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WILD REPUBLIC Shares Very Special Environmental Friendly Animals at Toy Fair – 👏 WOW

Austin Tang — Mon, 16 Feb 2026 21:25:13 +0000

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Good News Speaks to the leading manufacturer for Sustainable, GIFTS OF THE WILD.

Where Our Story Begins

In 1979 Wild Republic began with a simple mission: to inspire children’s love for nature through playful, educational, and wildlife-themed toys.

Learn By Heart

Our products spark curiosity and support learning through hands-on play, sensory exploration, and imaginative storytelling.

Sustainability & Conservation

We are dedicated to inspiring play that protects the planet

Our Product

Wild Republic products are crafted with sustainability in mind, using eco-friendly fabrics, biodegradable materials, and textiles made from renewable natural resources to create toys that are both fun and environmentally responsible.

Our Company

For over 45 years Wild Republic has been Inspiring a Love for Nature Through Imaginative Play and a Commitment to a Better World.

Our Impact

Wild Republic is always striving to do what is best for the Earth, partnering with organizations that share its commitment to sustainability, conservation, and protecting wildlife for future generations.

Giving Back

Giving back isn’t just what we do—it’s who we are at Wild Republic.

Giving to the People

Empowering communities through education, support, and a passion for nature—Wild Republic gives back where it matters most.

Giving to the Environment

Wild Republic proudly gives back to organizations dedicated to environmental preservation and sustainability.

#WildRepublic

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Thursday in NYC + now online around the world

Austin Tang — Wed, 16 Apr 2025 13:21:54 +0000

https://shorturl.at/QZyEm

SHOW UP THIS SPRING.

Earth Day is here!

For those of you in NYC, we’re looking forward to seeing you at our Earth Day 2025 Festival this Thursday, April 17 in Union Square! We’ll be there from 12 to 6 pm. RSVP on our website here.

For those of you around the world, you can continue to look out for our Earth Day 2025 Virtual Stage programming being released throughout the month!

– The Earth Day Initiative team

https://shorturl.at/3bxQN

EARTH DAY 2025 FESTIVAL
Thursday, April 17
12-6 pm
NYC’s Union Square (at Broadway and E. 17th Street)
More details here.

We have dozens of environmental organizations, climate campaigns, green living experts, and performers joining us for our festival this Thursday! Check out some of the great groups here:

World Wildlife Fund is one of the leading conservation organizations in the world. Come find out more about their work protecting endangered species and our communities.
Can soft plastics be recycled? Yes, with Clear Drop® SPC, which turns waste into recyclable blocks. Enter the raffle to win yours here.
Have you considered how your investments impact the planet? Come talk with Domini about how your investment dollars can contribute to a greener, more sustainable future.
Plastech Products are steps above biodegradable with plant-based home compostable products. They’re 100% Certified Compostable ZERO-plastic products for a cleaner, sustainable planet today and for generations ahead.
Youth climate activists from Fridays for Future NYC are activating people to turn out to the Our City, Our Fight march on 4/19.
JUST ICE Tea always chooses organic because it’s better for our tea drinkers, our farm workers, and the planet. “That’s our Message in a Bottle.”

EARTH DAY 2025 VIRTUAL STAGE

Check out our virtual stage programming, being released all month long!

Flip the Script: Single-Use Plastics on Screen in Television and Film – WATCH NOW
Sarah Yarkin (she/her), Actor + Alysia Reiner (she/her), Actress, Activist & Earth Day Initiative Board Member + Amelia Hanson (she/they), Plastic Pollution Coalition Project Manager
Clean Energy and Resilience – WATCH NOW Megyn Price, Actor, Writer, and Director + Nelson Yip, Con Ed Director Strategic Planning – Resilience
NYC Students Host a Mayoral Forum on Climate – WATCH NOW
Shiv Soin, Co-Executive Director, TreeAge + Alyssa Shearer, Programming Director, March for Science NYC
Electronics Waste: How to Go Green with Reused – STAY TUNED
Lauren Benton, Back Market General Manager US + John Oppermann, Earth Day Initiative Executive Director
Where Have Our Winters Gone? – STAY TUNED
Bea Kim, Professional Snowboarder + Protect Our Winters Athlete Alliance Member + Erin Sprague, CEO Protect Our Winters
A Conversation with Mary Robinson on Women’s Climate Leadership – STAY TUNED

