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(Amanda)Blogger385125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1743365741910197863.post-4592458935599815784Sun, 02 Oct 2016 02:39:00 +00002016-10-01T22:39:31.335-04:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjwG2OUXgJc4Ikhmmt8VZfUxCfgf59EglRoWIVrHubT-SJF9hsXbutxk_HY4xj-PInzJiOG1L7GS9GQmQo97aXK5ktL2wOtOL7LhkVojNi4Ew9Ty3wmj0NSw6NrlSAZKgFXdH5dMvu_bs/s1600/Annapolis+to+Boston.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="403" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjwG2OUXgJc4Ikhmmt8VZfUxCfgf59EglRoWIVrHubT-SJF9hsXbutxk_HY4xj-PInzJiOG1L7GS9GQmQo97aXK5ktL2wOtOL7LhkVojNi4Ew9Ty3wmj0NSw6NrlSAZKgFXdH5dMvu_bs/s640/Annapolis+to+Boston.jpg" width="640" /></a></div> <br />http://appleguardians.blogspot.com/2016/10/blog-post.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Amanda)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1743365741910197863.post-8159737067125409434Tue, 14 Jun 2016 16:47:00 +00002016-06-14T12:47:25.252-04:00grizzliesgrizzly bearswolvesYellowstone<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPnnEBe-RF7TKc8egGHosyvsOitBnFlQQrHHUz_8qdxHsjMU1Mcr1_hfe_P88JSVSv42GHQqBL9_je26V1taLbQj7q8pDuIfYxkINC1r7tyzXG_K6sfCGqrY-XIYCYj1DvTKvFobs7GJs/s1600/grizzly+bear.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="380" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPnnEBe-RF7TKc8egGHosyvsOitBnFlQQrHHUz_8qdxHsjMU1Mcr1_hfe_P88JSVSv42GHQqBL9_je26V1taLbQj7q8pDuIfYxkINC1r7tyzXG_K6sfCGqrY-XIYCYj1DvTKvFobs7GJs/s640/grizzly+bear.jpg" width="640" /></a></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> <br /></div> <span style="background-color: white; color: #404040; font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;">Yellowstone’s wolves and grizzlies are doing well after decades of diligent and thoughtful work, according to Caroline Byrd, Executive Director of Greater Yellowstone Coalition.</span><br /> <span style="background-color: white; color: #404040; font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"><br /></span> <span style="background-color: white; color: #404040; font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;">Now it’s time to make your voice heard about plans Montana’s wildlife agency — Montana Fish, Wildlife &amp; Parks (FWP) — is making for these iconic animals. Please take a few minutes to tell the state that:</span><br /> <span style="background-color: white; color: #404040; font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"><br /></span> <br /> <ul> <li><span style="background-color: white; color: #404040; font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;">Wildlife commissioners need to stick with their decision not to increase wolf hunting quotas along Yellowstone’s...</span></li> </ul> <div> <span style="color: #404040; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"><a href="http://naturefanactivists.com/help-keep-yellowstones-wolves-and-grizzlies-around/" target="_blank">Continue reading here...</a></span></span></div> http://appleguardians.blogspot.com/2016/06/help-keep-yellowstones-wolves-and.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Amanda)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1743365741910197863.post-723315333603812Tue, 14 Jun 2016 16:42:00 +00002016-06-14T12:42:35.669-04:00TPPTrans Pacific Partnership<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVlcfO4PwksP3Cs8IgvmyC_O8G42xLQx2nHJq7NEtRUPTxnD7tcTPQdGhtGk2xVUHc_Znj3wWS14Myl_3YXkqtt7A8n5GtHrXBGTVeIpcYofta336IvveZkMJLPbcIdeNoWMvu5DJQ1HY/s1600/Stop+TPP.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVlcfO4PwksP3Cs8IgvmyC_O8G42xLQx2nHJq7NEtRUPTxnD7tcTPQdGhtGk2xVUHc_Znj3wWS14Myl_3YXkqtt7A8n5GtHrXBGTVeIpcYofta336IvveZkMJLPbcIdeNoWMvu5DJQ1HY/s640/Stop+TPP.jpg" width="640" /></a></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> <span style="background-color: white; color: #404040; font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;">With one vote, our members of Congress could open the floodgates to threats to our air, water, and climate.</span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> <span style="background-color: white; color: #404040; font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"><br /></span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> <span style="background-color: white; color: #404040; font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;">That vote is on a massive trade deal, the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP). President Obama and Congress know the TPP is unpopular. So they may try to sneak it through after the November election.</span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> <span style="background-color: white; color: #404040; font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"><br /></span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> <span style="background-color: white; color: #404040; font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;">We’ve seen corporations use free trade deals to undermine our fundamental environmental protections time and time again. TransCanada recently announced that it intends to sue the U.S. for $15 billion in a secretive trade tribunal under...</span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> <span style="background-color: white; color: #404040; font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"><br /></span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> <span style="background-color: white; color: #404040; font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"><a href="http://naturefanactivists.com/help-stop-the-tpp-now/" target="_blank">Continue reading here...</a></span></div> <br />http://appleguardians.blogspot.com/2016/06/help-stop-tpp-now.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Amanda)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1743365741910197863.post-2212237876805924882Tue, 07 Jun 2016 23:58:00 +00002016-06-07T19:58:56.808-04:00Booted Racket-tail Hummingbirdhummingbird<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtCRxXoWa3A3b7TDBcjAGL6zT6f4UOVtZKgaXpn40AND10VvKS1Ps9W37elBZSpKvZ8dO_E5dTWTNwi_814gVK2lEtL_QUCUzEG0dOPEz80bkms5RkhT3X-FQpLBkPgv8MhTjvLHlnx4I/s1600/Booted+Racket-tailed+hummingbird.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtCRxXoWa3A3b7TDBcjAGL6zT6f4UOVtZKgaXpn40AND10VvKS1Ps9W37elBZSpKvZ8dO_E5dTWTNwi_814gVK2lEtL_QUCUzEG0dOPEz80bkms5RkhT3X-FQpLBkPgv8MhTjvLHlnx4I/s640/Booted+Racket-tailed+hummingbird.jpg" width="640" /></a></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> <span style="background-color: white; color: #404040; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;">I bet this bird doesn’t come to your feeder:</span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> <span style="background-color: white; color: #404040; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"><br /></span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> <span style="background-color: white; color: #404040; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;">It’s called the Booted Racket-tail Hummingbird.</span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> <span style="background-color: white; color: #404040; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"><br /></span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> <span style="background-color: white; color: #404040; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;">The male Booted Racket-tail is a spectacular hummingbird with metallic green plumage and an elaborate tail longer than the tiny bird itself! This streamer-like tail features two elongated feathers tipped with blunt blueish “rackets.” Females lack the long tail, but both sexes wear “boots” (puffy white leg feathers).</span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> <span style="background-color: white; color: #404040; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"><br /></span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> <span style="background-color: white; color: #404040; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;">While reading about this bird, I happen to be outside on vacation in the Smoky Mountains waiting, actually, for the the...