Category: Environment and Conservation

  • Transcript: This is Climate: Conservation

    Transcript: This is Climate: Conservation

    MS. EILPERIN: Hello, and welcome to Washington Post Live. I’m Juliet Eilperin, the deputy climate and environment editor for The Washington Post. As part of our “This is Climate” series, we’re going to discuss conservation, at home here in the United States and abroad, and the efforts that are underway to protect land and water…

  • New Bedford Recognized as Climate Action Leader – City of New Bedford Official Website

    New Bedford Recognized as Climate Action Leader – City of New Bedford Official Website

    New Bedford, MA – The City has been recognized by the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) as one of the 119 cities across the globe that is taking bold leadership on environmental action and transparency by receiving an “A” score on the 2023 CDP Cities A-List. Founded in 2000, CDP is a non-profit organization that runs…

  • Tracing the crocodiles’ curious evolutionary family tree

    Tracing the crocodiles’ curious evolutionary family tree

    Crocodiles are some of the most fierce ambush-predators in the world. There are only 24 crocodilian species around the world and seven are considered Critically Endangered by the international Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources. Now, a team of scientists have mapped the crocodile family tree, including their extinct relatives called Pseudosuchia. The…

  • Chickasaw citizen has big plans for environmental sustainability

    Chickasaw citizen has big plans for environmental sustainability

    #inform-video-player-1 .inform-embed { margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 20px; } #inform-video-player-2 .inform-embed { margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 20px; } A California wildfire survivor Ariella Gaughan’s personal and cultural history has inspired a life dedicated to environmental stewardship. Born and raised in Northern California, near Yosemite, Gaughan has always been interested in conservation due to the trauma she witnessed…

  • Business Licenses: Dec. 4, 2023

    Business Licenses: Dec. 4, 2023

    Business Licenses The following business licenses were issued between November 11 and December 1, 2023: Photography Unleashed OBKY, 5518 Skyline Dr, Owensboro, KY, Photography Studios, Portrait Eve Nails & Spa, 3238 Kidron Valley Way Ste 3, Owensboro, KY, Nail Salons One Cloverleaf LLC, 7000 Cardinal Pl, Dublin, OH, Metal Tank (Heavy Gauge) Manufacturing Velez, Krista,…

  • Business Licenses: Dec. 4, 2023

    Business Licenses: Dec. 4, 2023

    Business Licenses The following business licenses were issued between November 11 and December 1, 2023: Photography Unleashed OBKY, 5518 Skyline Dr, Owensboro, KY, Photography Studios, Portrait Eve Nails & Spa, 3238 Kidron Valley Way Ste 3, Owensboro, KY, Nail Salons One Cloverleaf LLC, 7000 Cardinal Pl, Dublin, OH, Metal Tank (Heavy Gauge) Manufacturing Velez, Krista,…

  • Fort Drum’s Natural Resources Branch awarded for environmental stewardship

    Fort Drum’s Natural Resources Branch awarded for environmental stewardship

    FORT DRUM, N.Y. (Dec. 4, 2023) — Members of Fort Drum Environmental Division’s Natural Resources Branch were presented with the 2023 Northeast Region Military Conservation Partner Award from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service on Dec. 4, recognizing their achievements in resource management and partnerships with state and federal agencies to develop significant conservation programs.…

  • Fort Drum’s Natural Resources Branch awarded for environmental stewardship

    Fort Drum’s Natural Resources Branch awarded for environmental stewardship

    FORT DRUM, N.Y. (Dec. 4, 2023) — Members of Fort Drum Environmental Division’s Natural Resources Branch were presented with the 2023 Northeast Region Military Conservation Partner Award from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service on Dec. 4, recognizing their achievements in resource management and partnerships with state and federal agencies to develop significant conservation programs.…

  • Environmental advocates to speak out against planned Split Oak Forest road project

    Environmental advocates to speak out against planned Split Oak Forest road project

    Environmental advocates are planning to once again speak out against a project to extend a toll road through a protected forest in Orange and Osceola counties. During a meeting on Tuesday, opponents of the plan will appeal the Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission, which is scheduled to discuss the issue. Valerie Anderson is the…

  • Going Extinct in Texas

    Going Extinct in Texas

    Above: One of very few surviving photos of the San Marcos gambusia No one has reported seeing a San Marcos gambusia fish since Michael Jackson’s “Beat It” was at the top of the musical charts. This fall, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) decided that was long enough to wait to declare the 2-inch…