Black Eyed Susans III (c) 2009 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 New Year’s Garden Resolution: Cultivate Untidyness
National Park and National Wildlife Refuge Links
National Parks Traveler has 112th Congress Took Backward Steps When It Came To Designating Wilderness In National Park System and More Than 900 Species New To Science Found In Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Wildlife Links
Discovery News has Deepest Corals in Great Barrier Reef Discovered
The Christian Science Monitor has Rare river otter returns to San Francisco – a sign of progress? (+video) and Poaching crisis escalates with ‘targeted, efficient’ slaughter of 12 Kenya elephants
Environmental Issues Links
The Washington Post has Chesapeake Bay’s health improving slightly, report says
The Martha’s Vineyard Times has Nature Conservancy links ecosystems, yard by yard
The Christian Science Monitor has ‘Fiscal cliff’ deal bodes well for green energy
The New York Times has Rinks in Canada’s Arctic Turn to Cooling Systems
The Nature Conservancy has The Heart of Why Nature Matters
Photography and Art Links
Art and Artifice has Instagram’s New Terms Cause Backlash and a Class Action Lawsuit
Photo Attorney has YouTube Demands Additional Info for DMCA Takedown Notice
Eric Goldman has The Problem of “International Orphan Works” (Guest Blog Post)
TorrentFreak has Google Starts Reporting False DMCA Takedown Requests
Copyhype has Three Reasons Copyright is Not a Monopoly
The Trichordist has Free Culture’s Epic Fail – If Free is Working, Why Fight Copyright?
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 27th 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!