</span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> <span style="background-color: white; color: #404040; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"><br /></span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> <span style="background-color: white; color: #404040; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"><a href="http://www.thenaturefan.com/have-you-seen-this-hummingbird-before/" target="_blank">Continue reading here...</a></span></div> <br />http://appleguardians.blogspot.com/2016/06/have-you-seen-this-hummingbird-before.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Amanda)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1743365741910197863.post-1125121761383127102Mon, 06 Jun 2016 00:40:00 +00002016-06-05T20:40:47.195-04:00AberdeenBoddamBullers of BuchanhikingScotland<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZTvQpA5-72PsOLXeToDBy-w15YQYztqQlOMn8xo0zxa-uCkfmLN8qm94ETIHFJf3Zkpb23u7fY_9fvpbJHgE43Q8xXz-Y-qkIorw1ujCUF-wuvAkPgiT8L2V1oc8w05GlmIXN3qKARGc/s1600/Coastal+footpath+to+Boddam.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZTvQpA5-72PsOLXeToDBy-w15YQYztqQlOMn8xo0zxa-uCkfmLN8qm94ETIHFJf3Zkpb23u7fY_9fvpbJHgE43Q8xXz-Y-qkIorw1ujCUF-wuvAkPgiT8L2V1oc8w05GlmIXN3qKARGc/s640/Coastal+footpath+to+Boddam.jpg" width="640" /></a></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <strong style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #404040; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Top 5 hikes in and around Aberdeen, Scotland.<br />#4 — Bullers of Buchan to Boddam.</strong></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <strong style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #404040; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></strong></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> <strong style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #404040; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-weight: 300;">This great linear coastal walk takes in some of the the finest clifftop scenery on the Aberdeenshire coastline, with stacks, arches, and bird life galore.</span></strong></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> <strong style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #404040; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-weight: 300;"><br /></span></strong></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> <strong style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #404040; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-weight: 300;">The Bullers of Buchan car park is just over 2 km (1 mile) out of Cruden Bay on the A975. From the car park, follow the path past the cottages to reach the clifftop, then turn to the left to begin the walk along the coastal path.</span></strong></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> <strong style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #404040; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-weight: 300;"><br /></span></strong></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> <strong style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #404040; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-weight: 300;"><a href="http://www.naturefanexplorers.com/hiking-bullers-of-buchan-to-boddam/" target="_blank">Continue reading here...</a></span></strong></div> <br />http://appleguardians.blogspot.com/2016/06/hiking-bullers-of-buchan-to-boddam.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Amanda)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1743365741910197863.post-5801341674066297600Fri, 03 Jun 2016 13:46:00 +00002016-06-03T09:46:40.785-04:00African safariwebcamswildlife<span style="background-color: white; color: #404040; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;">The&nbsp;</span><a href="http://www.thenaturefan.com/webcams/" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #117bb8; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Webcams</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #404040; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;">&nbsp;page has been updated!</span><br /> <span style="background-color: white; color: #404040; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"><br /></span> <span style="background-color: white; color: #404040; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;">There are four&nbsp;</span><a href="http://www.thenaturefan.com/webcams/" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #117bb8; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">new webcams</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #404040; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;">&nbsp;for you to enjoy, and they’re all African Cams located in Central Kenya. Here, you’ll get to watch hippos do what hippos do best (and you too during the summer) — floating in the pool and basking on the beach. You’ll watch all sorts of African wildlife stop by the local watering hole, and you’ll see various creatures just running around either playing or chasing each other. Here are some highlights I snapped:</span><br /> <span style="background-color: white; color: #404040; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"><br /></span> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZzrMoa4rUDko89-u7SxoJ8nx9LbQt2CHRy1WAZgqAnrVlRmnndH3S_xv0Fwup3BRYxW0RIseY98JQ4ZzH574dxVCVFr2vxYE5tzfmnY1aRHaKSfvqJsHPclM9yD1eZAbsijujl-t32oY/s1600/Hippos+on+African+Cam+1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="238" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZzrMoa4rUDko89-u7SxoJ8nx9LbQt2CHRy1WAZgqAnrVlRmnndH3S_xv0Fwup3BRYxW0RIseY98JQ4ZzH574dxVCVFr2vxYE5tzfmnY1aRHaKSfvqJsHPclM9yD1eZAbsijujl-t32oY/s400/Hippos+on+African+Cam+1.jpg" width="400" /></a></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcEPOaXjSq6DaH_XB4Ngkw2dQMmWmz0hW9R-liYEamGdAttBfwUM5EQioljW8mqdcddI_G9wivxvfrQ4RQB5ylGLxc0oTv6MmkbXzARcBT8lNm-Bf6_g7YEqfQQyb8jglAtNbbTGHCzu0/s1600/Giraffes+on+African+Cam.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="235" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcEPOaXjSq6DaH_XB4Ngkw2dQMmWmz0hW9R-liYEamGdAttBfwUM5EQioljW8mqdcddI_G9wivxvfrQ4RQB5ylGLxc0oTv6MmkbXzARcBT8lNm-Bf6_g7YEqfQQyb8jglAtNbbTGHCzu0/s400/Giraffes+on+African+Cam.jpg" width="400" /></a></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEic9WIbTm_sP1Ru6neaT4AwTy0zLrYtbWGszQzheqXbFaHFFTlHLJ-jwFP1Svveju3wa0gNkym2-6dT3BBFY1izJvOhnWEgMXNrbUf0lpBDy5fO9kApN5XW6tPUOj8Ezo8V09Rsl2BTgCY/s1600/Impala+on+African+Cam.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEic9WIbTm_sP1Ru6neaT4AwTy0zLrYtbWGszQzheqXbFaHFFTlHLJ-jwFP1Svveju3wa0gNkym2-6dT3BBFY1izJvOhnWEgMXNrbUf0lpBDy5fO9kApN5XW6tPUOj8Ezo8V09Rsl2BTgCY/s400/Impala+on+African+Cam.jpg" width="400" /></a></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <span style="background-color: white; color: #404040; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"><br /></span>http://appleguardians.blogspot.com/2016/06/webcams-have-been-updated.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Amanda)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1743365741910197863.post-663677190404317380Fri, 03 Jun 2016 13:40:00 +00002016-06-03T09:40:09.537-04:00sea turtlestrawl nettrawlers<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQr761VRXxq52HCuW1xfaS7xrednpm74Eix_D7FaGAj4XFmE9j9LE8S5thWXcWEdtf-LXkBhHUjCBDqikmrrLp6AtoeGpoeRqtObOQOtant_hUVCKsJyd6XEluxRFkqerIAhjFQo8hI6E/s1600/sea+turtle+in+trawl+net.