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Wandering the mountains, lakes, trails, & waterfalls of NE Georgia...soon.

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That bacon you love? A predominantly black community in eastern North Carolina waged a nine-year legal battle to reclaim their rights to clean air, pure water, and a life free from the stench of hog shit.

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www.nytimes.com/1964/03/11/a...

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Try a tour of the Nemours Estate. They probably have a place you can put the slats (maybe a coat room?) while you tour it.

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Never do today what you can put off until tomorrow is my motto.

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Good morning. ☀️ Anna’s hummingbird grooming 🪶

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On a different note... Are you watching Da Beauty League hockey games this summer? They will have a women's game and 2 men's games every Wednesday starting next week and ending the last week of August.

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Yep. My bald eagle's idea of displaying its grandeur as America's national bird - sitting in a football stadium parking lot. 🙄 In all fairness to the eagle, a pond and a river are nearby.🪶

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"Over the past 80 years, one of the most resilient and hearty owls has practically engulfed a continent. Not everyone is pleased." Hakai Magazine

ICYMI, @dptbirder.bsky.social.🪶

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The three Marjories (Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, Marjorie Harris Carr, and Marjory Stoneman Douglas) had their eyes on the birds. 🪶

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"You open the beaches on the 4th of July, it's like ringing the dinner bell” 🦈 ~ Chief Brody, Jaws

Seriously though.... Which shark species are threatened with extinction?

Ask him anything about sharks. #MarineLife

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Sure thing. Glad I could help. It's a very difficult issue with a lot of moving parts that aren't exactly conducive to being summarized in short posts.

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Public comments are generally eye-opening to the uninitiated. lol

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If anyone is interested in submitting public comments to the USFS on their draft guidance for old growth management on national forests, here is the announcement which contains the link to the Federal Register notice and other relevant information.

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Our growth patterns are part of the problem as well when we focus on cars and suburbia.

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Other issues arise with the Great Plains as it is home to grassland birds and populations of animals and plants that don't exist elsewhere.

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Sometimes people forget, or don't realize, that the USFS is part of the Dept. of Agriculture, not the Dept. of Interior which has a more environmentally-focused mission.

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The USFS has had some "interesting" positions on logging in the past....many of them not good for the protection of old growth forests - including especially timber sales. They're currently seeking public comment on draft guidance for old growth management on national forests.

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Will hunting delay demise of the spotted owls? Yes. But will it stop it? No. Hunting barred owls MAY be partial answer to the problem, but there has to be more to the plan than that.

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Not an ornithologist, but am a biologist/ecologist. Carrying capacity: A population rises to an area's carrying capacity, i.e, as long as there are sufficient resources available, barred owls will continue moving in.

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From oranges in Brazil to cocoa in west Africa; olives in southern Europe to coffee in Vietnam, permanently shifting weather patterns as a result of climate change are reducing crop yields, squeezing supplies and driving up prices. ] Read more:

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Looks like a great fair. I'll have to make sure we visit it sometime when we're up that way visiting family.

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For fair food, my favorite in Muncie area is Mooreland Free Fair in August. Fair Board serves up fried tenderloins and the Mooreland Friends Church serves some really delicious ham and beans & cornbread at the fair too. Family's from Modoc (yeah, nobody's ever heard of it if they're not from IN). 😂

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Maybe you need to make a visit to Ball State University in Muncie? If not, I'd try to find some pretext for one. 😂 Gaston is a short drive from there.

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Best fried pork tenderloin sandwiches are at a BP gas station in Gaston, IN. You can drive right around the corner (approximately 5 miles) to Matthews, IN to a covered bridge park and enjoy nature and a great mural.

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Yesterday it was a bird bath. Today it's a large fresh water drinking bowl for my next door neighbor's cat. KEVIN!!!! 🙄

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🪶 The Mount Rainier white-tailed ptarmigan, found atop the Cascades from Canada to southern Washington, is about a foot long and weighs just about a pound & has officially been listed as a threatened species, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced Tuesday.

www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...

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Thank you, Shana. I'm so sorry you lost one the same way. It's a terrible way to lose your pet.

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One year ago today, I had to put down my sweet floofer, Molly, due to a feline injection site sarcoma. I miss my sweet kitty. 😔

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Excuse me...Can't you see that I'm trying to take a bath?! 🪶

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Happy Canada Day to my Canadian friends and all who celebrate.

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Those are gorgeous, Heather. I've seen large patches of lady slippers here (and they're beautiful), but they're not the showy type. I'm going to have to take a quick trip to NC or TN (the southern end of their range closest to me) to see if I can find some.

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Shenandoah National Park's streams and rivers closed to fishing due to low flows and high water temperatures. Previous droughts in 2021 and 2023 also closed fishing in the Park. 🌿

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You can always ask them if they are tied to a donor-advised fund or other 501(c)(3) organization and give them a donation. (They're not a 501(c)(3), but instead a 501(c)(8) as a fraternal benefit organization, and donations are not tax deductible.)

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The dreaded Cuban brown anole. Don't get me wrong, I like #herps, just not non-native bullies that outcompete my sweet little native green anoles. 🦎

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Take the walk in the woods and some deep breaths. Don't read anything about what I'm referring to...just mute it. It's better that way. Following my own advice now.

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My emotional support Canadians (all of them Habs fans) deserted me during the Stanley Cup final by making fun of me because I said I loved the game of hockey just before game 7. 😢

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Did one of the words begin with S and the other word begin with C? 😜

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