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Featured Image Katydid nymph on a black-eyed susan. Photo © Chris Helzer/TNC Download as Wallpaper How You Can Help Help us win $5000 to plant 5000 trees in one of the world's most endangered tropical forests. We have 24 hours left to secure first place and win! Learn More and Donate Connect with Us Other Ways to Give Sustainably-grown flowers for Mother's Day are sure to make mom smile. When you send her flowers from Organic Bouquet, 10% of your purchase will be donated to The Nature Conservancy. Send Mom Flowers Avon Hello Green Tomorrow Building on the success of their 2010 initiative, beginning in April 2011 Avon Products, Inc. will contribute proceeds from the sale of an aluminum water bottle in the U.S. and other items in 50 countries around the world to the Conservancy's Plant a Billion Trees campaign. Learn More Nature ConservancyMagazine Every issue of our magazine includes conservation success stories and in-depth articles — plus gorgeous photography from around the world. Read Excerpts From Our Spring Issue Great Places May 4, 2011 Volume 11, Issue 05 You are receiving this message atmaccabej@gmail.com (change your address) as part of your membership with The Nature Conservancy and our Great Places Network. If this issue was forwarded to you and you would like to begin receiving a copy of your own, you may wish to join Great Places yourself. To ensure that this message doesn't get trapped in your bulk mail folder, don't forget to add The Nature Conservancy (newsletter@tnc.org) to your address book / safe senders list. If you'd rather not receive this newsletter in the future, please visit our unsubscribe page. If you have a U.S. address, we can customize your edition of Great Places to have news about the places we protect near you … justupdate your profile with a U.S. mailing address.		Channel Islands Live Bald Eagle Webcam Watch the Live Eagle Cam Bald eagles are once again nesting on our Santa Cruz Island preserve off the coast of southern California—and you can watch the action live! This year the camera is focused on a new nest. Can you spot a chick? Get a Bird's-Eye View of the Eagles The Conservancy's Chris Fischer and daughter Cassie. Photo © Cynthia Tapley/TNC Mother's Day Is May 8th! Did you know that medicines made from coral reefs help treat leukemia, lymphoma and other types of cancers? This Mother's Day, honor Mom with a gift that could help keep her and nature healthy. Adopt a Coral Reef Today A mallard and her ducklings. Photo © John Winfree Special Photos of Moms and Babies It's tough raising a family these days, especially in the wild. But by safeguarding breeding habitat and creating wildlife corridors, The Nature Conservancy is helping make mom's job a little easier. Celebrate her with these sweet photos of animal families living on Conservancy-protected lands around the world! View the Slideshow Onlookers watch a tortoise at the Vancouver Aquarium. © Flickr user kennymatic via a Creative Commons license Visit Our Virtual Aquarium Explore the wonders of the sea! Watch underwater videos at the Mariner's Theater, get up close with amazing marine species at the Touch Tank and learn how you can help protect our oceans. Best part? Admission is free and the doors are always open. Enter the Atlantic Aquarium Flyfishing at dawn on the Hoh River, Washington. Photo © Bridget Besaw Budget Cuts: Good News and Bad Yes, the U.S. Congress cut conservation spending for 2011—but thanks to your support, important programs that were originally on the chopping block did not get eliminated. But there's no time to rest! Help us save future funding for protection of clean water, clean air and outdoor places. Speak Up for Nature Jeff DeQuattro in front of oyster reef installations in Alabama. Photo © Beth Maynor Young Ask the Conservationist: Reefs Made from Scrap Concrete? More than 85 percent of the world's shellfish have been lost—which is why the Conservancy is rebuilding oyster reefs in places like the Gulf Coast. One eco-minded reader wants to know: can this important work be done from recycled concrete? Read Our Answer—and Then Submit Your Questions! Photo of the Month “This great egret was making trips back and forth…” Read More and Download the Photo as Desktop Wallpaper Great egret, Florida. Photo © Kent Mason Go Green Explore eco-tips from Nature Conservancy staff and leading environment bloggers on how to make personal, science-based choices to help save the planet. Get more tips at our Everyday Environmentalist web page. Green Caffeine Life is too precious to drink unsustainable coffee. Raise Your Own Chickens Even city folk can do it—find out how! Leave Your Computer On Computer geeks can help solve climate change! Green Your Office Be as environmentally minded at work as you are at home. Photo Credits (from top): Photo © Diego Ochoa/TNC (Coffee beans); © Sus Danner/TNC (Backyard chickens); © iStockphoto (Computer station); © Erika Nortemann/TNC (Green your office).
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