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#Landback, 14 Examples

date Tribe and location of land returned acres
proposed Karuk Tribe 1,200
World Renewal Ceremony site
02/22/22 InterTribal Sinkyone Wilderness Council 500
Tc’ih-Léh-Dûñ, Sinkyone Coast, CA
02/05/22 Snoqualmie Indian Tribe 12,000
East King County, WA
12/24/21 Squaxin Island Tribe 125
Puget Sound, WA
12/24/21 Squaxin Island Tribe 875
Puget Sound, WA
12/03/21 Acjachemen Nation 2
Putuidem Village Park, San Juan Capistrano, CA
10/26/21 Narragansett Indian Tribe 5
South Kingston, Rhode Island
10/20/21 Ramapough Lenape Nation 53
Split Rock, New Jersey
11/28/21 Nanticoke Indian Tribe 30
Rosedale Beach, Millsboro, DE
06/14/21 Hawaiian Home Lands Trust 80
Ewa Beach, O’ahu, Hawaii
06/04/21 Passamaquoddy
Kuwesuwi Monihq (Pine Island), ME
12/27/20 Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes 18,800
National Bison Range, Montana
12/23/20 Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe 11,760
Chippewa National Forest, MN
Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe 3,000
private land, in Minnesota
07/29/20 Esselen Tribe 1,200
Big Sur, CA
10/21/19 Wiyot Tribe 280
Tulawat Island, Eureka, CA
02/28/18 Yurok Tribe, Klamath, CA 9,000
Blue Creek Watershed
01/01/03 Passamaquoddy 25
Muwinwi Monihq (Bear Island), Big Lake, ME
10/07/97 InterTribal Sinkyone Wilderness Council, 3,900
Lost Coast, Mendocino County CA
Methodology: search internet by year
Sources available, to be uploaded soon.
Someone could write a grant to fill in this history back at least to Edison Chiloquin in the 1970s.
02/17/22 American Bar Association #Landback Conference, Indian Land Tenure Foundation,
 U.S. Department of the Interior’s Land Buy-Back Program for Tribal Nations
https://nativenewsonline.net/sovereignty/american-bar-association-considers-land-buy-back-program

Earth Day Inspires Actions Across the USA

PocanApril 22, 2015, ens-newswire.com | “On its 45th anniversary, Earth Day 2015 has gone mainstream. Across the United States people from all walks of life engaged in enthusiastic actions to protect the planet and voiced dire warnings about the consequences if we fail.”

Robert BrothersGoodNews FortheEarth Earth Day Inspires Actions Across the USA WASHINGTON, DC, April 22, 2105 (ENS) – On its 45th anniversary, Earth Day 2015 has gone mainstream. Across the United States people from all walks of life engaged in enthusiastic actions to protect the planet and voiced dire warnings about the consequences if we fail.

Turkey Bans Import of Corn Distiller Grains Using GMOs

GMO Free USA, 12/27/14, “Turkey has put a stop to its soaring purchases of U.S. distillers’ grains, tightening up enforcement of regulations on genetically modified crops and banning further imports due to the inclusion of unapproved varieties. 3 shipments were turned away this week, and a 4th was diverted. Turkey is replacing the GM distillers’ grains, which are used for animal feed, with homegrown soy and is unlikely to reverse its decision. Another blow to our farmers and our economy as the 6th largest importer of U.S. GM distiller grains says NO to unapproved GMOs. And the cows don’t want them either.”

National Landmarks at Risk

July 9, 2014, www.ucsusa.org | “The growing consequences of climate change are putting many of the country’s most iconic and historic sites at risk. From Ellis Island to the Everglades, Cape Canaveral to California’s César Chávez National Monument, these sites symbolize values that unite all Americans — patriotism, freedom, democracy, and more — and together help weave the very fabric of our shared history.”