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="404" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQr761VRXxq52HCuW1xfaS7xrednpm74Eix_D7FaGAj4XFmE9j9LE8S5thWXcWEdtf-LXkBhHUjCBDqikmrrLp6AtoeGpoeRqtObOQOtant_hUVCKsJyd6XEluxRFkqerIAhjFQo8hI6E/s640/sea+turtle+in+trawl+net.jpg" width="640" /></a></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> <span style="background-color: white; color: #404040; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;">Shrimp trawling is one of the primary&nbsp;</span><a href="http://www.conserveturtles.org/seaturtleinformation.php?page=fisheries" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #117bb8; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">threats to sea turtle survival</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #404040; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;">&nbsp;in the United States. Every year, the shrimp trawl fishery incidentally captures and drowns thousands of sea turtles, including the critically endangered Kemp’s ridley in the Gulf of Mexico.</span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> <span style="background-color: white; color: #404040; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"><br /></span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> <span style="background-color: white; color: #404040; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;">For a very short time, the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) is accepting public comments on its proposal to continue for another decade the moratorium on issuing new Gulf Shrimp permits. Keeping this moratorium is important to protect sea turtles.</span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> <span style="background-color: white; color: #404040; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"><br /></span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> <span style="background-color: white; color: #404040; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;">Please give sea turtles a voice and let officials know they need to do more to protect them from the shrimp trawl fishery!</span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> <span style="background-color: white; color: #404040; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"><br /></span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> <span style="color: #404040; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"><a href="http://naturefanactivists.com/save-sea-turtles-from-gulf-trawl-nets-by-june-6/" target="_blank">Continue reading here...</a></span></span></div> <br />http://appleguardians.blogspot.com/2016/06/save-sea-turtles-from-gulf-trawl-nets.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Amanda)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1743365741910197863.post-7231081711171648184Thu, 02 Jun 2016 12:27:00 +00002016-06-02T08:27:32.506-04:00biodegradableLeave No Tracewaste<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc8i31SW8bS4tan-EAupTG_RpVm5x24jzT3GFLwakrBZb5Nysam_h6lpIknjbaIVG6iL-IpQGL0MnRCPNZxeoCi5vvIFE_iTiu2WxvyYDrb_pMdrulykK2XCN8hEnaGUJKvVndvCn7ndM/s1600/orange+peels+on+hiking+trail.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc8i31SW8bS4tan-EAupTG_RpVm5x24jzT3GFLwakrBZb5Nysam_h6lpIknjbaIVG6iL-IpQGL0MnRCPNZxeoCi5vvIFE_iTiu2WxvyYDrb_pMdrulykK2XCN8hEnaGUJKvVndvCn7ndM/s640/orange+peels+on+hiking+trail.jpg" width="640" /></a></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> <span style="background-color: white; color: #404040; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;">At this point, I’m sure you’ve all heard most of the information regarding&nbsp;</span><a href="https://lnt.org/learn/7-principles" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #117bb8; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Leave No Trace</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #404040; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;">&nbsp;principles and strategies for limiting your impacts upon hiking trails and those upon your fellow trail users.</span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> <span style="background-color: white; color: #404040; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"><br /></span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> <span style="background-color: white; color: #404040; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;">As use of hiking trails — and the back country areas through which they pass — increases, all of us must be especially mindful of even the smallest effects you may have on the land and on the experiences of those around you. One example of what some may consider a negligible impact is the biodegradable food waste people might leave behind to decompose.</span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> <span style="background-color: white; color: #404040; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"><br /></span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> <span style="background-color: white; color: #404040; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;">One person’s food waste left to biodegrade is a significant eyesore for the next person coming up the trail, not to...</span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> <span style="background-color: white; color: #404040; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"><br /></span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> <span style="background-color: white; color: #404040; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"><a href="http://www.thenaturefan.com/biodegradable-food-considered-litter/" target="_blank">Continue reading here...</a></span></div> <br />http://appleguardians.blogspot.com/2016/06/is-biodegradable-food-considered-litter.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Amanda)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1743365741910197863.post-5573373630457322635Wed, 01 Jun 2016 19:51:00 +00002016-06-01T15:51:44.856-04:00AberdeenBennachiehikingMither TapOxen CraigScotland<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjn5cMtWs1QL0GCEinR-mjaTxc5P1jDwrPj8FzcDNmD25-0VOzZgfKSuhdTp5BKya9uxCMTnj0imgLHQYfUkHbcaRjGJbW7SaARdGEhcQvtrq9n5IG0kIAFOMAHGS01-kKnfcK3FwvVe0g/s1600/From+Oxen+Craig+to+Mither+Tap.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjn5cMtWs1QL0GCEinR-mjaTxc5P1jDwrPj8FzcDNmD25-0VOzZgfKSuhdTp5BKya9uxCMTnj0imgLHQYfUkHbcaRjGJbW7SaARdGEhcQvtrq9n5IG0kIAFOMAHGS01-kKnfcK3FwvVe0g/s640/From+Oxen+Craig+to+Mither+Tap.JPG" width="640" /></a></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <strong style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #404040; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Top 5 hikes in and around Aberdeen, Scotland.<br />#5 — Bennachie: Oxen Craig and Mither Tap</strong></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <strong style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #404040; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></strong></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> <strong style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #404040; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-weight: 300;">Climb the two highest peaks of&nbsp;</span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bennachie" style="border: 0px; color: #117bb8; font-weight: 300; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Bennachie</a><span style="font-weight: 300;">, Oxen Craig and Mither Tap, and enjoy fabulous sweeping views!</span></strong></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> <strong style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #404040; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-weight: 300;"><br /></span></strong></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> <strong style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #404040; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-weight: 300;">Once you start your hike through Bennachie, you’ll find there are very many choices of hiking paths to take in the area, and they seem to all intertwine within each other. But the trail identified in this post is the recommended one that made it...</span></strong></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> <strong style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #404040; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-weight: 300;"><br /></span></strong></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> <strong style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #404040; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-weight: 300;"><a href="http://www.naturefanexplorers.com/hiking-oxen-craig-and-mither-tap/" target="_blank">Continue reading here...