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Posted on Friday, February 03, 2012 10:43 PM
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) joins the Association
of Fish and Wildlife Agencies (AFWA), and other partners at the 2012
SHOT-SHOW to announce the start of a yearlong celebration of the 75th
anniversary of the Wildlife and Sport Fish Restoration Program (WSFR), one of the most significant and successful partnership approaches to
fish and wildlife conservation in U.S. history.The “WSFR 75 – It’s Your Nature” celebration brings together
federal and state fish and wildlife agencies; the hunting, shooting,
angling, and boating industries; and conservation groups to mark a
milestone of partnership success that has led to 75 years of quality
hunting, fishing, shooting, boating and wildlife-related recreation. |
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Jill U. Adams, Special to LA Times: Posted on Thursday, February 02, 2012 3:11 PM
The Obama administration recently pulled the plug on lowering EPA limits. Itseems clear, though, that the lower the level, the fewer effects on health.
To understand the latest brouhaha about safe levels of ozone, it helps to understand the difference between science and policy.
First the back story. In 2008, the administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Stephen Johnson, reduced the allowable level of ozone in the air from 84 parts per billion to 75 ppb. Johnson said the change would lead to cleaner air and improve public health. |
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Laura Turner Seydel: Posted on Thursday, January 26, 2012 9:55 PM
2011′s Captain Planet Foundation Benefit Gala was an enormous
success. We raised over $855,000 for our children and the environment.
The money raised will help fund Captain Planet Foundation’s mission, to
support hands-on environmental projects which are designed to encourage
innovative, game-changing initiatives that will inspire and empower the
next generation of environmental stewards. I think it says so much that we raised more money this one year in
economically difficult times than we have in the last three combined! |
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Posted on Tuesday, January 24, 2012 2:50 PM
For many people, ignorance is bliss when it comes to vexing issues like climate change, according to a new study.
Published last month in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, the report shows that people who know very little about an issue -- say the economic downturn, changes in the climate or dwindling fossil fuel reserves -- tend to avoid learning more about it. This insulates them in their ignorance -- a pattern described by researchers as "motivated avoidance."
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Posted on Wednesday, January 18, 2012 12:47 PM
The
research schooner Tara, which provides samples and data to the scientific
community worldwide to learn more about the impact of climate change on
ecosystems, will make a port call in Savannah on January 20-26,
2012.This call is
part of an ambitious project entitledTara
Oceans. Tara
Oceansis the very first attempt to make a global study of marine
plankton.Marine plankton
is the only ecosystem that is almost continuous over the surface of the Earth.
Recently, scientists have discovered the great importance of plankton for the
climate: populations of plankton are affected very rapidly by variations in
climate. |
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Posted on Tuesday, January 17, 2012 1:42 PM
The 2011-2012 ultra-light led migration of whooping cranes in the eastern population is currently on hold in Alabama.
The
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s partner managing this portion of the
effort, Operation Migration, is cooperating with the Federal Aviation
Administration (FAA) to resolve regulatory issues about the flight. The
group has applied for a waiver to exempt them from the FAA regulation
that prohibits compensating pilots of this category of aircraft. This
waiver, if approved, would allow the flight to continue. |
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Posted on Monday, January 09, 2012 10:32 PM
LUXADD,
the only US manufacturer of labor free linear fluorescent lighting
retrofit solutions and the International Green Energy Council (IGEC),
one of the nation's strongest advocates of "Green" sustainable design
practices including energy efficient building retrofit solutions, have
partnered to expedite LUXADD's brand awareness and to promote the
opportunity LUXADD offers to put America back to work. LUXADD
and the International Green Energy Council (IGEC) are joining forces to
spread the word about LUXADD's technology innovation and its energy
saving potential in the area of linear fluorescent lighting retrofits -
just in time for the "T12 Lighting Phase-out". |
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Posted on Monday, January 09, 2012 12:33 PM
Gibbs
Gardens are the personal gardens of award-winning landscape designer
Jim Gibbs and feature the nation’s largest Japanese Garden
A new 300-acre estate garden designed by
award-winning landscape designer Jim Gibbs and featuring 16 luxurious
gardens less than one hour from Atlanta will open to the public in March
2012. The Gibbs Gardens estate is distinguished by 220 acres of gardens
set in a mature forest in the foothills of the North Georgia Mountains.
The
gardens feature the 40-acre Japanese Gardens, the largest in the
nation, and the Water Lily Gardens, featuring 140 varieties of unique
lilies and a replica of the bridge in Monet’s Garden at Giverny (outside
Paris). |
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Posted on Thursday, January 05, 2012 4:07 PM
REGULAR ACTIVITIES
Zoo Atlanta is REAL LIVE FUN. Don’t just see the Zoo; do the
Zoo! By all means, enjoy over 1,000 of the world’s most amazing
animals, but make sure to take full advantage of exciting daily
activities like keeper talks, training demonstrations, wildlife shows,
and up-close-and-personal animal encounters. Gorilla and orangutan
feedings run at 2 p.m. and 2:45 daily; check your Zoo map for a listing
of other animal feedings and opportunities available every day. |
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Posted on Thursday, December 29, 2011 12:41 PM
Once the exclusive domain of jaguars and monkeys, the
darkest depths of the jungle have come to light with Rain Forest Adventures’
Costa Rica Atlantic and Pacific eco-tourism parks. This is where education
meets thrilling sensations, with aerial tram tours high into the canopy,
heart-pounding zip lines and expansive hiking trails—and where having fun is a
means of protecting precious rainforest land. More than 400 species of birds
make these parks a bird-watchers heaven, medicinal plants such as ginger,
vanilla, sugar cane, coffee and bay rum perfume the air, and expert guides lead
you every step of the way. |
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