A NEW REPORT TO REACH NEW PEOPLE ABOUT CLIMATE CHANGE
The Union of Concerned Scientists is concerned that too many people still don’t feel the urgency, so they have prepared this special report for mainstream folks.
“A Vivid Illustration of
National Landmarks at Risk: How Rising Seas, Floods, and Wildfires Are Threatening the United……
www.ucsusa.org
Discover 30 iconic and historic sites around the country that are being threatened by the growing consequences of climate…
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Hedgerow Cutting is Illegal From 1st of March Till 31st of August

Mind your cutting and pruning between 1 March and 31 Aug at least (later till the berries are well gone) – give biodiversity a change – spare a thought for those living in the hedgerows / natural fences, boundaries, wall creepers, etc.
HEDGEROW CUTTING IS ILLEGAL FROM 1ST OF MARCH TILL 31ST AUGUST
– PLEASE SHARE THIS MESSAGE

As many of you know, hedge cutting is illegal in Ireland from 1st of March till 31st of August. However, many people are either not aware of this regulation or decide to ignore it because of the almost non-existent enforcement of Ireland’s wildlife law.

Please help us share this message and remind your friends and family members that hedgerows play a very important role in our biodiversity and their cutting in closed season can be prosecuted.

If you witness or have information about illegal hedge cutting in your area, please let us know. We would really appreciate if you also reported any illegal activity to your local Garda station and local NPWS ranger and provide them with as many details as possible.

http://www.npws.ie/media/npws/images/Contact_numbers.pdf
http://www.garda.ie/stations/default.aspx

Please keep in mind that photographic or video evidence increases the chances of a successful investigation.

More information about hedgerows on IWT website – http://iwt.ie/what-we-do/hedgerows/

Thank you all for your help!


Photo by Nigel Mykura, CC BY-SA 2.0

Photo: HEDGEROW CUTTING IS ILLEGAL FROM 1ST OF MARCH TILL 31ST AUGUST
-	PLEASE SHARE THIS MESSAGE

As many of you know, hedge cutting is illegal in Ireland from 1st of March till 31st of August. However, many people are either not aware of this regulation or decide to ignore it because of the almost non-existent enforcement of Ireland’s wildlife law.

Please help us share this message and remind your friends and family members that hedgerows play a very important role in our biodiversity and their cutting in closed season can be prosecuted.

If you witness or have information about illegal hedge cutting in your area, please let us know.  We would really appreciate if you also reported any illegal activity to your local Garda station and local NPWS ranger and provide them with as many details as possible. 

http://www.npws.ie/media/npws/images/Contact_numbers.pdf
http://www.garda.ie/stations/default.aspx

Please keep in mind that photographic or video evidence increases the chances of a successful investigation.

More information about hedgerows on IWT website - http://iwt.ie/what-we-do/hedgerows/

Thank you all for your help!

--
Photo by Nigel Mykura, CC BY-SA 2.0

Blessing Mt. Ashland

BLESSING MOUNT ASHLAND -> 8 Weeks from today, Tuesday, April 8, 1 – 3 pm at the Ski Area in mid-week when all is quiet. 8th Annual Ceremony.
Different Cultures in Common Prayer for Our Common Ground ~ Mother Earth. No speeches, no sermons . . . simply uninterrupted PRAYERS SPOKEN & MUSICAL
Confirmed so far this year . . . (more are being asked)
Suzanne Mathis McQueen (Four Seasons in Four Weeks), Greetings and Introduction to the use of the large white crystal sound healing bowl filled with water that will grace the center of our circle
Prayer/Invocation ~ Bobcat Robert Brothers ( GoodNews FortheEarth)
“Oh Mount Ashland, Ahl-ke-tah, Cloud catcher, Snow holder, Water giver”
Nancy Bloom, vocals, hand drum
— Rabbi Joshua Boettiger (Temple Emek Shalom)
— Cantor Bella Feldman (Temple Emek Shalom)
Sara Tone, vocals, hand drum
— Coach Louise Rouse, vocals, “Can you feel it?”
— Don Diego & Beth Brown (Rainbow Family), vocals and mandolin, songs in Spanish & Hebrew
POTLUCK AFTER: 3:00-5:30 pm, location to be announced. Volunteers needed. Please call Bobcat, 707-601-0818. Everyone Welcome! Whether you make it up the Mountain or not’
Dear Friends, straight from Hawaii, the “Pineapple Express” has bumped that old high pressure ridge out of the way to send the first big storm of the season dropping snow on the mountains! More crystalline water blessings are expected to continue on and off through the week. As the snow accumulates, the number of people who are agreeing to join us offering prayers on the snow this year is steadily growing.
Photo: BLESSING MOUNT ASHLAND -> 8 Weeks from today, Tuesday, April 8, 1 - 3 pm at the Ski Area in mid-week when all is quiet. 8th Annual Ceremony.
Different Cultures in Common Prayer for Our Common Ground ~ Mother Earth.  No speeches, no sermons . . . simply uninterrupted PRAYERS SPOKEN & MUSICAL
Confirmed so far this year . . . (more are being asked)
-- Suzanne Mathis McQueen (Four Seasons in Four Weeks), Greetings and Introduction to the use of the large white crystal sound healing bowl filled with water that will grace the center of our circle 
Prayer/Invocation ~ Bobcat Robert Brothers ( GoodNews FortheEarth)
"Oh Mount Ashland, Ahl-ke-tah, Cloud catcher, Snow holder, Water giver"
-- Nancy Bloom, vocals, hand drum
-- Rabbi Joshua Boettiger (Temple Emek Shalom)
-- Cantor Bella Feldman (Temple Emek Shalom)
-- Sara Tone, vocals, hand drum
-- Coach Louise Rouse, vocals, “Can you feel it?”  
-- Don Diego & Beth Brown (Rainbow Family), vocals and mandolin, songs in Spanish & Hebrew
POTLUCK AFTER:  3:00-5:30 pm, location to be announced. Volunteers needed. Please call Bobcat, 707-601-0818. Everyone Welcome! Whether you make it up the Mountain or not' 