</a></span></strong></div> <br />http://appleguardians.blogspot.com/2016/06/hiking-oxen-craig-and-mither-tap.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Amanda)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1743365741910197863.post-5091253984218149127Tue, 31 May 2016 16:36:00 +00002016-05-31T12:36:43.761-04:00baby birdfledgingfledglingrobin<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY2QoLR6rrxMqywLwMa-00D2lVT3KDVIMl1t9sZG6ec9WsPlSwz8EvSrDt9Tqyt7mvzlSMl0qFfwHC5EYXOnVKnMEgJ_e4vn4twvpXmUazY_hmlmBRv9vi-72wRsvYDzg0B_Z_O6fxAbg/s1600/fledgling+robin+on+the+ground.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY2QoLR6rrxMqywLwMa-00D2lVT3KDVIMl1t9sZG6ec9WsPlSwz8EvSrDt9Tqyt7mvzlSMl0qFfwHC5EYXOnVKnMEgJ_e4vn4twvpXmUazY_hmlmBRv9vi-72wRsvYDzg0B_Z_O6fxAbg/s640/fledgling+robin+on+the+ground.jpg" width="640" /></a></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> <span style="background-color: white; color: #404040; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;">Just the other day, when I went to get the mail, I found a baby bird sitting on the ground under our maple tree. When I looked up, I noticed a bird’s nest directly above where the baby bird had fallen and a very frantic mother robin flying around my head. I wasn’t the only one around. Neighbors were in their yards tending to their gardens while others were passing by while out on their walks. The baby bird and stressed mother drew the attention of a small crowd and everyone voiced their theories on what had to be done. I heard everything from old wives tales to improper handling of the little...</span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> <span style="background-color: white; color: #404040; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"><br /></span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> <span style="background-color: white; color: #404040; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"><a href="http://www.thenaturefan.com/find-baby-bird/" target="_blank">Continue reading here...</a></span></div> <br /> <div style="text-align: center;"> <br /></div> http://appleguardians.blogspot.com/2016/05/what-to-do-when-you-find-baby-bird.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Amanda)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1743365741910197863.post-8087137247309869106Tue, 31 May 2016 16:31:00 +00002016-05-31T12:31:17.331-04:00bald eaglegreat cormorantMaineseabirds<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgJs2_9rB12sKeXm_lVWsayzfCiCDGKmHJnDDavuLuBmY2DC1DkQ2DAdRwW4hpywWI3g7P6morh7PRY7XwZJ2DDCtLKCsH2Le4RNnJaLTQZNidAicjYRn2uMB0mUfN2HuwvFnApMGHKjE/s1600/lots+of+bald+eagles.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="444" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgJs2_9rB12sKeXm_lVWsayzfCiCDGKmHJnDDavuLuBmY2DC1DkQ2DAdRwW4hpywWI3g7P6morh7PRY7XwZJ2DDCtLKCsH2Le4RNnJaLTQZNidAicjYRn2uMB0mUfN2HuwvFnApMGHKjE/s640/lots+of+bald+eagles.jpg" width="640" /></a></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> <span style="background-color: white; color: #404040; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;">If Ben Franklin had known in 1782 what the bald eagles would be up to in Maine in 2015, he might have pushed harder to select the wild turkey as the national bird.</span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> <span style="background-color: white; color: #404040; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"><br /></span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> <span style="background-color: white; color: #404040; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;">Since being nearly wiped out in the late 1960s due to DDT and other pesticides, eagles and other birds of prey have made a dramatic comeback. However, this breathtaking recovery has brought some unintended consequences surrounding eagles’ prey on Maine’s out-most islands. While their diet consists mainly of scavenged or live-caught fish along lake, river, and ocean shores, eagles have recently begun to turn their sharp eyes, beaks and talons to seabirds.</span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> <span style="background-color: white; color: #404040; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"><br /></span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> <span style="background-color: white; color: #404040; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"><a href="http://naturefanactivists.com/bald-eagle-abundance-may-harm-other-species/" target="_blank">Continue reading here...</a></span></div> <br />http://appleguardians.blogspot.com/2016/05/bald-eagle-abundance-may-harm-other.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Amanda)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1743365741910197863.post-1809607218468585311Thu, 26 May 2016 19:11:00 +00002016-05-26T15:11:10.800-04:00AberdeenBullers of BuchanScotland<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhySxux4PFqT6McInanwTJizLdQj8I5R2aLVv_twNKoOQ048qA6_ubagVIDDxGhPpa9Ox3hqkjo3NKsSw3hwHCvWWIAlt1rAax1q2WfoMUSaTrlOAAlc08CEsewulvQzMj0zrOogf0vapk/s1600/Bullers+of+Buchan+2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhySxux4PFqT6McInanwTJizLdQj8I5R2aLVv_twNKoOQ048qA6_ubagVIDDxGhPpa9Ox3hqkjo3NKsSw3hwHCvWWIAlt1rAax1q2WfoMUSaTrlOAAlc08CEsewulvQzMj0zrOogf0vapk/s640/Bullers+of+Buchan+2.jpg" width="640" /></a></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> <em style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #404040; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Exploring the best places in nature around the world.</strong></em></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> <em style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #404040; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></strong></em></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> <em style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #404040; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-style: normal; font-weight: 300;">The name “Bullers of Buchan” refers both to a collapsed sea cave and to the adjacent village. Located twenty-five miles (40 kilometers) north of Aberdeen, Scotland, in the Cruden Bay along the North Sea, this collapsed sea cave forms an almost circular chasm — also known as “the pot” — some 98 feet (30 meters) deep, where the sea rushes in through a natural archway.</span></strong></em></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> <em style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #404040; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-style: normal; font-weight: 300;"><br /></span></strong></em></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> <em style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #404040; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-style: normal; font-weight: 300;"><a href="http://www.naturefanexplorers.com/aberdeen-scotland-bullers-of-buchan/" target="_blank">Continue reading here...</a></span></strong></em></div> <br />http://appleguardians.blogspot.com/2016/05/aberdeen-scotland-bullers-of-buchan.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Amanda)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1743365741910197863.post-256255589623209614Tue, 24 May 2016 17:55:00 +00002016-05-24T13:55:05.232-04:00conservation caninesivory<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-2mcgOZZ1cmbEOd4WoFELuOHMtUf28uPgaQ318I3IYAAaSiCAK5KTdtjx75fLpATSUWmqsLIJZvbcHoH2gqFk0mRm9XSKl-ds5eArB8s0mfX_8w-QIaX2ta3g1_YoqNM1kONlFNVTSrI/s1600/Conservation+Canine.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-2mcgOZZ1cmbEOd4WoFELuOHMtUf28uPgaQ318I3IYAAaSiCAK5KTdtjx75fLpATSUWmqsLIJZvbcHoH2gqFk0mRm9XSKl-ds5eArB8s0mfX_8w-QIaX2ta3g1_YoqNM1kONlFNVTSrI/s640/Conservation+Canine.jpg" width="640" /></a></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #404040; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> Don’t let that sweet face fool you. This pup can sniff out ivory no matter how smugglers try to hide it.