Coming Up (as of May 28)
Coming Up (as of May 28)
A day full of fun family events and community fellowship is on tap Saturday at the Second Annual Fun in the Sun Expo. The expo, presented by the Tribune & Georgian, will be held from 7:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Howard Gilman Memorial Park at the St. Marys, Ga. waterfront.
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New Zealand Blue Duck
Rare New Zealand Blue Duck preening at the London Wetland Centre in Barnes. The Blue duck has become scarce because imported mammals eat its eggs or young. It also has the interesting practice of only mating with its relatives! I don’t know if the Wetland people have managed to get them to breed in captivity. I included a shot of the artificial waterfall that’s been provided to make it feel at home.
SCWRP
SCWRP
Biology of the crayfish Orconectes causeyi and its use for control of aquatic weeds in trout lakes,
Biology of the crayfish Orconectes causeyi and its use for control of aquatic weeds in trout lakes,
Mercer Slough
Sorry for low quality- Click here for higher: www.vimeo.com A drained lake, Mercer Slough is a large wetland park in Bellevue. There is a large blueberry farm and a farm stand on land that was previously a farm. The peat soil keeps the fir trees from growing but is very good soil for a variety of wetland plants and animals. The river is home to great blue herons, ducks, geese, and the park is home to the Mercer Slough Environmental Education Center.
Wetlands Biome
A Wetland is described by the plant species that live in it. If an area is wet enough for long enough to support a majority of plants that are adapted to wet conditions then you have a wetland. We’ve created a whole tag on this at: www.untamedscience.com
Langford Lakes appeal
Wiltshire Wildlife Trust has launched an appeal for funds towards the cost of creating a spectacular new wetland habitat at its Langford Lakes Nature Reserve. 10 hectares of meadow and 300 metres of the River Wylye have been bought by the Trust to add to the existing reserve in South Wiltshire. This offers a unique opportunity to create a valuable new wetland benefiting a wide range of wildlife. The stretch of the River Wylye has also been enhanced in partnership with the Environment Agency. This video shows our plans and some of the work already carried out. To make a dontaion or find out more about the appeal go to: www.wiltshirewildlife.org.uk Thank you
AQUARIUS SYSTEMS PORCE
AQUARIUS SYSTEMS aquatic weed HARVESTER, WORKING COLLECTING water hyacinth IN PORCE´S DAM, ANTIOQUIA, COLOMBIA
How Wal-Mart Came to Haslett
Michigan youth investigate the dubious circumstances under which a Wal-Mart appeared on a wetland in their small town. Directed and produced by the Meerkat Media Collective.
Goolwa South Australia
A collection of still images & video from 2000 to March 2009 from Goolwa North to the Goolwa Barrage highlighting the water crisis in South Australia, at the end of the Murray River. Australia’s largest river system being sucked dry by greed. Profits put ahead of the environment. Having received very little environmental flow for years the river system is dying from the mouth up… “The end, of the end of The Murray” Over-allocation of water from the Murray Darling Basin has caused the demise of the RAMSAR listed Lower Lakes & Coorong in South Australia. We now face the problem of acid sulphate soils in many wetland areas below Lock 1. Hopefully the regulators proposed for Currency Creek and the Goolwa Channel will be able to save this wetland area. But there are many other wetland sites in South Australia needing attention too. The whole perimeter of Lakes Alexandrina & Albert included. The lack of environmental flows from the Murray River to South Australia should never have been allowed to get this bad. There is considerable misinformation about the history of the Lower Lakes & Coorong in the media. Especially as to the environment of The Lakes before the barrages.. The website for Department of water, Land and Biodiversity Conservation has a fact sheet on The Lower Murray Lakes & Coorong see www.dwlbc.sa.gov.au “Prior to the regulation and diversion of the River, the Lakes were predominantly fresh only becoming brackish at times of extended low flows. Under natural …
