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NumbersUSA Launches New Website and Changes up Executive Leadership
ARLINGTON, Va., Nov. 29, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — As immigration has moved into being one of the top issues of the funding battles on Capitol Hill and the presidential campaigns, NumbersUSA has launched a refreshed website – www.numbersusa.com – to revitalize its eight million grassroots supporters and those newly interested in immigration with new tools and resources. At…
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‘Protected and undeveloped:’ How Wildlands Conservancy, City Center are preserving open space on Allentown State Hospital property
ALLENTOWN, Pa. — Regardless of what happens with the old Allentown State Hospital property, environmentalists are working to protect the forested, steep slope behind it, Christopher M. Kocher said. “It’s important from a habitat perspective,” said Kocher, president of Wildlands Conservancy, a nonprofit based in Lower Macungie Township. “It’s also across the river from Walking…
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‘Protected and undeveloped:’ How Wildlands Conservancy, City Center are preserving open space on Allentown State Hospital property
ALLENTOWN, Pa. — Regardless of what happens with the old Allentown State Hospital property, environmentalists are working to protect the forested, steep slope behind it, Christopher M. Kocher said. “It’s important from a habitat perspective,” said Kocher, president of Wildlands Conservancy, a nonprofit based in Lower Macungie Township. “It’s also across the river from Walking…
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UM Studies Animals to Evaluate Earth’s Environmental Health
What do shorebirds, oysters and frogs have in common? All three are considered indicators of the earth’s environmental health. Three University of Mississippi scientists are studying these organisms to better understand the impact of climate change in the state and beyond. HABITAT LOSS AND DWINDLING POPULATIONS Emma Counce successfully defended her master’s thesis this past…
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UM Studies Animals to Evaluate Earth’s Environmental Health
What do shorebirds, oysters and frogs have in common? All three are considered indicators of the earth’s environmental health. Three University of Mississippi scientists are studying these organisms to better understand the impact of climate change in the state and beyond. HABITAT LOSS AND DWINDLING POPULATIONS Emma Counce successfully defended her master’s thesis this past…
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‘It’s not the cow; it’s the how’
Researchers at the Texas A&M AgriLife Center for Grazinglands and Ranch Management are investigating the impact of grazing practices on the long-term sustainability and biodiversity of landscapes enrolled in the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Conservation Reserve Program. Researchers at the Texas A&M Center for Grazinglands and Ranch Management are investigating the impact of adaptive grazing…
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Guatemala braces for unprecedented year of deforestation in Maya reserve
Guatemala’s Maya Biosphere Reserve is facing increased pressure from cattle ranching and farming at the same time that droughts threaten to spark an unprecedented wave of fires. A tumultuous government transition could also leave environmental agencies without enough funding and resources to keep up with the increased fires, which could further hinder efforts to tackle…
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Guatemala braces for unprecedented year of deforestation in Maya reserve
Guatemala’s Maya Biosphere Reserve is facing increased pressure from cattle ranching and farming at the same time that droughts threaten to spark an unprecedented wave of fires. A tumultuous government transition could also leave environmental agencies without enough funding and resources to keep up with the increased fires, which could further hinder efforts to tackle…
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Christina Ochoa: Storytelling for ocean conservation
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Back from the brink: sand-swimming golden mole, feared extinct, rediscovered after 86 years
An elusive, iridescent golden mole not recorded since before the second world war has been rediscovered “swimming” in the sand near the coastal town of Port Nolloth in north-west South Africa. The De Winton’s golden mole (Cryptochloris wintoni), previously feared extinct, lives in underground burrows and had not been seen since 1937. It gets its…