Dear Friends,  straight from Hawaii, the “Pineapple Express” has bumped that old high pressure ridge out of the way to send the first big storm of the season dropping snow on the mountains!  More crystalline water blessings are expected to continue on and off through the week.  As the snow accumulates, the number of people who are agreeing to join us offering prayers on the snow this year is steadily growing.

Global temperatures now available on Google Earth

Feb 7, 2014, www.enn.com | “Climate researchers at the University of East Anglia have for the first time made the world’s temperature records available on the Google Earth platform.”

“Knowledge Inspires Action
Global temperatures now available on Google Earth via 6,000 weather stations all around our planet
www.enn.com
The new Google Earth format allows users to view monthly, seasonal and annual temperature data more easily than ever before. Users…”
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10 Environmental Victories and Triumphs of 2013

December 31, 2013, indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com | “With all the talk of rising temperatures, acidifying oceans and melting polar ice, it is hard to see the healthy trees for the forest, as it were. Yes, the emerald ash borer and the mountain pine beetle are making inroads, and yes, extreme weather is becoming the norm. But it’s important, too, to note the environmental triumphs and victories that tribes either helped engineer or benefited from, or both.”

Connie Ashby shared a link.

10 Environmental Victories and Triumphs of 2013
indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com
Amid all the dire predictions, here are some environmental victories to celebrate for 2013.

Ballet Dancer performs “Dying Swan” covered in oil and sludge to raise awareness

October 25, 2013, www.facebook.com | “A ballet dancer performing her own version of the famous “Dying Swan”, perishing in oil sludge.  Companies like Gazprom and Shell are willing to destroy the Arctic to extract oil, regardless of the dangers for wildlife and the climate. The #Arctic30 were protesting peacefully at a Gazprom oil platform when they were detained over a month ago.”

www.greenpeace.org/freethearctic30/?fbgcaoct25
A ballet dancer performing her own version of the famous “Dying Swan”, perishing in oil sludge.
Companies like Gazprom and Shell are willing to destroy the Arctic to extract oil, regardless of the dangers for wildlife and the climate. The #Arctic30 were protesting peacefully at a Gazprom oil platform when they were detained over a month ago.
ACT NOW to free them: www.greenpeace.org/freethearctic30/?fbcaoct25

The Great Mascots born at a very small comunity in Japan

www.youtube.com | “For current situation and future prospects about japanese vogue of mascots “Yuru-chara “, we describe include the introduction of formal and informal mascots of the town of Ichikawamisato,Yamanashi Prefecture.
Tsumugi-spa In this town, in order to the discovery of mascots hidden who are active in the community, will be held one event “The Grand Prix for local creative type mascots in web-site”.”

I have also produced this video.
You might think everyone is, and not directly related to global environmental problems.
However, I hope to give inspiration something to everyone.
http://youtu.be/ZqMQ2Md6840
The Great Mascots born at a very small comunity in Japan
For current situation and future prospects about japanese vogue of mascots “Yuru-chara “, we describe include the introduction of formal and informal mascots…