National park

"Winds of Change" Celebrating Kazakhstan's National Parks at The Canvas 3.0 Exhibition June 8th - June 11th, 2024

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火曜日, 6月 11, 2024
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The Canvas' CEO, Devin Gilmartin , said it was one of the more interesting collaborations the platform has ever worked on.

Key Points: 
  • The Canvas' CEO, Devin Gilmartin , said it was one of the more interesting collaborations the platform has ever worked on.
  • "We see a lot of corporate collaboration these days, typically between multi-national conglomerates, who cleverly cross audiences to create new opportunities.
  • For us, this was most interesting because it was not the kind of collaboration that you typically see: a retailer and a national park.
  • A highlight of the evening was the unveiling of exclusive apparel dedicated to the endangered species of Kazakhstan's National Parks.

Rio Tinto invests $8 million in Pilbara conservation land management

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水曜日, 6月 5, 2024
Environment, Construction & Property, Climate Change, Environmental Issues, Environmental Health, Landscape, Sustainability, Other Natural Resources, Mining, Minerals, Natural Resources, Knowledge, Nature, Country, Plant, Rio Tinto, Government, Environment, health and safety, Animal, Heart, Tradition, Conservation, Tinto, Community, National park, Collaboration, Partnership, Native title in Australia, Hunting

Rio Tinto will invest A$8 million over five years in a partnership with Western Australia’s Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions (DBCA) on a new project to enhance conservation land management and support Traditional Owner ranger programs in Karijini and Millstream Chichester National Parks.

Key Points: 
  • Rio Tinto will invest A$8 million over five years in a partnership with Western Australia’s Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions (DBCA) on a new project to enhance conservation land management and support Traditional Owner ranger programs in Karijini and Millstream Chichester National Parks.
  • The Pilbara Conservation Project will protect areas of high conservation value and integrate Traditional Owners’ knowledge of the land into conservation land management.
  • This includes weed management, feral animal control and bushfire management at Karijini, Millstream Chichester and other high conservation value Pilbara sites, through implementation of the Pilbara Conservation Strategy.
  • Rio Tinto, DBCA and Traditional Owners have been partnering to protect the Karijini and Millstream Chichester National Parks since 2015.

Madeline Hotel & Residences, Auberge Resorts Collection Announces Roster of Summer Entertainment, Collaborations and New Programming

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木曜日, 6月 13, 2024
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TELLURIDE, Colo., June 13, 2024 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Madeline Hotel & Residences, Auberge Resorts Collection, Telluride's premiere alpine property, is pleased to share their lineup of new summer programming and events. Traditionally regarded as a winter destination, Madeline Hotel has refined Telluride and the possibilities of summer within this charming mountain town, bringing world class instructors, artists and experiences to the heart of Mountain Village and one of Colorado's most vibrant locales. An outline of the seasonal happenings can be found below.

Key Points: 
  • TELLURIDE, Colo., June 13, 2024 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Madeline Hotel & Residences, Auberge Resorts Collection , Telluride's premiere alpine property, is pleased to share their lineup of new summer programming and events.
  • Madeline Hotel & Residences, Auberge Resorts Collection is pleased to share their lineup of new summer programming and events, bringing world class instructors, artists and experiences to the heart of Mountain Village.
  • "We are thrilled to share a lineup of summer programming that truly captures the spirit of Telluride," said Bryan Woody, Regional Vice President, Madeline Hotel & Residences, Auberge Resorts Collection.
  • Additional summer activations include Movies Under the Stars, a National Caviar Day celebration, Mushroom Foraging, Horseback Riding, Sunset 4x4 Tours, and more.

‘The first wave went through hell’ – how the 16th Infantry Regiment’s heroism helped bring victory on D-Day

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月曜日, 6月 3, 2024
Travel, Infantry, Soviet people, Nazism, Weapon, Omaha, Nebraska, World War I, Weather, History, Radio, Surface warfare, Unit citation, Revolutionary War, Division (military), World War II, Bomb, Navy, National archives, Drowning, CC, Water, The, Archives New Zealand, Regiment, Courage, National park, Telescopic sight

Among the many Allied military units storming the Normandy coast on June 6, 1944, was the 16th Infantry Regiment of the U.S. Army’s 1st Infantry Division.

