DoomsdaysCW<p>Bills revive debate over <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SearsIsland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SearsIsland</span></a> port plan</p><p>Maine Public | By Peter McGuire<br>Published March 12, 2025 </p><p>"Lawmakers heard more than five hours of testimony Wednesday from both sides of a debate over preserving Sears Island in the Town of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Searsport" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Searsport</span></a>.</p><p>"A pair of bills from state representative Reagan Paul would extend a <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ConservationEasement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ConservationEasement</span></a> across the island and restore <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SandDuneProtections" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SandDuneProtections</span></a> in a 330-acre parcel set aside for development.</p><p>"The Winterport Republican said it's time to end decades of controversial port proposals for the island in the town of Searsport. The latest plan is a floating offshore wind port by the Maine Department of Transportation that has so far failed to attract federal funding.</p><p>"'And yet <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MDOT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MDOT</span></a> refuses to face reality, doubling down on failure and proving this is not about offshore wind, it is about pushing <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/IndustrialDevelopment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IndustrialDevelopment</span></a> at any cost,' Paul told members of the legislature's Environment and Natural Resources Committee.</p><p>"Local <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/conservationists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>conservationists</span></a> support the proposal and said the highest and best use of the island is as a wild area. Any commercial development, including the wind port, can be done at nearby <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MackPoint" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MackPoint</span></a>, a fuel and materials terminal."</p><p>Read more:<br><a href="https://www.mainepublic.org/climate/2025-03-12/bills-revive-debate-over-sears-island-port-plan" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">mainepublic.org/climate/2025-0</span><span class="invisible">3-12/bills-revive-debate-over-sears-island-port-plan</span></a> <br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SaveSearsIsland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SaveSearsIsland</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ProtectNature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ProtectNature</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Maine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Maine</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WindTurbines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WindTurbines</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WindPort" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WindPort</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PenobscotBay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PenobscotBay</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ProtectSearsIsland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ProtectSearsIsland</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ProtectTheForest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ProtectTheForest</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ProtectTheDunes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ProtectTheDunes</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WindTerminal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WindTerminal</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SandDunes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SandDunes</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ProtectWahsumkik" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ProtectWahsumkik</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/EndangeredSpecies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EndangeredSpecies</span></a></p>
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Lukas VFN 🇪🇺<p>Endangered <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/seabirds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>seabirds</span></a> return to Pacific island after century-long absence <a href="https://news.mongabay.com/2024/12/endangered-seabirds-return-to-pacific-island-after-century-long-absence/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">news.mongabay.com/2024/12/enda</span><span class="invisible">ngered-seabirds-return-to-pacific-island-after-century-long-absence/</span></a></p><p>"Endangered Polynesian storm <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/petrels" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>petrels</span></a> have returned to <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/Kamaka" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Kamaka</span></a> Island for the first time in more than 100 years, after <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/conservationists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>conservationists</span></a> used <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/drones" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>drones</span></a> to remove the invasive rats eating the <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/birds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>birds</span></a>’ eggs and chicks... Scientists attracted the birds back to the island using solar-powered speakers playing bird calls recorded from a neighboring island, with monitoring cameras showing regular visits"</p>
Lukas VFN 🇪🇺<p>'Extinct' <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/snails" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>snails</span></a> found breeding in French Polynesia following a successful reintroduction project <a href="https://phys.org/news/2024-09-extinct-snails-french-polynesia-successful.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">phys.org/news/2024-09-extinct-</span><span class="invisible">snails-french-polynesia-successful.html</span></a></p><p>"A species of tropical tree <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/snail" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>snail</span></a> is no longer <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/extinct" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>extinct</span></a> in the wild following a successful <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/reintroduction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>reintroduction</span></a> project... for the first time in 40 years, <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/conservationists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>conservationists</span></a> have found born-in-the-wild adult Partula tohiveana—meaning the precious <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/mollusks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mollusks</span></a> have successfully established themselves in <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/FrenchPolynesia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FrenchPolynesia</span></a>."</p>
