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| This week in conservation February 4 - 11, 2008 |
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| Farm to School Community Meeting | ||||||||
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| Martha’s Vineyard Water Alliance meeting | ||||||||
 Wed, Feb 6, Martha’s Vineyard Water Alliance meeting. MV Commission, OB 12:30 PM |
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| Winter at Felix Neck, Creature Feature Series | ||||||||
 Fri & Sat Feb 8, & 9, Winter at Felix Neck, Creature Feature Series: Animals in Winter Deer: 10 - 11am. These programs offer young naturalists an opportunity to discover what some of the native Martha's Vineyard animals do in winter. Programs may include a story, song, craft, and short walk. For Children ages 3-6 with a parent/friend Fee: $6 Members, $9 Non Members: Registration required, call 508-627-4850 x 101 |
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| VCS Walk Explores Conservation Land at Seven Gates Farm | ||||||||
 Sun Feb 10, VCS Walk Explores Conservation Land at Seven Gates Farm VCS winter walks program focusing on the Island’s agricultural heritage will continue at 1:30 PM, with a guided walk at the 1,100 acres of protected open space at Seven Gates Farm. The walk will last approximately 2 hours. Space is limited. Call VCS for directions and to reserve a place 508 693 9588. |
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| Save The Date | ||||||||
| Island Grown Initiative MVRHS Present Local Food Dinner | ||||||||
 Mon, Feb 11, ISLAND GROWN INITIATIVE, MVRHS PRESENT WINTER LOCAL FOOD DINNER The Island Grown Initiative, together with Chef Dan Sauer from the Outermost Inn, is working with Martha's Vineyard Regional High School's Culinary Arts Department program director Jack O'Malley and his students to host a Winter Local Foods Dinner. School's Culinary Arts Department to host a Winter Local Foods Dinner. The dinner is open to the community, and will be held at 6pm at the Culinary Arts dining room at the High School. IGI, a community non-profit dedicated to supporting local food and farmers on the island, connected with Mr. O'Malley as part of its Farm To School outreach program. The program is active in all seven island schools and promotes agriculture-based learning while working with food service programs to bring fresh, local ingredients into the schools. Tickets for the Winter Local Food Dinner, on sale in Vineyard Haven at Cronig's Market and SBS, are $25 and go to support the MVRHS Culinary Arts Department. |
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| Beginner Knitting Class | ||||||||
 Sun, Feb 17, Beginner Knitting Class: Island Alpaca Farm, 11 am to 1 pm Have you always wanted to learn to knit? Have you knitted in the past and need a refresher? Join the knitting explosion that has taken over the country, in the last 10 year. Learn to knit! Supplies: All supplies are provided, additional yarns may be purchased at the Farm store. Registration: Contact instructor, Ann Marie D'Addarie @ 508-274-9696, or Farm, @ 1-508-693-5554, or send along and email to islandalpaca@verizon.net Class Fee: $25 |
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| Opportunities | ||||||||
| Environmental Literacy Grants | ||||||||
| The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) Office of Education (OED) is seeking applications for environmental literacy projects in support of K-12 education. Funded projects will be between one and five years in duration and will promote changes in K-12 education to expand the amount of Earth System Science taught in the classroom and improve student learning and application of that subject. See the OED website for the full announcement. Pre-proposals are required and are due by February 20. |
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| Coastal Counties Restoration Initiative | ||||||||
 The National Association of Counties, in partnership with the NOAA Community-Based Restoration Program, is seeking proposals for Coastal Counties Restoration Initiative (CCRI) grants. In 2008, CCRI will provide $500,000 in grants to improve stream, river, estuarine, and other important marine habitats, with a priority of fish passage barriers in coastal streams and rivers. Applications are due by March 24. |
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| Nature Update | ||||||||
| Seismic shift pondered in underground studies |
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WOODS HOLE — Geophysicists have long believed the Earth's plates are continually moving, but new research conducted in part by a Woods Hole scientist suggests otherwise. |
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| Energy Update | ||||||||
| First U.S City To Be Lit With 100% LEDs: Ann Arbor! |
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| Wastewater Update | ||||||||
| O.C. sewage will soon be drinking water |
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| Sustainability Update | ||||||||
| Demand and prices rise for organic food, but supply falls |
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| Climate Change Update | ||||||||
| Warming blamed for snowpack decline in West |
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EDGARTOWN, MA – New England’s bay scallops are coming from Nantucket and Martha’s Vineyard and there are plenty of them.
Conservation organizations that work to preserve biologically rich landscapes are confronting a painful realization: In an era of climate change, many of their efforts may be insufficient or beside the point.
Ann Arbor is on its way to being the first U.S. city to light up its downtown with 100% LED-based streetlights. The city expects to install more than 1,000 LED streetlights beginning next month. The city anticipates a 3.8-year payback on its initial investment.
A $490-million plant will clean effluent to state standards, then inject it into the groundwater basin for further filtration.
NEW YORK - True lovers of organic food have always been willing to pay more for it: They spend $3.99 on a half gallon of organic milk when a whole gallon of conventional milk is $1 less. But that devotion may soon be tested.
WASHINGTON - The persistent and dramatic decline in the snowpack of the mountains of the West is caused primarily by human-induced global warming and not the result of natural variability of weather patterns in the region, researchers reported yesterday.