Mary Robinson, Former President of Ireland, Co-Founder of Project Dandelion, Member of The Elders + John Oppermann, Executive Director of Earth Day Initiative

Featured Virtual Stage Partner: Back Market is here to help make tech reliable, affordable, and better for the planet, too. Get the tech you need with up to 92% less carbon emissions than new. They work hand-in-hand with professional refurbishers to guarantee that every device has been tested and restored to perfect working condition according to industry standards. All for up to 70% less than brand new.

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Evelyn Alexander Wildlife Rescue Center’s 15th Annual Get Wild Benefit!

Austin Tang — Mon, 26 Jun 2023 14:58:59 +0000

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Evelyn Alexander Wildlife Rescue Center’s
15th Annual Get Wild Benefit!

Saturday, June 24, 2023
4:00 pm – 7:00 pm

Hosted at Sagaponack Sculpture Field
Wilkes Lane, Sagaponack

Honoring
James Hunter
Fred W. Thiele, Jr.

Event chairs
Ingrid Edelman • Jane Gill
Missy Hargraves • Jonathan McCann

Emcee
Joseph Shaw, Express News Group

Hosted at Sagaponack Sculpture Field, Wilkes Lane, Sagaponack

Great Horned Owl sponsors
Max, Beau, Bubba, Elliot and
Willow Colle
Leslie L. Alexander Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Edelman
Linda Lambert
Andy Sabin Family Foundation
Lisa Baron Schenker and
Gregg Schenker
Penni Ludwig

Red Tailed Hawk sponsors
Tracey Broxmeyer
Howard Marton
Linda and Russell Munson

Great Blue Heron sponsors
Dorothy Lichtenstein
Louise and Len Riggio
Ellen and Chuck Scarborough

Snowy Egret sponsors
Christine and Randall Blank
Ron Delsener
Susan Dusenberry
Pat Garrity, The Corcoran Group
Debora Jacques
The Law Office of John J. Leonard
Maryann and Robert Marston
Jonathan W. McCann
Roberta J.M. Olson and
Alexander B.V. Johnson
Shinnecock Animal Hospital

eastern screech owl sponsors
Jane Gill
Kimberly Kleinbaum Tsesarsky

Benefit committee
Dorothy Frankel
Elena Gibbs
Linda Lambert
Jessica Mackin
Eileen Miller
Jill Rappaport
Leesa Rowland
Ellen and Chuck Scarborough
Lisa Baron Schenker
Renee Schlather

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Our planet is warming. Here’s what’s at stake if we don’t act now. | Stories | WWF

Austin Tang — Tue, 04 Apr 2023 18:15:51 +0000

Our climate is changing around us faster than predicted. From more frequent and extreme storms to unprecedented heatwaves, we’re feeling the impacts of human-caused global warming.

But we still have time to change course. We can avoid more dire impacts of climate change by limiting warming to 1.5° C (2.7° F) according to a recent report by the United Nations.

The world is already 1.1° C (1.9° F) hotter than it was between 1850 and 1900, the pre-industrial era. And while there’s no question that limiting warming to 1.5° C will be difficult, there’s also no question that we have the technology needed to do it—and that every tenth of a degree matters.

In 2015, 196 countries signed on to a single, sweeping plan that aims to keep global warming to well below 2° C (3.6° F)—or even 1.5° C. The unprecedented Paris Agreement builds on decades of gradual work by the international community to combat climate change and adapt to its impacts. World leaders must work together to eliminate the release of heat-trapping carbon by 2050. To do this, they will need to strengthen their commitments to cut emissions over time.