Ms. Que Banh<p>I'll be at <a href="https://beige.party/tags/Esquimalt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Esquimalt</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/GorgeWaterway" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GorgeWaterway</span></a> /Kinsmen park in a few hours to join the invasive green crab monitoring team. It's another trapping/netting day & I'll be documenting some of the project's work.</p><p>[ Since 2022, we have participated in the Department of Fisheries and Oceans’ European Green Crab Monitoring Project. European green crabs are a destructive invasive species that removes eelgrass very efficiently, destroying habitat for everything else in the Gorge. Unfortunately, we caught adult European green crabs in the Gorge for the first time in August 2024 through our monitoring program. </p><p>We are working with the Department of Fisheries and Oceans and Peninsula Streams Society to remove as many as possible before the problem worsens. To prevent the spread of European Green Crabs, make sure to clean, drain, and dry off any watercraft according to BC Invasives. ]</p><p><a href="https://www.gorge.ca/projects/european-green-crab-monitoring" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">gorge.ca/projects/european-gre</span><span class="invisible">en-crab-monitoring</span></a></p><p><a href="https://beige.party/tags/YYJ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>YYJ</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/Esquimalt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Esquimalt</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/GorgeWaterwayPark" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GorgeWaterwayPark</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/LekwungenTerritory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LekwungenTerritory</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/Songhees" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Songhees</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/Wsanec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Wsanec</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/Saanich" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Saanich</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/VictoriaBC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VictoriaBC</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/Environmental" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Environmental</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/InvasiveSpecies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>InvasiveSpecies</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/EuropeanGreenCrab" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EuropeanGreenCrab</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/marine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>marine</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/DFO" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DFO</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/VancouverIsland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VancouverIsland</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/PacificNorthwest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PacificNorthwest</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/conservationists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>conservationists</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/ecological" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ecological</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/ecosystems" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ecosystems</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/Naturalists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Naturalists</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/Cascadia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Cascadia</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/VanIsle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VanIsle</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/PNW" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PNW</span></a></p>
Ms. Que Banh<p>So far, eight females from two <a href="https://beige.party/tags/seal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>seal</span></a> colonies have filmed almost 90 hours of footage across more than 500km, helping <a href="https://beige.party/tags/scientists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>scientists</span></a> to <a href="https://beige.party/tags/map" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>map</span></a> 5,000 sq km of <a href="https://beige.party/tags/habitat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>habitat</span></a>. The <a href="https://beige.party/tags/SeaLions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SeaLions</span></a> have mapped rocky reefs and seagrass meadows along the continental shelf, and shown humans the places that are important to them.</p><p>With that information, <a href="https://beige.party/tags/conservationists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>conservationists</span></a> will have much clearer ideas on how to protect the country’s only endemic seal.</p><p>Goldsworthy, of the South <a href="https://beige.party/tags/Australian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Australian</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/Research" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Research</span></a> and Development Institute <a href="https://beige.party/tags/SARDI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SARDI</span></a>, has been studying the fast-disappearing <a href="https://beige.party/tags/MarineMammal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MarineMammal</span></a> for 25 years. But he says the cameras are a gamechanger.</p><p>“Information has been so elusive, because they’re feeding at the bottom of the sea,” he said. “Now we get this amazing, exquisite detail. They’re giving us a window into their world that we haven’t had before.</p><p>“Just like humans know our streets, the sea lions know the sea bed in intimate detail for hundreds of kilometres and they build up this knowledge over time. They have a mental map of their environment and they are leading you to places of profound significance for them.”</p><p><a href="https://amp.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/aug/07/australia-sea-lions-cameras-ocean-floor" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">amp.theguardian.com/environmen</span><span class="invisible">t/article/2024/aug/07/australia-sea-lions-cameras-ocean-floor</span></a></p><p><a href="https://beige.party/tags/wildlife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wildlife</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/MarineScience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MarineScience</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/MarineBiology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MarineBiology</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/SeaLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SeaLife</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/OceanConservation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OceanConservation</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/OceanHabitats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OceanHabitats</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/OceanScience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OceanScience</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/nature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nature</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/MarineEcology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MarineEcology</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/environmental" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>environmental</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/OceanLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OceanLife</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/ecosystems" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ecosystems</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/ecological" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ecological</span></a></p>
