Early Birdhouses Draw Courting Songbirds In Spring
Late February to March is prime time to buy build or install birdhouses and clean old ones. Experts note chickadees wrens bluebirds and flycatchers seek nesting sites near parks fields and woodlands. varied options from Audubon cedar boxes to recycled art houses appeal to gardeners and hobbyists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Craig Tufts
National Wildlife Federation
Tufts
National Audubon Society
Birdhouse Co
Rome
Maine
WoodLink Ltd
Mount Ayr
Iowa
WoodLink
David Nylen
Recycled
Mark Pelletier
Curtis Brown
Pelletier
Garden Path
Portsmouth
N.H
Doug Ostrander
Anne Rugg
Ostrander
Cornell Lab of Ornithology
birds.cornell_edu
Birdhouse
Annapolis
Kris
Harold Woody
Woody
Annetta Kushner
Recycled Birdhouse CO
Montana farmers blame water woes on methane drilling
Montana farmer Roger Muggli cites coal bed methane drilling along the Tongue River as the cause of degraded soil and alfalfa losses. Industry and some scientists dispute a link, while officials warn coal bed methane development could bring jobs but raise water quality concerns across 20 million acres in the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miles City
Mont
Roger Muggli
Tongue River
Muggli
Mugeli
Montana
Richard Opper
Montana Department of Environmental Quality
Federal Bureau of Land Management
Wyoming
Tongue
Powder River
Fidelity Exploration and Production
Bruce Williams
Fidelity
MDA Group Inc
Williams
Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality
Mugegli
Matt Janowiak
Bureau of Land Management
US Geological Survey
James Bauder
Montana State University
Bozeman
Farm Round: New Jersey Livestock Standards Hit Court Setback
A state appellate court rejected a coalition of animal rights and food safety groups efforts to block New Jersey humane care standards for livestock. The Department of Agriculture issued rules on raising handling and marketing of poultry rabbits pigs and cows. The groups argued against practices such as dairy cow tail docking forced confinement of sows and veal calf crates and foie gras production.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newark
NUL
New Jersey
New Jersey Department of Agriculture
Indiana House approves limits on large livestock farms
Indiana Representative Phillip Pflum says broad support exists for a bill barring large livestock farms within two miles of schools towns and nursing homes. The House passed the measure 62 to 36 amid rural backing and livestock industry opposition with claims of odor dust traffic and property value impacts.
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Indianapolis
Indiana
Phillip Pflum
Senate
House of Representatives
Pflum
North Carolina considers hog waste to electricity plan
The North Carolina Park Council asked legislators to rate a pilot converting hog waste into electricity. Progress Energy said it would participate if approved. Murphy-Broan LLC and Smithfield Foods subsidiary helped develop methane capture from farm treatment systems to power generators.
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Raleigh
N.C
North Carolina Park Council
Progress Energy
Murphy-Broan LLC
Smithfield Foods Inc
Council Sak
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Adrian Higgins
The
Washington Post
Audubon
Matthew Brown
Associated Press
N.J
Fran Blank
Bos
Don Mould
Lorala
North Ridgeville
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