</div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #404040; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> And guess what?</div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #404040; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> There are more four-legged heroes just like him — eager to put an end to wildlife trafficking.</div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #404040; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> They’re called “Conservation Canines!”</div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #404040; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> African Wildlife Foundation (AWF) recently graduated their first class of sniffer dogs and handlers specially trained to...</div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #404040; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <a href="http://naturefanactivists.com/conservation-canines-the-latest-in-ivory-police/" target="_blank">Continue reading here...</a></div> <br />http://appleguardians.blogspot.com/2016/05/conservation-canines-latest-in-ivory.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Amanda)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1743365741910197863.post-8229240703685770657Mon, 23 May 2016 23:08:00 +00002016-05-23T19:08:18.484-04:00AberdeenLinn o DeeScotland<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj66WzVwS2IF2qJ9G72iOkNbAiFlASIbJNt6VUzCF94H90Rld-50B2aBAAWxD5dZX3CHGSdUomwb9JgMb80EdTgbLncNBPZDHFwyBuUtXg1AsbdcJJfcCnOJc_LnaU7TKuDuUdI-lqjUjI/s1600/Linn+of+Dee+1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj66WzVwS2IF2qJ9G72iOkNbAiFlASIbJNt6VUzCF94H90Rld-50B2aBAAWxD5dZX3CHGSdUomwb9JgMb80EdTgbLncNBPZDHFwyBuUtXg1AsbdcJJfcCnOJc_LnaU7TKuDuUdI-lqjUjI/s640/Linn+of+Dee+1.jpg" width="640" /></a></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> <span style="background-color: white; color: #404040; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;">The River&nbsp;</span><strong style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #404040; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Dee</strong><span style="background-color: white; color: #404040; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;">&nbsp;is one of the two rivers in&nbsp;</span><a href="http://www.thenaturefan.com/visit-aberdeen-part-1-balmedie-beach/" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #117bb8; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Aberdeen, Scotland</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #404040; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;">. The other one is called the River Don. In Scotland and Northern England, a&nbsp;</span><strong style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #404040; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Linn</strong><span style="background-color: white; color: #404040; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;">&nbsp;is a geographical feature describing where a watercourse has cut through a shelf of hard rock creating a narrow, steep-sided cut in which the watercourse runs. Many rivers have this particular feature, and some even have more than one, but the Linn of Dee — or “Linn o’ Dee” as they say in Scotland — is the most beautiful.</span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> <span style="background-color: white; color: #404040; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"><br /></span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> <span style="background-color: white; color: #404040; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;">Though it’s over an hour west of Aberdeen, if you happen to be visiting the city, I highly recommend you treat yourself to...</span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> <span style="background-color: white; color: #404040; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"><br /></span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> <span style="background-color: white; color: #404040; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"><a href="http://www.naturefanexplorers.com/aberdeen-scotland-linn-o-dee/" target="_blank">Continue reading here...</a></span></div> <br />http://appleguardians.blogspot.com/2016/05/aberdeen-scotland-linn-o-dee.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Amanda)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1743365741910197863.post-8420992916556943795Mon, 23 May 2016 22:30:00 +00002016-05-23T18:30:14.939-04:00city parksparkspublic spaces<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbZB236TYl2AzurLzCXYV6odTO0RGwE9t4gU5xLT7Hd8E-h0O-YToypH4ytyPuTPHmTj0E0Re-qEJcsXPhG-pq7W12ASsX0jHpjo-snYuFHRemqM1XSjmYmRZ2veVg6FjhZ0WZU1Vjn2Y/s1600/Forsyth+Park.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbZB236TYl2AzurLzCXYV6odTO0RGwE9t4gU5xLT7Hd8E-h0O-YToypH4ytyPuTPHmTj0E0Re-qEJcsXPhG-pq7W12ASsX0jHpjo-snYuFHRemqM1XSjmYmRZ2veVg6FjhZ0WZU1Vjn2Y/s640/Forsyth+Park.jpg" width="640" /></a></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> <span style="background-color: white; color: #404040; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;">In the midst of the teeming bustle of a city, it can be difficult to get out into a forest, mountain, or ocean setting when we need it. Fortunately, most cities have created spaces where we can still get the benefit of nature’s healing and soothing powers. Because of that, we are able to spend some time in a city-park oasis, getting away from it all in a cool green expanse, as an alternative. But these days, there’s a whole lot more to America’s great city parks than a swing set and an open field. As far as parks go, Thrillist.com has named the 15 best city parks to kick back and relax, hike and bike some nice trails, and even catch a concert or two.</span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> <span style="background-color: white; color: #404040; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"><br /></span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> <span style="background-color: white; color: #404040; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;">I don’t know&nbsp;</span><em style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #404040; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">exactly</em><span style="background-color: white; color: #404040; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;">&nbsp;what went into deciding the top 15, but I would put a few of these parks onto a different number ranking. For example, there are some parks that deserve a better ranking, and there are some parks, even, I’m not sure why they made the list at all. But that’s just me. What do you think?</span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> <span style="background-color: white; color: #404040; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"><br /></span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> <span style="background-color: white; color: #404040; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;">The comments below each park are facts about the parks, no personal opinions. Make your own.</span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> <span style="background-color: white; color: #404040; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"><br /></span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> <span style="background-color: white; color: #404040; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"><a href="http://www.thenaturefan.com/top-15-us-city-parks/" target="_blank">Continue reading here...</a></span></div> <br />http://appleguardians.blogspot.com/2016/05/the-top-15-us-city-parks.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Amanda)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1743365741910197863.post-5720463289345202434Sun, 22 May 2016 22:21:00 +00002016-05-22T18:21:54.878-04:00AberdeenBalmedie BeachScotland<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHX8qxa3L5PxflukwzbuJRAUTvfmdedbYoeTu4tCNsjjm2oRsfaYOTXd6X7jKuyOfRjAdK8z-_D-TPL0-Y4uAUSQPYGugQugB_xCKcgtyrGt5mrkwR83ccoQUOJxsYpEHemDCX5zcZFcI/s1600/Aberdeen+scotland.