Archive for February, 2009

Mid-South Fishing report (Memphis Commercial Appeal)

Saturday, February 28th, 2009
The following highlights the lakes and streams where Mid-South fishing is best this week:

Saturday Alaska Progressive Blog Roundup - February 28, 2009

Saturday, February 28th, 2009
Part One: Learning Back in early January, when Emmonak resident Nick Tucker wrote a letter to the Dillingham Bristol Bay Times, nobody could have predicted his action would turn into what is beginning to look like a pivotal event in public awareness of a host of problems in the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta. His letter resulted in a January 12th article in the Times , carried by other papers in the Alaska Newspapers Group . The next day Mark Dent from the Anchorage Daily News New

Maine Friends Of Animals “Ethics Nazis”, Purveyors Of Bad Information

Saturday, February 28th, 2009
Jayne Winters, a board member of Maine Friends of Animals , was allowed to write a column that appeared in today’s Kennebec Journal . Her piece is in support of the Maine Legislature’s LD 560, a bill that would ban shooting animals on private land. In her piece she quotes only part of what I said in an article I wrote about the nonsense of trying to legislate one’s ethical ideals. Here is how Winters quoted me. In a recent blog entry, Tom Remington states, “It’s not about whether you ap

Studio Starts #135: A Favourite Memory

Friday, February 27th, 2009
For this week’s Studio Starts, we would love it if you would share one of your favourite memories. Here’s are some of the moments and memories that the Studio Crew will always treasure: BECKY Here’s my most favorite memory ever…oh, this one has always melted my heart! Loved playing with this adorable pink pink pink kit by Franziska! I’ve barely scratched the surface! Can’t wait to scrap some more with it! CREDITS: Franziska Altmann’s Vintage Flowers; Type Right JENN I loved doing this c

ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT: Bill reverses last minute Bush rule changes to ESA

Friday, February 27th, 2009
Section 7 of the Endangered Species Act “ directs all Federal agencies to use their existing authorities to conserve threatened and endangered species and, in consultation with the Service, to ensure that their actions do not jeopardize listed species or destroy or adversely modify critical habitat, [and] Section 7 applies to management of Federal lands as well as other Federal actions that may affect listed species, such as Federal approval of private activities through the issuance of Federal