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Our Natives & Insects Man, Douglas Tallamy, Speaks in Cambridge

June 1st, 2010 · No Comments

http://grownativecambridge.org/programs/annualceleb
Tallamy may use images of the Brine Garden in his talk.

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Tags: Birds · Environment · Images · Insects · Landscape Inspiration · Native Plants · Northeast · Private Gardens · Speakers · Sustainability · Tallamy · US

Great Nature Conservancy Video– a New Ditch Effort

March 13th, 2010 · No Comments

The large scale farm ditches shown here might successfully influence the design of smaller scale ditches.
http://www.nature.org/wherewework/northamerica/states/indiana/howwework/art30290.html

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Tags: Design Technique · Environment · Land Conservancies · Large gardens · Public Lands · Sustainability

Exemplary Biodiversity Habitat Mapping in Dutchess County, NY by Hudsonia

May 6th, 2009 · 2 Comments

Erik Kiviat’s Hudsonia is an important resource for environmental research and education in the Hudson Valley.
Get an eyeful of his perspective here.
http://www.townofdover.us/HudsoniaPresentation.pdf

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Tags: Design Technique · Dover NY · Enlightening · Environment · Frogs · Hudson Valley Attractions · Images · Land Conservancies · Landscape Inspiration · Native Plants · Naturalistic · Nature · Northeast · Not-for-Profits · Public Lands · Sustainability · Wildlife

Climate Change: Will Plantains Fry?

May 12th, 2008 · No Comments

Warming threat worse in tropics – Los Angeles Times

 
Scientists say many species can’t tolerate small temperature rises.
From the Associated Press
11:47 AM PDT, May 5, 2008
WASHINGTON — While global warming is expected to be strongest at the poles, it may be an even greater threat to species living in the tropics, scientists [...]

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Tags: Climate Change · Sustainability · Tropical

Bat Plague Persists and Widens: Groups May Sue Fed for Inaction

May 7th, 2008 · No Comments

Listening In on a Bat Cave : NPR

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Health & Science

Listening In on a Bat Cave
by Jim Metzner

All Things Considered, May 6, 2008 · A mysterious disease called “white-nose syndrome” is striking down hibernating bat populations in New York State. Four [...]

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Tags: Environment · Sustainability · US · Wildlife