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Foster Cats
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rare blur faced dog 03.22.2009
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some of the pooches and puppies at the county animal shelter in Thousand Palms.

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Vicksburg National Military Park (24)
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Vicksburg National Military Park preserves the site of the American Civil War Battle of Vicksburg, waged from May 18 to July 4, 1863. The park, in Vicksburg, Mississippi, and Delta, Louisiana, also commemorates the greater Vicksburg Campaign, which preceded the battle. Reconstructed forts and trenches evoke memories of the 47-day siege that ended in the surrender of the city. Victory here and at Port Hudson gave the United States control of the Mississippi River.

A little known fact about the Vicksburg National Military Park is that, because it was paid for by the Federal Government, all of the Union Monuments were paid for by the US Government. The Confederate states however, were not Federally funded and their representation in the park is the direct result of years of fund raising and multiple benefits. Though the park is located in the South, the Federal Government did not give equal monetary donations to the Union and Confederacy, thus leaving the South to their own devices as far as money was concerned.

The park includes 1,325 historic monuments and markers, 20 miles (32 km) of historic trenches and earthworks, a 16-mile (26 km) tour road, two antebellum homes, 144 emplaced cannons, restored gunboat USS Cairo (sunk on December 12, 1862, on the Yazoo River, recovered successfully in 1964), and the Grant's Canal site, where the Union army attempted to build a canal to let their ships bypass Confederate artillery fire. The Cairo, also known as the "Hardluck Ironclad," was the first U.S. ship in history to be sunk by a torpedo/mine. It was raised in 1964. The Illinois State Memorial has 47 steps, one for every day Vicksburg was besieged.

The remnants of Grant's Canal, a detached section of the military park, are located across from Vicksburg near Delta, Louisiana. Union Army Major General Ulysses S. Grant ordered the project, started on June 27, 1862, as part of his Vicksburg Campaign, with two goals in mind. The first was to alter the course of the Mississippi River in order to bypass the Confederate guns at Vicksburg. For various technical reasons the project failed to meet this goal. The river did change course by itself on April 26, 1876. The project met its second goal, keeping troops occupied during the laborious maneuvering required to begin the Battle of Vicksburg.

The national military park was established on February 21, 1899, to commemorate the siege and defense of Vicksburg. The park sprawls over 1,800 acres (7.3 km2) of land. The park and cemetery were transferred from the War Department to the National Park Service (NPS) on August 10, 1933. Of the park's 1,736.47 acres (not including the cemetery), 1,729.63 acres (6.9996 km2) are federally owned.

In the late 1950s, a portion of the park was transferred to the city as a local park in exchange for closing local roads running through the remainder of the park. It also allowed for the construction of Interstate 20. The monuments in land transferred to the city are still maintained by the NPS. As with all historic areas administered by the NPS, the park was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on October 15, 1966. Over a million visitors visit the park every year.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vicksburg_National_Military_Park

The Siege of Vicksburg was the final major military action in the Vicksburg Campaign of the American Civil War. In a series of maneuvers, Union Maj. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant and his Army of the Tennessee crossed the Mississippi River and drove the Confederate army of Lt. Gen. John C. Pemberton into the defensive lines surrounding the fortress city of Vicksburg, Mississippi.

When two major assaults (May 19 and May 22, 1863) against the Confederate fortifications were repulsed with heavy casualties, Grant decided to besiege the city beginning on May 25. With no re-enforcement, supplies nearly gone, and after holding out for more than forty days, the garrison finally surrendered on July 4. This action (combined with the capitulation of Port Hudson on July 9) yielded command of the Mississippi River to the Union forces, which would hold it for the rest of the conflict.

The Confederate surrender following the siege at Vicksburg is sometimes considered, when combined with Gen. Robert E. Lee's defeat at Gettysburg the previous day, the turning point of the war. It also cut off communication with Confederate forces in the Trans-Mississippi Department for the remainder of the war. The city of Vicksburg would not celebrate Independence Day for about eighty years as a result of the siege and surrender as well.

