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In the News (Thu 16 Feb 12)

  
  Clontarf Online - The Bull Island
The uses of the Bull Island, mainly recreational, are almost endless.
The island is patrolled by wardens and Dublin Corporation is at present preparing a long term plan to provide facilities or special zones for the various activities engaged in on the island.
The importance of the Bull Island as an educational centre cannot be overstated.
website.lineone.net /~clontarf/bull_island.htm   (750 words)

  
 Environment Policy   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
The Bull Island is celebrated as a wildlife habitat throughout Europe for its unique collection of Flora and Fauna, and particularly its large concentration of over-wintering wildfowl and waders.
This "island" comprises a series of parellel dune ridges, bounded on the seaward side by a snady beach and on the land-ward side by a salt marsh and tidal lagoon, which at low tide reveals extensive mud flats.
The island is indeed a paradise for botanists.
www.theroyaldublingolfclub.com /environment.html   (772 words)

  
 96-ALJ-07-0117-CC, No. Beaufort County Committee vs. SC DHEC (7.3)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Bull Point is a 654-acre drum stick shaped peninsula of high ground which extends in a southerly direction from Highway 17 near its intersection with Highway 21 in Beaufort County, South Carolina.
Settle further testified that she originally had concerns about the height of the bridge to Big Bull Island when its elevation was proposed at four feet, she was not aware that a condition of the OCRM permit requires the elevation be raised to five feet.
Bull Point is owned by Bull Point, LLC, a South Carolina limited liability corporation, which also owns Plantation Island and Big Bull Island, the latter of which is located to the west on Huspah Creek and is separated from Bull Point by approximately 750 feet of tidal marsh.
www.scalc.net /dhec7/dhec7_3/960117.htm   (11215 words)

  
 Cape Romain NWR   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Bulls Bay and the creeks behind Bulls Island were reputed hideouts for pirates plundering ships along the coast.
The remains of the Old Fort on Bulls Island are believed to have been a martello tower built in the early 1700's.
Stories of retreating British warships restocking supplies on Bulls Island during the Revolutionary War, Confederate blockade runners using Refuge tidal creeks, and the Union troops destruction of the martello tower used as a Confederate powder magazine are documented.
caperomain.fws.gov   (656 words)

  
 Bull Island   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
A small island built up over 200 years as a result of the construction of the north harbour wall of Dublin Port, it has an adjoining foreshore of sandy beaches, dunes, saltmarshes and mudflats.
For the birdwatcher the most interesting areas are the tidal flats and salt marsh between the island and the mainland.
Bull Island lies on the northern side of Dublin Bay, about 7 km northeast of Dublin City centre.
www.birdweb.net /bullisland.html   (592 words)

  
 Walks on Bull Island Dublin Ireland
Bull Island has formed over the last 200 years as a result of the development of Dublin Port.
Apart from the wooden bridge the island is also connected by a causeway which was built in the late 1960s.
The island is designated as a UNESCO Biosphere reserve and is also classified as a Wetland of International importance under the Ramsar Convention.
www.seafieldstrollers.org /ssbullisland.html   (550 words)

  
 Bull Island
The head, neck and breast are fl with a whitish patch on each side of the neck.The back and wings are ash grey contrasting with paler grey underparts and white under-tail coverts.The Bull Island is one of the most important wintering places in the world for this population which breeds in Arctic Canada and Greenland.
The Bull Island is not only of importance as a wintering area for this species but also as a breeding site as several pairs nest in the sand dunes each year.
The drake is unmistakable with a rich brown head; pink breast, cream stripe from the forehead down the centre of the crown and grey back and flanks contrasting with a white patch at the rear of the flanks and a fl stern.
www.iol.ie /~pbodon/etweb/BirdTable2.html   (626 words)