Lukas VFN 🇪🇺<p>Conservationists unite to save charming spider <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/orchid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>orchid</span></a> as habitat loss threatens survival <a href="https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-07-07/native-charming-spider-orchid-evolution-conservation/104054088" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">abc.net.au/news/2024-07-07/nat</span><span class="invisible">ive-charming-spider-orchid-evolution-conservation/104054088</span></a></p><p>"In the mid-90s there was a single population to the north of <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/Melbourne" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Melbourne</span></a> and a population at <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/WattleGlen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WattleGlen</span></a>... Then the millennium drought hit... it took a few years until the population stabilised... Since 2017, <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/conservationists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>conservationists</span></a> have conducted a program to grow more charming spider <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/orchids" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>orchids</span></a>... A batch of 400 has been planted into the wild at Wattle Glen and at 2 new sites."</p>
Lukas VFN 🇪🇺<p>‘Extinct’ <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/trees" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>trees</span></a> found in Tanzania sparks hope for ecosystem recovery <a href="https://news.mongabay.com/2024/07/extinct-trees-found-in-tanzania-sparks-hope-for-ecosystem-recovery/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">news.mongabay.com/2024/07/exti</span><span class="invisible">nct-trees-found-in-tanzania-sparks-hope-for-ecosystem-recovery/</span></a></p><p>"<a href="https://scholar.social/tags/Conservationists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Conservationists</span></a> in eastern <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/Tanzania" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tanzania</span></a> have found 2 specimens of a rare <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/tree" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tree</span></a> feared to be <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/extinct" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>extinct</span></a>. <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/Millettia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Millettia</span></a> sacleuxii was only known from forest reserves that have almost disappeared. Thousands of <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/seeds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>seeds</span></a> have been collected and seedlings raised... The 2 surviving Millettia 'mother trees' were found near an area that conservationists hope to soon turn into a <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/wildlife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wildlife</span></a> corridor."</p>
Lukas VFN 🇪🇺<p>What 70 Celebrity Tortoises Can Teach Us About Conservation Stories<br><a href="https://therevelator.org/celebrity-tortoises/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">therevelator.org/celebrity-tor</span><span class="invisible">toises/</span></a></p><p>"Last November <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/conservationists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>conservationists</span></a> carefully carried 70 young, critically <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/endangered" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>endangered</span></a> <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/Mojave" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mojave</span></a> <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/DesertTortoises" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DesertTortoises</span></a> to the <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/reptiles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>reptiles</span></a>’ natural habitat on Edwards Air Force Base... six months later, this past April, news of their fate came out: The <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/tortoises" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tortoises</span></a> had emerged from their burrows healthier and stronger than ever, a notable milestone in the ongoing <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/tortoise" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tortoise</span></a> <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/conservation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>conservation</span></a> story."</p>
Lukas VFN 🇪🇺<p>Small ponds in <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/Minnesota" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Minnesota</span></a> prairies may help save <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/minnow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>minnow</span></a> species <a href="https://phys.org/news/2024-06-small-ponds-minnesota-prairies-minnow.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">phys.org/news/2024-06-small-po</span><span class="invisible">nds-minnesota-prairies-minnow.html</span></a></p><p>"The <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/TopekaShiner" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TopekaShiner</span></a>, a rare and endangered <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/fish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fish</span></a>, is only found in the few remaining <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/prairies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>prairies</span></a> in the <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/Midwest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Midwest</span></a>. A decade ago it looked well on the way to <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/extinction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>extinction</span></a>. But <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/scientists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>scientists</span></a> and <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/conservationists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>conservationists</span></a> may have unlocked the secret to bringing it back, as well as a host of other <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/prairie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>prairie</span></a> life. And it all depends on small unnamed <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/ponds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ponds</span></a> called oxbows."</p>