After crossing the Mississippi River south of Vicksburg at Bruinsburg and driving northeast, Grant won battles at Port Gibson and Raymond and captured Jackson, the Mississippi state capital, in mid-May 1863, forcing Pemberton to withdraw westward. Attempts to stop the Union advance at Champion Hill and Big Black River Bridge were unsuccessful. Pemberton knew that the corps under Maj. Gen. William T. Sherman was preparing to flank him from the north; he had no choice but to withdraw or be outflanked. Pemberton burned the bridges over the Big Black River and took everything edible in his path, both animal and plant, as he retreated to the well-fortified city of Vicksburg.

The Confederates evacuated Hayne's Bluff, which was occupied by Sherman's cavalry on May 19, and Union steamboats no longer had to run the guns of Vicksburg, now being able to dock by the dozens up the Yazoo River. Grant could now receive supplies more directly than the previous route, which ran through Louisiana, over the river crossing at Grand Gulf and Bruinsburg, then back up north.

Over three quarters of Pemberton's army had been lost in the two preceding battles and many in Vicksburg expected General Joseph E. Johnston, in command of the Confederate Department of the West, to relieve the city—which he never did. Large masses of Union troops were on the march to invest the city, repairing the burnt bridges over the Big Black River; which Grant's forces crossed on May 18. Johnston sent a note to his general, Pemberton, asking him to sacrifice the city and save his troops, something Pemberton would not do. (Pemberton, a Northerner by birth, was probably influenced by his fear of public condemnation if he abandoned Vicksburg).

As the Union forces approached Vicksburg, Pemberton could put only 18,500 troops in his lines. Grant had over 35,000, with more on the way. However, Pemberton had the advantage of terrain and fortifications that made his defense nearly impregnable. The defensive line around Vicksburg ran approximately 6.5 miles, based on terrain of varying elevations that included hills and knobs with steep angles for an attacker to ascend under fire. The perimeter included many gun pits, forts, trenches, redoubts, and lunettes. The major fortifications of the line included Fort Hill, on a high bluff north of the city; the Stockade Redan, dominating the approach to the city on Graveyard Road from the northeast; the 3rd Louisiana Redan; the Great Redoubt; the Railroad Redoubt, protecting the gap for the railroad line entering the city; the Square Fort (Fort Garrott); a salient along the Hall's Ferry Road; and the South Fort.

Maj. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant's Union Army of the Tennessee brought three corps to the battle: the XIII Corps, under Maj. Gen. John A. McClernand; the XV Corps, under Maj. Gen. William T. Sherman; and the XVII Corps, under Maj. Gen. James B. McPherson.

Lt. Gen. John C. Pemberton's Confederate Army of Mississippi inside the Vicksburg line consisted of four divisions, under Maj. Gens. Carter L. Stevenson, John H. Forney, Martin L. Smith, and John S. Bowen.

Grant wanted to overwhelm the Confederates before they could fully organize their defenses and ordered an immediate assault against Stockade Redan for May 19. Troops from Sherman's corps had a difficult time approaching the position under rifle and artillery fire from the 36th Mississippi Infantry, Brig. Gen. Louis Hébert's brigade—they had to negotiate a steep ravine protected by abatis and cross a six-foot deep, eight-foot wide ditch before attacking the 17-foot high walls of the redan. This first attempt was easily repulsed. Grant ordered an artillery bombardment to soften the defenses and at about 2 p.m., Sherman's division under Maj. Gen. Francis P. Blair tried again, but only a small number of men were able to advance even as far as the ditch below the redan. The assault collapsed in a melee of rifle fire and hand grenades lobbing back and forth.

The failed Federal assaults of May 19 damaged Union morale, deflating the confidence the soldiers felt after their string of victories across Mississippi. They were also costly, with casualties of 157 killed, 777 wounded, and 8 missing, versus Confederate casualties of 8 killed and 62 wounded. The Confederates, assumed to be demoralized, had regained their fighting edge.

Grant planned another assault for May 22, but this time with greater care; they would first reconnoiter thoroughly and soften up the defenses with artillery and naval gunfire. The lead units were supplied with ladders to ascend the fortification walls. Grant did not want a long siege, and this attack was to be by the entire army across a wide front.

Despite their bloody repulse on May 19, Union troops were in high spirits, now well-fed with provisions they had foraged. On seeing Grant pass by, a soldier commented, "Hardtack." Soon all Union troops in the vicinity were yelling, "Hardtack! Hardtack!" The Union served hardtack, beans, and coffee the night of May 21. Everyone expected that Vicksburg would fall the next day.

