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The Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area 15 miles west of Las Vegas is an area managed by the Bureau of Land Management as part of its National Landscape Conservation System, and protected as a National Conservation Area. The area is visited by more than two million people each year.
The conservation area showcases a set of large red rock formations: a set of sandstone peaks and walls called the Keystone Thrust. The walls are up to 3,000 feet (910 m) high, making them a popular hiking and rock climbing destination. The highest point is La Madre Mountain, at 8,154 feet (2,485 m).
It is quite capable of making the entire journey :-) Bob Edwards
red rock canyon national conservation area, nevada
Male koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) has left his tree and is enjoying some dirt beneath his feet in the Australia Outback section at the San Diego Zoo. Conservation status: vulnerable
The conservation room at the Center for Missouri Studies at the State Historical Society of Missouri in Columbia, Missouri. Architectural design by Gould Evans of Kansas City, Missouri. Building construction by River City Construction of Ashland, Missouri. Photography by Notley Hawkins. Taken with a Sony ILCE-7RM2 camera with a Sony FE 16-35mm F2.8 GM lens at ƒ/8.0 with a 1/60-second exposure at ISO 100. Processed with Adobe Lightroom CC.
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Friendly little dude at the McCook County Conservation District near Woodstock, Illinois.
Update:
I messed up that description as noted below, but I'm leaving the original description there so people can appreciate Julie's great sense of humor.
Actually this is at the McHenry County Conservation District and the Boone Creek Conservation Area.
One giant family of baby orb spiders. In all, there were over 100 baby spiders. Pulaski County Missouri.
The first law of thermodynamics encompasses several principles, one being that energy can be neither created nor destroyed. However, according to the Law energy can change forms, and energy can flow from one place to another, but still, the total energy of an isolated system remains the same.
It's very important that now, maybe more than ever, that we conserve energy. Please have a lovely weekend.
A one-day drama for everyone but especially Mark and his wife in Florida who earlier this year successfully nurtured 4 out of 8 Monarch caterpillars to adulthood!
We have been looking for Monarch caterpillars for some weeks now. This morning we found 3, then 4 and then 6! The photo above shows 3 of the 6 munching on Milkweed in the garden.
By lunchtime it was clear that there was nowhere near enough Milkweed to go round. See photo below!! So an appeal went out on our local community internet forum asking if anyone had 'unoccupied' plants. Four replies came back that their plants were already wiped out. However, two came back from people who had spare capacity.
By late afternoon, there seemed to be only 4 caterpillars remaining and remarkably - only 7 hours after discovery - NO Milkweed. The Monarchs had scoffed the lot, so some urgency ensued. A suggestion had been made that cucumber skins could keep them going for a while. So we transferred the survivors to a container, see below. As of this evening they are re-homed onto fresh plants about a 10 minute walk away.
It was the best we could do.
The snow starts to fly as a thoroughbred and two elk trot across the St. Joseph River at Conservation Park in Three Rivers, MI during the opening stages of a winter storm, leading the days #302 road freight and its 54-car consist. This weekday train peddles tonnage south early in the morning out of Kalamazoo down to the interchange point with Norfolk Southern at their large hump yard in Elkhart, IN. The Grand Elk (GDLK), part of Watco's large family of shortline railroads, began operations March of 2009 and runs on 123 miles of track leased from the NS running between Grand Rapids, MI, south to Kalamazoo and on toward Elkhart. This portion was originally a branch line operated by the long defunct Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railway. Three Rivers derives its name from the city's location at the confluence of the above mentioned St. Joseph River and two tributaries, the Portage and Rocky Rivers
The beach is popular at Shade's Mills Conservation Area in Cambridge, Ontario
This photo is from my first test roll of Ferrania P30 Alpha, panchromatic, 80 ISO, black and white film. As you can tell, the negatives turned out quite thin, so that the scanned images look very dark. I also had the film jam and tear when loading it onto the plastic reels for processing. There are also some water marks on this image, which is, of course, no fault of the film, but my own.
Check out an album containing more of my photos shot on Ferrania P30 Alpha.
