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| This week in conservation March 17 - 23, 2008 |
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| CIRenew Presents Session on Geothermal Heating, Cooling | |||||||||||
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| Woodcock Wandering | |||||||||||
 Thurs, March 20, Woodcock Wandering, 6:30 - 7:30 pm Felix Neck Wildlife Sanctuary, Edgartown-Vineyard Haven Rd., Edgartown. Love is in the air as the sun sets in early spring. The American woodcock, a member of the sandpiper family, performs his aerial mating display. Hear his peenting call and hopefully see him spiral into the air then return to his launch site. Recommended for adults and families with children ages 5+. Members: Free, Non-members: $5 |
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| Moonrise Meander | |||||||||||
 Fri, March 21, Moonrise Meander 6:50 pm, Felix Neck Wildlife Sanctuary, Edgartown-Vineyard Haven Rd., Edgartown. Nighttime nature walk with Suzan Bellincampi. $8; $4 for members. 508-627-4850. |
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| Alpaca Farm Open House | |||||||||||
 Sat, March 22, Alpaca Farm Open House 11 am-5 pm, Island Alpaca Company, 1 Head of the Pond Rd., Oak Bluffs. Refreshments; donations welcome. 508-693-5554. |
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| Beekeeping Lecture | |||||||||||
 Sat, March 22, Beekeeping Lecture 1 pm, Oak Bluffs School, Tradewinds Rd. M.V. Beekeepers speak on chemical-free and small-cell beekeeping. 508-645-9645. |
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| Nutrition Lecture | |||||||||||
| Sat, March 22, Nutrition Lecture 7-8 pm, Natural Food Barn, 294 State Rd., Vineyard Haven. With Lisa Vunk. White flour and whole grain. Weekly through May 3. Free. 508-471-3707. | |||||||||||
| Save The Date | |||||||||||
| Vineyard Conservation Society's 16th annual Earth Day Beach Clean-up | |||||||||||
 On Martha's Vineyard, our beaches are among our most precious resources. For 16 years, the Vineyard Conservation Society has helped protect them by sponsoring an annual Earth Day Beach Clean-Up. This year's event is on Saturday, April 19th, from 10 to noon—so bring your family and friends to your favorite beach, where we'll have volunteers on hand with everything you'll need, ready to show you what to do. Then afterwards, come join us at SBS for a free community lunch, with animals, kids' games, and lots of community spirit. To learn more, go to vcsmv.org or call 508-693-9588. Together we can make a difference.EDGARTOWN State Beach, bend in the road, South Beach, Wilson's Landing, Edgartown Great Pond, Fuller Street Beach OAK BLUFFS State Beach, Little Bridge, Town Beach, Marinelli Beach TISBURY Eastville Beach, VH Harbor at Tisbury Texaco, Lagoon Pond, Town Landing, Hines Point Lake St. Landing, Tashmoo Tashmoo Opening, Owen Park Beach, Owen Little Way Beach UP-ISLAND Lambert's Cove Beach, Cedar Tree Neck, Menemsha Beach, Squibnocket Beach, Lobsterville Beach Gay Head Beach |
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| U.S. EPA Funding Opportunity | |||||||||||
| Introduction The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Office of Research and Development (ORD) National Center for Environmental Research (NCER), in cooperation with the EPA Global Change Research Program, announces a competition for projects supporting research into the consequences of climate change for U.S. water quality to support human and aquatic life uses. EPA is interested in the hydrologic and other watershed processes that affect water resources that may be altered by a changing climate. A better national scale understanding of the range of potential consequences of climate change will be useful both for fully accounting for the impacts of climate change and for developing regional adaptive strategies to reduce the risk of harmful impacts. http://es.epa.gov/ncer/rfa/2008/2008_star_gcwq.html via NAML |
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| Nature Update | |||||||||||
| Ospreys' return means it's spring |
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| Solar Update | |||||||||||
| Solar Energy Firms Leave Waste Behind in China |
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| Wind Update | |||||||||||
| Vineyard preservationists divided on wind farm |
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| Climate Change Update | |||||||||||
| Global warming to affect transport |
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A few things became quite clear at Wednesday night’s public hearing on the draft environmental impact statement on the Cape Wind project.
But Agency Ignored Advisers' Guidance
Tues, March 18, CIRenew Presents Session on Geothermal Heating, Cooling Brian Hayden of HeatSpring Energy will talk about the use of geothermal heating and cooling and its potential on Cape during the next chapter meeting of the Cape and Islands Renewable Energy Collaborative (CIRenew) at 7 p.m. March 18 at the Woods Hole Research Center.
This winter has progressed in fits and starts. It just keeps on coming despite the rapidly increasing power of the sun, when it is not raining.
GAOLONG, China -- The first time Li Gengxuan saw the dump trucks from the nearby factory pull into his village, he couldn't believe what happened. Stopping between the cornfields and the primary school playground, the workers dumped buckets of bubbling white liquid onto the ground. Then they turned around and drove right back through the gates of their compound without a word. 
WEST TISBURY — Marnie Stanton worries about global warming. "Climate change is a huge issue, and Mother Nature is always batting last. If we don't clean up our act fast, we'll be underwater," said Stanton, coordinator for the Vineyard Conservation Society's online almanac.
WASHINGTON - Flooded roads and subways, deformed railroad tracks and weakened bridges may be the wave of the future with continuing global warming, a new study says.