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December 29, 2011
To Frack Or Not To Frack: New York Enters The Next Round Of The Drilling Debate
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December 27, 2011
People on the move
Samantha Clark joins Biohabitats Southern Rocky Mountain Bioregion office
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December 23, 2011
Leaf Litter: Thoughts On Novel Ecosystems
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October 24, 2011
National Park Service Awards Biohabitats Contract & Supports Green Jobs Creation
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October 20, 2011
Cove Spring Park creek will be uncovered, restored
Biohabitats designed this project!
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October 11, 2011
Fall Equinox issue of Leaf Litter: The Connections Between Ecological & Human Health
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July 27, 2011
Thoughts on Water Conservation and Ecology
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July 26, 2011
Mountain lion killed on Connecticut highway traced to South Dakota
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March 21, 2011
Sustainable Development v. Historic Preservation
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March 21, 2011
The Coral Pulse of Life
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February 27, 2011
How Species Save Our Lives
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February 16, 2011
Good news for Earth! Biohabitats acquires Natural Systems International.
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February 14, 2011
Monarch butterfly count bounces back from bad year
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February 11, 2011
Reintroduction of Endangered Florida Panthers to Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge Needed for Recovery
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February 3, 2011
TrekEast Launch: Follow John Davis for 4500 Miles
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February 2, 2011
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December 27, 2010
Large Carnivores and Continental Conservation
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June 30, 2010
Measuring the green in greenspace
Our work on Raleigh, NC's Horseshoe Farm Park is mentioned in this article about the Sustainable Sites Initiative.
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June 17, 2010
Biologist Studies Wolves' Possible Return to Colorado
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May 13, 2010
Biohabitats to Help the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Restore the Great Lakes
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May 10, 2010
New Vision Required to Stave Off Dramatic Biodiversity Loss, Says UN Report
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April 27, 2010
Unpaving Paradise at Pier 53
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April 26, 2010
Pier 53 park to open in August
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April 26, 2010
Pier 53 park to open in August
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April 17, 2010
A swimmable, fishable harbor?
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March 16, 2010
Biodiversity Is Our Life
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February 16, 2010
Finding Columbia's future
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November 4, 2009
Degraded Habitats Push More Species To Extinction
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October 26, 2009
SERNews
Check out the latest newsletter from the Society for Ecological Restoration International.
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September 27, 2009
Gulf Coast Ecosystems
Leaf Litter..hot off the press!
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September 21, 2009
Builder aims to prove it's 'green'credentials
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September 1, 2009
Become a Biohabitats Facebook Fan
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August 25, 2009
MIT Develops Robotic Fish to Detect Environmental Pollutants.
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August 3, 2009
Changes to wetland rules take a coastal focus
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August 2, 2009
An Underwater Fight Is Waged for the Health of San Francisco Bay
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July 8, 2009
Kelp among top 10 invasive seaweeds hits S.F.
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July 7, 2009
Let the river run
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July 6, 2009
Crews give stream another chance to support life
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July 3, 2009
Keith Bowers on VoiceAmerica Talk Radio Network
Biohabitats president Keith Bowers joins Bill Reed and John Boecker, hosts of the VoiceAmerica Talk Radio Network's "Building Deeper Green: Reframing Sustainability" for a discussion about creating healthy habitat.
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June 20, 2009
From the Ashes of ’69, a River Reborn
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June 10, 2009
EPA touts revival of Housatonic River
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April 29, 2009
Air pollution, invasive species threaten Smokies environment
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April 22, 2009
Biohabitats helps the City of South Euclid, OH retrofit a stormwater basin
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April 9, 2009
Plastic Found in One-Third of Leatherback Turtles
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April 9, 2009
2009 Restoration Institute will take place June 17-21 in Victoria, BC, Canada.
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April 8, 2009
Duke Farms webcam allows users to watch nesting baby eagles in Hillsborough
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April 7, 2009
Report lists America's 10 most endangered rivers
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April 1, 2009
Everglades Restoration Plan Shrinks
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March 10, 2009
The Society for Ecological Restoration (SER) International is conducting a survey of individuals engaged in the practice of ecological restoration...
