Azaleas in the Woods (c) 2009 Patty Hankins
Here are some links I found interesting this week – hope you enjoy them
Photography and Art Links
CopyrightZone has More Myths that Will Not Die
PDNPulse has Copyright Infringement? There’s An App for That,
DenverPost has Captured: America in Color 1939 – 1943
Plagiarism Today has What the New DMCA Exemptions Mean to You
Photo Business News & Forum has What’s A CD Cover Worth? and US Open + Craigslist + PR Company = Idiocy
The Last Rolls of Kodachrome Film were recently developed – NPR and Witchita Times have the story
Washington Post has Freedom of Photography: Police, Security Often Clamp Down Despite Public Right
Are they or aren’t they? A group of Ansel Adams negatives may have been found. CNN and PDNPulse have the story
NYTimes has Step Away from the Camera
Gardening, Plants & Flowers Links
UPI has Screw-caps Seen as Threat to Environment
The Natural Capital has Rose Mallow: Our Local Hibiscus
Invasive Notes has Invasive Species Confusion Confounds
NYTimes has Botanical Gardens Look for New Lures
Karen’s Garden Tips has Five Favorite Perennials for Wet Soils
National Park & Wildlife Refuge Links
National Parks Traveler has Don’t Collect That Shell – Unexploded WWII Bomb Turns Up at Cape Lookout National Seashore, Yellowstone National Park Officials Offer Six Alternatives for Winter Use Plans, Smokey the Bear Campaign Enters the 21st Century, Interior Secretary Sued for Not Following Endangered Species Guidelines in Gulf of Mexico, and National Public Lands Day is Right Around the Corner,
Refuge Watch has Pressure to Open Featherstone NWR, Protests Over Death of Freshwater Marsh at Prime Hook NWR, and Dune Restoration Proposal at Prime Hook NWR
Asheville Citizen Times has 35 Acres Next to Blue Ridge Parkway Now Protected
Wildlife Links
Bush Warriors has Bloodbath in Chitwan National Park: Nepal Goes to War Against Rhino Poachers
BBCNews has New Ponds Attract Rare Wildlife,and Cheetahs Will Run Again in India
The Guardian has Lionfish Boom Threaten Atlantic Ecosystems
US Fish and Wildlife Service Adds Two Ecuadorean Birds to the Endangered Species List
Environmental Issues Links
CSMonitor has Activists Frustrated at Obama’s Environmental Record, What Can Save the Gulf’s Fragile Coastal Wetlands? Salt Water Perhaps,
Wire and Twine has 50 Ways to Help the Planet
BBCNews has UN Declares Clean Water a Fundamental Human Right
WWF Climate Blog has In State of the Climate Report, Scientists From All Continents Confirm Climate Change is Underway