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The 2018 Water Conservation Expo and Vendor Fair attracted more than 80 attendees on March 2 at SFWMD headquarters in West Palm Beach. The focus of this year's event was on advancements and trends in water conservation for public utilities.
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Photo Credit: Dolores Reed, Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute
Caption: Male Dama gazelle calf born Feb. 18, 2014.
Animal care staff at the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute in Front Royal, Va. are celebrating the birth of three male dama gazelles. The calves were born Feb. 18, Feb. 20 and Feb. 25. At their 24-hour neonatal exam, the first calf weighed 11 pounds and the second and third calves weighed 12 pounds each.
With less than 500 left in the wild, dama gazelles are the rarest of all gazelles and are listed as critically endangered. Their population used to range widely across northern Africa, but is now limited to Chad, Mali and Niger. SCBI conducts veterinary and reproductive research in order to maintain animal populations of endangered species.
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NREL'S newest PV array at the National Wind Technology Center near Boulder, Colorado is an opportunity to study how ecosystems respond to renewable energy development and development best management practices that re-established habitat, minimize weed invasion, prevent erosion and protect wildlife.
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D3067 - Two maps (1740 and 1853) of The Skinners' Company Estate in the Manor of Pellipar, County Londonderry.
The waterfowl thunderstorm map quantifies the number of waterfowl pairs with access to upland parcels across the U.S. Prairie Pothole Region (dotted line) and is used to identify areas for conservation. The map was given its name because of its resemblance to a radar image of a thunderstorm weather system crossing the region.
Graphic Credit: Region 6 Habitat and Population Evaluation Team
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s (Service) Habitat and Population Evaluation Teams (HAPET) recently completed analysis of the 25th year of Four-Square-Mile Survey data collected in the Prairie Pothole Region. Begun in 1987 by researchers at the Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center, the Four-Square-Mile Survey was originally developed to assess waterfowl use of Service and private lands. The HAPET offices, which have conducted the survey since 1990, presently sample 704 survey plots annually. Each plot covers four square miles, which is the home range of a breeding female mallard. Waterfowl are surveyed on 5,933 wetlands, and water levels are assessed on 70,021 wetlands with a total area of 194,106 acres. Data from this survey are used to target easement acquisition, evaluate effects of conservation programs, inform Farm Bill programs, monitor landscape change, assess wetland dynamics, guide evaluation of the effects of wind energy development on waterfowl, and provide baseline data used in development of spatially explicit models for waterfowl and non-game birds. The Four-Square-Mile Survey and its products were models for the concept of Strategic Habitat Conservation, which was recently adopted by the Service.
One of the most recognizable products developed from Four-Square-Mile Survey data is the waterfowl breeding pair accessibility map, also known as the Thunderstorm Map. This decision-support tool provides a spatially-explicit, scientific foundation for targeting millions of conservation dollars annually by the Service and partners for easement acquisition, Partners for Fish and Wildlife private land projects, and other conservation actions for breeding waterfowl.
Another major benefit provided by the Four-Square-Mile Survey is the HAPET offices’ extensive records of annual water conditions for 70,000 wetlands, which include the second driest drought of the 20th century and the wettest period in the past 130, possibly 500, years. These data are being incorporated into a variety of projects related to climate change in the Prairie Pothole Region, including determination of mechanisms influencing wetland water levels, improvement of wetland monitoring programs, and modeling of response to climate change by wetland-dependent birds.
Photo Credit: Adam Mason, Smithsonian's National Zoo
On exhibit for the first time in the Washington, D.C. region, the Smithsonian’s National Zoo presents “Washed Ashore: Art to Save the Sea” from May 27 through Sept. 5. Made completely of plastic debris collected from beaches, the colorful and dramatic sculptures of marine animals represent the more than 315 billion pounds of plastic in oceans today and underscore the need for wildlife conservation. Admission to the Zoo and this exhibit is free.
Made possible with the support of Friends of the National Zoo, visitors are invited to get up close to view the sculptures, which range from a 12-foot-long shark and 16-foot-long parrot fish to an 8-foot-wide octopus and a 20-foot-long coral reef. Seventeen sculptures of marine life will be installed along the Zoo’s Olmsted Walk, in the Visitor’s Center and at the Amazonia exhibit. Visitors can see marine animals affected by waste—including sea lions, brown pelicans and corals—on view at the Zoo’s American Trail and Amazonia Science Gallery, respectively.
“We’re excited to bring conservation science and art together to connect our visitors to the impact of trash on ocean health,” said Dennis Kelly, Zoo director. “The Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute is committed to saving marine species and is a pioneer in coral-reef research and conservation. While intricate and captivating, these sculptures are a powerful reminder of our personal role and responsibility in preserving global biodiversity on land and in the sea.”
