WWIAF Field & Stream "Heroes for a Day"

As part of his Federal Formula Funds study Returning Warriors : A Study of the Social-Ecological Benefits of Coming Home to Nature, Tidball recently participated in the Wounded Warriors in Action Foundation's habitat restoration activities at Camp Hackett in northern Wisconsin.  This activity was recognized by Field & Stream's Hero for a Day project and was filmed by the Field and Stream crew to be highlighted here.

Local news media also covered the event.  See the below links:

video  http://www.waow.com/story/17901697/wounded-warrior-in-action-foundation-helps-purple-heart-veterans-in-phillips

video  http://cdn.bimfs.com/WJFW/4b389204416439bed6a3bbf0b964121dea8ac195_fl9.mp4

http://www.wjfw.com/email_story.html?SKU=20120429154342

My photographs from the event can be found here:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/wheniwax/sets/72157629561185630/

More photos from the Field & Stream staff, here:
http://www.wisconsinoutdoorfun.com/apps/pbcs.dll/gallery?Avis=U0&Dato=20120430&Kategori=WOF06&Lopenr=204300801&Ref=PH

URBIS in Jerusalem

Jerusalem, Israel recently hosted a 2 day workshop on URBIS - Urban Biospheres, a collaborative program among partners such the Cornell DNR Civic Ecology Lab, the Stockholm Resilience Center, ICLEI, UNESCO, and others.   Keith Tidball was among thirteen international experts in ecology, biodiversity management and community engagement, who convened with over 50 key local professionals to produce strategies for moving forward with an urban biosphere concept that transcends municipal boundaries and is based on cooperation in the region. Their work, using Jerusalem as a case study, is currently being summarized for presentation at the Rio+20 Summit in June. The following are reviews of the workshop and two pieces on the symbolically important swift (apus apus) including a short film documenting the Annual Welcome Ceremony for the Swifts at the Western Wall, which concluded the workshop events:

http://www.iucn.org/about/union/secretariat/offices/europe/?9465/Towards-sustainable-urban-planning-in-Jerusalem

http://www.arcworld.org/news.asp?pageID=535

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kfZpyHdL5ns&feature=youtu.be