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Corey Swenson, Powder River County NRCS rangeland management specialist, in an area that has undergone forest stand improvement. The Kolka family has participated in the Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) and Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP). Custer County, MT. June 2017.
At the 140-acre Alaska Wildlife Conservation Center, jaws drop in awe-even those of longtime Alaskans who've studied grizzlies and other animals up close. AWCC's mission is to provide refuge for orphaned, injured, and ill animals-those that can't survive in the wild. The center, which opened to the public in 1993, also educates visitors about Alaska's wildlife. On your visit, you might see a Siberian boar snoozing, moose foraging, baby moose napping, plus caribou, elk, bison, baby Sitka black-tailed deer, eagles, and other animals. The musk oxen are worth the visit all by themselves.
Shade grown coffee in pine forests, an example of an agorforestry system, in Agua Amarilla Microwatershed, Opalaca Reserve in San Juan Intibucá, Honduras. Blue Harvest project seeks to minimize contamination of watersheds as result of coffee processes.
Rapid Assessments in Forest Conservation Course
Conduru State Park, Bahia, Brazil
Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies
Professor: Mark Ashton
Teaching Fellow: Jeff Stoike
Masters Students: Alaine Ball, Danielle Rappaport, David Ross, Leigh Whelpton, Pat Hook, Rachel Kramer, Ryan Sarsfield, Sharon Smith, Theo Varns
Partner Organization: Instituto Floresta Viva
Photo: Rachel Kramer
Great varied selection of images by Natalia Malinowski.
For more information please visit the Costa Rica Big Cats, Primates & Turtle Conservation project page of the Frontier website.
I'm doing conservation cleaning in the Museum of the Jewellery Quarter this week and next. Yesterday I found some real gems. Here is a photo of me. Notice the purple gloves folks! Not my choice, they were all purple. I promise I had nothing to do with it! LOL!
Youth having fun coloring their "creature" masks as an activity during Des Lacs Refuge 75th birthday celebration.
Photo Credit: Jennifer Jewett / USFWS
Thanks to Danielle Brooks for these pictures from the Fiji Marine Conservation & Diving project. To find out more visit www.frontiergap.com
Cedrus brevifolia
Family: Pinaceae
Conservation status:Classified as Vulnerable (VU) on the IUCN Red List
Evergreen tree which exists only in Cyprus ,and limited to the Cedars valley, in the Paphos forest.It is one of the four Cedar species in the world.Grows at altitudes from 900 to 1400 m.
Cedar valley,Pafos forest,Cyprus.
Great varied selection of images by Natalia Malinowski.
For more information please visit the Costa Rica Big Cats, Primates & Turtle Conservation project page of the Frontier website.
From a handout I received recently while attending an all-day symposium about rising sea levels and the impact on The Great Marsh... the symbols across the bottom of the handout represent some of the local conservation groups who are involved with protecting The Great Marsh by monitoring the impact of sea level rise here along the North Shore.
From left to right:
Massachusetts Audubon
Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management
National Wildlife Refuge System
Parker River Clean Water Association
The Trustees of the Reservation
Metropolitan Area Planning Council
Ipswich River Watershed Association
The Great Marsh is the largest salt marsh in New England and includes over 20,000 acres of marsh, barrier beach, tidal river, estuary, mudflat, and upland islands extending across the Massachusetts North Shore, from Gloucester to Salisbury. In recognition of these extraordinary resources, a portion of this area was designated by the state in 1979 as the Parker River/Essex Bay Area of Critical Environmental Concern. The Great Marsh is an internationally recognized Important Bird Area (IBA) because it contributes to the preservation of many breeding and migratory birds. With its network of waterways, beaches, parks, and wildlife refuges, the Great Marsh is an outstanding destination to enjoy boating, fishing, birdwatching, hiking, and beach activities throughout the cities and towns of Gloucester, Essex, Ipswich, Rowley, Newbury, Newburyport, and Salisbury.
www.whsrn.org/site-profile/great-marsh
SYMBOL is the topic for Friday 22nd November 2013
Orange Hawkweed is a Class 1 Noxious Weed and is currently recorded at 135 sites in Kosciuszko National Park. This site is located on Cool Plain, adjacent to Ogilvies Creek, in the Jagungal Wilderness Area. The Orange Hawkweed Program takes volunteers into areas such as this to survey and find plants in order to eradicate them from the park. The known locations of Orange Hawkweed are found between Tooma Ponds and Far Bald Mountain (approximately 8200 hectares). The volunteer program runs from December 2011 to February 2012.
For more information on the Orange Hawkweed Program visit www.environment.nsw.gov.au/NationalParks/parkVolunteering...