But climate change is not a problem that governments can solve alone; we need collaboration across regional governments, businesses, and communities as well. We also need to help wildlife and people cope with a rapidly warming planet.

for more info, go to https://www.worldwildlife.org/stories/our-planet-is-warming-here-s-what-s-at-stake-if-we-don-t-act-now

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The Evelyn Alexander Wildlife Rescue Center

Austin Tang — Sat, 09 Jul 2022 18:55:37 +0000

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About the Evelyn Alexander Wildlife Rescue Center of The Hamptons:
The Evelyn Alexander Wildlife Rescue Center, Inc., Eastern Long Island’s only wildlife hospital, is a non-profit organization dedicated to the rehabilitation of wild animals impacted by human encroachment on their habitat. It is a grass-roots organization that began with a few concerned friends and has grown to include over 3,000 members and supporters. The center operates as a full-service professional wildlife hospital, with licensed rehabilitators, biologists, animal behaviorists, and volunteers on staff. More than 300 people have been trained to help with wildlife rescues. The Evelyn Alexander Wildlife Rescue Center is located on Munn’s Pond Park through a cooperative licensing agreement with Suffolk County Department of Parks, Recreation and Conservation. The center is located on a greenbelt of public land parcels that stretches from Tiana Bay to Peconic Bay on the eastern end of Long Island, New York. This ecosystem is one-of-a-kind and irreplaceable, with salt and freshwater wetlands, Pine Barrens, deciduous forest, and meadowland. As a result, it is an ideal location for a wildlife rehabilitation center. The hospital is intended solely for wild animals. There are no ambient noises or smells to stress the wildlife that is recovering within, unlike a veterinary hospital. Every year, the Wildlife Rescue Center receives over 10,000 calls for information or assistance regarding wild animal encounters. In addition, the center offers educational programs to local elementary and secondary schools. Local college students participate in cooperative education programs and internships. The Evelyn Alexander Wildlife Rescue Center has an annual operating budget of more than $650,000, almost entirely funded by generous donors.

For more information, visit: www.wildliferescuecenter.org

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ON SAFARI IN TANZANIA, EAST AFRICA by Terri Hirsch

Austin Tang — Fri, 26 Feb 2021 20:05:23 +0000

ON SAFARI IN TANZANIA, EAST AFRICA by Terri Hirsch

Arriving in the Kilimanjaro International Airport late evening we were met by our safari driver-guide outside the arrival lounge and transferred to our accommodations at the beautiful Kibo Pace Hoel in Arusha Tanzania. Our package featured Arusha Lake Manyara, Serengeti National Park, Tarangire National Park and the Ngorongoro Conservation Area. Arusha is the gateway to some of Tanzania’s most famous attractions: Mt. Kilimanjaro the National Parks and Lodges for Game Drives. Arusha is also known for the precious stone Tanzanite, produced in Arusha and exported worldwide.

After a great breakfast at 6:00 am, our group set out on our first safari to discover East Africa’s legendary wildlife. Our small group was outfitted in a six-seat safari vehicle with pop-up roof allowing for excellent viewing and photography. Our tour leader would rotate each day between our small group of two safari vehicles and tell us fascinating stories of the wildlife. Our sharp-eyed naturalist guides offered insights about the ecosystem
while spotting huge herds of elephants, wildebeest, zebras, towering giraffes and antelope. These huge herds gather to stay in Tarangire National Park until the onset of the rains whey they migrate to good grazing areas.

We departed after breakfast the following day and began the two-hour drive to Lake Manyara National Park, nestled on the basin of the Great Rift Valley. This small National Park has seven distinct habitats which are home to quite a few wildlife. Here we viewed small baboons black-faced monkeys, blue monkeys, impalas, giraffes, buffalo, elephants, waterbuck, bushbuck, zebras and wildebeest- all gathered in groups. Today’s highlight was a large hippo pool with hundreds of hippos. We were allowed to get out of our vehicle to take close-up photographs of these hippos. In the distance were thousands of flamingos on Lake Manyara.

On Tanzania safaris you are not allowed to get out of the safari trucks – this was the one exception. After a late picnic lunch of chicken legs, a small sandwich, water, juice and cake we continued our safari before proceeding to our lodge in Karatu for dinner and overnight. Karatu is one of the seven districts in the Arusha region of Tanzania. The sounds of a bush baby, known as a “Galagos” could be heard during the night.

