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Excitement abounds for Washington lowland lakes trout fishing season opener

Edit The Seattle Times 24 Apr 2016
Excitement, a mixed bag of weather and snappy trout summed up the day for thousands of anglers who took part in Saturday’s statewide lowland lakes trout fishing season opener ... ....

Cougar cubs at the Oregon Zoo

Edit Newsday 23 Apr 2016
(Credit. AP / Kathleen C. Street). Ten-day-old rescued cougar cubs are show at the Oregon Zoo in Portland, Oregon, on Sept. 21, 2015. (Credit. AP / Kevin Rivoli). A male red panda cub is introduced during a press conference at the Rosamond Gifford Zoo in Syracuse, N.Y., Thursday, Sept. 10, 2015. (Credit. EPA / Bart Maat) ... EPA) ... Kamina, a Western Lowland gorilla, was born on Aug ... Western lowland gorilla baby at the WCS' Bronx Zoo on July 11, 2014....

Meet the woman who lives with elephants – and hopes to save them

Edit Scotsman 23 Apr 2016
Conservationist and film-maker Saba Douglas-Hamilton, who is is raising a family among the elephants of Kenya’s Samburu National Reserve, tells Janet Christie about bringing her mission to save the species to Scotland ... Saba Douglas-Hamilton with elephants in Kenya ... She adds ... Then you slide down the escarpment into the lowlands and there you find Samburu and Elephant Watch Camp.” Saba Douglas-Hamilton as a baby with her mother ... ....

Iron age man was as fondue of Swiss cheese as we are (Newcastle University)

Edit Public Technologies 22 Apr 2016
Although there is earlier evidence for cheese production in lowland settings, until now virtually nothing was known about the origins of cheesemaking at altitude due to the poor preservation of archaeological sites ... of alpine dairying occurred around the same time as an increasing population and the growth of arable farming in the lowlands....

Iron age man was as fondue of Swiss cheese as we are (University of York)

Edit Public Technologies 22 Apr 2016
Although there is earlier evidence for cheese production in lowland settings, until now virtually nothing was known about the origins of cheesemaking at altitude due to the poor preservation of archaeological sites ... of alpine dairying occurred around the same time as an increasing population and the growth of arable farming in the lowlands....

Ethiopian troops penetrate South Sudan to rescue 125 kids

Edit Stars and Stripes 21 Apr 2016
JUBA, South Sudan — Ethiopian troops were operating in South Sudan on Thursday after crossing the border to rescue some 125 Ethiopian children who were kidnapped during a bloody cattle raid, and top officials from both countries sought to coordinate their efforts ... He said the South Sudanese army has no forces in the area but has put troops on standby ... The conflict area is a lowland with thick bush which turns swampy in the rains ... ....

Ethiopian troops enter South Sudan to rescue 125 children

Edit Stars and Stripes 21 Apr 2016
JUBA, South Sudan — Ethiopian troops were operating in South Sudan on Thursday after crossing the border to rescue about 125 Ethiopian children who were kidnapped during a bloody cattle raid, and top officials from both countries sought to coordinate their efforts ... He said the South Sudanese army has no forces in the area but has put troops on standby ... The conflict area is a lowland with thick bush which turns swampy in the rains ... ....

Cambodia bans film about murdered rainforest activist

Edit The Guardian 21 Apr 2016
British documentary I Am Chut Wutty has been watched tens of thousands of times online following the government ban ... An English version will be released next week ... Last week the Cambodian government announced that more than 1m hectares of natural forest will now be protected, including the embattled Prey Lang forest, one of the largest remaining lowland evergreen forests in south-east Asia ... ....

10 Animals UC Davis Is Working to Save (University of California - Davis)

Edit Public Technologies 21 Apr 2016
(Source. University of California - Davis). UC Davis scientists don't just study animals. Often, they save them ... They're breeding Amargosa voles after their desert habitat dried up ... Drayer Wildlife Health Center and the nonprofit Mountain Gorilla Veterinary Project, Gorilla Doctors provides veterinary care to wild mountain and eastern lowland gorillas living in the national parks of Rwanda, Uganda and the Democratic Republic of Congo....

[Postcard ] | Running on Empty, by Ruth Margalit (Harper's Magazine Foundation)

Edit Public Technologies 21 Apr 2016
(Source. Harper's Magazine Foundation) ... They had to be lugged into the capital on bamboo frames. 'What few there are pant, heave, and often break down,' he wrote ... These lowland groups argued that the redrawn boundaries carved up their territory and diluted their political influence, which would instead be concentrated in the hands of the wealthier and traditionally better-educated Paharis, who live in the Himalayas to the north ... 'Walk.'....

Sushi Kappo chef Taichi Kitamura offers a delightful trout recipe in our first Seafood Recipe ...

Edit The Seattle Times 20 Apr 2016
More than a million trout have been planted in 560 statewide lowland lakes, and thousands of anglers will be bringing home their catch and looking for ways to cook them up. In this week’s seafood recipe of the week, Seattle sushi chef Taichi Kitamura, owner of Sushi Kappo Tamura on Eastlake and winner of Beat […]> ... ....

An Enormous Volcanic Eruption Almost Finished Off The Mayan Civilization

Edit IFL Science 20 Apr 2016
Volcanic activity generally does one of two things. it gives life, and takes life away. People are more familiar with the latter concept, and there are plenty of volcanic eruptions around the world that have lived up to this reputation ... Santorini’s cataclysmic eruption wiped out the Minoans 3,650 years ago ... “We would expect that it was directed towards the Mayan lowlands.” ... El Chichón, seen two months after its horrific 1982 eruption ... ....

Record number of rare fritillaries counted on Broad Meadow (Tamworth Borough Council)

Edit Public Technologies 20 Apr 2016
(Source. Tamworth Borough Council) ... Broad Meadow sits on a small island between the two channels of the River Tame and is recognised as a Site of Biological Importance as it is a prime example of lowland meadow - a floodplain grassland habitat which is becoming increasingly rare in Staffordshire and across the UK. It is also one of only two sites in the county where the snake's head fritillary can be found growing wild ... (noodl....
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