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		<title>Humans as Biocontrol for Invasive Species</title>
		<link>http://www.rinhs.org/2010/08/10/humans-as-biocontrol-for-invasive-species/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Aug 2010 15:00:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Okay, we get this question from time to time: why don&#8217;t we encourage people to develop a palate for invasive species as a way to control them? The usual answer is that encouraging human uses of invasive species encourages people to move them around, either intentionally, to create new populations for exploitation, or accidentally, because [...]]]></description>
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		<title>BioBlitz 2010 A Success</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Jun 2010 18:54:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The teams are just back in from BioBlitz 2010 and I&#8217;m sure people are working hard to unload gear, hang out sleeping bags and tents out to dry, and catch up on sleep. Thank you all for your tremendous efforts that made the event such a success. Thanks to the Block Island community for their [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Register Now for April 9 Amphibian Conference</title>
		<link>http://www.rinhs.org/2010/03/31/register-now-for-april-9-amphibian-conference/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Mar 2010 19:26:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Registration for the 14th annual Ecology of Rhode Island Conference, to  be held April 9 at the Quonset O Club in North Kingstown, is open NOW.  This year&#8217;s subject is Emerging Threats to Amphibians. The conference  will examine a range of factors affecting the survival of this  delightful group of organisms, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>2010 Conference Registration OPEN</title>
		<link>http://www.rinhs.org/2010/03/08/2010confreg/</link>
		<comments>http://www.rinhs.org/2010/03/08/2010confreg/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Mar 2010 20:23:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[2010 Conference Registration is NOW OPEN
Emerging Threats to Amphibian Conservation in New England with Attention to Chytrid &#38; Ranavirus
Friday, April 9, 2010 ~ 8:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Quonset O Club, North Kingston
TO REGISTER, DOWNLOAD THIS FORM AND RETURN IT TO RINHS OR CALL 401-874-5800
For the 2010 RINHS conference, experts in chytrid fungus and ranavirus have [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Amphibian Conservation Conference, April 9, 2010</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Jan 2010 16:27:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Emerging Threats to Amphibian Conservation in New England, with Special Attention to Chytrid and Ranavirus
Friday, April 9, 2010
8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Quonset O Club, North Kingstown, RI
This year, the Rhode Island Natural History Survey&#8217;s annual ecology conference is focused on emerging threats to amphibians in New England and potential management responses. Experts in chytrid fungus [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Shark Lecture, Sept. 29, Following RINHS Annual Meeting</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2009 14:50:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dgregg</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[RI Natural History Survey 2009 Annual Meeting
&#38;
Mark D. Gould Memorial Lecture Series kick-off
Tuesday, September 29, 2009
5:00PM  and 7:00PM
RINHS (now in our 15th year!) will host our 2009 Annual Meeting on Tuesday, September 29th.
Please join us for refreshments &#38; pizza at 5:00pm, followed by a 5:30pm annual meeting during which we will look back at events [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New salamander genus found in U.S.</title>
		<link>http://www.rinhs.org/2009/08/12/newsalamander/</link>
		<comments>http://www.rinhs.org/2009/08/12/newsalamander/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Aug 2009 20:43:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[We&#8217;ll never know so much about the world around us that there&#8217;s nothing left for naturalists to discover and just to prove that point, scientists recently announced the discovery of a new species (in fact it belongs to a whole new genus) of lungless salamander in the hills of Georgia.  Urspelerpes brucei , as it will [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Naturalist Skills Workshop—Ants, April 29</title>
		<link>http://www.rinhs.org/2009/04/24/antsworkshop/</link>
		<comments>http://www.rinhs.org/2009/04/24/antsworkshop/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2009 18:34:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dgregg</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Naturalist Skills Workshop—Ants, Wednesday, April 29, 7-9 p.m., Coastal Institute Kingston. Sign up now.
The next Naturalist Skills Workshop will be Wednesday, April 29, from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. and will be on ants. Dr. David Lubertazzi will review ant taxonomy, ant fauna of southern New England, and literature useful for ant identification. He will [...]]]></description>
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		<title>White Nose Syndrome Update</title>
		<link>http://www.rinhs.org/2009/01/22/wnsupdate/</link>
		<comments>http://www.rinhs.org/2009/01/22/wnsupdate/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Jan 2009 17:00:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dgregg</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of our roles at RINHS is to help the naturalist community in Rhode Island keep up to date with emerging issues in natural history, such as new invasive species, new discoveries, or new techniques.  White Nose Syndrome (WNS),  a phenomenon associated with massive die-offs of hibernating bats in the northeastern U.S.,  burst on the [...]]]></description>
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