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  • Among the many Allied military units storming the Normandy coast on June 6, 1944, was the 16th Infantry Regiment of the U.S. Army’s 1st Infantry Division.
  • Omaha would become the most deadly of the five D-Day landing beaches, as the U.S., U.K. and allied nations attacked Nazi-occupied France in World War II.
  • As a military and oral historian, I researched this particular regiment’s service in Vietnam and became fascinated by its earlier history as well.
  • By D-Day, the regiment had already participated in the World War II invasions of North Africa and Italy in 1942 and 1943.

A dangerous attack

  • Rough seas – swells between 3 and 6 feet, and 25 mph winds – swamped most of the tanks.
  • Ted Lombarski, a sergeant in the 16th’s F Company, recalled: “We were the first wave to hit the beach, Companies E and F of the 16th Infantry.
  • The bullets and shrapnel made the ocean appear to be boiling, according to an oral history of the regiment.
  • … The enemy was riddling the beach with machine-gun fire.” And Lombarski recounted: “Being in that first wave was like committing suicide.

Heavy casualties

Changing native vegetation laws to allow burning on private land is good fire management

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火曜日, 5月 28, 2024
Burn, Territory, Legislation, Risk, Capital districts and territories, Flinders, Farmer, Tree, Government, Fire, Animal, Biodiversity, Seed, Climate change, Black Summer, National park, Flinders Chase National Park, Road

The irony is, laws to protect native vegetation did nothing to prevent this destruction.

Key Points: 
  • The irony is, laws to protect native vegetation did nothing to prevent this destruction.
  • With greater knowledge and understanding of the role of fire in the Australian landscape, we can take better care of native vegetation on private land as well as public parks.

Fire can be good for biodiversity

  • A wide range of species will benefit from good fire management, which creates a patchwork of different ages of vegetation.
  • Some plant and animal species are found only in long-unburnt vegetation.
  • Breaking up the landscape should also mean fewer animals will be caught in each fire, because they have places to which they can escape.

Managing fire at landscape scale

  • Proactive burning can reduce wildfire risk under most conditions, when managed at the whole-of-landscape scale.
  • This requires everyone to manage fire on their own land in a coordinated way.
  • Such an approach emulates Indigenous land management and was partially adopted by land managers in southern Australia until the 1970s.

The devastating Black Summer wildfires

  • The Black Summer fires killed an estimated three billion animals and drove at least 20 threatened species closer to extinction.
  • More than half of Kangaroo Island burned, including areas that had not seen fire since the 1930s.
  • While nothing could prevent the spread of fires under catastrophic weather conditions, many of Black Summer’s fires started earlier.

Burning does not equal land clearing

  • These effectively stopped the widespread clearance of native vegetation in the state.
  • While well-intended, the existing legislation discourages burning by private landholders, making it almost impossible for them to take responsibility for reducing fuel loads on their own land.
  • This is because South Australia’s Native Vegetation Act defines all burning as clearance.

What do other states do?

  • In Victoria, approval for burning on private land is managed at the local government level and appears to have no provision for ecological burning.
  • All states and territories allow exemptions for the purpose of bushfire prevention or fire fighting.

An opportunity for legislative change

Zefiro Methane Corp. Announces Quarterly Earnings Report and Provides Corporate Activities Update

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木曜日, 5月 16, 2024
Well, National park, Tax, Methane, Cuyahoga Valley National Park, USD, News, METHANE, Public, Health, Plant, Frankfurt Stock Exchange, Acquisition, Depreciation, Initial public offering, Adjustment

The Company generated record consolidated quarterly revenues and Adjusted EBITDA for the quarter ended March 31, 2024.

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  • The Company generated record consolidated quarterly revenues and Adjusted EBITDA for the quarter ended March 31, 2024.
  • Zefiro completed its Initial Public Offering (“IPO”) on April 23, 2024, trading as “ZEFI” on the Cboe Canada Inc. stock exchange.
  • In a video on the Company’s YouTube channel, Zefiro Founder and Chief Executive Officer Talal Debs discusses key points about ZEFI’s inaugural quarterly earnings report.
  • There are over 6,300 orphaned oil and gas wells in West Virginia (source: DOI.gov “Annual Report to Congress”, December 2021).

