DaVinci 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 Plants & Wildlife Gardens has Revising the 12 Days of Christmas
National Park and National Wildlife Refuge Links
Refuge Watch has Defenders of Wildlife: Sea-Level Rise at National Wildlife Refuges
National Parks Traveler has More Than Five Tons Of Elk Meat Donated To Needy Through Theodore Roosevelt National Park’s Elk Reduction Program and Congress Asked To Approve Supplemental Appropriation Of $400 Million For National Parks To Recover From Sandy
Wildlife Links
Slate has Why White Tigers Should Go Extinct
NBC News has Video of rare tiger cubs proves breeding in Sumatran forest
National Geographics has Lion Numbers Plunge as African Wilderness Succumbs to Human Pressure
Free Roaming Photography has Why America Needs More Predators
Environmental Issues Links
The Washington Post has Will the West ever solve its water woes?
Mother Jones has Are Your Kids’ Books Killing Tigers?
Journal Sentinel Online has Chicago River has become invasive species super highway
Huffington Post has Diverting the Missouri River to the West: ‘Can’ Does Not Mean ‘Should’
BBC News has Invasive insects changing Antarctic landscape
The New York Times has Scientists See Promise for People and Nature in ‘Peak Farmland’
Photography and Art Links
Light Space & Time has The Best Times for Artists to Post to Social Media
The American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers has Creative Commons Licensing
Borrowlenses.com has 2012 Mayan Apocalypse Photo Tips
Slate has The Best Astronomy Images of 2012
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!