The Society for Ecological Restoration (SER) International is conducting a survey of individuals engaged in the practice of ecological restoration. Understanding the skills and experience that practitioners bring to the field of restoration will enable the Society to develop programs, like professional certification, that best meet the needs of the growing number of practitioners with the overall goal of improving the quality of restoration projects.
This survey will take 10-15 minutes to complete. Responses to the survey will only be reported in aggregate form and will be strictly confidential.
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March 9, 2009
Wildlands Restoration Volunteers celebrate 10 years
Biohabitats Southern Rocky Mountain Bioregion staff member, Laura Backus, celebrates the 10th anniversary of Wildlands Restoration.
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March 2, 2009
Invasives threaten salmon in Pacific Northwest
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February 9, 2009
Sustainable learning for conscious living
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February 4, 2009
Biohabitats Great Lakes Bioregion office featured in leading Cleveland business magazine
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February 3, 2009
Odum Green Building Design Concept Revealed
Wednesday, January 21 2009 was a truly great day for the Odum School of Ecology. The Architectural Firm BNIM, Biohabitats and the Green Building Planning Committee finally revealed the Concept Design Plan.
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January 14, 2009
Landscape Architecture Technical Information Series (LATIS) features paper on Successful Ecological Restoration
This paper, which was co-authored by Biohabitats San Francisco Bay Bioregion Leader Allegra Bukojemsky, Lee R. Skabelund, G.M. Kondolf and Craig W. Johnson presents principles of ecological restoration, with a focus on how landscape architects can incorporate these principles into their projects and work with scientists to meet ecological restoration project goals.
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January 13, 2009
Bartram Park and Darby Creek Stream Restoration Project
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January 3, 2009
It's Alive! Wall composed of thousands of plants reflects a growing interest in green design
The living wall in our office makes news again...
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December 17, 2008
SHA Completes project to restore wetlands
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November 17, 2008
Healthy outlook for fish revival in river
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November 8, 2008
Our Bay: Developer praised for stormwater control
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November 1, 2008
New Wetlands Restoration Partnership Launches in Maryland
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October 29, 2008
World threatened by ecological 'credit crunch': WWF
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October 28, 2008
Biohabitats approach is au naturale
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October 24, 2008
Parnership eyes wetland restoration in Maryland
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October 24, 2008
Jefferson Forest plan details to be unveiled
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October 20, 2008
South Euclid rips out concrete, creates wetland to help with flooding
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October 20, 2008
South Euclid rips out concrete, creates wetland to help with flooding
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October 16, 2008
When every drop counts: Experts hope good habits trickle down
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October 15, 2008
S.C. Water Resources Conference focuses on communities and collaboration
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October 10, 2008
Nature loss 'dwarfs bank crisis'
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October 10, 2008
Scientists keep plugging away to keep seagrass cropping up in Bay, rivers
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October 6, 2008
Letting the sun shine in heals land
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September 10, 2008
Vietnam: Paying for ecosystem services
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September 9, 2008
Golden eagle chicks are first reared in a decade
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September 8, 2008
Friendly invaders
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September 7, 2008
Green building is emerging market transformation
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August 12, 2008
Watersheds.TV Features Story On Nine Mile Run
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August 11, 2008
UVM named one of nation's most environmentally reponsible schools
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August 10, 2008
http://www.summitdaily.com/article/20080810/NEWS/372732661/1078&ParentProfile=1055
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August 8, 2008
Tiny invasive snail impacts Great Lakes, alters ecology
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August 5, 2008
Extinction Threat To Monkeys And Other Primates Due To Habitat Loss, Hunting
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August 1, 2008
Simulated Natural Hydrologic Regime of an Intermountain Playa Conservation Site
Biohabiats Southern Rocky Mountain Bioregion Leader, Claudia Browne, co-authored this recent article in the journal Wetlands.
