http://www.examiner.com/x-4401-Connecticut-Nature-Examiner?cid=exrss-Connecticut-Nature-Examiner en-us Sun, 22 Nov 2009 20:48:01 -0700 Tue, 05 May 2009 12:51:53 -0700 BlogCFC http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://www.examiner.com/x-4401-Connecticut-Nature-Examiner~y2009m5d5-Fairfield-County-volunteers-needed-for-owl-research-project?cid=exrss-Connecticut-Nature-Examiner Barred owl. Photo courtesy D. Gordon E. Robertson. Researchers at the Mianus River Gorge Preserve in Bedford, New York, are enlisting volunteers to conduct a survey of barred owls and Eastern screech-owls in Westchester and Putnam counties in New Yo... Bird Watching Citizen Science Owls Tue, 05 May 2009 12:51:53 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-4401-Connecticut-Nature-Examiner~y2009m5d5-Fairfield-County-volunteers-needed-for-owl-research-project?cid=exrss-Connecticut-Nature-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-4401-Connecticut-Nature-Examiner~y2009m4d16-The-cost-of-SB-994-Connecticuts-proposed-ban-on-leghold-and-Conibear-traps?cid=exrss-Connecticut-Nature-Examiner Coyote. National Park Service photo by Jim Peaco. S.B. 994, An Act Concerning Leghold Traps, proposes to ban the use of leghold and Conibear traps in Connecticut. The original note on the fiscal impact of the law indicated that there would be minima... Fur trapping Thu, 16 Apr 2009 21:16:57 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-4401-Connecticut-Nature-Examiner~y2009m4d16-The-cost-of-SB-994-Connecticuts-proposed-ban-on-leghold-and-Conibear-traps?cid=exrss-Connecticut-Nature-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-4401-Connecticut-Nature-Examiner~y2009m4d15-Conibear-traps-and-SB-994-the-proposed-Connecticut-trap-ban?cid=exrss-Connecticut-Nature-Examiner A Duke Conibear 330, designed to trap beaver andother large furbearers. S.B. 994, An Act Concerning Leghold Traps, is making its way toward consideration in the General Assembly. It originated in the Environment Committee with the effective lobbying... Fur trapping Wed, 15 Apr 2009 18:13:06 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-4401-Connecticut-Nature-Examiner~y2009m4d15-Conibear-traps-and-SB-994-the-proposed-Connecticut-trap-ban?cid=exrss-Connecticut-Nature-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-4401-Connecticut-Nature-Examiner~y2009m4d13-Skunk-cabbage-The-first-wildflower-of-a-Connecticut-spring?cid=exrss-Connecticut-Nature-Examiner Newly leafed-out skunk cabbages in a Connecticutwetland. It’s not likely to become anyone’s state flower, but the Eastern skunk cabbage (Symplocarpus foetidus) has a peculiar charm to go with its famously unpleasant odor. Connecticut&rsq... Wildflowers Skunk Cabbage Mon, 13 Apr 2009 15:02:02 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-4401-Connecticut-Nature-Examiner~y2009m4d13-Skunk-cabbage-The-first-wildflower-of-a-Connecticut-spring?cid=exrss-Connecticut-Nature-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-4401-Connecticut-Nature-Examiner~y2009m4d7-Fishers-in-Connecticut-A-return-of-the-wild?cid=exrss-Connecticut-Nature-Examiner A fisher. U.S. Fish & WIldlife Service photo. Some New Englanders call them fisher cats, but they’re not cats and they don’t usually fish. The fisher (Martes pennanti) is a member of an ancient and diverse family of predatory animals... Wildlife Fisher Tue, 07 Apr 2009 12:42:44 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-4401-Connecticut-Nature-Examiner~y2009m4d7-Fishers-in-Connecticut-A-return-of-the-wild?cid=exrss-Connecticut-Nature-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-4401-Connecticut-Nature-Examiner~y2009m3d31-After-the-trapping-season-Connecticuts-annual-fur-sale?cid=exrss-Connecticut-Nature-Examiner Beavers are targeted by Connecticut  trappers both for their furs and for nuisance animal control. NationalPark Service photo by Jim Peaco. Shortly after the March 15 close of trapping season, Connecticut’s fur trappers gather for on... Fur trapping Tue, 31 Mar 2009 10:59:16 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-4401-Connecticut-Nature-Examiner~y2009m3d31-After-the-trapping-season-Connecticuts-annual-fur-sale?cid=exrss-Connecticut-Nature-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-4401-Connecticut-Nature-Examiner~y2009m3d26-Connecticut-DEP-testimony-on-the-proposed-ban-on-fur-traps-SB-994?cid=exrss-Connecticut-Nature-Examiner Coyotes are among the animals