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Geauga Soil and Water Conservation District has environment-themed gifts
The Geauga Soil and Water Conservation District announced it is offering unique and meaningful gifts this holiday season. Gift certificates are available for the district’s Spring Tree and Fish sales. They are also selling rain barrels to enhance yards while promoting the benefits of water conservation. “These gifts are a way of improving our natural…
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What is climate-smart conservation?
Climate-smart conservation explained The National Wildlife Federation defines climate-smart conservation as ‘the intentional and deliberate consideration of climate change in natural resource management, realised through adopting forward-looking goals and explicitly linking strategies to key climate impacts and vulnerabilities.’ Climate-smart conservation puts climate change at the heart of conservation management. The goal is to find ways…
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Stray DNA is all around us. It could revolutionize conservation
On a warm, sunny day in April, biologists David Duffy and Jessica Farrell prepare to motor down the Matanzas River on a small boat to catalog the area’s aquatic life. Ripples signal the river’s lazy flow along Florida’s northeastern coast. Birds fly overhead, some settling onto mangroves occupying the river’s edge. The muddy-brown waters obscure…
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Saratoga Biochar permits rejected by state Department of Environmental Conservation in win for Moreau activists
The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation has rejected permit applications for a proposed biochar plant in Saratoga County. Saratoga Biochar Solutions proposed $83 million facility would see more than 700 tons of biosolids a day shipped six days a week to the Town of Moreau. Biosolids are the by-products of processed sewage, which…
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Environmental conservation beyond tree-planting routines
In recent years, the global dialogue on environmental conservation has frequently highlighted tree planting as a pivotal strategy to combat climate change, restore biodiversity, and improve air quality. While tree planting undeniably plays a critical role, it is only one facet of a much broader conservation framework. Effective environmental conservation involves a holistic, multi-dimensional approach…
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French Envoy Advocates for Sikkim’s Wildlife Conservation
French Ambassador to India, Thierry Mathou, made a significant visit to the Himalayan Zoological Park in Bulbuley, Sikkim, on Wednesday, highlighting an international interest in wildlife conservation efforts. Mathou was warmly received by Pradeep Kumar, Secretary cum PCCF of the Forest and Environment Department, along with other officials, who detailed various ongoing initiatives, including the…
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Everything Lee Zeldin has said about climate change
President-elect Donald Trump announced Monday that former New York Representative Lee Zeldin will lead the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) during his second term as president. Zeldin, a 44-year-old Republican who mounted a failed bid for governor of New York in 2022 and left Congress in 2023, will “ensure fair and swift deregulatory decisions that will…
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USFWS and Environmental Groups Look to Promote Bison Conservation
USFWS and Environmental Groups Look to Promote Bison Conservation Russell Nemetz The Department of the Interior’s U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Parks Canada, Environment and Climate Change Canada, and Mexico’s Secretariat of Environment and Natural Resources recently signed a new agreement to strengthen cooperation and coordination for the conservation of the American bison across its…
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N.Y. environmental officers face bomb, death threats following euthanization of internet-famous squirrel
By Sarah RoebuckPolice1 PINE CITY, N.Y. — Following the seizure of illegally possessed wildlife in Chemung County, New York State Environmental Conservation Officers have received significant threats, the officer’s union said in a statement. Misleading social media posts regarding the investigation have spurred death and bomb threats against officers and Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC)…
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Your Environment This Week: Feral horses, Black wolves, Lizard poaching
This week’s environment and conservation news stories rolled into one. Subscribe to our YouTube channel to watch the latest high quality, original video stories from nature’s frontline in India. To receive a weekly email roundup of stories, please sign-up for our newsletter. The lizard caught between myth and modernisation The spiny-tailed lizard of Rajasthan is…
