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		<title>Stanley Park Beaver Lake Walkabout and Dialogue on Biodiversity</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Walkabout at Beaver Lake with Vancouver Park Board Commissioner Loretta Woodcock &#38; Stanley Park Ecology Society (SPES): A dialogue on biodiversity and its positive impact on communities
Ms Woodcock is a 3 term Park Board Commissioner and the Board’s liaison to the Stanley Park Ecology Society with a long record of public service and advocacy for [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.urbantreefrog.com/?p=1681</link>
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		<title>Vancouver: Greenest City Neighbourhood Small Grants</title>
		<description><![CDATA[From the city who recently brought in urban chickens into a backyard near you, the Vancouver Foundation has partnered with the City of Vancouver to fund Neighbourhood Small Grant projects focused on “urban food” with various Neighbourhood Houses.
This pilot project is called the “Greenest City Neighbourhood Small Grants”.
The timeline for this pilot initiative with the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.urbantreefrog.com/?p=1677</link>
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		<title>family of urban raccoons killed</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday, we watched the evening news on a story that a mother raccoon and her cubs were bludgeoned to death by a hockey stick wielding man. 
Apparently the raccoons had been rummaging through the man&#8217;s garbage containers in his backyard.
ctvbc.ca
by: Darcy Wintonyk,

Date:  											   											  Tuesday Jul. 20, 2010 3:40 PM PT
A [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.urbantreefrog.com/?p=1671</link>
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		<title>Animals that once graced Vancouver, part 2</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Background:
As  part of our neighbourhood community building effort, a number of  neighbours and I have been documenting the flora and fauna of our small  urban forest (see earlier post on “Fraserview forest”) here in south Vancouver,  over the past few years. 
We’ve  compiled an 80+ page document, and we’re making [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.urbantreefrog.com/?p=1661</link>
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		<title>Animals that once graced Vancouver, part 1</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As part of our neighbourhood community building effort, a number of neighbours and I have been documenting the flora and fauna of our small urban forest (see earlier post on &#8220;Fraserview forest&#8221;) here in south Vancouver, over the past few years. 
We&#8217;ve compiled an 80+ page document, and we&#8217;re making it public here on the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.urbantreefrog.com/?p=1652</link>
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		<title>10 ways to protect biodiversity</title>
		<description><![CDATA[
Originally published in Georgia Straight, January 14, 2010

butterfly photo courtesy of PDPhoto
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Ten ways you can help protect biodiversity in 2010
By Anne Murray

The United Nations has designated 2010 as the International Year of Biodiversity, a year to celebrate, explore, and protect the incredible variety of life on planet Earth. What a good opportunity to set some New Year’s [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.urbantreefrog.com/?p=1574</link>
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		<title>Metro Vancouver&#8217;s backyard / lost fish streams</title>
		<description><![CDATA[During our late summers, we can still observe salmon spawning, right in front of the new waterfront walkway built along the Fraser river in east Vancouver. Last year we watched a salmon rest between the rocks while it was making it&#8217;s way upstream.
My grandparents had informed me that they had seen salmon and other fish [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.urbantreefrog.com/?p=1639</link>
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		<title>June 5th is WED!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Today is World Environmental Day.
It is not just a reminder of thinking green, but the importance of abundance – an abundance of different things, different varieties, things that are dis-similar. Natural choices… and the opportunities for these varieties to flourish and to sustain themselves. Yes, we&#8217;re talking about diversity… specifically, biodiversity.
From the American Heritage Dictionary:
Biodiversity
bi·o·di·ver·si·ty [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.urbantreefrog.com/?p=1629</link>
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		<title>[GP] Agricultural Biodiversity &amp; Sustainability for the Future</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Today&#8217;s Guest Post [GP] is by Jack Lundee.
Agricultural Biodiversity and Sustainability for the Future
June 2nd, 2010
&#8220;In other environmental issues we tell people to stop something, reduce their impact, reduce their damage,&#8221; - US Ecologist Gary Nabhan
Since the beginning of the green movement, there has been a rise in the number of organizations and businesses that [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.urbantreefrog.com/?p=1617</link>
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		<title>Never seen before… treefrogs that shake their booties!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Who likes big butts, and just can&#8217;t stand it?
Your neighbourhood red eyed treefrog, that&#8217;s who! Well… actually, they shake their behinds in preparation for a fight.
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Shake your booty!

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The following, courtesy of National Geographic:
In behavior never before recorded by scientists, researcher Michael  Caldwell of Boston University and his colleagues used infrared cameras  at the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.urbantreefrog.com/?p=1605</link>
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