legally trapped in Connecticut. National Park Service photo. The Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) submitted testimony during the March 9 Environment Committee hearing on S.B. 994. If passed b... Fur trapping Thu, 26 Mar 2009 18:21:18 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-4401-Connecticut-Nature-Examiner~y2009m3d26-Connecticut-DEP-testimony-on-the-proposed-ban-on-fur-traps-SB-994?cid=exrss-Connecticut-Nature-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-4401-Connecticut-Nature-Examiner~y2009m3d26-BioBlitz-2009-to-study-Hartfords-Keney-Park?cid=exrss-Connecticut-Nature-Examiner Luna moth. Photo courtesy Dr. David Wagner. On June 12-13, more than a hundred scientists and many citizen volunteers will descend on Keney Park with a singular mission: to find and record as many of the park’s living organisms as they can in ... Environment BioBlitz Thu, 26 Mar 2009 10:13:45 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-4401-Connecticut-Nature-Examiner~y2009m3d26-BioBlitz-2009-to-study-Hartfords-Keney-Park?cid=exrss-Connecticut-Nature-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-4401-Connecticut-Nature-Examiner~y2009m3d25-Using-barley-straw-to-control-pond-algae?cid=exrss-Connecticut-Nature-Examiner Filamentous algae on the surface of a pond. Photocourtesy Creative Commons. Biologists call it “filamentous algae.” The folks at your local water-garden supply store probably call it “string algae” or “hair algae.&rdquo... Environment Ponds Wed, 25 Mar 2009 08:36:19 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-4401-Connecticut-Nature-Examiner~y2009m3d25-Using-barley-straw-to-control-pond-algae?cid=exrss-Connecticut-Nature-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-4401-Connecticut-Nature-Examiner~y2009m3d23-Beta-testing-SB-994-Connecticuts-proposed-fur-trapping-ban-Part-2?cid=exrss-Connecticut-Nature-Examiner    Continued from Part 1.The 1996 passage of Question One, which banned the use of leghold and Conibear traps in Massachusetts, led to a dramatic increase in the state’s beaver population. By 2000, beavers had become serious pests, a... Fur trapping Mon, 23 Mar 2009 12:11:53 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-4401-Connecticut-Nature-Examiner~y2009m3d23-Beta-testing-SB-994-Connecticuts-proposed-fur-trapping-ban-Part-2?cid=exrss-Connecticut-Nature-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-4401-Connecticut-Nature-Examiner~y2009m3d23-Beta-testing-SB-994-Connecticuts-proposed-fur-trapping-ban-Part-1?cid=exrss-Connecticut-Nature-Examiner  Photo courtesy Ilyes Laszlo and Creative Commons. S.B. 994, “An Act Concerning Leghold Traps,” has been approved by a vote of 22-8 in the Connecticut General Assembly’s Environment Committee, and will now be considered by the... Fur trapping Mon, 23 Mar 2009 11:47:13 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-4401-Connecticut-Nature-Examiner~y2009m3d23-Beta-testing-SB-994-Connecticuts-proposed-fur-trapping-ban-Part-1?cid=exrss-Connecticut-Nature-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-4401-Connecticut-Nature-Examiner~y2009m3d17-Good-firewood-cheap-Firewoodcutting-permits-in-Connecticut?cid=exrss-Connecticut-Nature-Examiner The RWA issues about 400 firewood permits annually,including renewals and about forty new permits.  Want to reduce your oil bill by heating your home with firewood? With commercially cut firewood in Connecticut running around $240 a cord, and h... Firewood Tue, 17 Mar 2009 09:48:36 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-4401-Connecticut-Nature-Examiner~y2009m3d17-Good-firewood-cheap-Firewoodcutting-permits-in-Connecticut?cid=exrss-Connecticut-Nature-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-4401-Connecticut-Nature-Examiner~y2009m3d13-Put-crushed-eggshells-on-the-menu-at-your-birdfeeders?cid=exrss-Connecticut-Nature-Examiner Feed crushed eggshells to wild birds to help combatthe effects of acid rain.   