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From the Field: Farmers Are the Original Conservationists
2017-08-30 18:17:10| National Farmers Union
By Tom Driscoll, Director of NFU Foundation and Conservation Policy Farmers are the original conservationists, and no one knows the soil that sustains us better than the farmers who work it. Family farmers have a strong partner in the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) in supporting and coordinating efforts to protect our environment and shared […]
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Conservationists keep pressing for Atlantic Ocean monuments
2016-07-11 08:28:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
News Times: Environmental conservationists aren't giving up on trying to persuade the White House to designate an area in the Gulf of Maine as a national monument. In the final months of President Barack Obama's term, they're hoping he'll protect an underwater mountain and offshore ecosystem in the Gulf of Maine known as Cashes Ledge. They also want him to protect a chain of undersea formations about 150 miles off the coast of Massachusetts known as the New England Coral Canyons and Seamounts. The White House...
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Wrecked by Superstorm Sandy, conservationists work to restore migratory birds' refuge
2016-05-30 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
National Public Radio: RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: Hurricane Sandy destroyed a lot of homes and businesses in 2012. But it also ruined crucial natural habitats - in particular, two freshwater ponds in New York City that migratory birds depend on. Now the National Park Service is working together with conservation organizations and volunteers to fix the damage. Eilis O'Neill brings us this story from New York. EMILY NOBEL MAXWELL: When Hurricane Sandy hit, a lot of salty water inundated this site. EILIS O'NEILL, BYLINE: This...
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Wrecked By Superstorm Sandy, Conservationists Work To Restore Migratory Birds' Refuge
2016-05-29 13:38:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
National Public Radio: The migratory birds of the East Coast are about to get back a piece of habitat they lost to Hurricane Sandy a freshwater pond in Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge in New York City.
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New Zealand conservationists celebrate rare parrot breeding success
2016-04-21 11:27:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: The worlds heaviest parrot, a critically endangered bird that only lives in a remote part of New Zealand, has had its most successful breeding season since conservation efforts began more than two decades ago. Thirty-seven kakapo chicks are currently surviving, providing a much-needed boost to the population of 123 adult kakapo which live on predator-free islands. The charismatic parrots, which were once thought to be extinct until a population of males and female was found in the 1970s on...
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