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHX8qxa3L5PxflukwzbuJRAUTvfmdedbYoeTu4tCNsjjm2oRsfaYOTXd6X7jKuyOfRjAdK8z-_D-TPL0-Y4uAUSQPYGugQugB_xCKcgtyrGt5mrkwR83ccoQUOJxsYpEHemDCX5zcZFcI/s640/Aberdeen+scotland.jpg" width="640" /></a></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> <span style="background-color: white; color: #404040; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;">Upon first glance,&nbsp;</span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aberdeen" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #117bb8; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Aberdeen, Scotland</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #404040; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;">&nbsp;doesn’t look like a place a nature fanatic would like to visit. It’s called the “Granite City,” the “Grey City,” and the “Silver City” — nicknames that don’t necessarily scream the greens and blues of a&nbsp;nature lover’s dream.</span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> <span style="background-color: white; color: #404040; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"><br /></span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> <span style="background-color: white; color: #404040; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;">Don’t get me wrong, this place is&nbsp;</span><em style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #404040; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">really</em><span style="background-color: white; color: #404040; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;">&nbsp;pretty. As a fantasy geek, I find it has a certain medieval charm to it that draws me in. After all, it is over 1,000 years old. If I had a separate blog about medieval history, Aberdeen would definitely be on it.</span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> <span style="background-color: white; color: #404040; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"><br /></span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwNau5Moz7HqAeo6kh-p3cmNi2_snIv-JtkFxAN5I_tV0glpjshBpzr8oMGzmIWOhTyxKr-_vRfj7bnUCV7-riW0_USq8JBjxT44-d7QGq5xTUrNi-kLuYHIZfp9JU9y_Ygzes3HTOlBA/s1600/Aberdeen+medieval+charm.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwNau5Moz7HqAeo6kh-p3cmNi2_snIv-JtkFxAN5I_tV0glpjshBpzr8oMGzmIWOhTyxKr-_vRfj7bnUCV7-riW0_USq8JBjxT44-d7QGq5xTUrNi-kLuYHIZfp9JU9y_Ygzes3HTOlBA/s640/Aberdeen+medieval+charm.jpg" width="640" /></a></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> <span style="background-color: white; color: #404040; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;">Nevertheless, I am determined to find out where a true nature fanatic would go if one wanted to visit. I checked a few...</span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> <span style="background-color: white; color: #404040; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"><br /></span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> <span style="background-color: white; color: #404040; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"><a href="http://www.naturefanexplorers.com/aberdeen-scotland-balmedie-beach/" target="_blank">Continue reading here...</a></span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> <span style="background-color: white; color: #404040; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"><br /></span></div> <br />http://appleguardians.blogspot.com/2016/05/aberdeen-scotland-balmedie-beach.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Amanda)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1743365741910197863.post-2683494247259808144Sun, 22 May 2016 22:14:00 +00002016-05-22T18:14:47.623-04:00charitynonprofitTeton Science Schools<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDTbTd7VL0MU-_2H_OvCziWU6vwvYJW2NDM1KfxYgSYmnlaAgs8XQr1bnCGB6x8BcD_Va0Xwkshrj5mAG8XQV-BZkI9Xhay6QCIllGeku9JBh6QCY08A3i49dsrLSeY7Yvjsux28s_4pk/s1600/TSS+Summer+Camps.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="308" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDTbTd7VL0MU-_2H_OvCziWU6vwvYJW2NDM1KfxYgSYmnlaAgs8XQr1bnCGB6x8BcD_Va0Xwkshrj5mAG8XQV-BZkI9Xhay6QCIllGeku9JBh6QCY08A3i49dsrLSeY7Yvjsux28s_4pk/s640/TSS+Summer+Camps.jpg" width="640" /></a></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> <span style="background-color: white; color: #404040; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;">This week’s charity spotlight is the&nbsp;</span><a href="http://www.tetonscience.org/" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #117bb8; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Teton Science Schools</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #404040; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;">&nbsp;(TSS). Proceeds from&nbsp;</span><a href="http://www.thenaturefan.com/welcome-nature-store/" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #117bb8; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">The Nature Store</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #404040; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;">&nbsp;will go to benefit TSS from May 22 through May May 28. To tell you more about TSS, I believe that in this particular case, telling the story of how they got started will give you the best understanding of their vision and accomplishments. It’s truly inspiring.</span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> <span style="background-color: white; color: #404040; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"><br /></span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> <span style="background-color: white; color: #404040; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;">In the 1960s Ted Major, a science teacher, thought students would best learn about the natural sciences out in nature — a novel concept at the time. By immersing students in relatively undisturbed ecosystems, he felt they would gain a...</span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> <span style="background-color: white; color: #404040; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"><br /></span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> <span style="background-color: white; color: #404040; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"><a href="http://www.thenaturefan.com/charity-spotlight-teton-science-schools/" target="_blank">Continue reading here...</a></span></div> <br />http://appleguardians.blogspot.com/2016/05/charity-spotlight-teton-science-schools.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Amanda)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1743365741910197863.post-6937576368384013149Sat, 21 May 2016 19:44:00 +00002016-05-21T15:44:44.852-04:00climate changeseasonsspring<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizuwve7XqTbhoETgx_LpsBlnLLy9RP4w4dV6eWzR7pASiSDYNd6xrW9BurpsRSLOJv8RQRQ5o-cXPQmqu56TBnAlJvFsWiR3RNTlfMrh551l4vKZ6JYtsjVj8W5itlF6aMQMaRMMx9VKQ/s1600/seasonal+changes.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizuwve7XqTbhoETgx_LpsBlnLLy9RP4w4dV6eWzR7pASiSDYNd6xrW9BurpsRSLOJv8RQRQ5o-cXPQmqu56TBnAlJvFsWiR3RNTlfMrh551l4vKZ6JYtsjVj8W5itlF6aMQMaRMMx9VKQ/s640/seasonal+changes.jpg" width="640" /></a></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> <span style="background-color: white; color: #404040; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;">One of the greatest perks of living in a temperate region like the Mid-Atlantic is experiencing the on going march from one season into the next. The most recent transition from winter to spring is one of my favorites. Every year I am amazed by the relative speed with which trees come back from their dormant winter state with a flush of new buds and leaves — producing tons of additional biomass in a matter of a few weeks.