrome

About.com has EPA Ignores Own Scientists, Approves Pesticide Toxic to Honey Bees

National Parks Traveler has US Fish and Wildlife Service Agrees Wolverines Need ESA Protection, But They’ll Have to Wait and Cape Lookout National Seashore Staff Comes to the Rescue of Cold-Stunned Sea Turtles

National Geographic has Ten Weirdest New Animals of 2010

NPR has Concerns over Eagle Safety Stall Wind Projects

National Wildlife Federation has Are Red Crabs the Latest Victims of the Gulf Coast Oil Disaster? and 2 Florida Panthers Killed by Vehicles in 2 Days

Christian Science Monitor has Wolverines May Be Returned to Colorado

The Sun Sentinel has Cold Kills Record Numbers of Manatees

Environmental Issues Links

GreenBiz has How Target Can Leapfrog Walmart on Sustainable Products

Cool Green Science has Best and Worst Environmental Moments of 2010

National Geographic has Alarming Amazon Drought – River Hits New Lows

Discovery News has American Southwest Could Face 60-Year Drought

Wired has The Tenuous Future of Water in the Desert Southwest

Links – December 15, 2010

Starburst Peppers (c) 2010 Patty Hankins

Since I’ve been traveling I haven’t been able to post my regular links posts – so this week I’ll be doing two links posts. Here’s the first set of links I”ve recently enjoyed reading.

 

Photography and Art Links

PhotoAttorney has some new Legal Forms for Photographers

Miles Hecker has an essay On the High Road to Taos at the Luminous Landscape

Dan Williams has Just a Walk in the Woods

 

Flower and Gardening Links

Garden Variety has Tips of Poinsettia Care

The Independent has Me and My Garden: How Jennifer Owens Became an Unlikely Champion of British Wildlife

Overall Gardening and Plant Care has a video on Reasons for Gardening with Native Plants

WildOnes has Landscaping with Native Plants

Wildlife Garden has The Winter Wildlife Garden

MrCv4Short has a video You Can Kiss My Hoary Azalea about the proposed removal of the Azaleas at the National Arboretum
National Park and National Wildlife Refuge Links

The Sun Sentinal has Hunting, Off Road Vehicles will be Allowed in Sections of Big Cypress

Refuge Watch has Minnesota Valley NWR: A Refuge on the Move and Unusual Spotting of Sandhill Cranes Near Prime Hook NWR

National Parks Traveler has

Park Service Plan for Addition Lands at Big Cypress Preserve Met With Criticism

150 Cannon-Shot Salute Will Highlight Kickoff of Gettysburg’s 150th Anniversary Commemoration of the Civil War

Grant Helps Great Smoky Mountains National Park Add to Its Fleet of Hybrid Vehicles

Good Groups Related to National Parks That Deserve a Donation

 

 

Wildlife Links

Environmental Graffiti has 14 Most Beautiful Jellyfish on Earth

The Telegraph has Norfolk Chalk Reef: Full Fathom Five

Science Alert has Corals Stress Less in Bahamas

MSNBC has Scientist Sets Out To Recreate Ice Age Park

Mongabay has Hairy Enigma of the Serengeti Photographed Again

Treehugger has Saving the Oyster and the Bay: Shell Recycling Program Replenishes Endangered Oyster Population

BBC has Strange Long Whiskered Owl Spotted in Peru

 

Environmental Issues Links

National Geographic has Alaska’s Choice: Salmon or Gold

Newsweek has Empowering Women and Saving the Environment

NPR has Deep-Water Dive Revels Spilled Oil on Gulf Floor

Green Blizzard has Which is Environmentally Better? Buying Locally or Online?

 

Links – November 12, 2010

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Here are some sites I found interesting this week. Hope you find them interesting as well

Photography and Art Links

A cute video on Youtube - Potter at an Art Fair

Plagiarism Today has The Cooks Source Case: Public Domain vs Public Domain and Should You Send a DMCA Notice Via a Comment Form?

Black Star Rising has Can Photographers Create Their Own Demand?