Lukas VFN 🇪🇺<p><a href="https://scholar.social/tags/Reintroduction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Reintroduction</span></a> project brings <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/GoldenParakeets" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GoldenParakeets</span></a> back to the skies of <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/Brazil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Brazil</span></a>’s Belém <a href="https://news.mongabay.com/2024/06/reintroduction-project-brings-golden-parakeets-back-to-the-skies-of-brazils-belem/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">news.mongabay.com/2024/06/rein</span><span class="invisible">troduction-project-brings-golden-parakeets-back-to-the-skies-of-brazils-belem/</span></a></p><p>"The <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/GoldenParakeet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GoldenParakeet</span></a> plays an important role in ecosystem services, especially in seed dispersal of the popular <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/a%C3%A7a%C3%AD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>açaí</span></a> berry and up to 22 other plant species native to the <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/Amazon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Amazon</span></a>... <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/Conservationists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Conservationists</span></a> say the project is an ongoing success, as the released golden <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/parakeets" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>parakeets</span></a> have adapted well to life outside captivity and have even reproduced in the wild"</p>
Ms. Que Banh<p>Another BC organization that I've supported & volunteered with:</p><p><a href="https://beige.party/tags/WatershedWatchSalmonSociety" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WatershedWatchSalmonSociety</span></a> is a <a href="https://beige.party/tags/ScienceBased" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ScienceBased</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/charity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>charity</span></a> working to defend and rebuild B.C.’s <a href="https://beige.party/tags/WildSalmon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WildSalmon</span></a>.</p><p>Watershed Watch Salmon Society was founded two decades ago by a small group of passionate <a href="https://beige.party/tags/conservationists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>conservationists</span></a>. Led by <a href="https://beige.party/tags/ecologist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ecologist</span></a> Craig Orr, they noticed that while a lot of work relating to <a href="https://beige.party/tags/fisheries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fisheries</span></a> and <a href="https://beige.party/tags/HabitatRestoration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HabitatRestoration</span></a> was being done on the ground on local <a href="https://beige.party/tags/waterways" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>waterways</span></a>, no one was pulling together the pieces to confront <a href="https://beige.party/tags/policy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>policy</span></a> decisions at the federal and provincial levels. </p><p>Craig and his associates launched Watershed Watch Salmon Society to fill that gap, offering <a href="https://beige.party/tags/ScientificExpertise" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ScientificExpertise</span></a> to policy makers, and highlighting the large scale issues affecting local waterways, from <a href="https://beige.party/tags/FishFarms" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FishFarms</span></a> to <a href="https://beige.party/tags/ClimateChange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateChange</span></a>.</p><p>Watershed Watch Salmon Society involves many people beyond our paid staff and dedicated board members. We have thousands of supporters and a growing crew of <a href="https://beige.party/tags/volunteers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>volunteers</span></a> who are passionate about wild salmon. Whether you read our emails, sign our petitions, donate, get out in your <a href="https://beige.party/tags/community" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>community</span></a> to talk about our work or join us in the field, you are an important part of Watershed Watch.</p><p><a href="https://watershedwatch.ca/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">watershedwatch.ca/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://beige.party/tags/VancouverIsland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VancouverIsland</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/GetInvolved" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GetInvolved</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/Environmental" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Environmental</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/EcoJustice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EcoJustice</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/VanIsle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VanIsle</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/PacificNorthwest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PacificNorthwest</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/Cascadia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Cascadia</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/BritishColumbia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BritishColumbia</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/Canada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Canada</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/Nonprofit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Nonprofit</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/PNW" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PNW</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/SaveWildSalmon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SaveWildSalmon</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/WildFirst" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WildFirst</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/ProtectNature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ProtectNature</span></a></p>
Lukas VFN 🇪🇺<p><a href="https://scholar.social/tags/Rewilding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Rewilding</span></a> efforts throw a lifeline to <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/Brazil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Brazil</span></a>’s most trafficked endangered bird <a href="https://news.mongabay.com/2024/05/rewilding-efforts-throw-a-lifeline-to-brazils-most-trafficked-endangered-bird/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">news.mongabay.com/2024/05/rewi</span><span class="invisible">lding-efforts-throw-a-lifeline-to-brazils-most-trafficked-endangered-bird/</span></a></p><p>"Picking the right <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/birds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>birds</span></a> for <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/reintroduction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>reintroduction</span></a> is essential. Working with captive, confiscated birds, the team has to ensure not only the selection of the healthiest individuals and a diverse gene pool, but also to screen out hybrids... The local community quickly embraced the <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/conservationists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>conservationists</span></a>’ proposal... most of the birds have adapted well to the wild and have even begun to breed and nest"</p>