Union forces bombarded the city all night, from 220 artillery pieces and naval gunfire from Rear Adm. David D. Porter's fleet in the river, and while causing little property damage, they damaged Confederate civilian morale. On the morning of May 22, the defenders were bombarded again for four hours before the Union attacked once more along a three-mile front at 10 a.m.

Sherman attacked once again down the Graveyard Road, with 150 volunteers (nicknamed the Forlorn Hope detachment) leading the way with ladders and planks, followed by the divisions of Blair and Brig. Gen. James M. Tuttle, arranged in a long column of regiments, hoping to achieve a breakthrough by concentrating their mass on a narrow front. They were driven back in the face of heavy rifle fire. Blair's brigades under Cols. Giles A. Smith and T. Kilby Smith made it as far as a ridge 100 yards from Green's Redan, the southern edge of the Stockade Redan, from where they poured heavy fire into the Confederate position, but to no avail. Tuttle's division, waiting its turn to advance, did not have an opportunity to move forward. On Sherman's far right, the division of Brig. Gen. Frederick Steele spent the morning attempting to get into position through a ravine of the Mint Spring Bayou.

McPherson's corps was assigned to attack the center along the Jackson Road. On their right flank, the brigade of Brig. Gen. Thomas E. G. Ransom advanced to within 100 yards of the Confederate line, but halted to avoid dangerous flanking fire from Green's Redan. On McPherson's left flank, the division of Maj. Gen. John A. Logan was assigned to assault the 3rd Louisiana Redan and the Great Redoubt. The brigade of Brig. Gen. John E. Smith made it as far as the slope of the redan, but huddled there, dodging grenades until dark before they were recalled. Brig. Gen. John D. Stevenson's brigade advanced well in two columns against the redoubt, but their attack also failed when they found their ladders were too short to scale the fortification. Brig. Gen. Isaac F. Quinby's division advanced a few hundred yards, but halted for hours while its generals engaged in confused discussions.

On the Union left, McClernand's corps moved along the Baldwin Ferry Road and astride the Southern Railroad of Mississippi. The division of Brig. Gen. Eugene A. Carr was assigned to capture the Railroad Redoubt and the 2nd Texas Lunette; the division of Brig. Gen. Peter J. Osterhaus was assigned the Square Fort. Carr's men achieved a small breakthrough at the 2nd Texas Lunette and requested reinforcements.

By 11 a.m., it was clear that a breakthrough was not forthcoming and the advances by Sherman and McPherson were failures. Just then, Grant received a message from McClernand, which stated that he was heavily engaged, the Confederates were being reinforced, and he requested a diversion on his right from McPherson's corps. Grant initially refused the request, telling McClernand to use his own reserve forces for assistance; Grant was mistakenly under the impression that McClernand had been lightly engaged and McPherson heavily, although the reverse was true. McClernand followed up with a message that was partially misleading, implying that he had captured two forts—"The Stars and Stripes are flying over them."—and that another push along the line would achieve victory for the Union Army. Although Grant once again demurred, he showed the dispatch to Sherman, who ordered his own corps to advance again. Grant, reconsidering, then ordered McPherson to send Quinby's division to aid McClernand.

Sherman ordered two more assaults. At 2:15 p.m., Giles Smith and Ransom moved out and were repulsed immediately. At 3 p.m., Tuttle's division suffered so many casualties in their aborted advance that Sherman told Tuttle, "This is murder; order those troops back." By this time, Steele's division had finally maneuvered into position on Sherman's right, and at 4 p.m., Steele gave the order to charge against the 26th Louisiana Redoubt. They had no more success than any of Sherman's other assaults.

In McPherson's sector, Logan's division made another thrust down the Jackson Road at about 2 p.m., but met with heavy losses and the attack was called off. McClernand attacked again, reinforced by Quinby's division, but with no success. Union casualties were 502 killed, 2,550 wounded, and 147 missing, about evenly divided across the three corps. Confederate casualties were not reported directly, but are estimated to be under 500. Grant blamed McClernand's misleading dispatches for part of the poor results of the day, storing up another grievance against the political general who had caused him so many aggravations during the campaign.

