Interests
Public Lands From Which to View the Eclipse: Yaquina Head,Great Smoky Mountains, Grand Teton,Homestead, Clarks River Wildlife Refuge
Get your maps. Some public lands are remote areas along unmaintained roads and are often inter-mingled with private land, so know where you're going. Contact your local Bureau of Land Management, National Park Service, US Fish and Wildlife Service, or Forest Service offices for camping and jurisdiction maps. Before you head out, make sure you are familiar with the area you are going to and ensure you have appropriate gear, equipment, and supplies. more »
Pow! Capturing Superheroes, Chess & Comics and Ladies’ Knight: A Female Perspective on Chess at the World Chess Hall of Fame
The collection includes rare editions such as the earliest chess related cover, DC Comics' More Fun Comics 76, released in 1942, and a 1947 DC Action Comics Superman in The Cross Country Chess Crimes. Additionally, objects are on view for comic and chess aficionados to appreciate, including limited edition, collector comic-inspired chess sets. The Ladies Knight exhibit contains diverse interpretations of the game range from the playful and feminine to the serious, and encourage dialogue about subjects like crime, language, peace and conflict, and inequality. And don't overlook the Q Boutique ... more »
How Many Kinds of Birds Are There and Why Does It Matter? Gifting at the American Museum of Natural History
For the new work, Joel Cracraft, George Barrowclough, and their colleagues at Nebraska University, Lincoln and Washington University examined a random sample of 200 bird species through the lens of morphology — the study of the physical characteristics like plumage pattern and color, which can be used to highlight birds with separate evolutionary histories. This method turned up, on average, nearly two different species for each of the 200 birds studied. This suggests that bird biodiversity is severely underestimated, and is likely closer to 18,000 species worldwide. more »
Oregon's Malheur Reservation Standoff Latest Protest in Long-running Controversy Over Western Lands
"Armed takeovers cannot be tolerated in our country. Respect for the rule of law is, and must continue to be, a central tenet of our democracy" said Stanford professor David Hayes, a former official at the Interior Department serving there as the deputy secretary and chief operating officer. Dwight Hammond Jr. and son, Steven Hammond were convicted three years ago of setting fires in the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge, which is managed by the US Bureau of Land Management. They had grazing rights leased to them for their cattle operations in the area. more »
