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Urgent: Wisconsin wolf advocates take action today to keep wolves listed
I have it from a reliable source that Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) is getting more calls and emails from the folks that want to delist wolves; and they are Senator Baldwin’s constituents too. Wisconsin wolf advocates must call & email the senator now. You can email on her websiteBy clicking HERE.Next Click on the red square share your opinion on legislation
Senator Tammy Baldwin’s D.C. Office is getting more calls from folks in favor of delisting Wisconsin wolves.
Wolf advocates take action for wolves by calling Senator Tammy Baldwin’s Washington, D.C. Office.
I have a meeting with Senator Tammy Baldwin’s aide next week to discuss concerns about the wolf delisting threat in congress.
Here’s to recap; Wisconsin state anti-wolf republican legislators, Senator Tom Tiffany and representative Adam Jarchow are pressing Senator Baldwin to take their side. They asked democratic Senator Baldwin to use her influence with colleagues to…
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Rebounding California gray wolf holds onto protection
SF Chronicle
December 7, 2016
FRESNO, Calif. (AP) — The California gray wolves will keep their endangered species protections even once the rebounding animal hits a population of at least 50, state wildlife officials said Wednesday.
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Bird of the Day: American Coot
Stone-curlew video
Unknown Mondriaan painting discovered
Translated from Dutch NOS TV:
Unknown Mondrian surfaces at auction
Today, 15:47
A ‘new’ Mondrian has surfaced at Christie’s auction house in Amsterdam. The work comes from private ownership and was hitherto unknown. The painting shows a landscape with in the distance Arnhem city, writes Omroep Gelderland.
Piet Mondrian painted the work in 1902 or 1903. The painting Landscape near Arnhem is not described in any catalog and has never previously hung in a museum.
According to art specialist Odette van Ginkel the owner does not know much about the origin and how it came into the family. Van Ginkel believes the painting was sold fairly quickly probably after it was finished. Possibly therefore it has never appeared in a catalog.
Authenticity
There is little or no doubt about the authenticity of the painting. Dutch Institute for Art History RKD and the The Hague Municipal Museum reviewed the…
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Nature Needs Half
GR: Earth’s ecosystems can survive the human onslaught if we reserve half the lands and seas as natural areas where we prohibit humans.
Here’s how you can join the action: be part of the WILD Half!
“Reaching the goal of at least half is ambitious but achievable. The short term milestone for the progress of this vision is to move urgently to protect at least half of the planet’s remaining large, mostly intact wilderness areas (for example Boreal Forests, the Amazon Basin, and formally protecting Antarctica), while achieving incremental gains by quickly protecting surviving remnants in fragmented areas of very high biological importance – for example in the Biodiversity Hotspots, Key Biodiversity Areas and Alliance for Zero Extinction sites. This rapid action is essential to respond to the global warming and extinction crises. The goal of achieving the target in every region will be more aspirational, requiring long term strategies…
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Sky Floating~
Sand Hill Cranes
magnificent fliers
floating in space.
They drift by
like giant ballons
untethered by human hands.
Proud silhouettes
kissed by the golden sunset.
Cheers to you from the wintering cranes at the Salton Sea~
‘Anti-fracking is terrorism’, British police says
This video from the USA says about itself:
6 May 2013
Fracking endangers national parks.
Apparently companies mining for energy don’t have to be within the boundaries of a National Park to cause harm to it.
Fracking — the practice of hydraulic shale fracturing to extract natural gas — has become popular around several parks and its effects upon them are being increasingly noticed.
According to a report put together by the National Parks Conservation Association, a watchdog group, North Dakota’s Theodore Roosevelt National Park is particularly vulnerable.
Known for its stargazing opportunities, the night sky has been compromised by both the light coming from surrounding fracking sites and an increase in noise pollution. It’s suspected that water pollution will soon follow.
The opening of multitudes of natural gas extraction sites has also created job opportunities, causing the area to experience a population boom. Due to a shortage in…
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Good great egret news
This 2016 video from the USA is called The Great Egret During Nesting Season.
The Dutch SOVON ornithologists report today that in 2016 about 300 great egret couples have nested in the Netherlands.
That is a record number. In 1998, only one great egret couple nested in the Netherlands.
The biggest great egret colonies are in the Oostvaardersplassen, Lepelaarsplassen and Makkumer Noordwaard nature reserves.
Art, animals, and the earth 