Benjamin Carr, Ph.D. 👨🏻💻🧬<p>The Torture and Killing of a <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Wolf" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Wolf</span></a>, a New Endangered Species Lawsuit and Novel Science Revive <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Wyoming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Wyoming</span></a> Debate Over the Predator<br><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Conservationists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Conservationists</span></a> are split over how to protect a <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/keystone" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>keystone</span></a> pecies in the Cowboy State. Can new science estimating the predators’ effects on carbon sequestration provide a path forward?<br>10 <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/environmental" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>environmental</span></a> nonprofits preparing a challenge to U.S. Fish and Wildlife decision not to relist western gray <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/wolves" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wolves</span></a> under the <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/EndangeredSpeciesAct" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EndangeredSpeciesAct</span></a> (<a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/ESA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ESA</span></a>). <br><a href="https://insideclimatenews.org/news/19052024/wyoming-wolf-debate-carbon-sequestration/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">insideclimatenews.org/news/190</span><span class="invisible">52024/wyoming-wolf-debate-carbon-sequestration/</span></a></p>
Lukas VFN 🇪🇺<p><a href="https://scholar.social/tags/Conservation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Conservation</span></a>: 50 rare <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/crocodiles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>crocodiles</span></a> released in <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/Cambodia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Cambodia</span></a>'s tropical Cardamom Mountains <a href="https://www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts/reptiles/50-rare-siamese-crocodiles-released-in-cambodia" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">discoverwildlife.com/animal-fa</span><span class="invisible">cts/reptiles/50-rare-siamese-crocodiles-released-in-cambodia</span></a></p><p>"Cambodian <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/conservationists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>conservationists</span></a> have released 50 captive-bred juvenile <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/SiameseCrocodiles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SiameseCrocodiles</span></a> at a remote site in Cambodia as part of an ongoing programme to save the species from <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/extinction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>extinction</span></a>... The expedition, which took researchers deep into the <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/CardamomMountains" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CardamomMountains</span></a> in the south-west of the country, is the biggest release of captive-bred Siamese crocodiles to date."</p>
Matt Willemsen<p>Iran frees 4 conservationists who worked to save cheetahs before being convicted of espionage<br><a href="https://apnews.com/article/iran-wildlife-conservationist-release-cheetahs-da56c5bf19a3f7e9869cfacebdff6b67" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">apnews.com/article/iran-wildli</span><span class="invisible">fe-conservationist-release-cheetahs-da56c5bf19a3f7e9869cfacebdff6b67</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Iran" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Iran</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/frees" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>frees</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/conservationists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>conservationists</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/cheetah" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cheetah</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/research" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>research</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/epionage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>epionage</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/EidalFitr" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EidalFitr</span></a></p>
Ricardo Harvin<p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/LandBack" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LandBack</span></a> and <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/rematriation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rematriation</span></a> are proving to be highly effective ways to effect long-term Everything, Everywhere, All at Once <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/ClinateChange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClinateChange</span></a> mitigation, in addition to being morally righteous and long overdue.</p><p>"<a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Western" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Western</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/conservationists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>conservationists</span></a> have...ignored <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Indigenous" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Indigenous</span></a> people’s knowledge of <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/landscapes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>landscapes</span></a> and <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/wildlife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wildlife</span></a>...that is no longer tenable...Indigenous-managed lands host 80 percent of the world’s <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/biodiversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>biodiversity</span></a>...and...much of the...intact <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/forests" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>forests</span></a>, <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/savannas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>savannas</span></a> and <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/marshes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>marshes</span></a>."</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/@RobinApple/111358683415359757" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mastodon.social/@RobinApple/11</span><span class="invisible">1358683415359757</span></a></p>
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