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Auld Lang Syne by Sissel: Happy New Year

Sissel sings Auld Lang Syne in the amazing video below featuring nature, wildlife and an important message.  My sister-in-law sent me this amazing video and I watched it six times! This is a MUST see-trust me! Video Link Happy New Year – Auld Lang Syne by Sissel (Live).wmv What did you think? Isn’t the photography amazing?

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Keweenaw Bay Indian Community member receives delay of sentance

Keweenaw Bay Indian Community member Charlotte Loonsfoot received a 30-day delay of sentence on a misdemeanor trespass charge involving a May protest of the Kennecott Eagle Minerals Company at Eagle Rock near the Yellow Dog River. I learned about this from the blog, Stand for the Land. Loonsfoot pleaded no contest to the charge and [...]

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Outer Banks’ wild horses in danger from vacation homes

Do you know that the Eastern United States has wild horses? The Outer Banks’ wild horses, some of the last wild horses in the Eastern United States, live on a stretch of barrier island. A boom in vacation homes in the past 25 years in this remote place has seen the mustangs confined to a [...]

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Wildlife Postage Stamp bill looking promising: Will raise millions for wildlife

The new Wildlife Postage Stamp bill is on it’s way! A huge thank you to the World Wildlife Fund for creating this legislation. According to the World Wildlife Fund website, the Multinational Species Conservation Funds Semipostal Stamp Act directs the U.S. Postal Service to offer a premium-priced stamp above the standard first-class rate and dedicates the additional revenue raised [...]

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Forest bathing: Exposure to plants and trees seems to benefit health

Have you ever heard of forest bathing? I hadn’t either until I read about it in The New York Times, “The Claim: Exposure to Plants and Parks Can Boost Immunity“. In a series of studies, scientists found that people who spend time in nature with plenty of trees experience increased immune function. It makes perfect [...]

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Healing Garden Journal features Carl and Jean

Healing Garden Journal features an article about Carl and Jean titled “Carl R. Sams II and Jean Stoick: Photographers on a Mission of Hope“. The article is wonderfully written by Linda Hasley, Managing Editor for Healing Garden Journal. Linda writes, “Upon meeting Carl and Jean, I immediately felt at ease, almost like a member of [...]

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Ohio woman finds groundhog hiding under car hood

The following is a great story, especially with our new upcoming movie, First Snow in the Woods: The Movie (watch the trailer: 2:58 minutes), featuring a groundhog, along with a variety of other wildlife. An Ohio woman heard a thumping coming from under her car hood so she pulled over in a parking lot. She opened [...]

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For kids, video games top saving nature: survey

A new survey has me worried about the future of our environment. Ten times more children around the world rank watching television and playing video games as more important to them than saving the environment, according to the survey. It’s now more important than ever that Carl and Jean continue to use their award-winning children’s [...]

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Massive urban wildlife study to be launched

A massive urban wildlife study of the Chicago region will be launched by scientists at the Lincoln Park Zoo. I found this timely as just this morning my next door neighbors live trapped a woodchuck that’s been eating their flowers and scaring their cat. About the Massive Urban Wildlife Study After reading the article “Scientists to [...]

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