The following day was a rare opportunity to take a village walk to the Tloma Village-Gibbs Farm to experience different activities of the local Iraqw Tribe. The tour included visiting a school, the Makonde Tribe carving center, the village church with traditional singing and dancing, and an outdoor local coffee grinding station. After returning to the lodge for lunch and a short nap, we continued touring the farmers market before our return to the lodge for dinner and overnight.

Today was the start of two days in the Serengeti National Park’s great migration. At 6:30 am, we proceeded to the Serengeti National Park entrance gate for a two-and half hour drive. Once inside the park we stopped for a picnic lunch where numerous birds could be seen. We were looking forward to enjoying our afternoon game drive en route to Central Serengeti. The annual wildebeest migration through the Serengeti is the largest mass movement of land mammals in the planet. Towering above is Mt. Kilimanjaro, the world’s largest mountain. The Serengeti ecosystem protects the most varied collection of terrestrial (animal) wildlife on earth and is one of the last migratory systems still intact. Not only did we see the wildebeest migration, we encountered baby lions being fed by their mothers, elephants taking baths, zebras, elands, giraffes, waterbucks, families with baby baboons, a tiger and a leopard sleeping in a tree. This was one of the most amazing wildlife spectacles to see.

The last morning our safari departed at 6:39 am with a packed lunch for a four-hour drive to the Ngorongoro Conservation Center. Ngorongoro is technically a caldera, which is an extinct volcano and the largest intact and unbroken caldera in the world. The crater is a microcosm of African scenery with abundant wildlife of more than 20,000 larger animals. Over the years the floor of the crater has become mostly grassland with a lake whose size changes, depending on the rains. We descended 2,000 feet to the base of the Ngorongoro Crater, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. On the lake were colourful flamingos and a variety of other birds – ostriches, cranes and storks. Glimpses of elephant, buffalo, cheetah, hyena, warthog and many antelopes were grazing on this land, Mid-afternoon, we slowly began the climb out of the Crater as we headed for a hot lunch at a lodge overlooking the Crater. After lunch, a two-hour drive took us to our lodge for an overnight and a late dinner. Our wildlife viewing was fascinating and the experience unbeatable on this game drive in the Ngororngoto Crater.
After breakfast, we were driven back to Arusha for last minute shopping at the Cultural Heritage Center. We proceeded to the Kibo Palace Hotel for lunch and a day room to freshen up. In the evening we were transferred to the Kilimanjaro International Airport for our flight back home.

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Oddest Friendships Between Animals | Animal Odd Couples | Real Wild. Submitted by Dr. Ko.

Austin Tang — Thu, 16 Apr 2020 10:57:48 +0000

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World Environment Day 2018

admin — Tue, 05 Jun 2018 15:29:13 +0000

World Environment Day (WED) occurs on the 5th of June every year, and is the United Nation’s principal vehicle for encouraging awareness and action for the protection of our environment. First held in 1974, it has been a flagship campaign for raising awareness on emerging environmental issues from marine pollution, human overpopulation, and global warming, to sustainable consumption and wildlife crime. WED has grown to become a global platform for public outreach, with participation from over 143 countries annually. Each year, WED has a new theme that major corporations, NGOs, communities, governments and celebrities worldwide adopt to advocate environmental causes.

World Environment Day [WED] was established by the UN General Assembly in 1972 on the first day of the Stockholm Conference on the Human Environment, resulting from discussions on the integration of human interactions and the environment. Two years later, in 1974 the first WED was held with the theme “Only One Earth”. Even though WED celebration have been held annually since 1974, in 1987 the idea for rotating the center of these activities through selecting different host countries began.

