Park Ranger: True Stories from a Ranger's Career in America's National Parks
A Riot of Green Reasons (Free subscription) | yesterday
I had the opportunity of traveling to Costa Rica a couple of months ago. I will have to blame blogger's block for taking this long to post any thing about it. Costa Rica first interested me when during a class discussion about tourism and sustainability, it was mentioned as a country which has had success with sustainable tourism. I was curious to see it was really true or if it was all hype. Having...
Baby Chums (Free subscription) | yesterday
Baby gorillas orphaned from their mother will receive a new sanctuary in east Congo. In 2007, park rangers in the Congo’s Virunga National Park found two baby gorillas, their mother slain. One of the two-month-old babies was clinging to the body of its dead mother, and the other was found on the back of its older [...] Source: Baby Chums
Football.co.uk (Free subscription) | yesterday
Queens Park Rangers have signed teenage Chelsea goalkeeper Rhys Taylor on loan until 4 January...
Moving to Canada (Free subscription) | 21/11/2009
My partner has told me recently that once he has qualified to become a park ranger getting a job in Australia would be an easier way to get into Australia as they are crying out for them. He mentioned about moving there. He did mention Canada but I think he would prefer Australia. He asked me if I would mind moving to Australia and while I would not object to the idea of moving to Australia (apart...
Oh, The Joys (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
In jest, one of the members of the Board of Directors where I work teased that the organization should set up a webcam to watch what I really do on days when I work from home. There is no need to go to all that trouble. Beginning at 9:00 a.m., I open the door to several of the U.S. National Park Service's finest Park Rangers and we play strip poker until everyone is down to their hats. Then we have...
QPR REPORT (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
- - Check out the "cutting-edge" combination messageboard and quasi-blog QPR Report Messageboard . If your interest is constantly-updated QPR-related news; QPR nostalgia; and items on some other broader football-related isssues: QPR Report Messageboard is one such site. All opinions welcome! - QPR REPORT Available on TWITTER! UPDATED THROUGHOUT THE DAY.... [ Note: It's possible that for a...
What's Alan Watching? (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
Spoilers for "Parks and Recreation" - and if you missed it earlier, go check out Amy Poehler's favorite moments so far (complete with clips) - coming up just as soon as I peg you as a user of mouth tobacco... "Guys love it when you can show them you're better than they are at something they love." -Leslie In this very good LA Times story , Mike Schur and Greg Daniels talk at length...
Football.co.uk (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
Blackburn Rovers midfielder Steven Reid has completed his loan move to Championship side Queens Park Rangers...
Football.co.uk (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
Blackburn midfielder Steven Reid has completed his loan move to Queens Park Rangers until 19 December...
Skysports.com (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
Queens Park Rangers have completed the loan signing of Steven Reid from Blackburn Rovers.
Evening Star 24 (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
TOMMY Miller today predicted a top-six Championship finish for Jim Magilton's Queens Park Rangers.
lookANDsee (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
The epiphytic orchids flowering here were growing on a scrap of bark which, in turn, was sitting atop a rock in Top Creek. Park Ranger Don took pity on the orchids and moved the bark onto a tree. Related posts:Top Creek: Orchids in flower It’s obviously the time of year for epiphytic orchids...Top Creek: [...] Related posts: Top Creek: Orchids in flower It’s obviously the time of year for...
No Land Grab (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
"In legal terms, this may be the most symbolic weed-choked lot in America." — Bill Weir, ABC News Every time someone mentions that all is left in the Fort Trumbull neighborhood of New London are "weeds," you gotta cringe. These are native plants! The attitude that some plants are weeds (read "blighted"), while others are more desirable, is what gets municipalities...
Sacramento Bee (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
Go raptor viewing in the Lynch Canyon Open Space on Saturday. HAWK THIS WAY The Solano Land Trust's tour of the Lynch Canyon Open Space will focus on raptor viewing led by raptor specialist Larry Broderick and Solano County park ranger Ted Armstrong. The free trek will be from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday. There is a $5-per-vehicle fee. Located off the Hiddenbrooke/American Canyon exit from Interstate...
Wheat & Weeds (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
Fr. Barron has a thoughtful piece on 2012 --although he completely disagrees with my absolution of the charge "anti-Catholic." He notes that anyone who prays gets wiped out; that certain instances of symbolism seem to suggest that prayer gets you nowhere (notably the dome of St. Peter's falling and crushing all the people praying there --a scene he says will go down in the annals as one of...
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