Life360 Partners with Hubble Network to Build Global Location Tracking Network Aiming to Leapfrog Apple and Google

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月曜日, 5月 13, 2024
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Through this strategic partnership, Life360 will leverage Hubble's global satellite infrastructure and its extensive network of over 66 million smartphones* to introduce "Find with Life360," a global location-tracking network.

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  • Through this strategic partnership, Life360 will leverage Hubble's global satellite infrastructure and its extensive network of over 66 million smartphones* to introduce "Find with Life360," a global location-tracking network.
  • Hubble's breakthrough achievement of connecting Bluetooth devices to a satellite tracking network avoids previous limitations of Bluetooth location-tracking devices.
  • Find with Life360 has the potential to herald a new era in location tracking and surpass the finding network capabilities of Apple and Google.
  • The combined Hubble and Life360 network will be designed to make any item findable without the need for cellular connectivity.

Gateway Regional School District Announces Partnership with Varsity Tutors for Schools to Provide Live and On-Demand Learning Resources for All Students

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水曜日, 5月 8, 2024
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We encourage students to take advantage of the library of classes for additional support and to further explore their passions.”

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  • We encourage students to take advantage of the library of classes for additional support and to further explore their passions.”
    Over 500 school districts across the country utilize the Varsity Tutors for Schools platform to supplement classroom learning and to effectively close learning gaps.
  • They can also sign up for expert-led live classes, and learn subjects like Geometry, Middle School Math, Elementary School Reading and more, alongside their peers.
  • “Varsity Tutors for Schools delivers a rich set of learning options to deploy for all students,” said Anthony Salcito, Chief Institutional Officer at Varsity Tutors for Schools.
  • Gateway Regional High School District serves 7th-12th grade students from National Park, Wenonah, Westville, Woodbury Heights and across South Jersey.

Red Nose Day Giving Away Larger-Than-Life Prizes Inspired by Childhood Dreams with Childhood Dreamstakes Campaign

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水曜日, 5月 8, 2024
Education, EBay, Organization, FUN, Health, Hope, Candy, Monster truck, Dream, Happiness, King Features Syndicate, The Lego Group, Comic Relief, NBC, Poverty, Wall, Bill, Child, Music, National park, Snapple, Creative director, Red Nose, Change, Comics, Toy

NEW YORK, May 8, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Red Nose Day, the beloved fundraising campaign by Comic Relief US to help end child poverty, today announced Childhood Dreamstakes, a larger-than-life campaign that gives entrants the chance to relive the joy, wonder, and adventure of being a kid. Starting today through June 3, everyone who donates to enter at rednoseday.org has the chance to win one of six dream prizes all to support one very serious mission – ending childhood poverty.

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  • Childhood Dreamstakes is one of many ways to engage in the Red Nose Day campaign this year.
  • Artists from across the musical spectrum will join a month-long fundraiser called the Red Nose Day Childhood Sing-a-long.
  • This year, it's easier than ever to step into the spirit of Red Nose Day with a fun, free, and all-new digital Red Nose Day USA filter .
  • "Childhood Dreamstakes – and Red Nose Day 2024 – are all about creating that hope and remembering what's so special about childhood.

New Report by the Foundation for Social Connection Offers Strategies to Address Loneliness and Isolation Through Community Design

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木曜日, 5月 2, 2024
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WASHINGTON, DC, May 2, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, the Foundation for Social Connection released a new report discussing evidence-based solutions to address the public health crisis of loneliness and isolation.

Key Points: 
  • WASHINGTON, DC, May 2, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, the Foundation for Social Connection released a new report discussing evidence-based solutions to address the public health crisis of loneliness and isolation.
  • "When neighborhoods and community spaces are thoughtfully designed, they can serve both as a remedy to and a preventative measure against loneliness and social isolation," said Jillian Racoosin Kornmeier, MPH, Executive Director of the Foundation for Social Connection.
  • "Our report reveals practical strategies to improve social connection and well-being through community design."
  • F4SC engages in education, increases public awareness, promotes innovative research, and spurs the development and implementation of evidence-based models that address social isolation and loneliness and promote social connection.