Historian Shelby Foote wrote that Grant "did not regret having made the assaults; he only regretted that they had failed."[21] Grant reluctantly settled into a siege. On May 25, Lt. Col. John A. Rawlins issued Special Orders No. 140 for Grant: "Corps Commanders will immediately commence the work of reducing the enemy by regular approaches. It is desirable that no more loss of life shall be sustained in the reduction of Vicksburg, and the capture of the Garrison. Every advantage will be taken of the natural inequalities of the ground to gain positions from which to start mines, trenches, or advance batteries. ..." Grant wrote in his memoirs, "I now determined upon a regular siege—to 'out-camp the enemy,' as it were, and to incur no more losses."

Federal troops began to dig in, constructing elaborate entrenchments (the soldiers of the time referred to them as "ditches") that surrounded the city and moved closer and closer to the Confederate fortifications. With their backs against the Mississippi and Union gunboats firing from the river, Confederate soldiers and citizens alike were trapped. Pemberton was determined to hold his few miles of the Mississippi as long as possible, hoping for relief from Johnston or elsewhere.

A new problem confronted the Confederates. The dead and wounded of Grant's army lay in the heat of Mississippi summer, the odor of the deceased men and horses fouling the air, the wounded crying for medical help and water. Grant first refused a request of truce, thinking it a show of weakness. Finally he relented, and the Confederates held their fire while the Union recovered the wounded and dead, soldiers from both sides mingling and trading as if no hostilities existed for the moment.

Subsequent to this truce, Grant's army began to fill the 12 mile ring around Vicksburg. In short time it became clear that even 50,000 Union soldiers would not be able to effect a complete encirclement of the Confederate defenses. Pemberton's outlook on escape was pessimistic, but there were still roads leading south out of Vicksburg unguarded by Federal troops. Grant found help from Maj. Gen. Henry W. Halleck, the Union general-in-chief. Halleck quickly began to shift Union troops in the West to meet Grant's needs. The first of these reinforcements to arrive along the siege lines was a 5,000 man division from the Department of the Missouri under Maj. Gen. Francis J. Herron on June 11. Herron's troops, remnants of the Army of the Frontier, were attached to McPherson's corps and took up position on the far south. Next came a three division detachment from the XVI Corps led by Brig. Gen. Cadwallader C. Washburn on June 12, assembled from troops at nearby posts of Corinth, Memphis, and LaGrange. The final significant group of reinforcements to join was the 8,000 man strong IX Corps from the Department of the Ohio, led by Maj. Gen. John G. Parke, arriving on June 14. With the arrival of Parke, Grant had 77,000 men around Vicksburg.

In an effort to cut Grant's supply line, Confederates in Louisiana under Maj. Gen. John G. Walker attacked Milliken's Bend up the Mississippi on June 7. This was mainly defended by untrained colored troops, who fought bravely with inferior weaponry and finally fought off the rebels with help from gunboats, although at horrible cost; the defenders lost 652 to the Confederate 185. The loss at Milliken's Bend left the Confederates with no hope for relief but from the cautious Johnston.

Pemberton was boxed in with lots of inedible munitions and little food. The poor diet was showing on the Confederate soldiers. By the end of June, half were out sick or hospitalized. Scurvy, malaria, dysentery, diarrhea, and other diseases cut their ranks. At least one city resident had to stay up at night to keep starving soldiers out of his vegetable garden. The constant shelling did not bother him as much as the loss of his food. As the siege wore on, fewer and fewer horses, mules, and dogs were seen wandering about Vicksburg. Shoe leather became a last resort of sustenance for many adults.

During the siege, Union gunboats lobbed over 22,000 shells into the town and army artillery fire was even heavier. As the barrages continued, suitable housing in Vicksburg was reduced to a minimum. A ridge, located between the main town and the rebel defense line, provided a diverse citizenry with lodging for the duration. Over 500 caves were dug into the yellow clay hills of Vicksburg. Whether houses were structurally sound or not, it was deemed safer to occupy these dugouts. People did their best to make them comfortable, with rugs, furniture, and pictures. They tried to time their movements and foraging with the rhythm of the cannonade, sometimes unsuccessfully. Because of these dugouts or caves, the Union soldiers gave the town the nickname of "Prairie Dog Village." Despite the ferocity of the Union fire against the town, fewer than a dozen civilians were known to have been killed during the entire siege.