There is a statistical link between high soil acidity and reduced populations of some songbirds. Researchers at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology and other scienti... Bird Watching Fri, 13 Mar 2009 09:10:01 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-4401-Connecticut-Nature-Examiner~y2009m3d13-Put-crushed-eggshells-on-the-menu-at-your-birdfeeders?cid=exrss-Connecticut-Nature-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-4401-Connecticut-Nature-Examiner~y2009m3d12-Buying-next-winters-firewood-A-few-consumer-caveats?cid=exrss-Connecticut-Nature-Examiner Buy firewood early for better winter heating. As a canny consumer, you’ll want to watch out for a few things when you buy firewood already cut and split. The first is that paying for a cord of firewood doesn’t guarantee that you’ll... Firewood Thu, 12 Mar 2009 13:10:14 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-4401-Connecticut-Nature-Examiner~y2009m3d12-Buying-next-winters-firewood-A-few-consumer-caveats?cid=exrss-Connecticut-Nature-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-4401-Connecticut-Nature-Examiner~y2009m3d12-Comical-woodcock-returns-to-Connecticut?cid=exrss-Connecticut-Nature-Examiner The timberdoodle's camouflage serves it well on thenest.  One of my favorite harbingers of spring is the appearance of the American woodcock, Scolopax minor, in migration from its wintering grounds in the Southeast. Woodcocks are among the earl... Bird Watching Thu, 12 Mar 2009 12:40:24 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-4401-Connecticut-Nature-Examiner~y2009m3d12-Comical-woodcock-returns-to-Connecticut?cid=exrss-Connecticut-Nature-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-4401-Connecticut-Nature-Examiner~y2009m3d10-Connecticut-fur-trapping-some-perspective?cid=exrss-Connecticut-Nature-Examiner A U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service employee placesa beaver trap.  Fur trapping is a very small business in Connecticut. Regulations and seasons are set by the Wildlife Division of the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP). The DEP a... Environment Fur trapping Wildlife Tue, 10 Mar 2009 13:26:22 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-4401-Connecticut-Nature-Examiner~y2009m3d10-Connecticut-fur-trapping-some-perspective?cid=exrss-Connecticut-Nature-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-4401-Connecticut-Nature-Examiner~y2009m3d9-Is-there-a-future-for-fur-trapping-in-Connecticut?cid=exrss-Connecticut-Nature-Examiner Coyotes are among the furbearing animalstargeted by Connecticut trappers. A proposed law, S.B. 994, is making its way through the Connecticut state legislature. Titled “An Act Concerning Leghold Traps,” it amends Section 26-72 of the gen... Fur trapping Mon, 09 Mar 2009 19:15:42 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-4401-Connecticut-Nature-Examiner~y2009m3d9-Is-there-a-future-for-fur-trapping-in-Connecticut?cid=exrss-Connecticut-Nature-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-4401-Connecticut-Nature-Examiner~y2009m3d6-Burn-firewood-right-for-cleaner-air-lower-fuel-costs-and-safety?cid=exrss-Connecticut-Nature-Examiner Burned right, firewood is an environmentally friendlyfuel. The renewed popularity of firewood as a fuel for home heating in Connecticut is raising some legitimate concerns about air pollution. The basic problem is that woodstoves don’t com... Firewood Environment Fri, 06 Mar 2009 07:21:33 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-4401-Connecticut-Nature-Examiner~y2009m3d6-Burn-firewood-right-for-cleaner-air-lower-fuel-costs-and-safety?cid=exrss-Connecticut-Nature-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-4401-Connecticut-Nature-Examiner~y2009m3d2-Save-money-by-heating-your-home-with-firewood?cid=exrss-Connecticut-Nature-Examiner Black birch firewood. Author photo. All rightsreserved. This is the first in a series of short articles about firewood that I’ll be posting over the next few weeks. All of these articles will be directed toward giving you the basic informa... Firewood Home Heating Mon, 02 Mar 2009 14:44:09 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-4401-Connecticut-Nature-Examiner~y2009m3d2-Save-money-by-heating-your-home-with-firewood?cid=exrss-Connecticut-Nature-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-4401-Connecticut-Nature-Examiner~y2009m2d26-Pine-siskins-invade-Connecticut?cid=exrss-Connecticut-Nature-Examiner Pine siskin. Photo courtesy Patrick Comins, AudubonConnecticut. All rights reserved. It's not exactly an invasion. Birders and biologists call it an irruption—a sudden, mass migration of birds to an area in which they're not usually found ... Bird Watching Thu, 26 Feb 2009 15:31:53 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-4401-Connecticut-Nature-Examiner~y2009m2d26-Pine-siskins-invade-Connecticut?cid=exrss-Connecticut-Nature-Examiner