#HoldenME - #Ecological #GardenDesign Workshop

Saturday, February 21, 9 am-12:30 pm
Fields Pond Audubon Center

"Join #MaineAudubon for a hands-on workshop exploring how to design beautiful, functional gardens that support #Maine #NativeWildlife. Led by #NativePlant expert Andrew Tufts, this half-day session will introduce ecological design principles, guide you through site analysis, and help you sketch a habitat-friendly garden plan for your own space. Perfect for beginners and seasoned gardeners alike!

Maine Audubon strives to provide inclusive and accessible programs for all members of the community. If you require accommodations to participate in this program, please email [email protected]. Maine Audubon can best meet the needs of requests submitted at least seven days before the event start date."

$45 member, $55 nonmember
Space is limited; pre-registration required.

FMI and to register:
https://maineaudubon.org/events/ecological-garden-design-feb21/

#SolarPunkSunday #MaineEvents #HabitatFriendlyGardens #Gardening #GardeningWorkshops #GardenPlanning #EcologicalGardens
#GardeningClasses #GardeningForPollinators

Poisoning native Australian predators in the name of rodent control

"Secondary poisoning is not an accidental or a misuse scenario. It is a highly predictable outcome of allowing the use of poisons in our ecosystems that accumulate in the body."

"Australia will continue using rodenticides that cause the greatest harm, Many native animals will continue to die slow and painful deaths." >>
https://theconversation.com/household-rat-poisons-found-to-be-unacceptable-risk-to-native-animals-so-why-arent-they-banned-272346
#Anticoagulant #rodenticides #SGARs #NativeWildlife #CompanionSpecies #biodiversity #poison #regulation #harm

Feral cat eradication on Christmas Island clashes with Malay culture

Waves spray and heave against the pocked cliffs of this remote coastline. You can trace 60 million years…
#NewsBeep #News #Headlines #AU #Australia #christmasislandferalcats #endangeredspecies #extinctspecies #feralcateradication #feralcats #howmuchdamagedoferalcatscause #indianoceanred-tailedtropicbirds #nativewildlife
https://www.newsbeep.com/236094/

Halloween trick-or-treating - a drive-through neighbourhood:

Spoiler: Driving and idling (fossil fuel combustion), plastic decoration, sugar 'treats' and traps for native wildlife.

Haunted by the spectre of climate disruption and the prospect of an uninhabitable biosphere they drive to event spaces turning neighbourhoods into drive-through (commercial) amusement parks for Halloween and Christmas.

* "People drive from miles and miles to participate in destination neighborhood festivities. The same kind of dynamic has long happened with Christmas.Halloween has gone from a primarily walking holiday to a driving holiday."
Where Have All the Trick-or-Treaters Gone on Halloween? Destination Neighborhoods >>
https://www.collegetowns.org/p/where-have-all-the-trick-or-treaters

* "Research suggests about 30 percent of birds' nests may include human-made materials, posing a risk to nestlings. Halloween in Australia coincides with bird nesting season and birds are often looking for nesting material at this time of year, so there is the potential for these types of decorations to have a bigger impact here than in North America and Europe." >>
https://www.sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/news/2025/10/21/halloween-in-australia-how-an-irish-tradition-became-a-uniquely-local-celebration.html

* Halloween on one Sydney street has grown so big it’s now sponsored
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/oct/30/halloween-renwick-street-sydney-trick-or-treat-sponsored

* Australians will spend a record $500 million on Halloween this year despite the so called cost-of-living crisis
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10-31/halloween-australia-growth-displays-community-connection/105954120

#Halloween #plastic #decorations #pollution #sugar #cars #driving #CarBrain #DriveThrough #traffic #suburbia #neighbourhoods #BigBoxStores #walking #SocialMedia #commercialisation #festivities #Christmas #NativeWildlife #birds #entanglements #pollution #spectacle #culture #ClimateDisruption #NSW

It took just 60 years for red foxes to colonise Australia from Victoria to the Pilbara

"European red foxes and domestic cats brought to Australia kill about 300 million native animals in Australia every year and remain the major driver of past and current extinctions."

"The first red foxes, (Vulpes vulpes), to arrive in Australia were deliberately released by European colonialists in 1870 in three Victorian locations – Werribee, Corio (near Geelong) and Ballarat. They were introduced for the “noble” sport of fox hunting."

"Unfortunately, the suppression of dingoes across Australia following European colonisation is at least partly to blame for the explosion in fox numbers because there are not sufficient densities of dingoes control foxes. Foxes flourish in areas modified by humans. We show that their populations are densest around urban centres, and they do well after land is cleared for agriculture."
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https://theconversation.com/it-took-just-60-years-for-red-foxes-to-colonise-australia-from-victoria-to-the-pilbara-267322
#biodiversity #NativeWildlife #conservation #dingo #extinction #hunting #SettlerSociety #synanthropes #InvasiveSpecies #cats #foxes #BellingenShire

Council warning as 'camouflaged' species takes over car parks, schools and hospitals https://apple.news/AaYetr2KsQUWgiUsAPJ2b9Q

#NativeWildlife #Australia #Curlews

‘These fish are delicious to eat’

Invasive species are known for weakening the ecosystems they infiltrate, causing harm to native wildlife and even disrupting the food chain. To combat the prevalence of an invasive species in his area, TikTok fisherman FishingWithConner (@fishingwithconner) shared a d…
#dining #cooking #diet #food #Cooking #DeliciousCuisines #deliciousrecipe #floridakeys #invasivespecies #nativewildlife
https://www.diningandcooking.com/2236133/these-fish-are-delicious-to-eat-2/

In a practice known as guerilla rewilding some environmentally-minded landowners are reintroducing native animals to their properties, without approval. They want the rules changed so more private sanctuaries can be established. But scientists say this could have serious animal welfare consequences.

#rewilding #guerillarewilding #wildlifeconservation #animalwelfare #biodiversity #ecology #environmentalpolicy #nativewildlife #privatesanctuaries #australianwildlife #conservationethics

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ztL13ktOZBg