One of Grant's actions during the siege was to settle a lingering rivalry. On May 30, General McClernand wrote a self-adulatory note to his troops, claiming much of the credit for the soon-to-be victory. Grant had been waiting six months for him to slip, ever since they clashed early in the campaign, around the Battle of Arkansas Post. He had received permission to relieve McClernand in January 1863 but waited for a unequivocal provocation. Grant finally relieved McClernand on June 18. He so diligently prepared his action that McClernand was left without recourse. McClernand's XIII Corps was turned over to Maj. Gen. Edward Ord, recovered from a wound sustained at Hatchie's Bridge. In May 1864, McClernand was restored to a command in remote Texas.

Another command change occurred on June 22. In addition to Pemberton at his front, Grant had to be concerned with Confederate forces in his rear under the command of Joseph E. Johnston. He stationed one division in the vicinity of the Big Black River bridge and another reconnoitered as far north as Mechanicsburg, both to act as a covering force. By June 10, the IX Corps, under Maj. Gen. John G. Parke, was transferred to Grant's command. This corps became the nucleus of a special task force whose mission was to prevent Johnston, gathering his forces at Canton, from interfering with the siege. Sherman was given command of this task force and Brig. Gen. Frederick Steele replaced him at the XV Corps. Johnston eventually began moving to relieve Pemberton and reached the Big Black River on July 1, but he delayed a potentially difficult encounter with Sherman until it was too late for the Vicksburg garrison, and then fell back to Jackson.

Late in the siege, Union troops tunneled under the 3rd Louisiana Redan and packed the mine with 2,200 pounds of gunpowder. The explosion blew apart the Confederate lines on June 25, while an infantry attack made by troops from Logan's XVII Corps division, followed the blast. The 45th Illinois Regiment (known as the "Lead Mine Regiment"), under Col. Jasper A. Maltby, charged into the 40-foot (12 m) diameter, 12-foot (3.7 m) deep crater with ease, but were stopped by recovering Confederate infantry. The Union soldiers became pinned down while the defenders also rolled artillery shells with short fuses into the pit with deadly results. Union engineers worked to set up a casemate in the crater in order to extricate the infantry, and soon the soldiers fell back to a new defensive line. From the crater left by the explosion on June 25, Union miners worked to dig a new mine to the south. On July 1, this mine was detonated but no infantry attack followed. Pioneers worked throughout July 2 and July 3 to widen the initial crater large enough for an infantry column of four to pass through for future anticipated assaults. However, events the following day negated the need for any further assaults.

On July 3, Pemberton sent a note to Grant, who, as at Fort Donelson, first demanded unconditional surrender. But Grant reconsidered, not wanting to feed 30,000 hungry Confederates in Union prison camps, and offered to parole all prisoners. Considering their destitute state, dejected and starving, he never expected them to fight again; he hoped they would carry home the stigma of defeat to the rest of the Confederacy. In any event, it would have occupied his army and taken months to ship that many troops north.[34]

Surrender was formalized by an old oak tree, "made historical by the event." In his Personal Memoirs, Grant described the fate of this luckless tree:

It was but a short time before the last vestige of its body, root and limb had disappeared, the fragments taken as trophies. Since then the same tree has furnished as many cords of wood, in the shape of trophies, as the 'True Cross'.

The surrender was finalized on July 4, Independence Day, a day Pemberton had hoped would bring more sympathetic terms from the United States. Although the Vicksburg Campaign continued with some minor actions, the fortress city had fallen and, with the surrender of Port Hudson on July 9, the Mississippi River was firmly in Union hands and the Confederacy split in two. President Lincoln famously announced, "The Father of Waters again goes unvexed to the sea."

Union casualties for the battle and siege of Vicksburg were 4,835; Confederate were 32,697 (29,495 surrendered). The full campaign, since March 29, claimed 10,142 Union and 9,091 Confederate killed and wounded. In addition to his surrendered men, Pemberton turned over to Grant 172 cannons and 50,000 rifles.

Tradition holds that the Fourth of July holiday was not celebrated by Vicksburg until World War II, because of the surrender of the city on July 4.

The works around Vicksburg are now maintained by the National Park Service as part of Vicksburg National Military Park.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Vicksburg

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The Kangaroo Family
Kangaroos, and their close relatives, vary greatly in size, ranging in weight from 500 grams to 90 kilograms. There are at least 69 different types (called species) of kangaroo. These species are found naturally in the wild only in Australia and New Guinea, although feral populations of some species have been introduced in New Zealand, Great Britain and Hawaii.