For almost five decades, World Environment Day has been raising awareness, supporting action, and driving change. Here is a timeline of key accomplishments in WEDs’ history:

The theme for 2018 is “Beat Plastic Pollution”. The host nation is India. The theme for the World Environment Day 2018, “Beat Plastic Pollution”. By choosing this Theme, it is aimed that people may strive to changes in their everyday lives to reduce the heavy burden of plastic pollution. People should be free from the over-reliace on single-use or disposables, as they have severe environmental consequences. We should liberate our natural places, our wildlife – and our own health from plastics.

for more info, go to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Environment_Day

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The Evelyn Alexander Wildlife Rescue Center Held its The 9th Annual Get Wild Summer Benefit

Alexandra — Thu, 27 Aug 2015 18:22:23 +0000

The Evelyn Alexander Wildlife Rescue Center Held its The 9th Annual Get Wild Summer Benefit Hosted By The Marder Family at The Silas Marder Gallery

P O S T – E V E N T

M E D I A A L E R T

The Evelyn Alexander Wildlife Rescue Center

Held The 9^th Annual Get Wild Summer Benefit

HOSTED BY THE MARDER FAMILY

The Evelyn Alexander Wildlife Rescue Center of the Hamptons celebrated another year of rehabilitating and successfully releasing animals back into the wild across Long Island with its annual GET WILD Summer Gala. The event was hosted by the Marder family at the Silas Marder Gallery in Bridgehampton, NY on Saturday, August 8, 2015 and honored artists April Gornik & Eric Fischl, Amy Sullivan and Real Estate Broker Susan Penzner.

Notable Attendees Included: Leslie Alexander (Benefactor, The Evelyn Alexander Wildlife Rescue Center); Leslie Alexander (Benefactor, The Evelyn Alexander Wildlife Rescue Center); April Gornik & Eric Fischl (Honorees, Get Wild Gala); Amy Sullivan (Honorees, Get Wild Gala); Susan Penzner (Honoree, Get Wild Gala); Peter Beard(Photographer); Dina & Steve Hanson; Anne Hearst &Jay McInerney; Linda & Ben Lambert; Howard Lorber and Jeaninne Gourin (Douglas Elliman); Nicole Miller (Fashion designer); Tony Peck & Paula Peck; Jill Rappaport(Correspondent, NBC news); Jay Schneiderman (Emcee, Get Wild Gala; Legislator); Jean Shafiroff (Philanthropist);Fred and Nancy Thiele (New York State Assemblyman); Anna Throne-Holst (Southampton Town Supervisor); Ginnie Frati (Executive Director, The Evelyn Alexander Wildlife Rescue Center); Shelley Berkoski (Director of Development, The Evelyn Alexander Wildlife Rescue Center).

Guests enjoyed live music along with cocktails and light fare. A silent art auction, which was live on Paddle8leading up to the event and available for guests on tablets set up around the event space. Items for auction include: Untitled by Ross Bleckner, an oil painting on canvas, valued at $10,000; April Gornik’s Reflected Sunset, valued at $7,000; Eric Fischl’s drawing Untitled (Showering Girl From Behind), Valued at $8,000 and Aurora Borealis, an oil and spray paint on canvas, by Adam Stennett to name a few.

This year’s GET WILD Summer Gala sponsors included: Leslie Alexander; Tara Allmen, MD; Ingrid Arneberg & Will Marin; Hilaria & Alec Baldwin Foundation; Nejma & Peter Beard; Albert Behler; Peter Benedek; Rosalie Brinton; Catherine Cahill & William Bernhard; Marty & Michele Cohen; Ron Delsener; Douglas Elliman, LLC; Susan Dusenberry; Pat Garrity & Corcoran; Gentry Construction; Hamptons Magazine; Harmlesss Harvest; Karen & Jeff Hughes; Hutchinson Landscape; Frances Jones & Keith Douglas; George & Mariana Kaufman; Hon Martin J. Kerins; King Kullen; Linda & Ben Lambert; Leslie Wine; Mr. & Mrs. Robert Marston; Howard Marton; Jay McInerney; Susan Mead; Nicole Miller; Jewel & Bob Morris; Margo & Jimmy Nederlander; Norman Peck; Katharine Rayner; Agena Rigdon, DKR Shores Inc.; Dayton Ritz & Osborne; Pierce Roberts & Jonathan Canno; Press News Group; Andrew Sabin Family Foundation; Sagaponack Charitable Trust; Ellen & Chuck Scarborough; Shinnecock Animal Hospital; Brian Slaga, East West Marine; Barbara & Randall Smith; Allison Stern; Roger & Karen Stevens; Ted Moudis Associates; Jerry Turco and Holly Whitmore.

