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| This week in conservation March 10 - 16, 2008 |
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| Surfcasters Assoc. Meeting | |||||||||||
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| Cape Wind Meeting | |||||||||||
 Wed, March 12, Cape Wind Meeting 5 pm, Performing Arts Center, high school, Edgartown-Vineyard Haven Rd., Oak Bluffs. Public hearing with Minerals Management Service and Cape Wind Draft Environmental Impact Statement. Speakers sign-up at 4:30 pm, 3-minute limit. |
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| Cooking Demonstration with Chef Jan Buhrman | |||||||||||
 Wed, March 12, Cooking Demonstration with Chef Jan Buhrman is free at 5:30 p.m. at Chilmark Public Library. How to prepare preserved lemons and use them in traditional dishes including tangines, a slow-cooked dish of meat, fruit and vegetables. |
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| Friday Conversations | |||||||||||
 Fri, March 14, Friday Conversations 10-11:30 am, Oak Bluffs Senior Center, 21 Wamsutta Ave. Suzan Bellincampi, director of Felix Neck Wildlife Preserve. 508-693-9771. |
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| Mass. Land Conservation Conference, Worcester | |||||||||||
| Sat, March 29, Mass. Land Conservation Conference, Worcester 2008 Massachusetts Land Conservation Conference - 8:00 am - 4:00 pm Worcester Technical High School, Worcester, MA $38 if you register by Mar 14; $58 after Mar 14; lower rates for MLTC members (Box lunch available for additional $12) Sponsored by the Massachusetts Land Trust Coalition and The Trustees of Reservations’ Putnam Conservation Institute Get the Conference brochure and registration forms at: http://massland.org/pages/resources/conference.html or contact Angel Vega avega@ttor.org; 978.840.4446 x1905 to receive a hard copy in the mail. |
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| Announcement | |||||||||||
| Flip the Switch! | |||||||||||
 A quick reminded that the Lights Out Martha's Vineyard will take place on Saturday night, March 29, from 8PM to 9PM. We encourage any of you that might have newsletters or bulletins being sent out in the next few weeks to include the blurb and virtual poster (see in Lights Out section of the Home Page) Also we would appreciate your sending on the information to anyone that you think would be interested in participating in this event. Lights Out America now incorporated into 'Earth Hour', sponsored by the World Wildlife Fund, is a worldwide event! Go to the Lights Out section on the home page to sign up and be counted!*If anyone is interested in ordering chickens from the Flat Point Poultry farm, (story in local news section of March 3 Almanac) Contact Doug Brush youngblumfeld@gmail.com |
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| Grants & Job Opportunities | |||||||||||
| Smart Growth Implementation Assistance Program | |||||||||||
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is seeking applications for the Smart Growth Implementation Assistance (SGIA) Program to provide free technical assistance to communities, regions, or states that want to incorporate smart growth techniques into their future development. For more information, see the SGIA web page. Applications are due by May 8. |
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| Job Openings at the Woods Hole Research Center | |||||||||||
| Research Assistants / Post-Doctoral Researchers The Woods Hole Research Center has positions open for Research Assistants and Post-doctoral Researchers with experience and responsibilities in remote sensing and programming to monitor and analyze land-use change and to model ecosystem responses to climate change. For more information, see http://whrc.org/jobs |
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| Island Plan Update | |||||||||||
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| Nature Update | |||||||||||
| After 160 years, a wild gray wolf turns up in Mass. |
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| Wind Update | |||||||||||
| Wind turbines propel Logan's energy efforts |
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| Sustainable Update | |||||||||||
| My Forbidden Fruits (and Vegetables) |
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| Hogs help battle beetle in apple orchard |
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| CLAYTON TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) -- Jim Koan has gone hog-wild in his battle against a beetle that threatens his 120-acre organic apple orchard. As part of a research experiment believed to be among the first of its kind, Koan is using pigs to help protect his fruit from the plum curculio, a tiny insect that is among the most destructive apple pests. http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/ P/PIGS_NOT_PESTICIDE?SITE=MAHYC&SECTION=HOME &TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2008-03-05-08-10-01 |
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| Solar Update | |||||||||||
| Turning Glare Into Watts |
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More than 3,200 written submissions have been received in response to the draft gfvenvironmental impact statement on the Cape Wind project, and the federal Minerals Management Service has been forced to extend the deadline for comment by a month so yet more can be made.
Billings, Mont. (AP) -- The federal government is suspending a major loan program for coal-fired power plants in rural communities, saying the uncertainties of climate change and rising construction costs make the loans too risky.
Tues, March 11, Surfcasters Assoc. Meeting 7 pm, M.V. Rod and Gun Club, off Third St., Edgartown. Fishing club open to adults and juniors. Next meeting: April 8. 508-693-3360.
The new work groups – Built Environment, Social Environment, and Transportation- are meeting to draft objectives and strategies for discussion this summer. Some of the first five work groups are also meeting, to discuss how the most promising initiatives can be turned into action. The Development and Growth Study Group – part of the Steering Committee – is identifying and analyzing options, also for summer discussion. Meeting minutes are available on the website. 
A wild Eastern gray wolf roamed Western Massachusetts last fall before being shot to death on a farm, federal and state officials said yesterday. It was the first wolf confirmed in the state since hunters drove the species out more than 160 years ago. 
No, those were not propeller planes that mistakenly landed on Logan International Airport's headquarters yesterday. 
IF you’ve stood in line at a farmers’ market recently, you know that the local food movement is thriving, to the point that small farmers are having a tough time keeping up with the demand. 
BOULDER CITY, Nev. — At first, as he adjusted pumps and checked temperatures, Aaron Boucher looked like any technician in the control room of an electrical plant. Then he rushed to the window and scanned the sky, to check his fuel supply.