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| This week in conservation February 11 - 17, 2008 |
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| Island Grown Initiative, MVRHS Present Winter Local Food Dinner | |||||||||||
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| Overview of the new Federal Report on Cape Wind | |||||||||||
 Mon, Feb 11, Overview of the new Federal Report on Cape Wind, 6:30 at the Katharine Cornell Theatre, general public invited. |
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| Owl always be yours! | |||||||||||
 Thurs, Feb 14, Owl always be yours! Felix Neck Sanctuary 10:00 - 11:00 am, and 3:30 - 4:30 pm Create an owl valentine for your sweetheart and discover the barn owls at Felix Neck. We will look at the owls in our camera, dissect owl pellets to see what they eat, and make valentines. Members $2 Non-members $4 Call 508-627-4850 x 101 with questions |
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| Cape Light Discussion | |||||||||||
 Fri, Feb 15, Cape Light Discussion, Joseph Soares of Cape Light Compact will discuss electricity rate trends and future plans from 10 to 11:30 a.m. in a Friday Conversation at the Oak Bluffs Senior Center. Cape Light provides electric power for many on the Cape and Islands. More information is available by calling 508-693-9771. |
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| Chicken - local as you like it! IGI - Poultry Workshops | |||||||||||
 Sat, Feb 16, Chicken - local as you like it! IGI - Poultry Workshops, New Ag Hall, West Tisbury 9am - 5pm open to all levels of interest, all levels of experience. Workshops in raising egg layers, housing, processing and marketing. Schedule: (subject to change) *Cycles of life and feed ( Oscar Thompson of Oscar's Eggs, VH, Richard Andre of Cleveland Farm, WT,) 9-10:30 *Poultry housing and predation (coops, tractors): Doug Brush, Flat Point Farm, WT and Patrick McNiff, Casey Farm, RI: 10:30-11:30 *Meat birds: Patrick McNiff, Casey Farm, RI 11:30-12:30 *Heritage turkeys: Julia Cronin, Cedar Meadow Farm, CT 12:30-1:30 *Processing and marketing Ali Berlow of IGI, Jim McLaughlin, Cornerstone Farm, NY and Rose Willet, Fiddlehead Farmstand WT: 1:30-3 *Cooking: 3-5pm, Jan Buhrman + Dan Sauer of Outremost Inn cooking with local meat & meet + greet for farmers and cooks! For info contact: info@islandgrown.org 508.696.8609 |
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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!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: $35 |
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| North Shore Conservation Restriction Walk Chilmark | |||||||||||
 Sun, Feb 17, North Shore Conservation Restriction Walk Chilmark, The Trustees of Reservations, 1 p.m. – 3 p.m Some of the most exquisite habitats on the Vineyard will be walked as we enjoy time on this privately-owned North Shore Conservation Restriction. Free to members of The Trustees of Reservations; $15 for non-members. Please call for directions. No dogs allowed. Reservations are required, as space is limited. To register, please call (508) 693-7662. |
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| Save The Date | |||||||||||
| Public Hearing held by the US Mineral Management Service on the Cape Wind DEIS | |||||||||||
 Wed, Mar 12, Public Hearing held by the US Mineral Management Service on the Cape Wind DEIS- this event will be held at 5PM, at the Martha's Vineyard Regional High School Auditorium in Oak Bluffs. Speakers are advised to get there early (if possible) to make sure you get a good spot on the sign up sheet, 4:30 arrival time recommended. Speakers will likely be limited to 3 minutes.For more information on the MMS Public Comment period that is now underway, visit: http://www.capewind.org/article139.htm. |
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| Climate Change Update | |||||||||||
| Ice Melt Accelerates Around the World |
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 With atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations at new record highs and global average temperature now some 0.8 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels, the frozen regions of the earth are showing us just how rapidly climate change can take effect. Recent years have seen ice melt accelerate and spread to new, previously unaffected regions. In many areas, the pace of melting has surprised even the scientists studying it most closely, providing a strong early indication that the consequences of climate change could come faster and be more severe than previously believed.http://www.earthpolicy.org/Indicators/Ice/2008.htm |
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| Genetically Modified Food Update | |||||||||||
| U.S. seeks to retaliate against EU in GMO case |
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| Nature Update | |||||||||||
| Navy Must Comply With No-Sonar Rule |
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| Die-off of bats could hurt area crops |
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 A mysterious illness is sickening and killing thousands of hibernating bats in New York and Vermont, baffling scientists who fear that tens of thousands more may be dying in abandoned mines and dark caves throughout the Northeast. http://www.boston.com/news/local/ articles/2008/02/07/die_off_of_bats_could_hurt_area_crops/ |
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| Sustainability Update | |||||||||||
| Massachusetts Department of Agricultural Resources (MDAR) |
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The Martha’s Vineyard Water Alliance has produced a brochure entitled “Water Quality Management Plan, One Island-Shared Watersheds”. Its purpose is to provide information about how groundwater works, what is causing water quality problems in our ponds, and how the Island can do something about it with comprehensive watershed management planning.
Four years ago the Vineyard Energy Project wrote a ten-year action plan outlining a series of strategies for the Island — which imports virtually all of its energy — to achieve greater independence.
Three of Wall Street's biggest investment banks are set to announce today that they are imposing new environmental standards that will make it harder for companies to get financing to build coal-fired power plants in the U.S.
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.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.
GENEVA, Jan 30 (Reuters) - The United States underlined on Wednesday its right to retaliate against the European Union in a row over an EU ban on biotech crops.
Environmental groups seeking to protect whales from the potentially harmful effects of sonar cheered a legal victory against the Navy and the Bush administration. 
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