Nikkormat FTn
Nikkor 35 mm F2.8 lens
f16, 1/60s
Ilford DD-X film developer mixed at 1+6 dilution. Processed in a Patterson system tank for 15 minutes. Gentle agitation for 20 seconds during the first minute and four inversions during the first 10 seconds of each additional minute.
Ilford Ilfostop mixed at the standard dilution. Immersed for 30 seconds with gentle agitation.
Ilford Rapid Fixer mixed at standard dilution. Agitated for five minutes in the same manner as the developer.
Our first outing since June on a sunny, mild 57 degree autumn day.
This is only a short hop away, 20 minutes or so to a place I used to be from, now you know why I'm a photographer.
Buford Pond, found in Missouri's, Current
River Conservation Area..Ellington, MO pp: photomatix, topaz studio
3X Magnification. Towards the end of its life, was very helpful in letting me take some pictures. Pulaski County Missouri.
Today’s #conservationlands15 Top 15: Places on National Conservation Lands for Night Sky Viewing
The stars really do come out at night on BLM’s National Conservation Lands – and lots of them! Far from city lights, these landscapes offer some of the most outstanding viewing opportunities anywhere. Viewing night skies in some of these remote locations takes some planning. It’s important to contact the local BLM office (linked for each location) to obtain information on camping rules and current road conditions. Here are 15 of the best areas:
Alaska
#1 Steese National Conservation Area: Drive out the Steese Highway for some of the best northern lights viewing anywhere. Don’t expect to see this amazing light show in summer – the midnight sun makes the sky too bright!
Arizona
#2 Just beyond the glow of the City lights of Phoenix, the Sonoran Desert National Monument offers great dark skies to the south, where the milky arcs across the sky.
#3 The high elevations near Mount Trumbell and Mount Logan offer expansive vistas in the Grand Canyon Parashant National Monument whose outstanding night sky viewing opportunities have resulted in its “International Night Sky Province” designation.
California
#4 Several Wilderness Study Areas in the Eastern Sierra, including Slinkard (on Monitor Pass) and the Bodie Hills (near Bridgeport), are a world apart from California’s urban coastal areas and contain some of the darkest skies in the golden state.
#5 California Coastal National Monument: Although clear skies are difficult to predict along the fogbound coast, the Big Sur, Mendocino Coast and King Range Coast are all far from city lights so you can see stars over the ocean.
Colorado
#6 Canyons of the Ancients National Monument: Its easy to contemplate how “the ancient ones” studied the stars in this vast desert landscape near the four corners. Contact the Anasazi Heritage Center for ideas on camping/viewing locations.
#7 Alpine Loop: This BLM backcountry byway runs near the Uncompagre Wilderness and both Handies Peak and Redcloud Peak Wilderness Study Areas. The thin air at 11,000 feet seems to make the stars here appear extra crisp.
Idaho
#8 Morley Nelson Snake River Birds of Prey National Conservation Area: Just a stone’s throw from Boise, this area is truly on the edge of civilization. Overlooks along the north rim of the Snake River Canyon offer great viewing of the dark skies to the south.
Montana
#9 Upper Missouri River Breaks National Monument and Wild and Scenic River: Nothing is more relaxing than floating down a river and sleeping under the stars here in Big Sky Country at night.
Nevada
#10 Black Rock Desert High Rock Canyon Emigrant Trail National Conservation Area: Just avoid the last week of August when Burning Man lights up the playa, and you’ll be treated to some of the darkest skies in the U.S.
New Mexico
#11 Rio Grande Del Norte National Monument and Wild and Scenic River: Vast volcanic tablelands above the narrow gorge of the river and crisp high elevation rocky mountain skies offer excellent viewing opportunities.
Oregon
#12 Steens Mountain Wilderness: Southeast Oregon’s highest peak offers hiking, camping and a scenic drive to the high elevation viewing areas.
Utah
#13 Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument: From spectacular Grand Staircase of cliffs and terraces to the wonders of the Escalante River canyons, the monument offers nearly 1.9 million acres to starwatch and explore.
