Those cool, cloudy mornings we’ve been having are perfectly made for some coffee and The Weekend Link List.
- BLM Bakersfield biologists survey for bats in abandoned mines (Facebook)
- https://www.facebook.com/notes/bureau-of-land-management-california/blm-bakersfield-field-office-biologists-survey-for-bats-in-abandoned-mines/1631498443541490/
- Over the (digital) river and into the (literal) woods (Mountains & Molehills)
- http://www.mountainsandmolehills.org/blog/over-the-digital-river-and-into-the-literal-woods
- Peninsula Open Space Trust buys 18 acre Half Moon Bay farm (Half Moon Bay Review)
- http://www.hmbreview.com/news/post-buys-acres-along-kelly-avenue/article_8b770f3a-794c-11e7-8fa3-1b81230ecd0e.html
- Native wildflowers flourish on Land Trust’s Missimer Preserve (Napa Register)
- http://napavalleyregister.com/lifestyles/home-and-garden/native-wildflowers-flourish-on-land-trust-s-missimer-preserve/article_86f3fc7f-9b40-5f95-9635-dbcc384a96b0.html
- Seattle chokes as wildfire smoke from Canada blankets the Northwest (NY Times)
- https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/07/us/wildfires-canada-seattle.html
- Top 10 nerve racking rocks (Lonely Planet)
- https://www.lonelyplanet.com/travel-tips-and-articles/secret-marvels-top-10-nerve-racking-rocks/40625c8c-8a11-5710-a052-1479d27695e8
- Grand Canyon National Park: Always more to see (USA Today)
- https://www.usatoday.com/story/travel/experience/america/national-parks/2017/06/01/grand-canyon-national-park-exploring/101859168/
- Five ways to view the solar eclipse (Science Friday)
- https://www.sciencefriday.com/educational-resources/five-ways-to-view-the-solar-eclipse/
- Let forest fires burn? What the black-backed woodpecker knows (NY Times)
- https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/06/science/let-forest-fires-burn-what-the-black-backed-woodpecker-knows.html
- Forget ‘the environment’: we need new words to convey life’s wonders (The Guardian)
- https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/aug/09/forget-the-environment-new-words-lifes-wonders-language