Minnewaska State Park, originally uploaded by rzernitsky. From Parks & Trails New York: 57 State Parks to Close Due to Budget Shortfall Save 0ur State Parks Day – March 3, 2010  55 parks will close unless you speak out! Meet, call, write, or e-mail your legislators on March 3 – Save Our State Parks Day [...]

Friday, February 26, 2010 Twitter EnviroNews links. Alert: New York State Residents Urge Your Legislators to Sign Sen. Serrano Letter Opposing Park Closures! http://ow.ly/1bHtC Please RT!    No Tweets today, too much snow to shovel! Have a great weekend, I’m thankful for the many wonderful Twitter folks! Back online Monday!    @bryce_ink @EarthLifeInst @GwenMcCauley @JessicaDuLong @mgaryhanson @TKF_Foundation [...]

From the Walton Reporter (no website), February 10, 2010. Mayor Calvin Tillman of Dish, Texas says the people of his town “have seen the worst of what the natural gas industry is capable of.” Dish, located in the heart of the Barnett Shale gas fields, hosts 11 natural gas compressors, four metering stations, 11 high-pressure gas [...]

Thursday, February 25, 2010 Twitter EnviroNews links. Effort to win National Park designation for Hudson Valley region advances. Cuts at Allegany State Park would save NY State $171,000… risking $62 million in local economic impact. 

San Rafael Swell, Utah, originally uploaded by Uncle Kick-Kick. From Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance: You’ve probably heard news of possible national monument designations for Utah’s San Rafael Swell and Cedar Mesa, and of the ensuing furor from some Utah officials who don’t want federal protection for these special places.  The outcry comes despite the fact [...]

Wednesday, February 24, 2010 Twitter EnviroNews links. Alert: Gas Driller Wants Delaware Water – DRBC Public Hearing TODAY! (info & how to send written comments).  Texas mayor reflects on Marcellus visit (A Good Read!). Alert: Speak Out for Cooling Towers on Oyster Creek! Public Meetings Info & Send Comments to NJDEP.

From Catskill 3500 Club: Governor Paterson plans to close dozens of New York’s State Parks and Historic Sites. The plan would save a few million dollars but in a $134 billion executive budget it is an insignificant amount, and ignores the economic activity that parks generate. New York’s beautiful parks and historic sites attract visitors [...]

Tuesday, February 23, 2010 Twitter EnviroNews links. Sierra Club’s dilemma on natural gas and Marcellus Shale. Close NY’s Thacher Park? Don’t Even Think About It! (extensive photos and text highlight park’s importance and history).  Marcellus drilling creates new world – “If you love the rural aesthetic …, you are in for a very unpleasant surprise.”

Rows of panels in the 250-kW rooftop array in Cary, N.C., originally uploaded by Progress Energy.  From: Center for Biological Diversity If we are to avoid the worst impacts of global warming, we must rapidly transition away from all forms of fossil fuels. While Congress debates whether a proposed 20-percent renewable electric standard is too [...]

Monday, February 22, 2010 Twitter EnviroNews links. Gas Pipelines under our feet: 100 federal inspectors each monitor 20,000 miles “Congress says greater oversight needed.” DISH, Texas mayor tells 600 at Elmira Heights Theater: Take local control of NY State gas drilling.

From NJ Chapter Sierra Club: Oyster Creek is the oldest running nuclear power plant in the country. Not surprisingly, its cooling technology is antiquated. Water from the Barnegat Bay, is circulated through the plant cooling its systems, and then returned directly to the Bay. The artificially heated water kills fish and pollutes the bay. The [...]

Friday, February 19, 2010 Twitter EnviroNews links. Could more Wilderness be the answer for struggling rural economies? The official NYS Park Closure list has been released

Honeybees, originally uploaded by BugMan50. From the Sierra Club: Without the honeybees that pollinate one-third of U.S. crops, those of us who enjoy eating would be in a lot of trouble. Unfortunately, “colony collapse disorder” has decimated honeybee populations, and no one knows for sure what’s causing it. One possible factor, as documented in the [...]

Thursday, February 18, 2010 Twitter EnviroNews links. Obama Eyes Western Land for National Monuments, Angering Some Congressmen Last stand: Critics slam power line plans across Delaware Water Gap, Appalachian Trail

Please plan to join the first of a new series of webcasts brought to you by the NRS Sustaining Forests in a Changing Environment Research Work Unit, in cooperation with the Northern Science Application Program (NorthSTAR). This inaugural webcast session is scheduled for Tuesday, February 23, 2010 at 11:30 AM (Eastern) and will feature Scott [...]