Scott | April 27, 2009

Tweet During a recent drive down the urban drag I was tipped off to some new construction by the ‘subtle’ activities of an earthmover doing, well, moving earth around.  Apparently the city of Antioch, CA has broken ground on a Community Center adjacent to an approximately 5 year old water park, and a neighboring group [...]

Category: Endangered species, Urban sprawl | 2 Comments »
Tags: burrowing owls, conservation, habitat loss, Prewett Park, Urban sprawl

Scott | April 22, 2009

TweetJust a simple quote I have been using off and on for the past 10 years as I found it quite pertinent to individual wildlife conservation responsibility: “No one made a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could only do a little.” Edmund Burke http://www.earthday.net

Category: Uncategorized | No Comments »
Tags: conservation, earth day, edmund burke

Scott | April 21, 2009

Tweet Just happened to do some browsing over at Wild Light (http://www.bugdreams.com)  and came across some incredibly photogenic  insects that got the wheels turning.  At first I was wondering if we have forgotten about this heavily weighted class of biomass, but then I realized a few buzzing pollinators have occupied the headlines over the past [...]

Category: Biodiversity | 2 Comments »
Tags: Biodiversity, biomass, insects, invasive species

Scott | April 10, 2009

Tweet Well after a week of battling a hosting issue, I am finally back online and able to access my account.  However, I think the headache will be worth it as the updates made to JournOwl.com will increase site usability , especially enabling visitor comments that I hope will spur discussion and continue to link [...]

Category: Endangered species, Wildlife | 4 Comments »
Tags: adapt, Biodiversity, coral reef, Endangered species, genetics, habitat loss, hybridization, hybrids, species