</span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> <span style="background-color: white; color: #404040; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"><br /></span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> <span style="background-color: white; color: #404040; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;">This time of year is marked by a massive “green up” of our hemisphere as plants have awaken from winter and begun to...</span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> <span style="background-color: white; color: #404040; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"><br /></span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> <span style="background-color: white; color: #404040; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"><a href="http://www.thenaturefan.com/spring-greatest-indicator-changing-climate/" target="_blank">Continue reading here...</a></span></div> <br />http://appleguardians.blogspot.com/2016/05/spring-our-greatest-indicator-of.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Amanda)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1743365741910197863.post-5014662343819000534Sat, 21 May 2016 19:39:00 +00002016-05-21T15:39:31.226-04:00AlaskaJuneauStellar sea lions<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibJBiDvHyjLGLhNoGLYcEs84ZJ8I7_DkRULh-tN3MgrKfl5UIsJ88jXpjhdIkpqfPa36LPCjpn5d48pyn2k9TQn-WMXQXnHMI9ur9SQIFQFciENeVIlU0gz6etvwe7iM7fmELL9geZVoA/s1600/Dead+end+at+Echo+Cove.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="372" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibJBiDvHyjLGLhNoGLYcEs84ZJ8I7_DkRULh-tN3MgrKfl5UIsJ88jXpjhdIkpqfPa36LPCjpn5d48pyn2k9TQn-WMXQXnHMI9ur9SQIFQFciENeVIlU0gz6etvwe7iM7fmELL9geZVoA/s640/Dead+end+at+Echo+Cove.jpg" width="640" /></a></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> <span style="background-color: white; color: #404040; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;">The Juneau Access Improvements Project is a proposed $570-million road project to extend Glacier Highway out of Juneau for closer road access to the southeast Alaskan towns of Haines and Skagway. Juneau, Alaska’s capital, is the only capital city in the United States whose roads do not connect with the continental road network. Currently travelers either have to fly between Juneau, Haines and Skagway, or travel on one of the ferries of the Alaska Marine Highway System.</span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> <span style="background-color: white; color: #404040; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"><br /></span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> <span style="background-color: white; color: #404040; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;">The plan by Alaska’s Department of Transportation and Public Facilities calls for extending the road 48 miles along the...</span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> <span style="background-color: white; color: #404040; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"><br /></span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> <span style="background-color: white; color: #404040; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"><a href="http://naturefanactivists.com/alaska-dot-trys-to-ignore-stellar-sea-lions/" target="_blank">Continue reading here...</a></span></div> <br />http://appleguardians.blogspot.com/2016/05/alaska-dot-tries-to-ignore-stellar-sea.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Amanda)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1743365741910197863.post-79106174469693313Thu, 19 May 2016 18:01:00 +00002016-05-19T14:01:04.498-04:00Brood Vcicadacicadas<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMvWMx_E_dRHaosU6FNpzxBZ0zD3xhNv8ARMxAklRVWIX2Xi3cO4k4ISb8x_-2IHgwGCyfUPKPoeK6YH3P1CtiEEfQVVlk-nOLy9ph4GbHeuh0OenGUbWOtG-_IZyf1o0gf5_Hu70qfKA/s1600/cicadas.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMvWMx_E_dRHaosU6FNpzxBZ0zD3xhNv8ARMxAklRVWIX2Xi3cO4k4ISb8x_-2IHgwGCyfUPKPoeK6YH3P1CtiEEfQVVlk-nOLy9ph4GbHeuh0OenGUbWOtG-_IZyf1o0gf5_Hu70qfKA/s640/cicadas.jpg" width="640" /></a></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> <span style="background-color: white; color: #404040; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;">The noise will be almost constant as the males assemble in huge “choirs” to sing and attract mates.</span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> <span style="background-color: white; color: #404040; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"><br /></span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> <span style="background-color: white; color: #404040; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;">They’ll hit windshields, annoy bicyclists, possibly damage young trees, and scare the living crap out of you by landing in your hair.</span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> <span style="background-color: white; color: #404040; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"><br /></span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> <span style="background-color: white; color: #404040; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;">They’re cicadas, specifically 17-year cicadas, or periodical cicadas, which have spent the past 17 years underground, feeding on sap from tree roots. Now they’re emerging to breed and lay eggs.</span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> <span style="background-color: white; color: #404040; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"><br /></span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> <span style="background-color: white; color: #404040; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"><a href="http://www.thenaturefan.com/return-cicadas-brood-v/" target="_blank">Continue reading here...</a></span></div> http://appleguardians.blogspot.com/2016/05/the-return-of-cicadas-brood-v.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Amanda)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1743365741910197863.post-7927860989915785839Thu, 19 May 2016 17:57:00 +00002016-05-19T13:57:33.786-04:00environmentfracking<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYiR1UCnBpUEHvX3Rm9zO8RfU0YdL1GN77ZdaBAR4TxgPb5I5meUFtmN51SUdLYCF6MgF_QkIg9e3tLaSRramHNEhlyBbuDHKhXSpEE0VqIU-QMt_EHCsov5aC5bYuAE2YbITfs2Q8EEU/s1600/fracking+2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYiR1UCnBpUEHvX3Rm9zO8RfU0YdL1GN77ZdaBAR4TxgPb5I5meUFtmN51SUdLYCF6MgF_QkIg9e3tLaSRramHNEhlyBbuDHKhXSpEE0VqIU-QMt_EHCsov5aC5bYuAE2YbITfs2Q8EEU/s640/fracking+2.jpg" width="640" /></a></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> <span style="background-color: white; color: #404040; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;">The fracking boom took off so quickly, it was difficult for science to stay out in front on determining the health and environmental impacts. That’s why so many states today have fracking despite the enormous consequences. Only a very few states, like Vermont, New York and Maryland, took their time to follow science and ban fracking within their state lines.</span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> <span style="background-color: white; color: #404040; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"><br /></span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> <span style="background-color: white; color: #404040; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;">Despite the bans, fracking waste still effects the overall environmental health of all states no matter where it’s...</span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> <span style="background-color: white; color: #404040; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"><br /></span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> <span style="background-color: white; color: #404040; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"><a href="http://naturefanactivists.com/2016/05/19/study-confirms-fracking-waste-fears/" target="_blank">Continue reading here...</a></span></div> <br />http://appleguardians.blogspot.com/2016/05/study-confirms-fracking-waste-fears.