Black Eyed Susan II (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
National Parks Traveler has Saving Ginseng In Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Columbia Daily Tribune has Invasive plant’s use for biomass worries some
National Park and National Wildlife Refuge Links
The Washington Post has Sandy’s damage to wildlife refuges adds to questions about federal spending
National Parks Traveler has Emerald Ash Borer Infests The Backcountry Of Great Smoky Mountains and Hunters Kill Grizzly Bear In Grand Teton National Park, Claim Self-Defense
Reuters has Australia creates world’s biggest marine parks
Wildlife Links
National Parks Traveler has Were Seven Killed Wolves With Ties To Yellowstone National Park Targeted By Hunters? and List Of Candidate Species Under Consideration For Endangered Species Act Protection Include At Least 12 From National Parks
Los Angeles Times has Warming climate may starve bamboo-eating pandas and In Hawaii, a coral reef infection has biologists alarmed
NBC News has Scientists rush to save manta rays, the ‘pandas of the ocean’
Mother Jones has Snails Are Dissolving in Acidic Ocean Waters
Environmental Issues Links
The Nature Conservancy has Everyday Environmenalist Buy It Where You’ll Burn It
The Atlantic has 5 Charts About Climate Change That Should Have You Very, Very Worried
Photography and Art Links
The Copyright Zone has Another One Bites the Dust
Black Star Rising has Basics of Photography SEO, Part 1: Google doesn’t hate you
RT.com has Supreme Court rules cops can be filmed
Photo District News has Deutsche Borse Announces Shortlist for 2013 Photography Prize
Stephen F. Corfidi has The Colors of Sunset and Twilight
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, December 9th at Longwood Gardens in Kennett Square, PA . We will meet at 6:30 AM at the Grosvenor Metro Station(map). Then we can carpool to Longwood. It takes just over 2 hours to get there – garden opens at 9:00 AM. Garden admission is $18. I hope to see you there!