  
 A Semanchuk.com Trip Report - Bull's and Caper's Island
Bull's is not at all far away from Caper's but we paddled some distance parallel to its shoreline (with the island to our left) before we turned in to consult the map again.
Our goal was to paddle far enough north along Bull's Island until we we reached the lake which according to our map occupies about half (?) of one end of the bean-shaped island and comes quite close to the shore.
After rounding the point we headed straight across Bull's Bay back towards the ICW and beyond that Moore's Landing and the mainland (specifically, the Francis Marion National Forest which is another cool place).
www.semanchuk.com /TripReports/BullsIsland   (1962 words)

  
 Blackwell's Island (1939 b 71')   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Bull gets Tim fired; but Tim goes to the hospital for another paper and can't get in to see Captain Pederson, but he meets Sunny Walsh (Rosemary Lane).
Bull and three men are sent to Blackwell Island for at least six months.
Bull and Mike give Tim a uniform; but he and Benny lock them in a room.
www.san.beck.org /MM/1939/BlackwellsIsland.html   (420 words)

  
 A Bull Island Adventure
Other Carolina barrier islands have been reserved by the government (local, state, and/or federal) or have been saved by conservation groups in order to serve as a different type of haven--a haven for nature in its purest form.
For example, we learned that Bull Island is a loggerhead turtle (a threatened species) nesting area but because loggerheads only come ashore to lay their eggs at night we would likely only see the signs of their nesting activity (tractor like tracks leading from the ocean to a nesting site and back).
Once on the island, my brother and I decided to hike the two mile road across the island to the beach and then hike northward up the beach to an area called Boneyard Beach (the naturalists advised us strongly against hiking the interior of the island to avoid a constant battle with bugs.
www.suite101.com /article.cfm/carolina/116240   (1672 words)

  
 Johnson's Island, Ohio - History
From 1866 to 1894, the island was used primarily for agricultural purposes.
In 1894, the first of two pleasure resorts was established on the island in the area north and west of the Confederate Cemetery.
The causeway and island roads were not completed until the Johnson’s Island Property Owners Association, at its own expense, stoned and paved the roads in the 1970s.
www.johnsonsisland.org /history.htm   (592 words)

  
 Around Bull Island
Bull Island on the Napa River, CA across from the Cuttings Wharf launch does exist and can be a fun trip IF the tide is right!
On my old topographical map, the waterway around Bull Island is identified as Steamboat Slough and appears deceptively wide and accessible; but, it isn't.
In this photo, the northern entrance to Bull Island is barely visible just to the left of pier pilings as a lower area of weeds up and across the river.
www.geocities.com /cavano/BullIslandsm.htm   (642 words)

  
 The Bull: Temptation Island - page 2   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Unlike its neighbor, Hart Island, one doesn't have to sneak onto, or be sentenced to, Hunter Island.
Owned jointly by WCBS and WNBC, High Island is connected to the northern tip of City Island by a steel footbridge, built recently to replace the wooden one that had burned down.
It remained Belmont Island until 1976, when U.N. employees leased the island from New York State in order to use its serene location to meditate in peace (apparently, the diplo's were able to drown out traffic noise on the FDR Drive).
www.thebullmag.com /v1-1/features/1-1_101.html   (2000 words)

  
 Bull Island - Dublin - Ireland - Travel Pics Pro - Stock Image Library   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Bull Island, in the mouth of the River Liffey, is a popular bird sanctuary and home to two golf clubs, the Royal Dublin and Saint Anne's.
Bull Island and the Bull Wall were named because the sound of the sea was like a bull's bellow.
Almost 5km in length, Bull Island contains a large variety of plants and animals and is the feeding ground for up to 40,000 birds which migrate from the Arctic each year.
www.photosofireland.net /Ir005100.htm   (335 words)

  
 Articles - Bull Island   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Bull Island or North Bull Island is an island located in Dublin Bay in Ireland, about 5km long and 800m wide, lying roughly parallel to the shore.
Bird life on the island has been protected by legislation since since the 1930s, and it was designated a national nature reserve in 1988.
Dollymount Strand on the island is a popular walking and recreational area for Dubliners.
www.lifevalley.com /articles/Bull_Island   (201 words)