WPPIOnline has Top 10 Misconceptions about Photography and the Law: A Conversation with Attorney Carolyn E. Wright

NYTimes has Ansel Adams or Not? More Twists

The Independent has Modern Art was CIA WeaponFlower and Gardening Links

Beautiful Wildlife Garden has Not All Berries Are Created Equal

National Park and National Wildlife Refuge Links

National Parks Traveler has Republicans on House Natural Resources Committee Planning Big Changes for Public Lands, Marine Wilderness at a Crossroads in Point Reyes National Seashore, Winter, A Season of Contrasts Across the National Park Service, Civil War Preservation Trust Working to Save 49 Acres Surrounded by Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park, North Face Deal Could Generate Big Bucks for National Park Foundation, But is it a Good Deal for You?, and Report: Climate Changes Could Batter Acadia National Park Economically, Environmentally

Wildlife Links

BBC News has Plastic Debris Killing Adriatic Loggerhead Turtles

National Parks Traveler has More Black-Footed Ferrets Call Wind Cave National Park Home and As Winter Settles in, Seasonal Migrations Lend Interest to Wildlife Watching in America’s National Parks

Montreal Gazette has Roadkill is Oldest Bald Eagle Ever Documented

Refuge Watch has Book Alert: Seeking Refuge: Birds and Landscapes of the Pacific Flyway

Environmental Issues Links

Science Daily has Oil Will Run Dry 90 Years Before Substitutes Roll Out, Study Predicts

Links – November 5, 2010

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Here are some sites I found interesting this week. Hope you find them interesting as well

Flower and Gardening Links

Homestead Gardens has Organic Mulches for Fall

Beautiful Wildlife Garden has The Value of Trees to Wildlife

National Park and National Wildlife Refuge Links

National Parks Traveler has The Value of a View: New River Gorge National River Adds Key Acerage Under Landmark Bridge,

Wildlife Links

BBC Has Snake Gives ‘Virgin Birth’ to Extraordinary Babies

Environmental Issues Links

Christian Science Monitor has A New Effort to Preserve Iraq’s Rich Biodiversity, From Mountains to Marshes

National Parks Traveler has Report Counters GOP Arguments That Environmental Regs, Agencies Hampering Border Security

 

Links – October 1, 2010

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Here are some links I found this week – hope you find them interesting.

Photography and Art Links

Black Star Rising has Someone Ripped Off My Photos Three Years Ago. Can I Still Sue?

HandMade in PA has Top 10 Reasons You Should Buy Contemporary Art

Virtual Photography Studios has Is Your Photography the $50 Assembly Product or the $5,000 Original

Plagiarism Today has The Lara Jade Coton/TVX Case: The Full Story

Gardening, Flower and Plant Links

BBC News has Rare Foissilised Flower Found, Related to Sunflowers

Easy Shade Gardening has Create Shade Garden

Scientific American has Death and Chocolate: Disease Threatens to Devastate Global Cocoa Supply

CSMonitor has When to Prune Trees and Shrubs? Wait Til After the Leaves Fall

Black Mountain News has Fall Colors Are Expected to be Vibrant this Year

Discovery News has 20 Percent of Plant Species Face Extinction

National Park & Wildlife Refuge Links

Refuge Watch has Oil Lingers at Bon Secour NWR

National Parks Traveler has Interior Secretary Salazar Issues “Scientific Integrity” Order

Wildlife Links

National Parks Traveler has Record Summer of Turtle Nesting at Cape Hatteras National Seashore Spawns  . . . Debate, Great Gray Owls in Yosemite National Park Deemed to be Distinct Subspecies,

CSMonitor has Florida Panther Comeback a Success with Many Asteriks , South Africa Rhinos: Poachers Now Take 20 Rhinos Per Month,

LATimes has Another Deadly Challenge for the Sea Otters

Audubon Magazine has National Parks: The Mother Lode

The Guardian has This Seal Was Declared Extinct in 1892. So What is it Doing Alive and Well Today?

Environmental Issues Links

Rainforest News has General Mills Moves Away from Rainforest Destruction

Sustainable Business has 60 MPG Standard Would Save America $101B Per Year in 2030