Bay News: FNDC letters posted; win tickets Kerikeri; Russell drop-ins; Paihia CCTV
12 May, 2021 05:00 PM
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Kerikeri sculptor Chris Booth and intern Isa Brinkman work on a sculpture near the Dutch city of Leeuwarden. Photo / Peter de Graaf
Kerikeri sculptor Chris Booth and intern Isa Brinkman work on a sculpture near the Dutch city of Leeuwarden. Photo / Peter de Graaf
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The council has sent letters to about 8000 Far North property owners this week to highlight how they can help protect unique indigenous species and habitats on their land. They are required to identify Significant Natural Areas (SNAs) by Northland Regional Council and obligated to protect these under the Resource Management Act and by the Far North District Council s District Plan.
By Charles McCollum & The Herald Journal
• May 4, 2021
Four Cache County Republican leaders who attended the weekend’s state party convention say they did not support the widely reported booing and heckling of Sen. Mitt Romney, even though none of them agreed with Romney’s controversial vote against Donald Trump in the ex-president’s January impeachment trial.
Some Cache County delegates reportedly were among those loudly interrupting the senator’s planned speech at the convention, but The Herald Journal has been unable to identify who those individuals were for the purposes of getting perspectives from both sides in the incident. A number of phone calls to local Republicans on Monday were not returned.
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Don’t move a mussel: Disease might follow
Conservationists make recommendations for preventing the spread of parasites when translocating mussels and other struggling species
April 28, 2021
One way to bolster a dwindling animal population whether it’s caused by environmental degradation, over predation or lack of resources is to pack up a portion of the species and move it somewhere more welcoming, often to supplement an existing population. But this increasingly popular technique, called translocation, may also transport parasitic diseases to a potentially vulnerable population. When moving an animal and leaving it in place both carry a risk for the future of the species, how can conservationists know when translocation is worth it?
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