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More Trout, Less Algae: Wisconsin Stream Demonstrates Benefits of Targeted Conservation
In Wisconsin’s Pecatonica River watershed, conservationists have targeted conservation practices on farms where they can make the most difference for the least cost. The results benefit everything from water quality to trout.
Reef Cam: An Underwater View of an Australian Rocky Reef
Check out a live underwater view of a rocky reef in Melbourne, Australia, and then watch the gannet cam above the surface!
Threatened Bats Find a Slice of Paradise in New Jersey
Protected forests, like the one at High Mountain Preserve and others yet to be found, give bats that were devastated by white-nose syndrome room to reproduce and recover.
Tracking Little Turtles on the Prairie
What do you do if you only have 8 known Blanding’s turtles in the population you’re studying at Illinois’s Nachusa Grasslands Preserve? Get out the hoop traps and the sardines.
Recovery: Restoring Decency to Tarpon Tournaments
Can fishing tournaments treat the tarpon, a fish nobody eats, with the respect it deserves?
Coastal Wetlands Prevented $625M in Property Damage During Hurricane Sandy
Put a dollar value on it: engineers, ecologists and risk modelers team up to measure the value of coastal wetlands for reducing hurricane risk.
Two Great Fish Reads
A review of Stephen Sautner’s Fish On, Fish Off and Mark Spitzer’s Beautifully Grotesque Fish of the American West.
Tongue Orchids & Corpseflowers: 7 Insanely Weird Plant Species
Meet the plant that eats shrew poo, the orchid that has sex with itself, and the embarrassingly phallic titan arum.
Camboriú Conservation Field Test: How Much Data is Enough?
With a bit of thought and planning, conservation projects should be able to save time and money with lower-resolution data in some cases, and in others identify where the extra cost is important and necessary to make the right decision.
The Remarkable Story of How the Bison Returned to Europe
Yes, the bison roams across Europe. And the story of its conservation rescue may be even more dramatic than that of its American counterpart.
Fish Tales: Sourcing Recreational Fisheries Data from Newspaper Records
Scientists successfully used historical newspaper records to gather data on recreational fishing in Australia's Noosa Estuary, revealing declines in the fishery over time.
Recovery: Farm Bill Provides Hope for the Cerulean Warbler
The cerulean warbler is in desperate trouble, but work with private landowners to restore forests is showing encouraging results.
