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Nov 5, 2024 | 
ny.audubon.org | Sharon Bruce
The National Audubon Society’s Connecticut and New York office celebrated the ability of individual voices to inspire millions of people to action at the 2024 Keesee Awards Luncheon. The prestigious Thomas W. Keesee, Jr., Conservation Award recognizes those who show remarkable leadership and commitment to protecting birds and the places they need. At this year’s event, we honored Douglas Tallamy with the Keesee Award for his life’s work.
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Oct 30, 2024 | 
audubon.org | Sharon Bruce
Editor's Note: Some of our favorite birds live and breed in woods alongside sugar maple trees, and the choices made by landowners who manage forests to produce maple syrup have profound impacts on those birds' well-being. Audubon works with foresters and landowners to help them manage their forests in a way that maintains maple sap productivity and supports birds too, by making sure that those forest plots have lots of variety of trees and shrubs, logs on the ground, and trees of different ages.
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Oct 8, 2024 | 
ny.audubon.org | Sharon Bruce
“Can you talk about the dramatic disturbance happening on this hill?” asks an attendee of Ethan Tapper’s forest walk, pointing to a sloped area where multiple large trees have fallen over, their giant root systems unearthed. “Yeah, I love it!” responds Ethan, garnering a laugh from the crowd. He’s grinning ear-to-ear, but he is quite serious. “Humans have this innate preference for neatness, which has nothing to do with how healthy forests actually look.
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Jun 25, 2024 | 
ny.audubon.org | Sharon Bruce
New York's maple producers range from hobbyists to full-time, year-round businesses. While one person may take the lead in general operations, sugaring is not typically a one-man show. Entire families tap trees together, and neighbors and schoolchildren often visit local sugarhouses to experience the process of boiling sap down to syrup. The beauty of this industry is in its communal nature.
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Sep 22, 2023 | 
timeslocalnews.co.uk | Sharon Bruce
A Tunbridge Wells drag queen will be joining the ranks of drag royalty when she appears on thelatest edition of Ru Paul’s Drag Race UK, which returns to our screens on Thursday September 28 at 9pm. DeDeLicious will follow in the footsteps of another great Tunbridge Wells queen, Krystal Versace, who won Season Three of the show.
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Sep 21, 2023 | 
timeslocalnews.co.uk | Sharon Bruce
Tunbridge Wells-based champion boxer Jamie Johnson is set to be honoured by the International Women’s Boxing Hall of Fame for her pioneering work in women’s boxing in the United Kingdom. While many residents are familiar with Cllr Jamie Johnson, a Tunbridge Wells Borough Councillor for Broadwater (Lib Dem), Jamie ‘Rocky’ Johnson is a British titleholder and stalwart in women’s boxing.
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Sep 5, 2023 | 
ny.audubon.org | Sharon Bruce
Q: You’ve been all over the country! Where will you be working with Audubon? A: I will be working on several forest bird conservation projects throughout New York. We currently have some focus areas including the Allegheny highlands, where we will be working with Audubon Mid-Atlantic staff, and areas in northern NY where we will be collaborating with Connecticut and Vermont. Our bird-friendly maple program welcomes maple producers from any area CT, NY, or VT.
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Aug 7, 2023 | 
blogarama.com | Stephen Pollock |Leonida Teohari |Linda Armstrong-Miller |Sharon Bruce
Welcome to It's Monday! What Are You Reading? and Mailbox Monday. It's Monday! What Are You Reading? is a place to meet up and share what you have been, are and about to be reading over the week. It's a great post to organize yourself. It's an opportunity to visit and comment, and er... add to that ever growing TBR pile! So welcome in everyone. This meme started with J Kaye's Blog and then was taken up by Sheila from Book Journey. Sheila then passed it on to Kathryn at the Book Date.
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Aug 7, 2023 | blogarama.com | Stephen Pollock |Leonida Teohari |Linda Armstrong-Miller |Sharon Bruce
Welcome to It's Monday! What Are You Reading? and Mailbox Monday. It's Monday! What Are You Reading? is a place to meet up and share what you have been, are and about to be reading over the week. It's a great post to organize yourself. It's an opportunity to visit and comment, and er... add to that ever growing TBR pile! So welcome in everyone. This meme started with J Kaye's Blog and then was taken up by Sheila from Book Journey. Sheila then passed it on to Kathryn at the Book Date.
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Jun 8, 2023 | 
heraldchronicle.com | Sharon Bruce
TIMMINS Ontario, Canada, June 5, 2023 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Sharon Bruce, an accomplished author with a passion for storytelling, has released her latest book, “Shoebox Baby,” (IBSN: 978-0228890645; May, 2023) a compelling work of creative non-fiction that chronicles the extraordinary life of Susan Fenton and the challenges she faced growing up.