  
 Ramsar Sites Database   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
The island has populations of hares Lepus timidus hibernicus, rabbits Oryctolagus cuniculus, and a pale variant of the house mouse Mus musculus.
The site is a small island (118 ha; 5 km in length) built up over 200 years against a man-made harbour wall.
The dune system and beach is composed of sea/tide borne and wind blown sand particles, while the substrate of the saltmarsh and intertidal mudflats is composed mainly of very fine silt particles, probably originating from materials discharged into Dublin Bay by the rivers Liffey, Tolka and Dodder.
www.wetlands.org /RDB/Ramsar_Dir/Ireland/ie009D02.htm   (581 words)

  
 The Bull: Temptation Island - page 1   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
But one can guess it had something to do with their curiosity about the island and its massive graveyard and abandoned missile silos, and their desire to stake a claim, if only for a few hours, to a piece of New York City unreachable by public transportation and all-but-untraveled by city residents.
In 1950, stewardship of Hart Island was handed over from the Department of Corrections to the Department of Welfare, and many of the prisoners were relocated to Rikers Island to make room for 2,000 homeless.
That was perhaps the most vibrant era on Hart Island, because six years after their arrival, the Nike missiles were removed, victims of the military's shift in Cold War strategies, and the remaining inmates were sent to Rikers.
www.thebullmag.com /v1-1/features/1-1_100.html   (1748 words)

  
 Kayak Charleston, sea kayaking South Carolina and guided kayak tours in Mt. Pleasant, South Carolina
This pristine barrier island is about half the size of Bull Island but has just as much to offer.
Often referred to as "shell island", it is a favorite destination of beach combers.
Island Quest programs are structured to meet S.C. Science Curriculum Standards.
www.adventuresports.com /kayak/coastal/charters.htm   (442 words)

  
 Red Bull Recess - South Padre Island   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Situated on the tip of southwest Texas, South Padre Island is home to a short, dynamic strip of nightspots where-on the 15th and 16th of March-we'll be bringing you live music from our very own mobile, double-decker bus.
Imagine that-you're in line at a club or walking to a bar when, lo and behold, a Red Bull bus comes around the corner with not a bird, not a plane, but a band on its roof.
*(bull's eye-the holy grail in the game of darts; the center of all intuition, light, oneness; the second stop on the legendary redbullrecess trifecta)
www.redbullrecess.com /padre/padre.htm   (265 words)

  
 Upper Cache Creek, Spring 2000
Individual entries remain the property of their creators; to preserve some control over the use of this work, the edited compilation is copyright 2000 by Arthur Comings.
I noticed another opening which I presumed was the correct waterway around Bull Island, but it was getting late and I was getting tired, so I I decided to put off to another day my quest for the Bull.
I came back down river on the elusive Bull Island side and reached an opening which I thought was the one I had spotted at the end of the first trip.
www.adventuresports.com /wwraft/cfs/bull_island.htm   (588 words)

  
 Bull Island Wing Dam on the Delaware River
Bull Island Wing Dam on the Delaware River
You can access the dam from Bulls Island State Park camping area on the NJ shoreline.
There is also a boat ramp in Bulls Island State Park with access to waters below the dam.
www.delawareriver.net /bullsisland.php   (140 words)

  
 ABC News 4 Charleston - Fish And Wildlife Service Suspends Wolf Breeding On Bull Island   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
The US Fish and Wildlife Service is suspending a red wolf breeding program on Bull Island designed to help spare the species from extinction.
The service says the program is no longer as important to wolf recovery as it was in 1987 when the government first brought breeding pairs on the island near Charleston.
Bull Island and an island off Florida have been the only two offshore sites where red wolf pups were raised in the wild for release at Alligator River.
www.abcnews4.com /news/stories/0205/210004.html   (291 words)