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About The Evelyn Alexander Wildlife Rescue Center Of The Hamptons:

The Evelyn Alexander Wildlife Rescue Center, Inc. is a not-for-profit corporation dedicated to the rehabilitation of wild animals impacted by encroachment of humans on their habitat. It is a grass roots organization that grew from a few concerned friends to a group of over 1000 members and supporters. The center is a full-time professional wildlife hospital staffed by licensed rehabilitators, biologists, animal behaviorists and volunteers. Over 100 people have been trained to assist in wildlife rescues. The Evelyn Alexander Wildlife Rescue Center is located on Munn’s Pond Park through a cooperative licensing agreement with Suffolk County Department of Parks, Recreation and Conservation. The center is situated on a greenbelt of public land parcels totaling several thousand acres and stretches from Tiana Bay to Peconic Bay located on the eastern end of Long Island, NY. This is a unique and irreplaceable ecosystem consisting of salt and fresh water wetlands, Pine Barrens, deciduous forest and meadowland. It is the perfect setting for a wildlife rehabilitation center. The hospital is designed exclusively for wild animals. Unlike a veterinary hospital, there are no ambient noises or smells to stress the wildlife that are recovering within. The Wildlife Rescue Center receives over 10,000 calls each year for information or assistance with wild animal encounters. We also provide educational programs to local elementary and secondary schools. Students from local colleges participate in cooperative education programs and internships. The Evelyn Alexander Wildlife Rescue Center annual operating budget exceeds $350,000, almost all of which comes from the generosity of people like you. Thank you for your continued support and generosity.

For more information, visit: www.wildliferescuecenter.org

WHEN: Saturday, August 8, 2015

6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.

Live Music, Cocktails and Light Fare, Silent Art Auction on Paddle8

WHERE: Silas Marder Gallery

120 Snake Hollow Road

Bridgehampton, NY

PRESS

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Susan Penzner, Amy Sullivan, Eric Fischl, April Gornik (Photo Credit: RobRich/SocietyAllure.com)

Jill Rappaport (Photo Credit: RobRich/SocietyAllure.com)

Nicole Miller (Photo Credit: RobRich/SocietyAllure.com)

Peter Beard (Photo Credit: RobRich/SocietyAllure.com)

Adena Rigdon, Shelley Berkoski, Leslie Alexander, and Elizabeth Brown (Photo Credit: RobRich/SocietyAllure.com)

Howard Lorber and Jeaninne Gourin (Photo Credit: RobRich/SocietyAllure.com)

Tony Peck, Paula Peck, Anne Hearst, Jay McInerney (Photo Credit: RobRich/SocietyAllure.com)

Charles Marder (Photo Credit: RobRich/SocietyAllure.com)

Eric Fischl, April Gornik (Photo Credit: RobRich/SocietyAllure.com)

Ginnie Frati, Andy Sabin (Photo Credit: RobRich/SocietyAllure.com)

Jean Shafiroff (Photo Credit: Lenny Stucker)

Dina Hanson, Steve Hanson (Photo Credit: RobRich/SocietyAllure.com)

Anna Throne-Holst, Jay Schneiderman (Photo Credit: RobRich/SocietyAllure.com)

Tucker Marder, Isla Hanson (Photo Credit: RobRich/SocietyAllure.com)

Ben Lambert, Linda Lambert, Jill Rappaport (Photo Credit: RobRich/SocietyAllure.com)

Ginnie Frati (Photo Credit: RobRich/SocietyAllure.com)

Atmosphere (Photo Credit: RobRich/SocietyAllure.com)

Honoring

APRIL GORNIK & ERIC FISCHL, AMY SULLIVAN and SUSAN PENZNER at

The Silas Marder Gallery

Honorary Co-Chairs:

Hilaria & Alec Baldwin, Cornelia Guest, Carey Lowell, Jill Rappaport, Beth Ostrosky Stern

Benefit Committee:

Ingrid Arneberg, Ingrid Edelman, Jess Frost, Jane Gill, Missy Hargraves, Linda Lambert, Maryann Marston, Ellen Scarborough, Will Marin

Notable Attendees:

Leslie Alexander (Benefactor, The Evelyn Alexander Wildlife Rescue Center)

April Gornik & Eric Fischl (Honorees, Get Wild Gala)

Amy Sullivan (Honorees, Get Wild Gala)

Susan Penzner (Honoree, Get Wild Gala)

Peter Beard (Photographer)

Dina & Steve Hanson

Anne Hearst &Jay McInerney

Linda & Ben Lambert

Howard Lorber and Jeaninne Gourin (Douglas Elliman)

Nicole Miller (Fashion designer)

Tony Peck & Paula Peck

Jill Rappaport (Correspondent, NBC news)

Jay Schneiderman (Emcee, Get Wild Gala; Legislator)

Jean Shafiroff (Philanthropist)

Fred and Nancy Thiele (New York State Assemblyman)

Anna Throne-Holst (Southampton Town Supervisor)

Ginnie Frati (Executive Director, The Evelyn Alexander Wildlife Rescue Center)

Shelley Berkoski (Director of Development, The Evelyn Alexander Wildlife Rescue Center)

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Your Pot Habit Is Contributing to a Guacamole Crisis

admin — Fri, 10 Apr 2015 21:45:08 +0000

As California faces severe water shortages and farmers let their groves go fallow, a study finds that marijuana growers are sucking streams dry.
News on Wednesday that California’s snowpack has hit a record low of just 6 percent of normal means next-to-no spring runoff will flow into streams and reservoirs that supply water to the cities and farmers who feed much of the nation.
But before you light up a (legal) marijuana cigarette to take your mind off impending doom, consider this: With every puff you take, you could be making the epic drought even worse.
A new study finds that pot growers in the Northern California weed belt are diverting 100 percent of the water in some streams to irrigate their cash crops.
“Last summer, we went out and picked a handful of streams in the study area, and we looked at real-time stream flow,” said Scott Bauer, an environmental scientist with the California Department of Fish and Wildlife. “Four out of those five streams went dry.”
A Humboldt County, California, pot farm.
That means no water for endangered salmon and other wildlife, not to mention people. Some avocado growers, for instance, are letting their groves go dry because of water shortages and the high price of irrigation. In other words, kiss your guacamole goodbye.
Agency scientists focused on illegal pot operations in Humboldt County, the epicenter of California’s marijuana industry. Greenhouses dot the hillsides, and the pot plants inside are thirsty: Each uses about six gallons of water per day, compared with the 3.3 gallons wine grapes consume.
Wildlife officials started receiving calls about stream diversion in 2009, said Bauer, who is based in the Humboldt town of Eureka. “A number of us started going out with game wardens called out to grow sites and our focus was to document the environmental damage,” he said.
The scientists noticed significant problems—stream diversion, hillsides graded to make level growing fields, and dirt being dumped into waterways.
“We started to realize this was a real problem,” said Bauer.
In 2012, as the drought began to take hold, the researchers used Google Earth to count all the plants and figure out how many are in greenhouses, and to compare the number of plants with stream flow data.
They chose four areas, all surrounded by forests, and all with streams containing endangered salmon. The scientists estimated that the growing operations were using between 138,200 and 191,265 gallons of water a day. People in Northern California, for comparison, use an average 172 gallons of water per day per person.
Marijuana growers were taking 100 percent from three of the streams studied and 25 percent of a fourth stream.
Those streams aren’t just picturesque—they’re critical to the survival of the coho and Chinook salmon and steelhead trout.
Will there be a movement for sustainably grown pot?
“I think if people understand what’s going on, hopefully they’ll asking questions about how green is their product,” Bauer said. “If they’re concerned about our state’s natural resources, they should be asking those questions. Is this something that isn’t harming California’s resources?”

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