Recently, scientists have separated these species into two families (the Macropodidae and the Potoroidae) which together form a super-family known as the Macropodoidea (or macropods). The family Macropodidae includes kangaroos, wallabies, wallaroos, pademelons, tree-kangaroos and the forest wallabies of New Guinea. The family Potoroidae is made up of potoroos, rat-kangaroos and bettongs which are only found in Australia.

The best-known macropods are kangaroos, which is why the word 'kangaroo' is often used to describe any of the members of this family. We use 'kangaroos' in this text whenever these animals are being discussed in general.

Getting Around
Kangaroos of all sizes have one thing in common - powerful back legs with long feet. They are distinguished from other animals by the way they hop on these strong back legs. Only a few other small mammals, such as hopping mice, do this.

Hopping uses slightly less energy than four-footed running, but this advantage is lost at low speed. To move slowly, kangaroos balance on their front paws and tail, and then swing their hind legs forward in a pendulum motion.

One of the many odd things about kangaroos is that, on land, they can only move their hind feet together but when swimming they can kick each leg independently. Tree-kangaroos can move each hind leg separately when climbing. It is also interesting to note that, while several species of kangaroos have tails that can wrap around and carry nesting material such as grass and small branches, not one of the tree-kangaroos has the ability to grasp branches with its tail.

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Came across this pet named "Kencha" . It gave me a cold stare when i tried clicking its photo..

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Images by volunteer Sarah Cheetham.

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Gabriela S. Brambila at UGA's Animal and Diary Science in Athens, Ga., Monday, April 24, 2006. (Photo/John Amis)

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Gabriela S. Brambila at UGA's Animal and Diary Science in Athens, Ga., Monday, April 24, 2006. (Photo/John Amis)

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Lilies & Reflections
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The beautiful lake at the CATIE agricultural research centre in Turrialba. We found Egrets, Boat Billed herons, Black Crowned Night herons, Jacana, Purple Gallinule, Great Blue herons, Caracara and Cayman nesting in and around the lake and several small birds in the amazing plantations on the road. leading up to the Botanical Gardens. A very unique place.

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De leeuwen in Rotterdam Zoo, Blijdorp.


STRRRREEEETTTTCH!
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Beadle Conservation District, the Mayor and Council members of the Town of Wolsey, NRCS employees and individuals commemorated the 75th anniversary of the creation of South Dakota conservation districts by planting 75 trees along the new walking path in the town of Wolsey, SD, on April 20, 2012.

Planting Event Marks History of Conservation

On April 20, 2012, 75 trees were planted along the new walking path in Wolsey, SD. What makes this action significant? The event commemorates almost eight decades of a unique partnership between landowners, public and private entities to protect our natural resources. Beadle Conservation District, the Town of Wolsey, 4-H’ers, employees of the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) and other partners joined together that day to plant the trees in recognition of Earth Day, to honor of conservation efforts across South Dakota and to mark a significant time in our state’s history.

Led by the Beadle Conservation District, Town of Wolsey and the NRCS planned the tree planting event as a commemorating the 75th anniversary of the creation of South Dakota conservation districts. July 1, 2012, marks the enacting of South Dakota Law that created South Dakota’s conservation districts. Born of the Dust Bowl era, NRCS and conservation districts have played a key role in public-private conservation efforts across the nation. “In South Dakota, 69 conservation districts are known for many services, including water quality and watershed projects, no-till and residue management, as well as, their tree planting efforts,” says Fran Fritz, farmer and past President of the SD Association of Conservation Districts (SDACD), Iroquois. “Starting with Earth Day and throughout the year, we are encouraging local districts and communities to plant 75 trees as a public tribute recognizing conservation success, and, more importantly, teach their children the importance of people working together to conserve natural resources.”

Paul Flynn, NRCS South Dakota Acting State Conservationist, of St. Paul, MN, says, “Earth Day, and every day, for that matter, is appropriate to recognize conservation efforts of natural resources. Each of us can see the importance of caring for the soil, water, air, plants and animals for a sustainable future. This tree planting is historically symbolic because the Town of Wolsey is an agricultural community and located in an area hit hard by the Dust Bowl and Great Depression.”