  
 Links Golf in Dublin, Ireland. St. Anne's Links golf course is only a few miles from the city centre of Dublin, ...
Many of the birds are migratory and these wild fowl and waders visit the island in such numbers that they bestow on the island an importance recognised internationally.
The Bull Island Nature Reserve is protected under the 1930 Wildlife Act, 1976 Wildlife Act, the 1906 Open Space act and it was declared a Biosphere reserve by Unesco in 1981.
Its purpose is to facilitate the use of the island in the broadest possible sense for the interpretation of its unique environment for the general public.
www.stanneslinksgolf.com /nature_reserve.htm   (400 words)

  
 Articles - Bull Island (TV show)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Bull Island was an Irish television and radio satirical comedy show broadcast on RTÉ One and later on RTÉ Radio 1 from 1999 until 2002.
A favourite sketch, which became known as the show's signature, was an impersonation of a long-running ad for Irish discount electrical retailer PowerCity, where actors looking surprisingly like those in the adverts, wearing the same bright red jumpers, would enthuse about prices ending in 99 pence.
The truth is that Bull Islands ratings had been falling, as later episodes were just reusing the same jokes, particularly those made during the summer and winter breaks of the Dáil when there was less political news to satirise.
www.lifevalley.com /articles/Bull_Island_(TV_show)   (421 words)

  
 Ios Island, Greece - Iosfever Travelguide - Red Bull Bar
Red Bull Bar is located in the main square - impossible to row seat to watch the world of Ios go by.
Red Bull Bar is always pumping and you can easily dance your night away with people from all over the world.
The bar staff at Red Bull Bar comes from across the globe and is renown for being funny and personal.
www.ios-island.com /nightlife/redbullbar.htm   (192 words)

  
 Welcome to Turtle Island Music
Turtle Island Music is proud and pleased to present some of the premiere, award-winning Native American artists and groups in North America.
From the drum to contemporary instruments such as the guitar and keyboard, Native American, Aboriginal, and Métis people have a long history of music that soothes the spirit.
Turtle Island Music is one of Canada's largest Native American Music Labels.
www.turtleislandmusic.com   (189 words)

  
 2003 Red Bull Ice Break Surf Comp - Surfing Vancouver Island
The Red Bull Ice Break showcased the Northeast's surfing talent and commitment to pursue their sport in the harshest and coldest conditions.
In it's third year, the Red Bull Ice Break will showcase the Northeast surfing talent and commitment to pursue their sport in the harshest and coldest conditions.
The stage was set for the fourth and final Red Bull Ice Break qualifier which would determine the last five remaining spots of 24 for the Red Bull Ice Break main event to be held in Nova Scotia this upcoming winter.
www.surfingvancouverisland.com /surf/prosurfing/2003redbull.htm   (1900 words)

  
 BBC - Jersey - My Island - Folklore - Bull of St Clement
People were so scared of this bull that they refused to venture down to the beach, even to go fishing.
Whilst he was searching, the bull began to roar - but when the fisherman followed the sound, he found a rock pool, where the rocks had been eroded to form a pipe.
The fishermen filled up the rock pipe - and that was the end of the bull of St. Clement.
www.bbc.co.uk /jersey/myisland/folklore/bull_stclement.shtml   (202 words)

  
 North Island Bull Terrier Club (New Zealand)
Anyone who is interested in the breed is welcome to join, by posting a completed membership form which is can be downloaded here, or is available from the Secretary.
We encourage owners who want to breed their bull terriers to check first that they don't have any of the breeds known hereditary diseases.
A trading table is kept stocked with Bull Terrier items such as books, tee shirts, caps and beanies.
www.bullterrier.co.nz /bullyclub   (213 words)

  
 Bull Island Red Wolf Program Ends :: Wolf News and Discussion   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Island that has played a key role in saving the endangered species from
Bull Island and an island off Florida are the only two offshore sites
the wolves off Bull Island is not related to the death of a wolf there
canidae.ca /cgi-bin/blah/Blah.cgi?b=NewsandResearchOtherWildDog,v=display,m=1109437688   (434 words)

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