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Skywalk to Nowhere
Have you heard about the Grand Canyon Skywalk? It's a project by the Hualapai Nation of Arizona to create a new tourist destination at the Grand Canyon. Nature Noted reader Peggy Hall is not impressed....
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The Oaks of Memory
The human toll of Hurricane Katrina has been well documented.... althought I fear that most Americans have moved on and aren't aware of just how slowly the reconstruction is taking. But there are...
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Adding Pictures
I'm just back from the Mississippi Gulf Coast, and armed with my (and my wife's) early Christmas gift... I will attempt to begin the next revolution in Nature Noted world history..... pictures! Yes I...
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Woodpecker Part Deux
The hunt for the elusive Ivory Billed Woodpecker is underway again across the Mississippi River from here. The U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service has sent out a press release announcing that the...
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Nature Preserve Facing Condemnation
In what is being called an unprecedented action, a county in Texas has begun condemnation proceedings against an entire nature preserve owned by The Nature Conservancy on South Padre Island. The issue...
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The Boreal Alternative
While Congress fights over opening ANWR to oil drilling, a coalition of environmentalists, Indian groups and big business are presenting an alternative vision of how to responsibly develop the Canadian...
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Willacy's Lunacy
A few more details on Willacy County's (TX) plans to condemn a TNC nature preserve on South Padre Island so the county can have a ferry landing to boost tourism. You might ask, how did we get to the...
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Preserved But Not Protected
Preserved, but not protected. That's the title of a new report from the Connecticut Council on Environmental Quality (warning, it's a big file). The report outlines the problem of keeping preserved...
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Merry Christmas to All
We're off to Texas for Christmas. If you're still looking for gift ideas, check out The Uneasy Chair for an end of the year list of great book suggestions. I'm sticking with my book suggestion of the...
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Won't be missing 2005
What a year. Hurricanes, War, Global Warming, Pestilence, and now Jon's bailing on The Uneasy Chair. I'm so glad 2005 is heading out the door. I only hope and pray that 2006 is a happier year for...
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Saving The Not So Cute
The NY Times had an article yesterday that talked about the human trait to be drawn to, and to try to protect the "cute things" of the world. Like pandas, penguins and little puppy dogs. The story even...
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Sacred Trust
Many people view nature as a touch of the divine, but some places are a little more sacred than others. Case in point, Bear Butte, South Dakota.. More than 60 Native American tribes consider the...
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Green Ranches
The Green Ranching movement is getting a little bit of buzz this week. The Arizona Republic has the story of how the Grand Canyon Trust and the Conservation Fund have become among the biggest ranch...
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One Expensive Block
It's the old real estate saw, location, location, location. And just as you pay more for that house in the hot neighborhood, so land trusts have to pay more for property with a high development value....
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Speaking of Expensive
This one won't come cheap, either... Check out The Nature Conservancy Partners With 100 Groups To Save Most Significant 25,000 Acres Of Open Space & 10,000 Acres Farmland On (Long Island)...
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Highlighting The Comments
I know it's a little redundant to repost comments... but a recent exchange is worth pointing out. Tim Abbott of Walking the Berkshires posted a thoughtful comment (and officially the longest one in the...
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Saving the Camp
A campaign is underway to keep America's first Boy Scout camp from being developed. Camp Owasippe is a 48 hundred acre camp on Lake Michigan that has been used by Chicago area Boy Scouts for decades....
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They like you, they really like you....
Folks at The Nature Conservancy should be feeling pretty good about themselves. A nationwide Harris Poll found TNC to be the most trusted among 13 national large non-profits. That's great news for an...
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It's getting hot in here
2005 warmest year in last 100 years.... and that's without any major weather disturbances.... yikes.2005 warmest year on record:NASA.LATE ADD"Here's a striking fact from the NASA press release: Since...
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No Going Back?
Depressed yet? If not, this article should do the trick"Now that most scientists agree human activity is causing Earth to warm, the central debate has shifted to whether climate change is progressing...
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Marty Bender
I didn't know Marty Bender, but after obituary on the home page of the Land Institute, I thought what a shame he won't be around as the country debates the future of using our natural resources. Here's...
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Great Bear Rising
After years of wrangling and debate, The Great Bear Rainforest is about to become one of the largest protected areas in North America. The new park is the result of years of negotiations between the...
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Accreditation Board Named
The Land Trust Alliance has announced the formation of its new commission to oversee land trust accreditation. The "Land Trust Accreditation Commission: An Independent Program of the Land Trust...
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Urban Land Trusts
Land trusts aren't just for wilderness. Here's a plea for for Urban Trusts as well.
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A site to check out
No, we didn't lose access to the internet or electricity here in Memphis. My semi-regular blogging has been less regular lately, but I shake out of Greta Garbo land to pass along an interesting...
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