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| This week in conservation march 23-29, 2009 |
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| Spring Gardening Talk | ||||||||||||||||||
 Mon, March 23, Spring Gardening Talk, 2 pm, Tisbury Senior Center. Container planting, raised beds with Carol Chapman of Vineyard Landscape Design. Refreshments. Free. Pre-register: 508-696-4205. |
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| Woodcock Wandering | ||||||||||||||||||
 Tuesdays, March 24 & 31, Woodcock Wandering, Felix Neck, 6:30 – 7:30pm Love is in the air as the sun sets in early spring. The American woodcock, a member of the sandpiper family, performs his aerial mating display. Hear his call and hopefully see him spiral into the air then return to his launch site. Members: $3 Non-members: $6 Recommended for adults and families with children ages 5+. |
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| The Real Price of Conventional Foods with Jan Buhrman | ||||||||||||||||||
 Wed, March 25,The Real Price of Conventional Foods with Jan Buhrman 7 PM Vineyard Haven Public Library As part of the Menu for the Future Series Jan Buhrman will join us for this lecture. It is open to the public .Jan Buhrman is very active in the Slow Food Movement and owns her own catering service. She is very familiar with locally grown food and how to make enticing meals with what is available from season to season. Handouts and Recipes will be available. |
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| Toddler Time | ||||||||||||||||||
 Wed, March 25, Toddler Time 10 a.m. to noon at Native Earth Teaching Farm, 94 North Road in Chilmark, with animal visits and farm crafts. Weather permitting. For details, call 508-645-3304 or see nativeearthteachingfarm.org. |
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| Gardening with Children Seminar | ||||||||||||||||||
 Wed, March 25, Gardening with Children Seminar 6:30-9:30 pm, M.V. Regional High School, Oak Bluffs. Presented by ACE MV; with Melinda Rabbitt DeFeo. $35. Pre-register: acemv.org; 508-693-1033 ext. 240. |
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| Lyme Disease Talk | ||||||||||||||||||
 Wed, March 25, Lyme Disease Talk 12 noon, West Tisbury Library. With Nicole Barlett, R.N., and Dyan Reddick, founder of Lyme Disease Assoc. of M.V. 508-693-3366. |
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| Lights Out Martha’s Vineyard | ||||||||||||||||||
 Sat, March 28, Lights Out Martha’s Vineyard, 8:30 – 9:30 PM Please flip the switch and shut off all non-essential lighting for one hour. Enjoy some cozy candlelight while you celebrate the World Wildlife Fund’s, Earth Hour of darkness and energy conservation awareness, shared by 1,672 cities and 80 countries world wide! You to can be part of this planetary movement! |
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| Lights Out Martha’s Vineyard Walk | ||||||||||||||||||
| Sat, March 28, Lights Out Martha’s Vineyard Walk, 8:00-9:00 PM, Felix Neck Sanctuary, in partnership with the Vineyard Conservation Society, and the Vineyard Energy Project will lead a guided night walk. Join us to participate in International Earth Hour, organized by the World Wildlife Fund Internationally. In conjunction with other island conservation organizations, we will reduce our energy consumption by turning out the lights for an hour and enjoying the beauty of nature at night. Members: $3, Non-members: $6. |
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| Alpaca Farm Open House/Workshop | ||||||||||||||||||
 Sat, March 28, Alpaca Farm Open House/Workshop 12 noon-4 pm, Island Alpaca Company, Oak Bluffs. Meet alpaca; refreshments; alpaca sock-making workshop ($45). Pre-register for class: 508-693-5554. |
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| Tisbury Pond Club Walk | ||||||||||||||||||
 Sun, March 29, Tisbury Pond Club Walk 1 p.m- 3:00 p.m The Trustees of Reservations, Long Point Wildlife Refuge, Winter Entrance (Deep Bottom Road), West Tisbury. Hear the tale of a special hunt club whose members yearned to keep Long Point open and wild, as we view old journals, photographs, and duck hunting equipment. A walk will uncover old duck blinds and lead us toward our wildlife viewing blind. To register, please call (508) 693-7662. |
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| Save The Date | ||||||||||||||||||
| SAVE THE DATE FOR THE 17TH ANNUAL Vineyard Conservation Society’s Earth day Beach Clean-Up |
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 Bring your friends and family to the VCS Earth Day Beach Clean-Up on Saturday, April 18th, from 10 to noon. Look for a list of beaches in upcoming issues of the ALMANAC and our posters around town. Volunteers will be there with what you need but bring your own gloves if you have them. To learn more call 508-693-9588. Together we can make a difference. |
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| Woods Hole Research Center invites you to an Armand G. Erpf Lecture | ||||||||||||||||||
