Beaver believers: Native Americans promote resurgence of ‘nature’s engineers’

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The rodents are often considered ‘nuisance animals’, but they can play a vital role in maintaining healthy landscapes

Molly Alves steps down hard on the edge of a heavy wire trap, forcing its sides open with her hands. With care she lays the poised trap, baited with twigs and branches, in a bracingly cold stream. Her target? A beaver.

Beavers are often considered “nuisance” animals on the US west coast and, if captured, are destroyed by animal control companies.

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Cruz blames criticism of Cancun trip on media ‘Trump withdrawal’

Suffers from same virus as Trump – cannot accept that he did anything wrong, stupid or that he is responsible for his errors.

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Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) is blaming extensive media coverage of his trip to Cancun on a void he says the absence of former President Trump has created in the news cycle.”I will say, to venture into practicing medici…

23rd Day of February – Fatcowco – 1909 – The AEA Silver Dart makes the first powered flight in Canada and the British Empire.

1909 – The AEA Silver Dart makes the first powered flight in Canada and the British Empire.

The Silver Dart (or Aerodrome ) was a derivative of an early aircraft built by a Canadian/U.S. team, which after many successful flights in Hammondsport, New York, earlier in 1908, was dismantled and shipped to Baddeck, Nova Scotia.

It was flown from the ice of Baddeck Bay, a sub-basin of Bras d’Or Lake, on 23 February 1909, making it the first controlled powered flight in Canada.

The aircraft was piloted by one of its designers, John McCurdy.

1909 – The AEA Silver Dart makes the first powered flight in Canada and the British Empire.

The frame and structure of the Silver Dart were made of steel tube, bamboo, friction tape, wire and wood.

From 1891, Bell had begun experiments at Baddeck and Hammondsport to develop motor-powered heavier-than-air aircraft.

Source: 23rd Day of February – Fatcowco

Cosa consideri “offensivo”?

Barbara Crane Navarro

« I minatori d’oro scavano dappertutto come cinghiali. I fiumi della foresta saranno presto nient’altro che vortici sporco pieni di fango, olio motore e spazzatura. Inoltre lavano la loro polvere d’oro in flussi, mescolandola con il mercurio. Tutte queste cose sporche e pericolose rendono le acque ammalate e la carne del pesce morbida e marcia. Dopo l’arrivo dei cercatori d’oro, la foresta era diventata brutta ed era piena di fumi xawara epidemici. Dall’arrivo dei cercatori d’oro tra noi, la maggior parte dei nostri padri e nonni è stata divorata dalle loro malattie ». – Portavoce e sciamano Yanomami Davi Kopenawa di Roraima, Brasile, La caduta del cielo

Qual è la mia interpretazione personale di « oscenità »? Ho avuto problemi occasionali, per molti anni, con le foto di Yanomami che vivono tradizionalmente nella foresta pluviale che ho pubblicato su Facebook. A causa della censura riguardo ai loro « standard comunitari ». Facebook rimuove le foto…

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Global freshwater fish populations at risk of extinction, study finds

World’s Forgotten Fishes report lists pollution, overfishing and climate change as dangers

Freshwater fish are under threat, with as many as a third of global populations in danger of extinction, according to an assessment.

Populations of migratory freshwater fish have plummeted by 76% since 1970, and large fish – those weighing more than 30kg – have been all but wiped out in most rivers. The global population of megafish down by 94%, and 16 freshwater fish species were declared extinct last year.

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World’s Forgotten Fishes report lists pollution, overfishing and climate change as dangers

Freshwater fish are under threat, with as many as a third of global populations in danger of extinction, according to an assessment.

Populations of migratory freshwater fish have plummeted by 76% since 1970, and large fish – those weighing more than 30kg – have been all but wiped out in most rivers. The global population of megafish down by 94%, and 16 freshwater fish species were declared extinct last year.

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