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Newsletter 2023-10-26
FEATURED Nepal’s tiger conservation gets tech boost with AI-powered deer tracking by Abhaya Raj Joshi — October 23, 2023 – Endangered tigers in Nepal heavily rely on spotted deer as their primary prey, making their conservation crucial.– Researchers in Nepal are using vertical cameras and AI technology to track and profile individual spotted deer (Axis axis), similar to…
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Set up your future with a sustainability course
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State marks first orphan well plugged with federal aid
HOLLAND — State officials lauded the first gas well to be plugged with money from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law on Wednesday. Gov. Kathy Hochul said the state received $25 million in the law for the work thanks to a federal grant, and efforts are on to plug more abandoned oil and gas wells. The goal,…
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Subsistence poaching found to have little impact on biodiversity in the Amazon’s environmental protection areas
The researchers installed 720 camera traps in 100 human communities inside and outside nine sustainable-use protected areas. Credit: Ricardo Sampaio The presence of Indigenous communities and traditional river dwellers in extractive reserves located in Legal Amazonia is not a threat to birds and mammals considered subsistence poaching targets, according to a study reported in the…
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Finding Common Ground –
I attended the Common Ground Alliance meeting on Friday at Gore Mountain in North Creek. Groups from across the Adirondack Park come together and talked about policy issues they care about and how to better be heard in Albany. Topics included housing, broadband and cell service, climate change, invasive species and bond act and environmental…
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Governor Hochul Announces Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Milestone with Completion of First Orphan Well Plugging Project
Governor Kathy Hochul today announced the completion of the first gas well safely plugged with funding from a $25 million federal grant to New York State through the landmark Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. New York State is working with landowners to plug aging and abandoned oil and natural gas wells to protect public safety, help reduce…
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From Commodification to Conservation: Restoring Agrobiodiversity Through Seed Breeding
Editor’s Note: This post is the second in a two-part series about seed breeding. This series explores the history of seed breeding in the US, the impacts of consolidation and concentration of seed breeding on farmers and our food systems, and what a more democratic seed breeding system might look like. This series was created…
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GCSAA: Announces the 2023 Environmental Leaders in Golf Awards winners
Lawrence, Kan. (Oct. 24, 2023) – Four golf course superintendents have been named winners of the 2023 Environmental Leaders in Golf Awards (ELGA). The annual awards are presented by the Golf Course Superintendents Association of America (GCSAA) and Golf Digest in partnership with Syngenta. Eight runners-up also received recognition for their environmental efforts. The awards…
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Environmental Conservation officers patrol state canal system in Cayuga County
The Citizen staff New York Department of Environmental Conservation officers helped patrol the state canal system in Cayuga County this fall. As part of its weekly activity report, the department said Wednesday that in September and October, officers in DEC Region 7 teamed up with members of the U.S. Coast Guard to patrol the state…
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Biden-Harris Administration Announces Next Steps to Protect Stability
Date: Wednesday, October 25, 2023Contact: [email protected] WASHINGTON — The Biden-Harris administration today announced next steps in the Administration’s efforts to protect the stability and sustainability of the Colorado River System and strengthen water security in the West. The Department of the Interior’s Bureau of Reclamation released a revised draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS) as part of the…
