Category: Environment and Conservation

  • The Brady Hunter Foundation Joins Forces with The Miami Foundation for Give Miami Day 2023

    Brady Hunter Foundation Commits Generous Funding to Empower Local Nonprofits MIAMI, Nov. 8, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — The Brady Hunter Foundation is proud to announce its sponsorship of Give Miami Day 2023, one of the nation’s premier annual giving events dedicated to bolstering organizations in the Miami region. Hosted by The Miami Foundation, The Brady Hunter Foundation…

  • Notice Of Public Opinion | OK Dept. Wildlife Conservation

    Location Fort Gibson WMA Shooting Range  Existing Range Coordinates: 35°57’31.2″N 95°20’04.9″W  Proposed New Range Coordinates: 36°04’30.8″N 95°23’02.5″W  View PDF Version   Purpose To provide an opportunity for the public to comment, identify specific issues, and/or environmental impacts that can be addressed in the Draft Environmental Assessment for the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation (ODWC).  Need…

  • Invest in nature: Biodiversity financing for cities and regions

    Invest in nature: Biodiversity financing for cities and regions

    image: @ shark_749 | iStock Dr Eszter Mogyorosy, Innovative Finance, and Barbara Riedemann, Communications both from the World Secretariat of ICLEI – Local Governments for Sustainability World Secretariat, shed light on biodiversity financing for cities and regions, providing a roadmap to invest in nature While it is widely accepted that biodiversity should be conserved, financing…

  • Climate in Crisis: Monarch butterfly conservation

    Climate in Crisis: Monarch butterfly conservation

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  • Woodland birds face accelerating decline in UK, say experts

    Woodland birds face accelerating decline in UK, say experts

    Woodland birds are facing an accelerating decline in the UK, with species at risk of extinction if the government does not act, experts have said. Data released by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) has revealed that almost all bird types are reducing in abundance, despite years of warnings from nature bodies…

  • Companies praised for efforts to protect environment

    Companies praised for efforts to protect environment

    Recycling, reducing waste, or conserving water help protect the environment, and when a company gets recognized for its efforts, it’s something good. Fort Worth recently celebrated the 25th anniversary of the city’s Environmental Excellence Awards. Companies were applauded for what they’re doing to save water, reduce paper waste, design landscaping that uses less water, or…

  • Southern Alaska’s national forests key to meeting climate and conservation goals, study shows

    Southern Alaska’s national forests key to meeting climate and conservation goals, study shows

    Tongass National Forest. Credit: Logan Berner Analyses of U.S. national forests led by Oregon State University scientists shows that increased protections for two Alaskan forests is a key to meeting climate and biodiversity goals. In a paper published in AGU Advances, OSU College of Forestry researchers make the case that greater conservation efforts in the…

  • New RCPP projects address wide range of resource concerns with emphasis on climate

    New RCPP projects address wide range of resource concerns with emphasis on climate

    The Agriculture Department, state agencies, private companies and nonprofits are preparing to distribute $1.1 billion through 81 new Regional Conservation Partnership Program projects that span from support for new sprinkler irrigation systems to incentives for dairy farmers to use feed additives in the hopes of reducing methane emissions.  The projects are being funded through a…

  • McGovern files bill to expand Connecticut River conservation

    McGovern files bill to expand Connecticut River conservation

    The Recorder – McGovern files bill to expand Connecticut River conservation News > Local <span class="lightgalleryimg" data-src="/getattachment/0252f1ac-f8ce-408a-a073-031d483872b9/connriver-GR-110823-ph01" data-sub-html="U.S. Rep. Jim McGovern, D-Worcester, speaks with conservation advocates and allies Saturday by the Connecticut River in Hadley. COURTESY PHOTO/OFFICE OF REP. McGOVERN “> U.S. Rep. Jim McGovern, D-Worcester, speaks with conservation advocates and allies Saturday by the…

  • Berks Nature’s 15th Annual State of the Environment Breakfast

    Berks Nature’s 15th Annual State of the Environment Breakfast

    What: Berks Nature’s 15th Annual State of the Environment Breakfast Where: The DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Reading, 701 Penn St., Reading When: Thursday, Nov. 2, from 7:30-9 a.m. Breakfast will begin at 7:30, with the program starting at 8. Berks Nature launched the first State of the Environment report in 2008 with the philosophy of…