The ocean produces more than 50 percent of the world’s oxygen, and coral reefs nurture more than a quarter of all marine life. Using procedures similar to those used in human sperm banks, Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute (SCBI) scientist Mary Hagedorn and her team are global leaders in conserving coral reefs and the ecosystems that they build. Increased greenhouse gases are warming and acidifying oceans across the planet, causing a widespread coral-reef crisis. By pioneering coral cryo-conservation and collecting and storing coral sperm from threatened reefs to produce new colonies in the lab for captive-bred and wild-colony conservation, SCBI is building a potential lifeline for species under threat from climate change, pollution and overfishing. Scientists at the Smithsonian are helping ensure a future for coral reefs and the species that count on them for survival as ocean environments change.
“The National Zoo—America’s zoo—has given us a global platform to present our art to educate a world audience about how plastic pollution is posing a dangerous and perhaps catastrophic threat to the world’s oceans and sea life,” said Angela Haseltine Pozzi, lead artist and Washed Ashore executive director.
Under the leadership of Pozzi, Washed Ashore Project volunteers clean beaches and process the debris into art supplies. To date, thousands of volunteers have processed an estimated 18 tons of garbage collected from more than 300 miles of coastline to create 68 sculptures. As lead artist, Pozzi orchestrates the construction of these towering, striking sculptures of marine life. Each sculpture was created using hundreds of individual pieces, from flip-flops and bottle caps to nylon rope, Styrofoam and lighters.
Based in Bandon, Ore., the Washed Ashore Project is a non-profit dedicated to educating and creating awareness about marine debris and plastic pollution through art. “Washed Ashore: Art to Save the Sea” is a traveling exhibit that has been featured at different locations throughout the country.
Related Programs
Washed Ashore’s “Turtle Ocean” / On view beginning June 8
Sant Ocean Hall / Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History
In addition to the 17 sculptures on view at the National Zoo, visitors can see “Washed Ashore: Art to Save the Sea’s” “Turtle Ocean” in the National Museum of Natural History’s Sant Ocean Hall. Created by Washed Ashore director Angela Haseltine Pozzi, “Turtle Ocean” depicts an entangled Hawksbill turtle swimming in an environment of water-bottle sea jellies and beached flip-flop anemones along with marine-debris seaweed and coral made of old buoys, crates and buckets. Hawksbill sea turtles face many threats, including mistakenly ingesting marine trash for food. All six species of sea turtles found in U.S. waters are threatened or endangered. The Sant Ocean Hall is the Museum’s largest exhibit, providing visitors with a unique introduction to the majesty of the ocean. The hall’s combination of 674 marine specimens and models, high-definition video and the newest technology allows visitors to explore the ocean’s past, present and future. For World Oceans Day programming at the Sant Ocean Hall, visit the Museum’s website. For more ocean information, visit ocean.si.edu.
World Oceans Day Celebration
June 11; 10 a.m. – 2 p.m.; National Zoo
It is not just marine animals who depend upon the ocean for survival. Visitors can celebrate World Oceans Day at the Zoo with educational activities, animal demonstrations and crafts.
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A spectacular meeting of land and sea is certainly the dominant feature of King Range National Conservation Area (NCA) in California. Mountains seem to thrust straight out of the surf; a precipitous rise rarely surpassed on the continental U.S. coastline. King Peak, the highest point at 4,088 feet, is only three miles from the ocean.
The King Range NCA covers 68,000 acres and extends along 35 miles of coastline between the mouth of the Mattole River and Sinkyone Wilderness State Park. Here the landscape was too rugged for highway building, forcing State Highway 1 and U.S. 101 inland. The remote region is known as California's Lost Coast, and is only accessed by a few back roads. The recreation opportunities here are as diverse as the landscape. The Douglas-fir peaks attract hikers, hunters, campers and mushroom collectors, while the coast beckons to surfers, anglers, beachcombers, and abalone divers to name a few.
Photo by Bob Wick, BLM.
At the Zoological Wildlife Conservation Center and Sloth Captive Husbandry Research Center in Rainier, OR.
Communicate is a conference for people working in communicating conservation. Check out more of Lukes work here: www.caricaturesbylukewarm.co.uk/cartoons-conference-cartoons
This is part of a photo-collage of orangutan nests in SE Asian rain forests taken by cameras on board Conservation Drones. Please visit www.ConservationDrones.org for more information.
Beautiful wildflowers, weeds and trees on the shores of Duffins creek in Greenwood conservation area , Martin’s photographs , Ajax , Ontario , Canada , August 31. 2021
Beautiful roots in the forest
Greenwood conservation area
Canada
August 2021
Roots
Ontario
Ajax
Canada
Pickering
Martin’s photographs
Discovery Bay
Trees
Sunset
March 2020
Favourites
IPhone XR
Squires Beach
Duffins Creek
Duffins Marsh
Waterfront Trail
Rotary Park
Lake Ontario
Rod iron fence
Bridge
Bridge
Duffins Creek
Twilight
Sticks
Stones
Fallen trees
Fallen tree
Fungi
Mushrooms
Sand
Beach
Reflections
Reflection
Dogwood
Tall grasses
iPhone 6s
Weeds
Wildflowers
Water conservation is important in California, and using drips in the landscape is a good way to do it.
122 Pictures in 2022 - #18. Conservation
This is part of a photo-collage of orangutan nests in SE Asian rain forests taken by cameras on board Conservation Drones. Please visit www.ConservationDrones.org for more information.