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There is still time for residents who urged Long Branch to kill "herds" of Canada geese to educate themselves. ("Residents urge city to eliminate geese," March 10.) First, anger and abuse solve nothing. Fertilized, manicured lawns near water lure geese. These landscapes are not indigenous to the Northeast and mimic nesting conditions further north. The weed-whacked, fertilized, chemically treated ideal sought by many waterfront property owners is responsible for attracting geese. Ecologically, these are degraded landscapes. With the help of a qualified landscaper, they can be modified. And the geese will move on. Health fears are misplaced. The country's foremost federal researchers have stated unequivocally that geese are not a health threat. However, an epidemic of fear and loathing of native wildlife everything from neighbors' bird feeders to a raccoon that dares set foot on "private property" appears ascendant.
EMSAH Research Seminar - Digging for Difference: Lifestyle ...
Gardening programs in Australia and the UK are remarkably similar despite the geographic and climatic differences between the two countries. This paper seeks to explore the factors which are inflential in bringing this about, particularly those that relate to the increasing influence of the concept of `lifestyle` from the 1980s on. It is particularly interested in the recent reduction in the number of garden makeover programs in both countries and in the moves to waterwise gardening in the programs that remain. The role and characterisation of the gardener-presenter will be central to the analysis.
About the Presenter:
Frances Bonner is the author of Ordinary Television (Sage 2003) and co-author of Fame Games: The Production of Celebrity in Australia (Cambridge University Press, 2000) with Graeme Turner and P.
Illinois Governor Blagojevich proposes $10.9 billion multiyear ...
April 19, 2007 -- SPRINGFIELD – Acting Illinois Department of Transportation Secretary Milt Sees today unveiled Governor Rod R. Blagojevich's $10.9 billion multiyear Highway Improvement Program (MYP) for the Fiscal Years 2008 through 2013. The Multiyear Plan (MYP) focuses on maintenance of the current road system. The MYP complements $3 billion in capital road projects included in Governor Blagojevich's Tax Fairness Plan proposed in Senate Bill 1. The MYP and the bonded capital program would result in nearly $13.9 billion of highway investments over the next six years. “The Multiyear Road Program, combined with capital projects that will result from our Tax Fairness Plan, will maintain and upgrade roads and bridges and expand our existing transportation network. These are critical investments that will put people to work and make life better for millions of Illinois drivers," said Governor Blagojevich.
'Women in the Wild' show off the local landscape
A group of local plein air artists who share a passion for painting outdoors are showing off the results of their art outings in an exhibit this spring at The Provident Bank, 66 Storey Ave., Newburyport.
Susan Spellman, Christine Molitor Johnson, Susan Hebenstreit and Cheryl Dyment - better known as "Women in the Wild" - have spent the past three years painting landscapes together in the open air, as the impressionists once did. They are drawn to the local environs, which they capture in watercolor, acrylic and oil. They have all studied with Kevin J. Shea of Newburyport and J.C. Airoldi of Hampstead, N.H.
The Provident Bank exhibit runs through May 11. It is part of the bank's rotating Lobby for the Arts program, which spotlights local artists. A reception for the artists takes place Thursday, April 12 from 5:30 to 7 p.m.
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