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Amanda)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1743365741910197863.post-6933181915907772342Wed, 18 May 2016 23:38:00 +00002016-05-18T19:38:45.442-04:00bobcatsendangered speciesfurpelts<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhP8w7AZRalMrfNIwc4UaG4YUBvgUgrR-6eW39G_okarMSFjSNUjzHVHjxv0VMMc7dDZzcZf3KBBCWdHxkVPoKjACa0u5BMNG2w3BgPBjlbDMAocmW9uKXR7FY0tXdaYFuHoX-XGn-3bwo/s1600/bobcat+mother+and+kitten.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="496" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhP8w7AZRalMrfNIwc4UaG4YUBvgUgrR-6eW39G_okarMSFjSNUjzHVHjxv0VMMc7dDZzcZf3KBBCWdHxkVPoKjACa0u5BMNG2w3BgPBjlbDMAocmW9uKXR7FY0tXdaYFuHoX-XGn-3bwo/s640/bobcat+mother+and+kitten.jpg" width="640" /></a></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> <span style="background-color: white; color: #404040; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;">Through an international endangered species trade treaty, the federal government is facilitating the mass export of furs and other animal parts to other countries where fur coats and the like are still socially acceptable. In doing so, the feds have skirted environmental review and public input for the program.</span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> <span style="background-color: white; color: #404040; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"><br /></span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> <span style="background-color: white; color: #404040; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;">The U.S. is a party to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Flora and Fauna (CITES), the international treaty that outlawed the unregulated ivory trade. Under CITES, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service...</span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> <span style="background-color: white; color: #404040; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"><br /></span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> <span style="background-color: white; color: #404040; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"><a href="http://naturefanactivists.com/2016/05/18/public-and-environmental-review-for-fur-export/" target="_blank">Continue reading here...</a></span></div> <br />http://appleguardians.blogspot.com/2016/05/public-and-environmental-review-for-fur.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Amanda)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1743365741910197863.post-416554207799118752Wed, 18 May 2016 16:55:00 +00002016-05-18T12:55:13.112-04:00New YorkerspipelineResistAIM<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2mdba-xx8P7GjIqa9yV3bDMgi-9HRW3psOzUvEfC_Uu-LtFMLx9wz5ocdvy9ZzPwcgBjXPlz7Xpkc1snURVMknKRxIQVhWf2Mor5KoTpTX_yiVtKXus0zru0x8Q24J5SKp2HX-OKgu3g/s1600/May+21+Direct+Action.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="284" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2mdba-xx8P7GjIqa9yV3bDMgi-9HRW3psOzUvEfC_Uu-LtFMLx9wz5ocdvy9ZzPwcgBjXPlz7Xpkc1snURVMknKRxIQVhWf2Mor5KoTpTX_yiVtKXus0zru0x8Q24J5SKp2HX-OKgu3g/s640/May+21+Direct+Action.jpg" width="640" /></a></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <span style="background-color: white; color: #404040; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;">On May 21,&nbsp;</span><a href="https://resistaim.wordpress.com/" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #4e7373; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">ResistAIM</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #404040; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;">&nbsp;will be sponsoring an event where people from all over New York and the Northeast will come to the pipeline route for a day of peaceful civil disobedience. Activists will rally at a site where Spectra Energy is constructing the AIM pipeline in order to stop construction from proceeding, sending a powerful message that we will not let this company destroy our communities. While I support those who are in a position to risk arrest, there are many ways for people to be a part of the action in a non-arrestable way, and I encourage people in New York and surrounding...</span><br /> <span style="background-color: white; color: #404040; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"><br /></span> <span style="background-color: white; color: #404040; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"><a href="http://naturefanactivists.com/2016/05/18/new-yorkers-needed-to-resistaim-and-stop-the-pipeline/" target="_blank">Continue reading here...</a></span>http://appleguardians.blogspot.com/2016/05/new-yorkers-needed-to-resistaim-and.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Amanda)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1743365741910197863.post-4350635956496613805Tue, 17 May 2016 20:43:00 +00002016-05-17T16:43:26.933-04:00horseshoe crabred knot<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIWYxqNpEsyu9jpDOoavX6i-4oTVUrvG2irpQkfHtpzy4G9foOGeE4BMpcInM20gpnJs5EUcbPPQzzgaoyb2RiEeiouah89PWZ1sYhVXClH0mC-3GSFI5Z6lnry7zz2QhEgegYhk8cnp0/s1600/Red+knots+and+horseshoe+crabs.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="332" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIWYxqNpEsyu9jpDOoavX6i-4oTVUrvG2irpQkfHtpzy4G9foOGeE4BMpcInM20gpnJs5EUcbPPQzzgaoyb2RiEeiouah89PWZ1sYhVXClH0mC-3GSFI5Z6lnry7zz2QhEgegYhk8cnp0/s640/Red+knots+and+horseshoe+crabs.jpg" width="640" /></a></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> Deborah Cramer, whose beautifully titled Pulitzer prize winner, "The Narrow Edge: A Tiny Bird, an Ancient Crab, and an Epic Journey," celebrates the courageous -- even miraculous -- life of the red knot, spoke at the Library Society in Charleston, South Carolina on May 11. It was too far for me to attend, but I heard she spoke to a standing room only crowd! Who would have guessed that there could be such enthusiasm for an obscure bird that appears in South Carolina only briefly in the spring...</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> <br /></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> <a href="http://www.thenaturefan.com/red-knot-horseshoe-crab/" target="_blank">Continue reading here...</a></div> http://appleguardians.blogspot.com/2016/05/red-knot-and-horseshoe-crab.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Amanda)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1743365741910197863.post-6152844115433147130Mon, 16 May 2016 21:15:00 +00002016-05-16T17:15:31.366-04:00SustainableUSDA<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXXpTXUvdwxZV8RrMilzz3uU5QFPqiQMeXyUE9UWQtfykqxBWs6P7f7VYWVI76nvrAmul_AcJULyyO-zfJhyHMtGJwCAyjQ6R684f8ApBkPyw5foHH1XmXEx6-oWGCYUwgFKL5uR0AMOw/s1600/beef+cattle.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="364" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXXpTXUvdwxZV8RrMilzz3uU5QFPqiQMeXyUE9UWQtfykqxBWs6P7f7VYWVI76nvrAmul_AcJULyyO-zfJhyHMtGJwCAyjQ6R684f8ApBkPyw5foHH1XmXEx6-oWGCYUwgFKL5uR0AMOw/s640/beef+cattle.jpg" width="640" /></a></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> The American appetite for meat -- which is four times the global average -- is eating away at wild habitats, water, and even our climate. Yet while other governments have taken specific steps to recommend diets lower in meat and dairy, the US Department of Agriculture continues to cater to the livestock industry, leaving sustainability out of important policy conversations like our national dietary guidelines.</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> <br /></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> Think about it: Americans eat 50 billion pounds of meat a year, yet our farms don't even produce enough fruits and...</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> <br /></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> <a href="http://naturefanactivists.com/2016/05/16/urge-usda-to-promote-sustainable-diet/" target="_blank">Continue reading here...</a></div> <br />http://appleguardians.blogspot.com/2016/05/urge-usda-to-promote-sustainable-diet.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Amanda)0