Another Green Monday

Here a few stories to fill the time slot you previously had occupied with watching the bald eagles at Lake Coeur d’ Alene, now that they are gone for the season .  Take a break from your snow shoveling and enjoy Another Green Monday.

A big congratulation goes to the University of Idaho McCall Outdoor Science School for being awarded the 2008 Idaho Environmental Summit Excellence Award – recognizing long-term dedication to environmental excellence and achievement. The McCall Outdoor Science School is being recognized for their efforts in growing and sustaining environmental outreach and education – and hopefully they will be a model for other higher education institutions. As Ghandi once said, “You must be the change you want to see in the world.”

Time for local water fowl to jump on the Atkins Diet. Truth be told, that cute little weekend activity of feeding bread to the ducks and geese in Riverfront Park and along the banks of the Spokane River is utterly detrimental to their well being. News out of Eugene, Oregon , where the parks department is waging a campaign to inform residents why not to feed the ducks, says that a steady diet of bread is too high in carbohydrates and leads to the deformation of the birds wings, a condition being called “angel wings”. The deformity makes birds’ feathers grow faster than their wing bones. The City of Spokane released a statement last week echoing the “no feed” attitude of Eugene , adding “angel wing” to a list of reasons why not to feed the ducks and geese in Riverfront Park . Read the release HERE.