News............
Kedar Valley refuses to leave the mind space of nature lovers. The effort to rebuild the valley by tree plantation, building eco -lodges away from flood plains and giving employment to local people will take a long time. Let
us make a small beginning.
Help Yashpal Negi rebuild Mandakini Magpie Bird Watchers Camp at a place safely away from the earlier camp, which was washed away by the floods. ( All but the kitchen which rested on a rock, is gone, says Yashpal Negi). Bird
watchers who stayed with him in the past, vouch for his passion. He talked to us for an hour almost about his birds and bird photos when we called him. The conversation which started with "we have very little food to go by" ended with how six of his photos
are gracing the Oriental Bird Images Database. Hunger and pain forgotten while talking about a shared passion.
IndianWildlifeClub has been running a campaign to help Yashpal Negi.
Help rebuild Mandakini Magpie Bird Watchers’ Camp Send money to
Yashpal Singh Negi
Kakragad, PO Bhiri,
Dist. Rudraprayag Uttarakhand 246419, India
Mobile No. 09412909399
Bank Acctt. Detail State Bank of India - Bhiri, Code - 9834, Saving Acctt. No. 11442534733
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...and Views.............
Has anyone heard the views or recorded the views of the ordinary man on the road, about the development projects of Uttarakhand? Saraswati Kavula in her trip reports on the trail of the Ganga, did. Listen carefully while
you read.
On a trail of the Ganga - (PART 1) Ganga after Tehri Dam
On a trail of the Ganga - PART 1I
On a trail of the Ganga Part III
On a trail of the Ganga-Part IV
On a trail of the Ganga - Part V
On a trail of the Ganga - Part VI
Golden oak tree leaves
The above photo was taken in 2009, of the golden oak branch I brought from Auli.
I took the photo again, in June 2013.
The sturdiness of the branch and the leaves amazed me. The leaves had been left in a corner without any care. There was no disintegration. No brittleness. No insects. Very little discoloration.
I wish someone will make a count of the number of golden oak trees felled to make way for development in Uttarakhand.
And last but not the least, here is something you can do from your desktop to help screen our film "Living With the Park" at the WILD-10 Conference in Spain.
Ranthambore National Park, Rajasthan is perhaps the most popular tourist destination to watch tigers in the wild. But despite the tourist dollars, the Park's main attraction, the Bengal Tiger is in danger of getting decimated
here. Is it time we looked outside the park for the reasons, at the humanity which is living outside, their lives still connected to the Park- the people who are living with the Park?
Can we integrate life outside the Park with efforts at preservation?
Watch and like the promo of our film on you tube. Please make sure you click the like button (thumbs up) below the video.