Craig Rearick, local farmer and a Board Supervisor with the Beadle Conservation District says, “What’s neat about this is…understanding that 75 years ago people came together each with their respective talents to address the horrible erosion problems. Times were very tough but their cooperative spirit helped producers learn farming and ranching conservation techniques for keeping soil in place. It’s amazing to realize the devastation of the ‘Dust Bowl,’ and today, look at these same acres, seeing productive agriculture land.”

Conservation districts have a unique partnership with the United States Department of Agriculture. NRCS works hand-in-hand with conservation districts who are local units of government established under state law to carry out natural resource management programs at the local level. The NRCS is the federal agency that provides technical and financial assistance to help people help the land and other natural resources. Nationwide, NRCS and districts work with millions of cooperating landowners and operators on a voluntary basis to help them manage and protect land and water resources on all private lands and many public lands in the United States.

South Dakota farmers and ranchers are stewards of the land and have done much since the “Dirty 30s” to help resources heal from the decade-long drought. Flynn explains, “The science and technology of conservation has become more sophisticated as NRCS and partners work with landowners to address the complexities of modern farming and ranching operations. Last year (Fiscal Year 2011), we and our partners helped South Dakota landowners implement hundreds of different conservation practices on over 1.6 million acres across the state. This is an exciting time to be in agriculture,” says Flynn.

Photo by Brenda Cano, NRCS, Wolsey.


Georgina Camouflaged
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Stand Out
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Took this while striding in Nara park. This is 猿澤池 in the beginning of Sanjodori. I like the color and historical mark of the rock. It becomes a footstone of the pigeons. Most of the pigeons come close enough to human beings taking a rest along with the pond side for food, but these 4 pigeons just like care nothing but their own targets. They choose not for a easy job, they stick to their will with determinant look. That's something we had lost for years of "civilization".


Back-country Dog-sledding
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Image by Bruce McKay Yellow Snow Photography
What I will be doing this afternoon for 5 hours to visit some of my favorite back-country trails. I will take camera but it is overcast today... -14 C and I will be resting Jeff who had a sore paw yesterday but is much better today. This picture was from sledding two days ago just after we turned around to go home.


A Dog's First Concert
animal jobs
Image by Lucy (嘉莉)
About time I figured out that I needed to convert my files' image profiles to sRGB! Too lazy to do this to all my photos. <__<

Can you believe this is ANOTHER concert pic? This was when my study abroad class went to a 蘇打綠 (Sodagreen) concert. Our program director (not sure what's her job title??) brings her dog EVERYWHERE by keeping it somewhat hidden in her purse. It's almost ridiculous how far they could go. In this case, the security guard at the Shanghai Gymnasium entrance simply laughed when he saw the dog.

Foster Cats

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Foster Cats
animal rescue shelters
Image by sneakerdog
It's spring, and the (Baltimore animal shelter) is chock full of mama cats and their litters. I'm fostering this family for the next few weeks.

Cool Animal Shelter images

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Animal Shelter Painting Event
animal shelter
Image by wabisabi2015

Nice Animal Species photos

Some cool animal species images:


Animals grazing
animal species
Image by Wildcat Dunny
Various animals grazing in Masai Mara. Species include topi, zebras, and gazelles.


Petting Zoo at Wildlife World Zoo & Aquarium
animal species
Image by Fritz Liess
Located along the western edge of the Phoenix metropolitan area in Litchfield Park, the Wildlife World Zoo and Aquarium is home to Arizona's largest collection of exotic animals with over 3000 animals representing nearly 600 species.


Flat spider, Hemicloea spp
animal species
Image by Dark Morelia
Blue Mountains, Australia.
I'd guess it's some species of Huntsman, but I've never seen one quite like it. It was hiding underneath a rock, and it was bloody fast !

Edit: Thanks M & P for the ID, it certainly looks to be a Hemicloea
I'll leave this in ID Please in case someone can identify the species

Nice Animal Videos photos

A few nice animal videos images I found:


kiyomi upstairs, wants to play/go downstairs (cameo by taro)
animal videos
Image by _tar0_
find more of taro the shiba & his sister, kiyomi, on taro's blog: tar0shiba.tumblr.com/

or find taro on twitter: twitter.com/_tar0_


Waterfowl in Argyle Lake
animal videos
Image by LI Refugee
Top viewed "photograph" of 1 May 2011.


