Christmas Feeling Poinsettia (c) 2010 Patty Hankins
Here are some posts and articles that I enjoyed this week; I hope you enjoy them as well
Flower and Plant Links
Native Plant & Wildlife Gardens has Do You See What I See?
Wildlife Links
NBC News has Contest to kill Burmese pythons in Everglades includes $1,500 grand prizes
Our Public Lands has Historic agreement creates 170,000-acre protected wildlife corridor in S. Colorado
BBC Nature has Rare cat filmed up close in Borneo and Porcupine’s prickly defence mystery solved
National Park Traveler has South Florida Snake Hunt Aims To Dent Population Of Pythons Slithering About The Everglades and Montana’s Decision To Temporarily Ban Wolf Hunting Near Yellowstone Applauded By NPCA
Environmental Issues Links
Mother Jones has The Real War on Christmas: Climate Change, Yikes! Government Details 6 Most Terrifying Arctic Trends and Watch: Rep. Ed Markey on Obama and the Climate Cliff
Think Progress has NASA: Climate Models Project Increase In U.S. Wildfires, ‘Causing A Further Rise In The Release Of Carbon Dioxide’
Slate has Why Rivers No Longer Burn
OMGlobe has Wild corals, coral reefs ecosystems preserved by live corals trade: study
The New York Times has Climate Change Threatens Ski Industry With Bare Slopes
Photography and Art Links
CNET has Apple and Google making joint bid for Kodak patents, report says
the Atlantic has Mount Everest Doesn’t Look All That Big When You See It From Space
Bret Edge has It’s Not About the Camera
DC Area Flower Safari
If you are in the DC area, I hope you will join me and other flower lovers at our DC Flower Safari Meetups. The next Meetup is scheduled for Sunday, January 6th at my house in Bethesda,MD. This will be a casual get together from 2-5pm. If you’ve got some favorite flower or garden photos you’ve taken – please bring no more than 5 and a snack to share with everyone. I hope to see you there!