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Sunguramy :nb_lily:

#MarshMadness day 22 :boost_requested:
Not many leaves on the trees yet, so marshes look less lush, but it's still a marsh!

If you can spare a few minutes for our environment, please leave a comment against the Removal of the National Environmental Policy Act. This is the "Magna Carta" of environmental laws in the US, and removing will bring total destruction. Once removed, it will be easy to decimate even our National Parks. federalregister.gov/documents/ Comments close next week.

From the right bottom corner to the middle left is marsh waters that reflect the gray sky above. There is not really any greenery in the photo due to it still being cold, so grasses and sedges are in their tan brown dormancy state. Some trees along the edge in the background are also leafless. A power line is faintly visible.
#marsh#swamp#wet
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Sunguramy :nb_lily:

#MarshMadness day 21
Two little isopods, Lirceus sp. They are not technically from a marsh they are from a spring, but the spring was rather tiny marsh-like so I am counting it.

Right now I am trying to get people to step up for our environment as the public comment period draws to a close on removing the National Environmental Policy Act. This will effectively destroy almost all environment protections in the United States. If you were worried they will destroy the National Parks for profit, rest assured this is the first step. By removing NEPA, they *will be able to*. Easily.

Please, go leave your comment (federalregister.gov/documents/), call your senators and congress, and keep fighting for nature.

A nine segmented medium brown with lighter brown and tan patterning little critter with long antenna. It is an aquatic relative of the "rolly pollies" you have in your backyard. There is a smaller one under the larger one, just a younger one. It gives a parent and child vibe to the image, although that would be really unlikely to actually be the case.
#marsh#spring#isopod
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Sunguramy :nb_lily:

#MarshMadness day 20 :boost_requested:
Bashful Wakerobin (Trillium catesbaei) found near the water's edge of a marsh.

Reminder: Please go to: federalregister.gov/documents/ and leave your comment.

Removal of NEPA destroys almost all environment protections in the United States. If you were worried they will destroy the National Parks for profit, rest assured this is the first step. By removing NEPA, they *will be able to*. Easily.

We have only six more days to comment about the looming removal of NEPA: National Environmental Policy Act. This act was a simple yet very effective framework for protecting our environment and has far and wide reaching positive effects. It is often called the "Magna Carta" of our environment laws. NEPA was one of the first laws ever written that establishes the broad national framework for protecting our environment. For example, sewage treatment to ensure clean water is a direct result from NEPA. It was signed into law by Nixon, and has enjoyed bipartisan support.

A light pink flower hangs downward looking at the ground, hiding under the triplet of green leaves above it.
#trillium#wildflower#bloomscrolling
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Sunguramy :nb_lily:

#MarshMadness day 19 :boost_requested:

Today is a little different. Today I am asking you for action, especially if you live in the US.

We have only six more days to comment about the looming removal of NEPA: National Environmental Policy Act. This act was a simple yet very effective framework for protecting our environment and has far and wide reaching positive effects. It is often called the "Magna Carta" of our environment laws. NEPA was one of the first laws ever written that establishes the broad national framework for protecting our environment. For example, sewage treatment to ensure clean water is a direct result from NEPA. It was signed into law by Nixon, and has enjoyed bipartisan support.

Please go to: federalregister.gov/documents/ and leave your comment. Make sure to follow the rules of including the name & docket number in your comment.

A bit of history on the law side: epa.gov/archive/epa/aboutepa/1

Overall history: historylink.org/File/9903
Quote of note:
"Russell Train, the council’s original chairman, looked back on NEPA’s legacy 40 years after its signing by writing, “It is fair to say that NEPA brought environment front and center to federal agencies, and this can be deemed a success brought about, in no small part, by the many federal employees and citizens who have applied the law over these decades. ... No longer could federal agencies say ‘we know best’ ... . NEPA democratized decision-making”

A trillium wildflower, a spring ephemeral, starting to bloom. Trilliums are extremely sensitive to disturbance so it seemed a fitting flower to show for this post.
#ecology#environment#resist
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Sunguramy :nb_lily:

#MarshMadness Day 16!

I am sorry I am running out of marshy goodness....but enjoy my pup sitting by a marsh! I love the little yellow flowers, I probably should have taken some macro photos for ID purposes. Huh. Whoops.

Also I must be cool because I got Nicole'd! (One of those "hey be my friends I'm a lonely fediverse chick" accounts that is spam.)

Lots of various plants, we can make out some native cane, little yellow flowers of some kind, and cattails, and see greenish marshy water in the background. Front left in focus is a white and brown australian shepherd sitting, looking a little annoyed about being asked to sit and stay in the hot sun.
#marsh#ecology#wet
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