Sections SEARCH Skip to content Skip to site index Subscribe Log In U.S. | Poisoned Wildlife and Tainted Meat: Why Hunters Are Moving Away From Lead Bullets Many hunters are ditching traditional ammunition amid mounting evidence that it harms scavengers and pollutes the food people eat. Chelsea Cassens during an elk hunt at The Nature Conservancy’s Zumwalt Prairie Preserve in Oregon. Credit Credit Supported by ByIan Urbina Photographs byMax Whittaker Nov. 24, 2018 ZUMWALT PRAIRIE, Ore. — Aiming a rifle loaded with a copper bullet rather than the standard type made of lead, Chelsea Cassens fired at an elk from 70 yards away, hitting it squarely behind its shoulder. To avoid spooking the animal if it was only injured, Ms. Cassens waited several minutes before approaching as her father needled her skeptically, suggesting her newfangled ammunition might not have immediately killed it. Moments later, Ms. … [Read more...] about Poisoned Wildlife and Tainted Meat: Why Hunters Are Moving Away From Lead Bullets
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N.M. Wildlife and Wildscapes: The Art of Julia Cairns and L. Wren Walraven
Enjoy the new exhibition by these wildly experienced artists.The Open Space Visitor Center presents New Mexico Wildlife and Wildscapes, the Art of Julia Cairns and L. Wren Walraven. L. Wren Walraven has received a BFA from Ohio University, and has worked in wildlife rehabilitation and bird surveying. She has been a professional artist for 19 years. Julia Cairns was born in Oxford, England in 1959. She paints at her studio in Galisteo, NM and takes part in the annual Studio Tour there every October. Julia teaches and travels, taking a group to Italy every year to paint the beautiful landscapes of Tuscany. Her inspiration comes from nature and the world around her. See www.cabq.gov/openspace or call 897-8831 for more details. … [Read more...] about N.M. Wildlife and Wildscapes: The Art of Julia Cairns and L. Wren Walraven
Deepwater Horizon settlement funds helping restore wildlife and Texas coastline
By Nick Powell Updated 12:30 am CDT, Tuesday, October 16, 2018 Eleven people died, 17 were injured in the Deepwater Horizon oil rig explosion.on April 20, 2010. An estimated 210 million gallons of oil was released, affecting the Gulf Coast environment and economy. Eleven people died, 17 were injured in the Deepwater Horizon oil rig explosion.on April 20, 2010. An estimated 210 million gallons of oil was released, affecting the Gulf Coast environment and economy. Photo: SUBMITTED PHOTO In this June 7, 2010 file photo, a dead turtle floats on a pool of oil from the Deepwater Horizon spill in Barataria Bay off the coast of Louisiana Monday, June, 7, 2010. In this June 7, 2010 file photo, a dead turtle floats on a pool of oil from the Deepwater Horizon spill in Barataria Bay off the coast of Louisiana Monday, June, 7, 2010. Photo: Charlie Riedel / … [Read more...] about Deepwater Horizon settlement funds helping restore wildlife and Texas coastline
Top things to do this week in Tampa Bay: Eddie Izzard, A Night at the Museum, birding and nature festival, Sesame Street Live
TRANSFORMER: Eddie Izzard The iconic standup comedian, actor and “action transvestite” who broke the mold by performing in makeup and heels, Eddie Izzard defies categorization again by adapting his bestselling memoir into a stage show. Believe Me: A Memoir of Love, Death and Jazz Chickens is not exactly an outright standup comedy act. He instead tends to spin wildly funny tales about his life with actorly flourishes of storytelling (while sporting thigh-high boots) and he welcomes an audience Q&A. He performs at Sarasota’s Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall at 8 p.m. Thursday and at 8 p.m. Sunday at Ruth Eckerd Hall, 1111 N McMullen-Booth Road, Clearwater. $35-$75. (727) 791-7400. rutheckerdhall.com. HISTRIONICS: A Night at the Museum As the Tampa Bay History Center winds down for the day, the museum comes alive with pirates, explorers, Florida pioneers and even the stormtroopers from Star Wars for A Night at the Museum. Families are invited to haunt the center while … [Read more...] about Top things to do this week in Tampa Bay: Eddie Izzard, A Night at the Museum, birding and nature festival, Sesame Street Live
Michael Sieve hunts and paints wildlife and cares about their habitat
Michael Sieve earned a college fine arts degree in the early 1970s, only to land a job on the kill floor of an Iowa beef slaughterhouse. He had dreams as a high school kid in rural Nobles County in southwest Minnesota of someday winning the federal duck stamp contest — an ambition that still burns inside of him after a long, highly successful career of painting whitetail deer, other big game, upland birds and waterfowl. Sieve’s depiction of a rooster and hen flushing into a snowstorm from a field of dried-out corn is this year’s Minnesota Pheasant Stamp. He still creates seven or eight new wildlife paintings a year and has made a name for himself around the state as a devoted bow hunter and land conservationist. At his dreamy homestead, gallery and art studio in the wooded hills east of Rushford, the Star Tribune caught up with him early this week for a rangy discussion of his outdoors life. Painting In the four years that he toiled as a meatpacker, Sieve hustled on … [Read more...] about Michael Sieve hunts and paints wildlife and cares about their habitat