Pet of the Week: Kaiser, 8327230
animal videos
Image by LollypopFarm
Kaiser is an 8-year-old male pit bull mix who was brought to Lollypop Farm because someone in his former family was allergic to dogs.

Kaiser can be a little shy at first. Enrollment in obedience classes is required for him after adoption, and that will help him gain confidence.

Kaiser has lived with dogs and kids before and did well with them, but he needs to meet any in his new home before adoption. Kids should be at least 12 years old.

Kaiser is in our Seniors-for-Seniors program, so adopters age 60 and older can bring him home free of charge!

Kaiser's page

Credit: Studio Bfly

Nice Animals Facts photos

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Waiting
animals facts
Image by kudumomo
Tarsiers also have very long hind limbs. In fact, their feet have extremely elongated tarsus bones, from which the animals get their name. The head and body range from 10 to 15 cm in length, but the hind limbs are about twice this long (including the feet), and they also have a slender tail from 20 to 25 cm long.

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Some cool animal behavior images:


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animal behavior
Image by BioDivLibrary
Brehms thierleben, allgemeine kunde des thierreichs..
Leipzig :Verlag des Bibliographischen instituts,1876-1879..
biodiversitylibrary.org/page/920018


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animal behavior
Image by BioDivLibrary
Brehms thierleben, allgemeine kunde des thierreichs..
Leipzig :Verlag des Bibliographischen instituts,1876-1879..
biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1008161


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animal behavior
Image by BioDivLibrary
Brehms thierleben, allgemeine kunde des thierreichs..
Leipzig :Verlag des Bibliographischen instituts,1876-1879..
biodiversitylibrary.org/page/920260

Yellow River Game Farm November 2012

A few nice animals games images I found:


Yellow River Game Farm November 2012
animals games
Image by randa2e
Animals Atlanta Georgia



Yellow River Game Farm November 2012
animals games
Image by randa2e
Animals Atlanta Georgia

Cool Animal Images images

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http://www.flickr.com/photos/suneko/430522574/
animal images
Image by flickrfavorites

Animal Welfare = Human Welfare [SEMINAR]

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Animal Welfare = Human Welfare [SEMINAR]
animal welfare
Image by ALDEADLE Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for EU
Mr. Vagsholm
[Photo European Parliament]

Cool Animal Shelters images

Some cool animal shelters images:



Dog in a Shelter
animal shelters
Image by spotreporting
Dogs at the East Valley Animal Shelter in Van Nuys. Photo by Liana Aghajanian

Nice Animal Protection photos

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3/20/2009 4:45 PM - Lyle & Springer
animal protection
Image by Barbara.Doduk
www.rapsociety.com/catsanctuary

Cool Service Animal images

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trash bunny gets serviced
service animal
Image by kidicarus222


Aquarius and Gemini
service animal
Image by stephskardal
Aquarius is available for adoption. Call Salt Lake County Animal Services (801) 559-1100 and ask for animal ID #A338507.

Gemini is available for adoption. Call Salt Lake County Animal Services (801) 559-1100 and ask for animal ID #A338372.

Nice Animal Sanctuary photos

A few nice animal sanctuary images I found:


rose crowned fruit dove at Healesville Sanctuary
animal sanctuary
Image by you get the picture
This photograph was taken at Healesville Sanctuary, Vict, Australia. You are welcome to download it and use it for non-commercial private and educational purposes but it may not be re-distributed or included as part of a collection without my written consent.


Black hen
animal sanctuary
Image by Marji Beach
One of 70+ hens at the sanctuary.

www.animalplace.org
animalplacesanctuary.blogspot.com/


Kangaroo and Trainer
animal sanctuary
Image by Laura Longenecker
A kangaroo and animal trainer at the Healesvile Animal Santuary.

Nice Wildlife Animals photos

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Wingham Wildlife Park
wildlife animals
Image by xhan104
Taken at Wingham Wilflife Park on my Birthday! :D

EOS 350D and my new EF-S5555-250mm f/4-5.6 IS lens

Taken at Wingham Wilflife Park on my Birthday! :D

EOS 350D and my new EF-S 55-250mm f/4-5.6 IS lens

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