Photo: Jo Caldwell
Balenciaga installation 2011: Mellon Conservation Fellow Nicole Bloomfield from LACMA lent her costume and conservation skills to the exhibition. Her graduate school training at Fashion Institute of Technology-NY helped tremendously with the success of the install. Here she is with the costume borrowed from the Galliera, Musee de la Mode de la Ville de Paris, that was nicknamed "the caterpillar dress".
Communicate is a conference for people working in communicating conservation. Check out more of Luke Warm's work here: www.caricaturesbylukewarm.co.uk/cartoons-conference-cartoons
St Nicholas, Littleborough, Nottinghamshire.
Churches Conservation Trust.
Grade l listed.
This tiny Norman church lies down a quiet country lane, close to the Trent. It stands near the site of an old Roman fort - they built a military station here by the stone causeway across the river, both now long gone. Roman brick and tile have been used in its walls recalling the empire that brought its civilisation to England almost two thousand years ago.
www.visitchurches.org.uk/visit/church-listing/st-nicholas...
September 25, 2016 - The following text comes from Galapagos Conservation Trust website: "The Galapagos flightless cormorant is an endemic species to Galapagos and is not only the heaviest cormorant species, but also the one which cannot fly out of 29 species. As the name suggests, they cannot fly away and are therefore confined to the lava shoreline and beaches of Isabela and Fernandina. The adults are black on top and dark brown underneath with bright turquoise eyes. They have stunted wings that are one third the size of the wingspan they would require to fly. They have four webbed toes (like all members of the cormorant family) and the females tend to be smaller than the males. Natural selection led to the species no longer having functional wings as they had very few land predators, and individuals that were better suited to swimming were more successful in passing on their genes.
Currently there are around 1,000 breeding pairs of flightless cormorants on Isabela and Fernandina. Although their wings are stunted, they are used for balance when the cormorant jumps from rock to rock along the coast. As their wings don’t produce very much oil, they have lost some of their waterproofing so after a dive they can be seen to hold their wings out in order for them to dry.
Their diet consists mainly of eels and octopus, which they reach by diving deep to the ocean floor. Unlike penguins, they do not ‘fly’ underwater, but tuck in their wings and kick with their powerful hind legs, using their flexible necks to spear octopus and fish from inside small refuges in the reefs and rocks. On the surface they sit very low in the water, with only their necks visible from a distance.
Couples perform a strange and unique courtship dance that involves them intertwining their necks whilst twirling in a tight circle. The mated pair then makes a nest a few metres from the sea out of seaweed, flotsam and jetsam.
Most eggs are laid between May and October, which are the coldest months, resulting in an abundance of marine food and less heat stress on the hatchlings. The eggs are incubated for 35 days until they hatch, after which the parents take turns to feed the chicks. Eventually the male is left to care for the chick and the female starts a new breeding cycle, which can happen up to three times in one season. When the chicks become adults, they develop the trademark blue eyes"
- See more at: galapagosconservation.org.uk/wildlife/flightless-cormoran...
On permanent exhibit at our Carriage House is the innovative “Home Green Home” exhibit. This ingenious project created by The Rye Garden Club's Conservation Committee is a miniature model of sustainability. Side by side with the ongoing adaptive reuse of the Jay mansion, it illustrates how "home renovation and historic preservation can go hand-in-hand with environmental stewardship." Historic methods of climate control such as the use of shutters to regulate temperatures in the summer and winter and proper placement of plantings are just as relevant today as they were in the past. Time honored practices of re-using existing materials plus recycling products from local sources remain the ideal. New technological advances, such as low-VOC paints and geothermal heating, further build upon the pragmatic mindset of our Founding Fathers.
The sunny yellow dollhouse has a green roof, thermostats and power strips to conserve energy, a rain garden, permeable gravel driveway, solar panels and more - it is a must see attraction for inspiring young environmentalists. The exhibit and a companion powerpoint slideshow have been incorporated into JHC’s ongoing energy education program “Our Footprints Matter” which is supported through grants by Con Edison.
See this dollhouse and learn accompanying facts like this one at
Photo credit Cutty McGill
Our first Concert Salon at the Carriage House surpassed expectations! The historic 1907 Van Norden horse stable is now frequently used for performances because of its unique acoustical environment which many musicians have said makes the structure an instrument in and of itself. The building was teeming with energy and listeners of all ages.
"The Salon" is a renowned performance series which has thrived as a sanctuary of artistic expression in Philadelphia for 26 years. Andrea Clearfield, an award winning composer and curator of the afternoon, helped bring that vision to the Jay Heritage Center, showcasing a diverse array of music spanning genres, regions and periods.
The debut event was a standout success!
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