Monterey Bay Aquarium

Monterey Bay Aquarium, Monterey, California
website link: http://www.montereybayaquarium.org/

Monterey Bay Aquarium is your window to wonders of the ocean.  It is home to sea otters, penguins, sharks, jelly fish, and thousands of other marine animals.

It has latest information on animals, exhibits, upcoming events, conservation news, animal guide, aquarium adventures, podcast, videos, web cams, e-cards.

Open Sea Exhibit - tunas, sharks, sardines, green sea turtles swimming across a 9- ft. aquarium window, and puffins.

Aquarium Photo Gallery:

seahorse  giant Pacific Octopus

 penguins  sea otters  rock anenomes

 potbelly seahorse  seven gill shark

 penguins   green sea turtle   puffin

 sting ray   tropical fish   rock fish

La Paz Waterfall Gardens, Costa Rica

La Paz Waterfall Gardens, Costa Rica
website link:  http://waterfallgardens.com/index.php

La Paz Waterfall Gardens Natural Park, in the Central Highlands of Costa Rica, has 70 acres of land, including 40 acres of cloud rainforest and 30 acres of pastureland.  The rainforest is protected under Private Wildlife Refuge Status.

There are 2 miles of hiking trails and viewing platforms, designed by Bernardo Pico, who designed forest trails for the National Park System of Costa Rica.

Waterfalls
Along the forest trails of La Paz Waterfall Gardens, five waterfalls line the trail. You can view the waterfalls from platforms above, below and in front of the waterfalls.  On the Magia Bianca waterfall, viewing platform, you can take a photo under the waterfall and Templo and Encantada waterfalls.

Bird Aviary:
Toucans, wild turkeys, scarlet macaws, yellow finch, baltimore oriole, red lored parrote, green honey creeper, woodpecker, screech owl, white crowned parrot, crimson fronted parakeet, gray hawk, black bellied whistling duck.









Hummingbird Garden
There are 26 different species and 57 hummingbirds from Costa Rica, you can feed them by hand at the birdfeeders. 





Green breasted mango

magenta-throated woodstar

magnificent hummingbird

rufous-tailed hummingbird

green-violet ear hummingbird

purple crowned fairy

Frogs in the Garden:

  leaf frog in Costa Rica

blue-sided leaf frog in Costa Rica, look at its orange frog feet pads!

male leaf frog, Costa Rica, look at his big frog feet pads!

leaf frog, hanging onto a leaf, waiting for a bug to zap!

Butterfly Observatory



Jungle Cat Exhibit

margay jungle cat, Costa Rica

  jaguarundi jungle cat, Costa Rica

  Jaguar, Costa Rica

  ocelot jungle cat, Costa Rica

  puma jungle cat, Costa Rica

Oregon Coast Aquarium

Oregon Coast Aquarium
Newport, Oregon

website link: http://aquarium.org/

The Oregon Coast Aquarium is a world-class marine educational attraction, nestled on beautiful Yaquina Bay, in Newport, Orgeon.

The Aquarium is a vital educational resource for Oregon.  The Aquarium is a center of excellence for ocean literacy and plays an active role in conservation and animal rehabilitation efforts.

Exhibits at the Oregon Coast Aquarium are known internationally.  Exhibits range from those you can touch and hear to those you can see and explore.  Visitors experience the etheral magic of jellyfish.  Enjoy watching sea otters, harbor seals, and California sea lions.

The Oregon Coast Aquarium is dedicated to providing excellent care for animals and is a leader in global wildlife conservation, and a link to helping anims in their native habitats.

Here are some of themarine life at The Oregon Coast Aquarium:
Giant Pacific Octopus
Seals and Sea Lions
Sea Bird Aviary
Estuary Trail
Aquarium Gardens

Exhibits

Azuarium Gardens
The Aquarium Garden, 40 acres, has a winding path across a trickling, forest creek.  Towering creek dogwood, trees, big leaf maple trees.  There is a small beaver dam, with a tranquil saltwater marsh beyond the trees.

Sea bird aviary

Wyoming Wolves - U.S. Department of Interior - "Kill the Wolves"

Wyoming Wolves - U.S. Department of Interior, Ken Salazar, and new Fish and Wildlife Service Director, Dan Ashe, new legislation, "Kill the Wolves in Wyoming"

website blog link: http://wolfpreservation.wordpress.com/

Just hours ago, Interior Secretary Ken Salazar and new Fish and Wildlife Service Director Dan Ashe announced details of Wyoming’s wolf management plan that would allow wolves to be shot on sight across most of the state.
Pups at their dens, pregnant females, parents bringing food back to the pups – they could all be killed for any reason across most of the state during most of the year. This is not only unethical, it undermines the continued recovery of the Northern Rockies grey wolf.
Tell the Fish and Wildlife Service that you’re outraged by their capitulation to anti-wolf extremists in Wyoming. Call the Service toll-free at:
1-800-344-WILD  (9453)
And deliver this simple message:
“My name is [Your Name] and I’m calling from [Your Town], [Your State] to let Director Dan Ashe know that I’m outraged by the Fish and Wildlife Service’s support for Wyoming’s wolf management plan. This proposal is unscientific and unconscionable and would allow wolves to be shot on sight in most areas of the state outside Yellowstone National Park.”
Gracious thanks to “Defenders of Wildlife” for providing this information!

Wolf Preservation

The Wolf Preservation Blog
website link: http://wolfpreservation.wordpress.com/

A gateway to information, education and resources on Wolf Preservation by Hoosier Wolf Preservationist, Michael Heath
The Wolf Preservation blog is a website providing information, education, resources for preservation of wolves.  Started by Indiana-based wolf preservation activist, Michael Heath.  The Wolf Preservation blog continues Heath's lifelong dedication to wolves.  It serves as a gateway for the latest information, resources, legislation, programs and events in wolf preservation.  Michael is in Central Indiana.

Earthjustice -"Because the earth needs a good lawyer".

Earthjustice - "Because the earth needs a good lawyer".
website link:  earthjustice.org
Twitter: Earthjustice @Earthjustice

Earthjustice - Mission

Earthjustice is a non-profit, public interest law firm dedicated to protecting the magnificent places, natural resources, wildlife, to defend the right of all people to a healthy environment.

Earthjustice works through the courts on behalf of citizen groups, scientists, etc., to ensure government agencies and private interests follow the law.

On Capitol Hill, Washington, D.C. Earthjustice lawyers work to protect and strenghten federal government laws, preserve special places, like Arctic tundra and wildlife in Alaska.  Earthjustice's lawyers handle hundreds of cases every year, with federal and state environmental lawsuits argued and appealed, at the Court of Appeals, 9th Circuit, San Francisco.

Starting in 1969, a deluge of new environmental statues was passed and signed into law.  By 1973, Congress had created the following environmental laws:

National Environmental Policy Act - 1970
Clean Water Act - 1972
Clear Air Act - 1970
Endangered Species Act (ESA) - 1971
National Forest Management Act - 1976


Court of Appeals, 9th Circuit, San Francisco, California:

Defenders of Wildlife-HabitatFact Sheets

Wildlife and Habitat - Endangered Species and Habitats - information, facts, pictures, sounds, video, photos, images, news – Defenders of Wildlife - Defenders of Wildlife