Hauraki Gulf restoration: $26m plan backs 19 new protected areas
The investment supports the Hauraki Gulf / Tīkapa Moana Marine Protection Act 2025, which establishes 19 new protected…
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https://www.newsbeep.com/212742/
Here’s why #ConvictedFelon #DonaldTrump’s #lawyers are in #court for the #electioninterference #case.
The #judge has to begin sorting out which parts of the #indictment of the former president must be tossed out because of a #Corrupt #SupremeCourt #ruling on #Establishing a non-existent #presidentialimmunity for violating #Federal #criminallaw
The Judge is seeking input on how to do it.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/05/us/politics/trump-election-case.html
#Politically #Partisan #SupremeCourt is increasingly #establishing #religion in violation of the #Constitution by prioritizing #Christians’ #FirstAmendment #rights ahead of others’ #equally valid rights to #HumanDignity and the #equalprotection of the #law.
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Conservatives #Extremism #Fascism #Hategroups #RepublicanParty #Religion #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Discrimination #Homophobia #Transphobia #EmptyThePews #ThePartyOfHate
Using the rhetoric of the First Amendment, a string of US Supreme Court cases has allowed members of some religious groups to limit the freedoms of other Americans.
Excellent paper describing the initial and subsequent detections of #Vespa #mandarinia (a.k.a. #Asian #giant #hornet or #murder #hornet).
A fact I wasn't aware of: researchers and pest managers used #radio-tagged, live-captured hornets to lead them back to #nests (usually found in #red #alder cavities).
Tons of other valuable information in the paper as well.
Quote: "It is too early to feel confident that the species has been prevented from #establishing..."
Vespa mandarinia Smith 1852 is a semi-specialized predator of other social Hymenoptera and one of the two largest species of Vespa. Several individuals of this predatory wasp were detected in Canada and the United States in 2019, including an entire nest that was located and destroyed on Vancouver Island, British Columbia. The Washington State Department of Agriculture and the United States Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service have collaborated to survey Washington State for V. mandarinia since 2020, using traps staffed by agency personnel, collaborators from local governments and nongovernmental organizations, and the general public. Trap data and public reports were used to select sites for live-trapping or net surveys, and live hornets captured in these efforts were subsequently collected and fitted with radio tags to locate nests. The survey ultimately led to the discovery of a V. mandarinia nest in October 2020, and three nests in August and September 2021. All of the nests were located within in red alder trees (Alnus rubra), with one just above the ground in a standing dead tree, and the other three in cavities ~2 to 5 meters above the ground in living trees. The number of combs in each nest varied between four and ten, cells between 418 and 1,329, and total hornets per nest between 449 and 1,474 (including immature and mature stages). Together, the four nests indicate an incipient population of V. mandarinia in the Cascadia region, and ongoing action by local, state, provincial, and federal governments, and residents of both countries is required to avoid the establishment of this exotic species in the region.
#IcebergPoint on the south end of #LopezIsland is among 1,000 acres in the #archipelago now #protected under a #ManagementPlan for the #SanJuanIslands National Monument.
Remember the #BarackObama era? When he was president 10 years ago, he signed a #proclamation #establishing the San Juan Islands (SJI) #NationalMonument on March 25.
https://salish-current.org/2023/03/15/management-plan-in-place-as-san-juan-islands-monument-turns-10
#PNW #PacificNorthwest #Cascadia #WashingtonState #nature #LandConservancy #conservation #anniversary #SalishSea #biodiversity #Salish
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