“No one has been injured, it seems like an exemplary response,” O’Connor said. “Some of the longer term costs, with roading and infrastructurem will be the things that we focus on.
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Minister of Agriculture Damien O’Connor saw some of the damage in Marlborough caused by heavy rain. “I’ll be able to take the information back to my colleagues, just to make sure that we work with the Council as it has to spend the money of recovery.” The Minister’s first stop was a vineyard near the Wairau River, just over State Highway 63. Stop bank protection had largely saved that vineyard from disaster. The next vineyard, on Waihopai Valley Rd, was a different story.
Banff National Park
Rules of the trail
Riding non-designated or closed trails, building new trails, or riding off-trail displaces wildlife and destroys soil and vegetation. These activities are also illegal and violators may be charged under the Canada National Parks Act.
Be bear aware. Cyclists are particularly susceptible to sudden, dangerous bear encounters because of the speed and silence of their travel. Be alert, make noise, slow down, carry bear spray, and look ahead.
Ride designated trails. It is your responsibility to know where you can and cannot legally ride.
Avoid riding during extreme conditions. Wet, muddy or very dry trails are more likely to be damaged.
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The swans were ignoring the ice.
I could see them out on the pond, way over on the far side, paddling steadily along and pushing shards of thin ice in front of them. Morning sun glinted off them as they flipped over and cracked in front of the huge birds. Mallards followed behind them, swimming in their wake.
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It was still cold from overnight and fresh snow blanketed the shoreline and the surrounding fields while low, puffy clouds rolled across a sky that was trying to turn blue. The light breeze that had sprung up riffled the open water in the middle of the pond and rattled the loose ice along the shore. I could hear geese honking from across the water and the occasional boom of one of the trumpeter swans that were swimming through the last of the thin ice.
Brian Gardiner obituary
Palaeontologist who studied the bony ancestors of salmon and cod, and what lungfish had in common with four-limbed animals
Brian Gardiner catalogued fossil fishes from what are now Canada and South Africa
Brian Gardiner catalogued fossil fishes from what are now Canada and South Africa
Thu 15 Apr 2021 06.31 EDT
Early in his scientific career, Brian Gardiner, who has died aged 88, was seduced by fossils – the remains, shapes or traces of ancient organisms preserved in rock. Brian wanted to learn how these should be interpreted and classified and what they reveal about evolution. In the 1950s, working at Queen Elizabeth College, London (which has now merged with King’s College London), and using the collections of the Natural History Museum (NHM), he first studied fish embedded in Jurassic limestone formed 170-200m years ago. This period contains fearsome, primitive cartilaginous sharks, and the biggest bony fish ever –