Washington
#14 Juniper Dunes Wilderness: Enjoy the open skies and rolling dunes here in the southeast part of the state.
Wyoming
#15 South Pass – California-Oregon-Pony Express and Mormon Emigrant Trails: Its easy to imagine the feeling of vastness that the emigrants found here in the mid-1800s as they rested under the stars before hitching up the oxen to continue their arduous trek.
Photo by Bob Wick, BLM.
Seen in Simon B. Elliott State Park, Clearfield County, Pennsylvania.
www.dcnr.pa.gov/StateParks/FindAPark/SimonBElliottStatePa...
One of the herd keeping scrub encroachment at bay on a lowland heath site. Exmoor ponies do the job on the other side of the heath so perhaps there is an experiment taking place to see which animal is most effective.
Pine Siskin - International Conservation House - Rainforest Trust. Another irruption bird that we don't see a lot of.
Mer Bleue Bog Trail / Sentier de la tourbière Mer Bleue
Mer Bleue Conservation Area, Greenbelt, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Mer Bleue (Bleue Sea in English) received this name because some early morning when the light strikes the mist that blankets the wetland, it creates a blue effect that seems as if you’re looking out over the sea. Located in the southeastern sector of Canada’s Capital Greenbelt, the 3,500-hectare Mer Bleue conservation area provides a unique opportunity to see a northern boreal landscape. The Mer Bleue Bog is approximately 7,700 years old and is a habitat for many species of rare plants, birds and other wildlife. The Mer Bleue Bog is one of the most outstanding natural features of the Greenbelt in Ottawa and is one of its most visited areas. Source: National Capital Commission (NCC)
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Aire de conservation Mer Bleue, Ceinture de verdure, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
La Mer Bleue a reçu ce nom parce que, tôt le matin, lorsque la lumière frappe la brume qui recouvre la zone humide, elle crée un effet bleu qui donne l'impression que vous regardez la mer. Située dans le secteur sud-est de la Ceinture de verdure de la capitale du Canada, l'aire de conservation Mer Bleue de 3 500 hectares offre une occasion unique de voir un paysage boréal nordique. La tourbière Mer Bleue a environ 7 700 ans et est un habitat pour de nombreuses espèces de plantes rares, d'oiseaux et d'autres espèces sauvages. La tourbière Mer Bleue est l'une des caractéristiques naturelles les plus remarquables de la Ceinture de verdure à Ottawa et l'une de ses zones les plus visitées. Source : Commission de la capitale nationale (CCN)
In a state where desert arroyos, washes, and many streambeds remain bone-dry most of the time, the year-round flow of Cienega Creek makes it a highly valuable resource. A lush green ribbon of vegetation defines one of the most significant riparian zones in southern Arizona. Cienega Creek gets its name from the cienegas, or marshes, which occur along its length. This rare vegetation community has nearly disappeared in the Southwest. The national conservation area includes a working cattle ranch. Visitors are asked to leave all gates as they are found. There is no trash pick up, so visitors need to pack up all trash. The area is a travel corridor for illegal immigrants traveling from Mexico. Visitors should report all suspected illegal activities to BLM or local law enforcement authorities and stay safe by avoiding contact with persons exhibiting suspicious behavior or engaged in dangerous activities.
www.blm.gov/visit/las-cienegas
Photo by Bob Wick, BLM.
Hilton Falls and the Niagara Escarpment, Hilton Falls Conservation Area, Ontario. The region is part of the Niagara Escarpment World Biosphere Reserve.
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Cane toad (Rhinella marina) - Cordillera Escalera Conservation Area, Peru
I was walking along the river searching for a good place and toad to shoot some shots involving the stars, when I can across this lovestruck pair. The cane toads are so abundant around the river because thats where they breed and this pair was doing exactly that. The male is the smaller one on top, they will find a pool of water and deposit strings of many 1000s of eggs. Within just a few days these eggs will hatch and the tadpoles will swim free. This enormous fecundity is one of the traits that makes Cane toads such an efficient invasive species classified as an invader in over 20 countries. However they do belong here in Peru, and I always enjoy seeing them and hearing their trill during my nocturnal forays.