Sequoia Park Zoo is inviting members today, Thursday, April 30 from 3:30 – 5:30 pm for the grand opening of the Spectacular Spiders exhibit, located in the Sequoia Park Zoo Barnyard. This members-only event features treats, face painting, beverages, and a souvenir. See a Black widow up close, climb on a web, and discover fascinating [...]
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Spiders at the Zoo
Posted in local, nature, tagged community, humboldt, local on 30 April, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
GPU “town hall” meeting on Thursday
Posted in current events, local, tagged california, humboldt, landscape, local, management, natural resources, planning, politics on 28 April, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Humboldt County General Plan Update news: notice received Monday from the Planning Division of Humboldt County Community Development Services: Housing Element “Town Hall Style” Planning Commission Meeting Humboldt County Draft General Plan — Land Use Element April 30, 2009 The Humboldt County Planning Commission will host an informal public workshop on the Draft Land Use [...]
Lovely landscapes
Posted in current events, local, nature, tagged art, events, humboldt, landscape, local on 27 April, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Yesterday, my husband and I spent the afternoon at the Arcata Marsh and Wildlife Sanctuary for a little photography and a little bird-watching. We stopped at the Arcata Marsh Interpretive Center and discovered that artist Jay Brown was exhibiting some of his works there and was holding an Artist’s Reception. We had a chance to [...]
Happy Earth Day
Posted in environment, nature, science, tagged ecology, events, habitat, landscape, media, photography, physics on 22 April, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
We live on a beautiful, fragile yet amazingly resilient world, which we celebrate on April 22. It’s the third planet from our star, the sun, formed over four and half billion years ago from accreting stellar matter, along with the rest of our system. Life developed rapidly on the new planet, taking merely half a [...]
Animal or vegetable
Posted in environment, nature, science, tagged birds, database, fisheries, google earth, natural resources, plants, science, software, species, tools on 20 April, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Here are a few sites I want to gush about, as educational resources, as entertainment, and as serious technical and scientific resources. Not only can they be used in the classroom, or browsed for the sheer enchantment of discovery, but they are pure gold for for professionals in the environmental fields as well. NatureServe Explorer [...]
Google Earth: Wilkins ice shelf collapse
Posted in current events, science, technology, tagged climate, environment, google earth, landscape, maps, media, science, software, tools on 17 April, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The various stages of collapse of the Wilkins Ice Shelf in the Antarctica has been in the news over the past couple of weeks. Now you can watch an animation of the process in Google Earth, as assembled by the National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC). After downloading the file and opening it with [...]
She blinded me with science!
Posted in science, technology, tagged chemistry, science, tools on 16 April, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
We’ve already established that I’m a nerd, so don’t be too alarmed when I tell you that today’s topic is snazzy periodic tables. I have three favourite sites I want to share, plus as a bonus, a fantastic chemistry database. If you’re not excited by the concept, maybe your high school-age kids will be! You [...]
Great timing
Posted in Personal, tagged health, Personal on 15 April, 2009 | 1 Comment »
I had my annual mammogram a week ago. Today, I find a lump under my armpit. This had better be a pimple — I’m not amused. At least I’ll get quick test results.
Godwit Days next week
Posted in environment, local, tagged birds, california, environment, events, humboldt, local, natural resources on 10 April, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Godwit Days will be upon us April 16 to 22 — a week of birding and art in and around Arcata. The marbled godwits arrived a little while ago already, along with American avocets, black oystercatchers, willets, several kind of plovers, etc. Birding has been good at the Arcata Marsh and along the shores of [...]
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