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This week is “National Invasive Species Awareness Week” and a number of organizations around the country are holding workshops or distributing information to educate and inform the public about the threats invasive species pose to our natural resources including wetlands. … Continue reading

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My 16-year old brother is President of his high school class.  He thinks it’s fairly common when his science class goes on a field trip or takes place outside. His high school has a Water Quality Monitoring Team, a Climate … Continue reading

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What is dredging? Underwater excavation is called “dredging.” Usually when people think of “dredged material,” they imagine the murky water from the sediments stirred up in the process of dredging a river, waterway or wetland. For example, the Army Corps … Continue reading

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Costello: Are you the manager? Abbott: Yes. Costello: You gonna be the coach too? Abbott: Yes. Costello: And you don’t know the fellows’ names? Abbott: Well I should. Costello: Well then who’s on first? Abbott: Yes. Who’s on First? by … Continue reading

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“Sometimes these animals are crushed seemingly to pieces, and, to all appearance, utterly destroyed; yet still they set themselves to work, and, in a few days, mend all their numerous breaches… to the re-establishment of the ruined habitation.” -Oliver Goldsmith, … Continue reading

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Spring Break has changed.   Years ago it was known solely as a chance to head south, find a place in the sun—preferably a hot sunny beach crammed with like-minded young people—and have a week-long party.  Now there’s more. Last year … Continue reading

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Today the Deep Water Horizon Oil Spill has been declared the largest ‘unintentional’ oil spill in history http://www.washingtonpost.com/wpdyn/content/article/2010/ 08/02/AR2010080204695.html?wpisrc=nl_headline. It also is not the only oil spill in the news. Last week EPA reported that over a million gallons of … Continue reading

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Study finds post-restoration wetland succession highly variable Conservation Maven blog – Reviewed by Evyan Borgnis – February 25, 2010 http://www.conservationmaven.com/frontpage /study-finds-post-restoration-wetland-succession-highly-varia.html

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Most teenagers start out working as a busboy or babysitter. My first job was at a jail. I was the docent for the Lincoln County Historical Association’s Old Jail Museum in Wiscasset, Maine. I led visitors through the 1811 jail … Continue reading

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Celebrate Fall at a National Wildlife Refuge Near You:  Fall 2009 Events Wetland Restoration Workshop at Sweet Briar College September 11-13, 2009 in Amherst, Virginia.  Participants will be involved in the actual restoration of two wetlands.  Visit: http://www.wetlandsandstreamrestoration.org/ index_files/Page668.htm Go … Continue reading

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