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		<title>Public Lecture Sept. 27: What&#8217;s the Deal with Seals?</title>
		<link>http://www.rinhs.org/2011/09/21/whats-the-deal-with-seals/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Sep 2011 21:38:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[RINHS will host a lecture “Seal Biology &#038; Ecology in New England: Insights Through Strandings” by C.T. Harry, on Tuesday evening, September 27th, at 7:30 p.m. in Corless Auditorium on the URI &#8211; Graduate School of Oceanography, Bay Campus in Narragansett (URI-GSO). The Natural History Survey&#8217;s 17th Annual Meeting will precede the September 27 lecture, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>White Nose Syndrome Update February 2011</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Feb 2011 16:44:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[White Nose Syndrome was first discovered to be affecting bats in northeast North America in 2007. Since then it has devastated bat populations in the region and spread substantially across the eastern United States. There are several new developments that may be of interest to Rhode Island naturalists. The following is a news item sent [...]]]></description>
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		<title>White Nose Syndrome Update</title>
		<link>http://www.rinhs.org/2010/10/13/white-nose-syndrome-update/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Oct 2010 18:35:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Wondering what the latest is on white nose syndrome, the phenomenon that is devastating the population of cave roosting bats around the U.S.? Here&#8217;s a link to the USFWS&#8217;s White Nose Syndrome site. USFWS announced last week $1.6 million in new awards to researchers studying white nose syndrome. Funded research includes studies of disease detection, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Check out RIDEM&#8217;s Wild Rhode Island Newsletter</title>
		<link>http://www.rinhs.org/2010/09/23/check-out-ridems-wild-rhode-island-newsletter/</link>
		<comments>http://www.rinhs.org/2010/09/23/check-out-ridems-wild-rhode-island-newsletter/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Sep 2010 17:11:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Autumn 2010 issue of RI DEM&#8217;s Wild Rhode Island magazine is new available, in electronic form, from their website&#8211;Click HERE. There&#8217;s a terrific article on Nicrophorus americanus, the American burying beetle, as well as one on one of our most delicious fish, striper, Morone saxatilis.]]></description>
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		<title>New Asian Longhorn Beetle Finds in Worcester Co., Mass.</title>
		<link>http://www.rinhs.org/2010/09/22/alb_news/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Sep 2010 14:09:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Massachusetts Introduced Pests Outreach Project made the following announcement on September 21, 2010. For our Rhode Island audience, learn to ID ALB and its damage to trees and keep a sharp lookout. Comprehensive ID tools from Mass. DCR DEM Fact Sheet Report anything suspicious to the Rhode Island Tree Council at albfreeri@gmail.com, to RI [...]]]></description>
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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>
		<dc:creator>dgregg</dc:creator>
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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>
		<link>http://www.rinhs.org/2010/06/14/bioblitz-2010-a-success/</link>
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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>
		<comments>http://www.rinhs.org/2010/03/31/register-now-for-april-9-amphibian-conference/#comments</comments>
		<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, and will concentrate on [...]]]></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>
		<dc:creator>dgregg</dc:creator>
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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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Amphibian Conservation Conference, April 9, 2010</title>
		<link>http://www.rinhs.org/2010/01/08/amphibianconference/</link>
		<comments>http://www.rinhs.org/2010/01/08/amphibianconference/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Jan 2010 16:27:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dgregg</dc:creator>
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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. [...]]]></description>
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