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Python GIS Resources
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- Written by charlie
- Category: Books & Media
Although I muddle through with Python code, and knew it has a strong presence in the GIS world, I was amazed by how many GIS modules there are. Quite a few are listed here, ranging from basic to esoteric.
https://pythongisresources.wordpress.com/packages/
Audubon Photo Contest
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- Written by charlie
- Category: Wetland Wildlife
Check out the Audubon Society's photo contest winners, the photos are all amazing, but the one of an eagle swooping down to snatch a fish out of a Blue Heron's grasp is magnificent!
Link Here: Audubon Photo Winners
Atlas Obscura
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- Written by charlie
- Category: Wetland Plants
Atlas Obscura, the always amazing and thought provoking travel website full of strange, wondrous or merely overlooked destinations has a motley bunch of entries tagged "wetlands" here A few articles are tangential, but the entry for Panjin Red Beach in Liaoning, China, in one of the worlds largest wetlands, is the most eye catching. At first glance, it looks like a photoshop trick, but the rich crimson and cranberry reds in the photos run true.
The estuaries unique combination of salinity, fluctuating water levels and alkalinity allows a distinct species of the common seepweed, a halophile or salt loving species with thick, succulent like leaves to thrive. The leaves turn a crimson red fading to purple as it matures in autumn. The fields of seepweed are not limited to a small area, but a horizon to horizon view encompassing 51 square miles, attracting many tourists, but remain threatened by oil drilling and wells. It is also home to some 250 migratory birds.
The other article, is a good jumping off point for learning more about some of the largest, and little known wetlands in the world. It skips from continent to continent, from the Pantanal in Brazil through the southern forested wetlands in the United States, and lowland African wetlands and New Guinea’s Giant River Swamps. It doesn't mention the bogs of Siberia, but its definitely worth a read and a forward.
Wetlands in the News
26 April 2024
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DeWine, ODNR, Intel partner for $1 million Dillon wetlands restoration in Muskingum County
Gov. Mike DeWine, Ohio Department of Natural Resources and Intel announced Thursday a $1 million Dillon Wetland Restoration project on 92 acres.
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Feds award $5 million to restore wetlands at 2 defunct Cape Cod cranberry bogs
Massachusetts won $5 million in federal grant funding to transform retired Cranberry Bogs into resilient coastal wetlands. The two coastal habitat restoration projects, Yarmouth and Bourne, aim to...
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National Go Birding Day: Visit Orlando Wetlands Park, a birder’s paradise
National Go Birding Day falls on the last Saturday of April, inviting birders of all experience levels to go outside and turn their eyes to the skies. Central Florida is home to myriad avian...
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Biden sets goal to protect wetlands, rivers and streams
The White House on Tuesday announced a new goal to protect millions of miles of wetlands, rivers and streams. As the White House hosts a “water summit” it announced that it wants to set a new national...
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Biden admin vows to restore 8M acres of wetlands
The new goal is part of a blitz of environmental actions the White House is announcing this week to coincide with Earth Day.