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July 24, 2008
Commercially Bred Bees Spread Disease to Wild Bees
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July 23, 2008
Boat club to open river park
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July 20, 2008
On Mustang Range, a Battle on Thinning the Herd
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July 11, 2008
2008 Waterfowl Survey Shows Ducks Breeding Farther North, Bypassing Dry Prairies
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July 10, 2008
River damming leads to dramatic decline in native fish numbers
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June 29, 2008
Grass restoration success story growing on Eastern Shore
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May 28, 2008
Bad storm spawns rebirth
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May 20, 2008
Warmer Climate Hurting Birds New IUCN Red List Shows
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May 19, 2008
SER Briefing Note: Opportunities for Integrating Ecological Restoration &Biological Conservation within the Ecosystem Approach
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May 8, 2008
World's Freshwater Species Mapped for the First Time
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April 6, 2008
Keeping a growing Columbia green: Landscape architect seeks to preserve streambeds, woodlands
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April 1, 2008
Grey wolves lose their place on the endangered species list
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March 30, 2008
Columbia General Manager Greg Hamm and General Growth Properties invite the community to an "Evening with Keith Bowers"
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March 12, 2008
Healthy rivers needed to remove nitrogen
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February 24, 2008
Living in a regenerative way (a recap of Keith Bowers' and others' remarks at the New Mexico Xericsape Council's 13th national conference on water conservation and sustainable landscape design)
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February 21, 2008
Developer schedules forums on Town Center development
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February 9, 2008
Ebb and flow
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February 7, 2008
Urban ecology: taking measure of the coming megacity's impact
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February 6, 2008
Nitrogen pollution stomps on biodiversity
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January 31, 2008
City Plan Includes Open Space
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January 28, 2008
Antarctica on alert for alien invaders
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January 16, 2008
Outdoors: TU's Driftless Area Restoration Effort a major project
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January 13, 2008
Wetlands comeback: Area begins move to restoration
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January 12, 2008
A Long-Dry California River Gets, and Gives, New Life
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January 12, 2008
Bethany Beach plants dune grass
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January 2, 2008
Creating Sustainable Cities: The San Francisco Bay Area and New York City Are Leading The Way
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November 30, 2007
Nine Mile Re-Run
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November 27, 2007
Reversal of Endangered Species Rulings
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November 26, 2007
Mexico Funds Will Protect Butterflies
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November 14, 2007
Task force presents plan for open space
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November 14, 2007
Task force presents plan for open space
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November 12, 2007
Six of 8 bear species at risk of extinction
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November 8, 2007
Clinton, Daley announce 'green' plan
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November 5, 2007
Group to Create Rating System for Landscapes
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October 30, 2007
New Book in Restoration Series Offers A Holistic View of the Emerging Profession
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October 26, 2007
U.N. Warns of Rapid Decay of Environment
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October 26, 2007
Primates in peril: 25 species facing threat of extinction
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October 17, 2007
America's Greenest States
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October 16, 2007
From Bad to Thirst: How the nation's breadbasket is poisoning its own water supply
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October 16, 2007
Study: Protect Mississippi River Better
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October 16, 2007
Study: Protect Mississippi River Better
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October 4, 2007
A New Ball for New Year’s, Brighter Yet More Efficient
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September 25, 2007
Federal Report Shows Sea Turtle Declines
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September 24, 2007
Wall-Mart seeks emissions data (from suppliers)
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September 23, 2007
Officials will again pour poison into Lake Davis in an effort to wipe out a nonnative predator fish.
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September 21, 2007
To go green, live closer to work, report says
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August 23, 2007
At Four Mile Run, Restoring Nature
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August 21, 2007
Ecological Restoration: A Global Strategy For Mitigating Climate Change
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August 14, 2007
Water Levels in 3 Great Lakes Dip Far Below Normal
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August 7, 2007
Coral Reefs Vanishing Faster Than Rain Forests
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August 7, 2007
Duke: decade-long experiment says trees wont help global warming
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August 2, 2007
Jamaica Bay Loses Marshes at Faster Rate, Report Says
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July 30, 2007
Principles and Guidelines for Ecological Restoration in Canada’s Protected Natural Areas
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July 30, 2007
Imperiled Fisheries Make A Comeback, Study Shows
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July 15, 2007
What will it take to restore the bay?
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July 13, 2007
Vital Ecosystem Services Threatened By Species Loss
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June 29, 2007
U.S. Declares Bald Eagles No Longer Threatened
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June 26, 2007
The Summer Solstice issue of Leaf Litter focuses on Ecologically Sustainable Travel and Vacation.
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June 20, 2007
Biohabitats Aids Aiken, SC in Developing Open Space
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May 17, 2007
Ecological restoration can mitigate climate change
There is no silver bullet that will bring back the melting polar ice caps or stop the seas from rising, but according to the Society for Ecological Restoration (SER) International, a relatively new environmental field has the techniques to mitigate climate change and its effects.
