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Category Archives: science
This big, beautiful, astonishing Earth – Day
Moose tracks in dirt or snow and knotholes in pine – We are all connected to each other and to this beautiful place we call home. Let’s celebrate. 2 poems from Songs for a Beloved Friend, Poems and Essays for … Continue reading
Are We Un-Evolving?
Are We Un-Evolving? Head down, eyes occupied with intimate moments on tiny screens, we no longer stand upright and fail to notice the menace approaching, fangs bared and posture threatening, ready to pounce and do us in. Senses overcome from … Continue reading
Posted in Poems, science
Tagged cell phones, evolution, homo sapiens, Neanderthals, poetry, science
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Alien Life
Alien Life Alien life is not like us no English-speaking cousins, thus a biped form we may not find nor water-based with carbon bind Surprise and shock a likely boon when searchers life forms locate soon Pluto Image Credit: NASA/JHUAPL/SwRI … Continue reading
Posted in Nature, planets, Poems, science, solar system
Tagged alien life, carbon-based life, earth, extraterrestrials, NASA New Horizons, Pluto, poetry, SETI Institute, water-based life
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Essence of Approaching Rain – Sniff!
The Smell of Approaching Rain! Australian scientists Isabel Joy Bear and Richard Thomas identified and named the smell of rain approaching: they called it “petrichor … the unique odor which can be regarded as an ‘ichor’ or ‘tenuous essence’ derived … Continue reading
Posted in earth, science
Tagged earth, earth perfume, EarthSky, Isabel Joy Bear, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, petrichor, Richard Thomas, scent of rain
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Reprieve for Wyoming Wolves
On September 23, 2014, the United States District Court for the District of Columbia (the Court) issued an Opinion¹ and Order² overturning a 2012 rule promulgated by the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS, the Service, or the agency). The … Continue reading
Posted in Department of the Interior, Grand Tetons, politics, science, U.S. Fish and Wildlife, wolves, Yellowstone
Tagged animal rights, Defenders of Wildlife, Endangered Species Act, Grand Tetons, Humane Society of the United States, Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), politics, science, Sierra Club, U.S. Department of the Interior, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, United States District Court for the District of Columbia, United States District Judge Amy Berman Jackson, wolf hunting, wolf management, wolves, Wyoming Game and Fish Department, Yellowstone
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Gray Wolf Protection/ U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Extends Comment Period
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) is the federal agency charged with administering the Endangered Species Act (ESA) on land. wikipedia/Endangered Species Act The ESA was enacted by Congress in 1973 and has been called “the Magna Carta” of … Continue reading
Posted in Department of the Interior, ecology, Nature, politics, science, U.S. Fish and Wildlife, wolves
Tagged animals, Endangered Species Act, hunting, Idaho Department of Fish and Game, Montana Department of Fish Wildlife and Parks, nature, NRDC, politics, science, U.S. Department of the Interior, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, wolf hunting, wolves, Wyoming Game and Fish Department
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Wolves Give Life
This gorgeous video comes courtesy of Shelley Coldiron, executive director of W.O.L.F., and Amelia Curzon, who blogs at Mungai and the Goa Constrictor The video explores the ways in which wolves are regenerating the ecosystem in Yellowstone National Park and … Continue reading
Posted in blogging, Department of the Interior, ecology, national parks, Nature, politics, science, U.S. Fish and Wildlife, wilderness, wolves, Yellowstone
Tagged blogging, Defenders of Wildlife, ecology, Endangered Species Act, Idaho Department of Fish and Game, Montana Department of Fish Wildlife and Parks, national parks, nature, NRDC, politics, science, U.S. Department of the Interior, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, W.O.L.F. Sanctuary, wilderness, wolves, Wyoming Game and Fish Department, Yellowstone
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Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) Citizen Advocate Programs
The Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) is setting up Citizen Advocacy programs across the U.S. and inviting us all to participate. These programs are focused on approaching the challenge of dealing with climate change. The NRDC proposes to train participants … Continue reading
Posted in politics, science
Tagged citizen advocacy, climate change, Natural Resources Defense Council, NRDC, NRDC Citizen Advocates, science
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Delisting the Wolf – Your Help is Needed!
Originally posted on Mungai and the Goa Constrictor:
Image: Lynn M. Stone / Nature Picture Library The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is in its comment period on their proposal to remove the wolf from the Endangered Species Act in…
Posted in blogging, Department of the Interior, Nature, politics, science, U.S. Fish and Wildlife, wilderness, wolves, Yellowstone
Tagged animals, Defenders of Wildlife, Endangered Species Act, Idaho Department of Fish and Game, Montana Department of Fish Wildlife and Parks, nature, politics, U.S. Department of the Interior, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, wilderness, wildlife, wolf hunting, wolves, Wyoming Game and Fish Department, Yellowstone
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Witch Hunt/Religious Crusade: The Wolf Hunt Intensifies
The United States federal government proposes to remove remaining protections for wolves throughout the country. Read more in this Defenders of Wildlife press release. Defenders is asking those interested to sign a petition to Sally Jewell, newly appointed Secretary of … Continue reading
Posted in Department of the Interior, national parks, politics, science, U.S. Fish and Wildlife, wilderness, wolves, Yellowstone
Tagged Defenders of Wildlife, Endangered Species Act, hunting, Idaho Department of Fish and Game, Montana Department of Fish Wildlife and Parks, national parks, NRDC, U.S. Department of the Interior, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, wilderness, wolf hunting, wolves, Wyoming Game and Fish Department, Yellowstone
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