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Sharing Water: How I Met the MacGyvers of Water Use
Conservationists at The Nature Conservancy and USFS are improving spring boxes so that ranchers can easily “turn off the faucet” when they’re not using it. Sometimes we can meet everyone’s needs with a little PVC pipe and a lot of ingenuity.
Bumper-Crop Birds: Pop-Up Wetlands Are a Success in California
By partnering with rice farmers in California, the Conservancy is transforming fields into pop-up wetlands for migrant shorebirds, yielding the largest average shorebird densities ever reported for agriculture in the region.
Scaling Sustainable Agriculture
To feed the world in 2050, we will need to grow roughly 40% more food. To be sustainable, we need our farms to survive and keep producing food, while also protecting the environment that we rely on to sustain us all.
The Mountain Lion in the Window
The subject of the message was: OMG! Mountain Lion Kitten in Window Well!!!! And really, it just got more interesting from there.
Tracing the Wild Origins of the Domestic Turkey
What are the wild origins of our domestic turkey – and who did the domesticating? It’s a remarkable story that includes a lost turkey subspecies.
Can We End Hunger and Protect the Forest in Africa?
Expanding agriculture in sub-Saharan Africa often comes at the expense of forests. Can this challenge be resolved?
Building Drought Resilience in India’s Water Stressed Regions
A holistic approach to improving drought resilience in India has the potential to not only enhance water security but also create healthy wildlife habitat.
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.
Can India’s Farmers Deliver Clean Air Along with Good Food?
Delhi’s residents live with air pollution and smog every day. Could changing farming practices help change this reality?
Secret Snails of the Magic Valley
In the isolated, crystal-clear waters of Idaho’s Thousand Springs region live species found nowhere else on earth.
Recovery: Ranching Gone Right
Ted Williams looks at ranchers restoring grasslands, repairing watersheds, reconnecting rivers and maintaining wildlife corridors.
Recovery: Prairie Reprise
Hope on the prairie: conservation and restoration chart a brighter future for North America’s grasslands.