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May 8, 2007
The CIPM Restoration Database Has Moved to the GRN
The Center for Invasive Plant Management has gifted its Restoration Database to the Global Restoration Network. There are over 1200 records including on the ground projects and a wide variety of related publications.
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April 18, 2007
Measuring the Value of Trees
Now, for the first time, the New York City Parks Department can actually translate the value of the city's trees into real dollars and cents. And as expected, it's a big number.
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April 17, 2007
Fragile Creatures give the World a New Climate Warning
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February 27, 2007
Talking Xeric in Albuquerque
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February 12, 2007
Joyce Foundation Grant Will Help Restore Lake Erie
The Conservancy and three other conservation organizations will share $5 million in grants announced Monday (Feb. 12) by the Chicago-based Joyce Foundation. Together, the projects made possible by these grants represent a significant opportunity for tangible and lasting improvements to both water quality and wildlife habitat in the Maumee River – one of the largest sources of pollution to Lake Erie.
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February 11, 2007
How to Get Wall Street to Hug a Tree
Environmentalists and investment bankers are working together to put a price tag on nature. The new 'greens' think that human beings are ready to start paying for Mother Nature's services—and that calculating their financial worth will save the planet.
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February 10, 2007
New Paper on Reconciling Sustainability and Discounting in Cost–Benefit Analysis
Based on the assumption that applying a discount rate rewards current consumption and, therefore, that it is only possible to introduce a certain intergenerational equity in a Cost–Benefit Analysis, in this work we propose an approach to discounting based on a different rationale for tangible and intangible effects.
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February 7, 2007
A Forest Grows on a Brooklyn Landfill
Planting a tree requires an act of faith. They take years, sometimes decades to reach their prime. So, John McLaughlin’s faith in the future is something to admire. Because tree by tree, he’s planting a forest.
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February 5, 2007
Beech Bark Disease on Eco-Invader List
Beech bark disease has taken hold in the refuge, a dagger aimed at the heart of a stalwart native hardwood.
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February 1, 2007
Environmental Retrofit for Highways: Making Wildlife a Priority
The environmental aspects of transportation projects have typically focused on the avoidance and minimization of impacts and compensatory mitigation for unavoidable impacts. Recently, progressive transportation agencies have been expanding beyond the primary focus of project effects and evolving toward a more thorough integration of environmental stewardship in their actions.
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January 30, 2007
U.S. says some gray wolves no longer need Endangered Species Act protection
Once hunted to near extinction, gray wolves in the western Great Lakes region and the northern Rocky Mountains have rebounded so successfully they no longer need federal protection, officials said.
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January 30, 2007
In the Rockies, Pines Die and Bears Feel It
Jesse Logan retired in July as head of the beetle research unit for the United States Forest Service at the Rocky Mountain Laboratory in Utah. He is an authority on the effects of temperature on insect life cycles. That expertise has landed him smack in the middle of a debate over protecting grizzly bears.
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January 19, 2007
Wetlands grants for 14 U.S. states
Fourteen U.S. states will get a total of $18.8 million to restore or protect coastal wetlands, Deputy Secretary of the Interior Lynn Scarlett said Friday. "This grant program helps protect, restore and enhance estuaries, coastal wetlands, and other coastal habitat through partnerships that are the hallmark of cooperative conservation," Scarlett said announcing funding from the National Coastal Wetlands Grant Program.
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January 10, 2007
After surviving 20 million years, China's goddess of the river is driven to extinction
For 20 million years, the white-fin dolphin, or baiji, swam China's longest river, the Yangtze. But a few years of breakneck development, overfishing and a massive increase in shipping have reduced sightings of this shy, graceful creature to zero.
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Landscape Architecture Technical Information Series (LATIS) features paper on Successful Ecological Restoration
This paper, which was co-authored by Biohabitats San Francisco Bay Bioregion Leader Allegra Bukojemsky, Lee R. Skabelund, G.M. Kondolf and Craig W. Johnson presents principles of ecological restoration, with a focus on how landscape architects can incorporate these principles into their projects and work with scientists to meet ecological restoration project goals.