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Ive been reading on this a little bit, and they say that the annual fires are normal But I keep seeing news articles popping up that say these ones are getting larger and worse, Destroying more forest than usual. Does anybody know anything else about this? Fires and Smoke in Borneo : Natural...

In recent weeks I have had troubles with my ponds here in Townsville (yet not at my parents a couple hours north), for some reason they are all of a sudden turning basic (as opposed to acidic), but I have now fixed this, the new issue is that over half of my plants (several kilos of U.gibba...

Okay so on the California Carnivores FB page they recently shared a link that talks about how an Australian mining company called BHP Billiton and Cokal are planning on bulldozing and clearing parts of the Borneo rainforest in Indonesia to make way for open-cut coal mines. As many of you know...

I have a 48" 4 lamp dual-switch t5 grow light that retailed over $100. It burned out several sockets a while back and I have recently gotten new ones to try and fix it- I have given up after destroying my fingers with wiring. I have no doubt it cam be fixed by someone who knows what they are...

Meet Billy. Billy is a Pacific Parrotlet. Billy's hobbies include screaming at passing subway trains, snubbing all of my attempts at affection, pooping everywhere, and destroying carnivorous plants. He first got his taste for them when he discovered a small colony of D. enodes on my...

I took a trip to southern Oregon this past May and took these pictures. Some of this habitat is on National Forest land, but a lot of it is not and 4-wheelers are destroying some of this prime Darlingtonia habitat. The pitchers are from last years growth. I am planning on making it down there...

Some people are inconsiderate beyond belief. (Just venting a little to get it out of my system.) I went out to my garden this morning to find that my largest (8 foot plant) and first Sunflower bloom of the season had been lopped off by some passer-by (right after it opened no less)...

Hi Folks: I'm sending in our public comment to a USACE public notice about a road that is planned to be put through a pitcher plant bog in Texas (see http://www.swf.usace.army.mil/pubdata/environ/regulatory/public/pn/2010_12/PN_SWF-2009-00404.pdf). Public comment has been extended until...

This is kind of a heated topic here in the carnivorous plant enthusiast world. We all have our own opinions and beliefs, and I'd be interested to start a reasonable discussion about this. Must of us that grow Nepenthes might be familiar with trolling eBay for good prices on some of our...

i'm pretty new to the CP arena and i need some help!! i've got a bog garde that's 2 parts peat/1 part sand. i've got VFT and ptichers. it only gets rain water. when i put my new plants in back in april, everything started growing like gangbusters. then all the sudden, all my pitcher plants...

As I'm sure at least a handful of people on this forum get imports from foreign sources from time to time (be they large B.E. shipments or individual heliamphora.de buys), can you clear up what I'm seeing on a lot of other forums about USDA and border control destroying or sending back most...

I have this "african mask elephant ear" as it's sometimes called that I got from Home Depot. The thing always looks like it's on the verge of death, I think it just decided to go dormant, and it has all sorts of bugs when it has leaves on it. I dumped the pot with the two bulbs it had growing...

Apparently worms are an invasive species that are destroying forest ecosystems in some Northern North American forests (like Minnesota, for instance). Discuss. Invasive worms? This article is really interesting, partly because it outlays the different types of worms and their suitability to...

I think I have a virus running lose in my pc. It is randomly destroying every program. It's taken control of my pc. Any ideas what I should do? It's kindof hard to explain. Here's a screen shot of my desktop. <object height="344" width="425"> <embed...

The local chapter of Dogwood Alliance, http://www.dogwoodalliance.org , staged a protest at a taco bell today. It was on the news and if they post a video of the event I'll post it here.

While the hanging baskets did a good job in providing drainage for my Neps, they inevitably cracked, collapsed, destroying pots in their path. I have had like 6 disasters this past year! I am trying a 20" long planter with the attached bottom part that collects drained water. There is nothing...

I just turned to my local news channel and there's this huge thing about a London terrorist attack. 300+ Injured At least 40 killed 4 seperate explosions Is anyone else extremely surprised by this?! Why would they attack London? I suggest everyone turn to their news channel and watch it. I'll...

Press Release For Release Monday, June 27 to New Hampshire media For Release Tuesday, June 28 to all other media Weare, New Hampshire (PRWEB) Could a hotel be built on the land owned by Supreme Court Justice David H. Souter? A new ruling by the Supreme Court which was supported by Justice...

and you thought Walmart was only destroying the USA? no..they are aiming for world destruction.. http://www.commondreams.org/views04/1015-28.htm

This was an email forwarded to me. Please fill it out and forward it to more people. Dear NRDC Member, No one voted on Election Day to destroy the Arctic National Wildlife  Refuge.But President Bush is now claiming a mandate to do exactly that. Congressional leaders are pushing for a quick...