Twitter EnviroNews – February 19, 2010
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
Leaving for the Catskills, back online Monday. Have a great weekend everyone!
RT @Wilderness: Good story… RT @sourceweekly Could more Wilderness be the answer for struggling rural economies? http://ow.ly/19auH
@AndyArthur @BigBlendMag @campingblogger @healinggarden @LoveCanal2020 @NEMWIUpperMiss @NaturalBornHike @tourpro Thxs for RTs & Mentions!
Recreational and commercial anglers stand side-by-side to protest federal fisheries law http://ow.ly/198j8
RT @stopgasdrilling: River of the Year A Target of Gas Drilling..DRBC meeting this Tuesday, Feb. 24th http://ow.ly/198C6 http://ow.ly/198Di
Bald Eagle Patrols NJ’s Hackensack River http://ow.ly/198gG #birding
RT @LoveCanal2020: Drillers illegally dump frac fluid down abandoned wells in Allegheny Forest How many don’t get caught? http://ow.ly/197l6
RT @PTNY: The official NYS Park Closure list has been released http://ow.ly/198rW
RT @NYCParks: This Weekend In NYC Parks http://ow.ly/197hN
RT @PTNY: Save John Boyd Thacher state Park–Sign the petition http://bit.ly/aFIkFu http://ow.ly/196ZI
House panel to investigate hydraulic fracturing – hazard to human health, tainting drinking water & harming environment http://ow.ly/196rZ
RT @Laelaps: RT @iescience Online Course in Science Journalism http://ow.ly/196ps – FREE course by World Federation of Science Journalists
NJ: Public unanimously speaks against power towers at hearing http://ow.ly/196hV #njenviro
Officials attest to N.J.’s farming might http://ow.ly/196bE #njenviro
Congress stepping into environmental debate raging in NY, PA and other states using “fracking” to drill for natural gas. http://ow.ly/1964V
RT @NPCA: RT @BigBlendMag Hear about National Park 2010 priorities with @NPCA Ron Tipton on Nature Connection radio 2day! http://ow.ly/1962k
NJ: Critical “SAVE PARAMUS WETLANDS” Update http://ow.ly/195Wo #njenviro
RT @OrionGrassroots: Study links gas drilling to a mud volcano that left a moonscape and 60,000 homeless in Indonesia: http://ow.ly/195SX
Is flowback and waste from gas drilling radioactive? http://ow.ly/195KC “…the idea that there is no risk, …is far from the truth.”
LI Pine Barrens Society Planning Protest of Gov. Paterson’s Budget Cuts Affecting Long Island http://ow.ly/195lr
NJ: Sustainable Landscape Design Comes to Fair Lawn http://ow.ly/195a5 #njenviro
NYSSA Rallies Against Proposed ‘Raid’ on Snowmobile Trail Fund http://ow.ly/19582
RT @adktrailhead: Buzz: OSI protects 1,400 acres http://ow.ly/194R8
Texas mayor warning about nat gas drilling “I would like it to be a win/win situation here (NY), In Texas, it’s win-lose” http://ow.ly/194GU
RT @MargaretKinney: NJ Gov’s hiring of gubernatorial Tweeter draws criticism http://ow.ly/194u9 @TrendTracker via @BenGiovine #gov20 #sm
RT @EarthShare: Live in NJ? Tix for EarthShare Celebrates NJ on sale! Learn how you can support conservation http://ow.ly/194lW #njenviro
RT @USFWSNortheast: Check out the annual Friends of Cape May National Wildlife #Refuge meeting March 3 at 7pm – http://ow.ly/19450 #njenviro
Delaware Water Gap Power tower foes gave comvincing criticisms for Park Service http://ow.ly/193XI #njenviro
Do oil and gas “boomtowns” attract sex offenders? New Study published in Conservation Biology journal says yes. http://ow.ly/193TG
Arizona to spend $1.4 million to CLOSE state parks! http://ow.ly/193Ob
RT @NEMWIUpperMiss: Study for the UN: World’s top firms cause $2.2 trillion in environmental damage http://ow.ly/193Ai
RT @dendroica: New blog post: Loose Feathers #226 http://ow.ly/193tW (Terrific summary of the week’s top birding and enviro news!) #birding
