Saturday, May 30, 2015

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Further update on the Big Cypress wildfire here:

http://www.nbc-2.com/clip/11548586/big-cypress-wildfires-span-35000-acres-more-land-needs-to-burn

Meanwhile, don't know quite what this project is all about (but it won't make verifying Ivory-bill videos any easier!!), have come across this recent "animatronic" addition to YouTube:




(...and they have a second clip from the lab here:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aepxT4ZUYrc )

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Thursday, May 28, 2015

-- South Florida Burning --

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The largest wildfire currently burning in the U.S. is unfortunately at The Big Cypress National Preserve in south Florida (sandwiched between the Everglades and the Fakahatchee Strand Preserve), with over 35,000 of the Preserve's 700,000+ acres burned.  Started by lightning strikes earlier in the month, weeks later, it is still only half-contained. Smoke from the now multiple fires has carried 100+ miles to other Florida cities. More here:


http://www.coastalbreezenews.com/2015/05/28/wildfire-in-big-cypress/


http://www.winknews.com/2015/05/28/largest-wildfire-in-u-s-continues-to-burn-30-miles-from-naples/


The Big Cypress was home to Ivory-bills in the distant past, and even the setting for a 1996 novel about Ivory-bill rediscovery.




Best of luck to the firefighters and all involved!....
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