| Tues, March 31, Woods Hole Research Center invites you to an Armand G. Erpf Lecture- Thomas Stone, Senior Research Associate Carbon Markets and Forest Conservation: A Regional Blueprint for National Policy? Harbourton Auditorium, Gilman Ordway Campus, 149 Woods Hole Rd, Falmouth Space is limited, and reservations are required. RSVP to Connie Johnson, 508-540-9900 ex 117 or at connie@whrc.org |
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| How Communities Can Prepare for Climate Change | ||||||||||||||||||
| 4/8/2009 9:00AM 9:00 am - 4:00 pm Cape and Islands Association of REALTORs Conference Center, 22 Mid Tech Drive, West Yarmouth The Plan to Protect workshop is designed to offer guidance to decision-makers on how to prepare for climate change. Case studies demonstrating how different communities have approached adaptation planning will be presented with a view to extracting transferable lessons and practices from these models. The workshop will also kick-off an opportunity for towns in the Cape and Islands to develop climate adaptation plans. http://www.waquoitbayreserve.org/ eventshow.aspx?eventid=110 |
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| Whippoorwill Farm CSA - Volunteers Needed | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Energy Update | ||||||||||||||||||
| Stimulus Money Puts Clean Coal Projects on a Faster Track |
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| Climate Change Update | ||||||||||||||||||
| Northeast US could suffer most from sea rise |
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| World will agree new climate deal, says Al Gore |
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| Al Gore, the former US vice-president, delivers an upbeat assessment of the global response to climate change today, saying he believes a "political tipping point" has been reached which will enable leaders to avert environmental catastrophe. In his first newspaper interview since the US election, the Nobel peace prize winner tells the Guardian that Barack Obama's arrival in the White House, combined with a growing realisation of the problem among business leaders, means there is now enough political momentum to tackle the world's greatest environmental threat. http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/ 2009/mar/14/al-gore-climate-change1 |
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| Sustainable Update | ||||||||||||||||||
| Groundfish industry upended by turn of events |
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| Wind Update | ||||||||||||||||||
| Energy Projects Pick Up Momentum, Money |
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| Wildlife Update | ||||||||||||||||||
| Rare reptile hatchling found on NZ mainland |
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So Far 1,760 cities and 80 countries are on board to turn their lights out! 
1% of the proceeds from the sale of items that carry the “1% for the island” logo or “1% for the island” branded products will be donated to the Vineyard Conservation Society to be used to fund local projects. 
For several years shoreline property owners have complained that the Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah) has poorly managed its oyster aquaculture project and allowed plastic mesh bags and other material to litter Menemsha Pond. 
WASHINGTON — On Friday, Michelle Obama will begin digging up a patch of White House lawn to plant a vegetable garden, the first since Eleanor Roosevelt’s victory garden in World War II. There will be no beets (the president doesn’t like them) but arugula will make the cut. 
In a very short amount of time, 25% of our members from last year have enthusiastically committed to 2009. We invite you to help in our current recruitment efforts.
EDWARDSPORT, Ind. — Near the middle of a dusty construction site here stands a patch of land, about the size of two football fields, notable because it is empty. 
WASHINGTON - The Northeastern US coast is likely to see the world's biggest sea level rise from man-made global warming, a new study predicts. However much the oceans rise by the end of the century, add an extra 8 inches or so for New York, Boston, and other spots along the coast from the mid-Atlantic to New England. That's because of predicted changes in ocean currents, according to a study based on computer models published online yesterday in the journal Nature Geoscience. 
GLOUCESTER, MA – The months of January and February were surreal for the Northeast region’s groundfish industry. Fishermen lived day-to-day in a regulatory haze, glued to news accounts and government updates about whether or not they could fish. 
Can you imagine a structure almost 300 feet tall, just a mile or so outside Edgartown? Well, a couple of weeks from now, you won’t have to; you’ll be able to see the pictures. Staff at the Massachusetts Technology Collaborative (MTC) are even now doctoring recent photos taken from various points on Martha’s Vineyard, superimposing the image of a 640-kilowatt wind turbine on them. 
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) -- A hatchling of a rare reptile with lineage dating back to the dinosaur age has been found in the wild on the New Zealand mainland for the first time in about 200 years, a wildlife official said Thursday.