RT @GoParks: The federal government will lift long-standing restrictions on guns in national parks Monday http://ow.ly/193ps (WaPo article)
EPA Recovery Act Projects Yield Cleaner Water (highlight… Syracuse, NY water system) http://ow.ly/193cs
Sustaining Forests Webcast, Feb 23, Habitat Usage by Forest Birds in Forest Interiors & Clearcuts: http://ow.ly/1936K
RT @CNYhiking: Exploring the Appalachian Trail in New York… http://ow.ly/1931V #hiking
RT @wildlifeaction: Urge Congress to protect our drinking water from hydraulic fracturing! http://bit.ly/bgEBJe
RT @NEMWIUpperMiss: CEQ proposes 4 steps to modernize National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) http://ow.ly/192Yw
RT @NEMWIUpperMiss: Scientific American article: EPA gearing up to tighten old storm water rules http://ow.ly/192Ww
NJ Highlands: Strategies to protect public drinking water by West Milford Municipal Utility Authority (MUA) http://ow.ly/192OQ #njenviro
New York submits comments on Hudson River dredging project http://ow.ly/192LG
NJ: Great Backyard Bird County at Wallkill Refuge http://ow.ly/192JY #birding
NJ: Cabela’s still waiting for word from Meadowlands Xanadu http://ow.ly/192vO
Shale gas gambit pits NY neighbor against neighbor http://ow.ly/192rf
The Cult of Birds http://ow.ly/192nf #birding
RT @ToddBBatesAPP: New blog post: Millions at risk if facilities release highly toxic chemicals http://ow.ly/192iI #njenviro
RT @CNYhiking: Causeway Work at Minnewaska to Close Two Trails for Three Weeks Beginning Feb. 22 http://ow.ly/192fm #hiking
RT @CNYhiking: Hudson Highlands State Park is #4 in our Top 25 New York State Park Hiking Destinations. http://ow.ly/192cN #hiki
RT @Earthyman: New Jersey garden show offers a burst of spring in Edison http://ow.ly/192aD
NJ: Workshops will teach you to build rain barrels http://ow.ly/1925I #njenviro
NJ Highlands: Locals discouraged by power line decision http://ow.ly/1920E #njenviro
NJ Transit director says fare hikes would come with job cuts to reduce costs http://ow.ly/191Uw #njenviro
NJ: Cumberland County freeholders reconsidering whether to move forward on an open-space plan http://ow.ly/191LJ #njenviro
NY: Clarence acts to preserve green space – Board OKs funds for 119.5-acre parcel – Hundreds of acres protected: http://ow.ly/191HB
NJ Subsidizing Oil and Gas Pipelines That Cross State Lands http://ow.ly/191CU #njenviro
RT @LoveCanal2020: Marcellus Shale Drilling: Air Quality Issues- Fri Feb 19 7PM High School Auditorium Elk Lake School, Dimock PA
NJ: Bill would dedicate funds to Island Beach State Park http://ow.ly/191oW #njenviro
Reps. Waxman (D-CA) & Markey (D-MA) send letters to firms seeking answers on Fracking http://ow.ly/191mr #frac
NJ: Is This “State of the Art” In Air Pollution Control? http://ow.ly/191in #njenviro
RT @tracksandtrails: Hiking world wide as seen on twitter – http://ow.ly/191ea – map in real time.
Don’t change indoor air testing policy in New Jersey, environmentalists say http://ow.ly/191ar #njenviro
Effects of Texas Drilling – Mayor says gas drilling has cost the town as much as it’s gained http://ow.ly/19199
NY: Catskill Belleayre project alive and well http://ow.ly/19178
RT @alisonpetsky: RT @CNYhiking: The Finger Lakes Trail End to End Guide – Helpful Info for Backpackers and Hikers http://ow.ly/1912v
RT @PSUmarcellus: RT @WayneTT: Hess Corp. offers deals to Damascus Area and Preston Area schools for natural gas drilling http://ow.ly/1911x
RT @JonSabel: #Chase is bankrolling the destruction of American mountains. Take action at http://www.DirtyMoney.org. #coal #RAN
N.J. Assembly committee postpones vote on water-quality management rules http://ow.ly/190XN #njenviro
@AndyArthur @campingblogger @mgaryhanson @NaturalBornHike @njhiking @ParksTraveler Thanks for the RTs and Mentions!