A Very Special Birthday!

BLOG: National Wildlife Refuge Birthday – Images by Art Wolfe

The National Wildlife Refuge System celebrates its 108th birthday on March 14. On this date in 1903, President Teddy Roosevelt established the first national wildlife refuge on Florida’s Pelican Island to protect wild birds from bounty hunters.

President Roosevelt would go on to protect 52 more areas as wildlife sanctuaries before leaving office. Today, the Refuge System’s 553 national wildlife refuges and 38 wetland management districts support at least 700 species of birds, 220 mammals, 250 reptiles and amphibians, more than 1,000 species of fish and countless invertebrates and plants.

http://www.fws.gov/refuges/

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THE QUIET WORLD


BLOG: The Quiet World – Images by Art Wolfe

I am very proud to be a contributor to Douglas Brinkley’s latest book The Quiet World: Saving Alaska’s Wilderness Kingdom 1879-1960. This is the second book in his conservation trilogy which began with his award-winning tome about Theodore Roosevelt, The Wilderness Warrior.

For a book review: http://tinyurl.com/4vdk6lh

Brinkley will be discussing his book at the Seattle Public Library downtown on Friday, February 4 at 7pm.  http://tinyurl.com/4dp3ldp

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On Location: In Search of Cattails

BLOG: In Search of Cattails – Images by Art Wolfe

It sounds odd, but I have been looking specifically for cattails lately.  They make for beautiful layered shots of color and texture.

This past weekend I went out shooting with Libby and David, who orchestrate my workshops.  We headed out to Washington’s Sauk River, dodged the rain squalls, and got some lovely shots.

The Sauk is a tributary of the Skagit River and drains from the Cascade Range.  It has the reputation of being a great flyfishing river. It is also very, very wet.
The moss swells on the bigleaf maples and hangs in long wispy tendrils from the alders.

And then finally I found the cattails, standing tall and golden against red twig dogwood, with pale green forest beyond.

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Washington Environmental Council (WEC)

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For 40 years the Washington Environmental Council (WEC) has been a strong voice for environmental protection in Washington. Their collaborative leadership and forward thinking reforms have helped protect the people and natural areas of Washington and created models for change now used around the nation.

Art is proud to support WEC and its important environmental mission.

Have a look at their annual report which features images taken by Art.

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Today is Endangered Species Day

May 21, 2010 is Endangered Species Day—an opportunity for people to learn about protecting our disappearing wildlife and last remaining open space.

For more information visit http://www.stopextinction.org/

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BLOG: Endangered Species Day – Images by Art Wolfe

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Earth Day is Today!

Every day is Earth Day…

Happy Earth Day! – Images by Art Wolfe

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Drought in the Redwoods

Redwoods – Images by Art Wolfe

According to a new study by James A. Johnstone and Todd E. Dawson of the University of California, Berkeley, the redwood ecosystem of the US West Coast is increasingly drought stressed as the occurrence of summer fog has declined in the past century. The long term implications could be serious for the flora and fauna of an iconic ecosystem.

Read the article here:

http://www.pnas.org/content/early/2010/02/09/0915062107

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