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Public Lands

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This Land Is Our Land: New Books About Public Lands, the Threats They Face, and Their Ecological Importance

These new books cover challenges to our shared land, ranging from Indigenous appropriation to current corporate grabs.
April 16, 2025
by
John R. Platt and Colleen M. Crary, Ph.D.
These new books cover challenges to our shared land, ranging from Indigenous appropriation to current corporate grabs.
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Op-Eds

Saving America’s National Parks and Forests Means Shaking Off the Rust of Inaction

Getting started can feel like an insurmountable challenge. But the more you act, the better you’ll get at it — and the more of a difference you’ll make.
April 9, 2025
by
Alice Henderson
Getting started can feel like an insurmountable challenge. But the more you act, the better you’ll get at it — and the more of a difference you’ll make.
Bears Ears National Monument
Op-Eds

Trump’s Approach to Public Lands? Expanding the Extractive Economy and Declaring a War on Nature

The Trump team has launched a three-pronged attack on the environment. We need to understand it if we hope to stand up to it.
March 28, 2025
by
Federico Holm, Ph.D.
The Trump team has launched a three-pronged attack on the environment. We need to understand it if we hope to stand up to it.
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Wildlife

Donald Trump’s Second Term Will Be Bad News for Endangered Ocean and Coastal Animals

The waters around the United States are home to many threatened species who need science-based conservation policies to save them from extinction. They won’t get that for the next four years.
January 21, 2025
by
Dr. David Shiffman
The waters around the United States are home to many threatened species who need science-based conservation policies to save them from extinction. They won’t get that for the next four years.
Public Lands & Protected Spaces

A New Idea for National Parks: Leave Some of Them to the Animals

Evidence from the pandemic found that bighorn sheep populations soared when people weren’t around to disturb them.
January 13, 2025
by
Hilary Clark
Evidence from the pandemic found that bighorn sheep populations soared when people weren’t around to disturb them.
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Voices

Protect This Place: Torrey Pines State Natural Reserve

Park boundaries can’t protect against everything, and the trees that give the reserve its name remain threatened by climate change, fire, and an invasive fungus.
January 8, 2025
by
Christa Horn
Park boundaries can’t protect against everything, and the trees that give the reserve its name remain threatened by climate change, fire, and an invasive fungus.
Beaver
Wildlife

The Beaver Seekers

Citizen scientists are helping restore the ecosystem engineers to the Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument.
July 22, 2024
by
Juliet Grable
Citizen scientists are helping restore the ecosystem engineers to the Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument.
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Public Lands & Protected Spaces

Water and Cooperation Breathe New Life Into Klamath Basin Wildlife Refuges

Agriculture drained this ecosystem. Now, under the specter of future drought, the same systems have started to bring back both water and wildlife.
May 29, 2024
by
Juliet Grable
Agriculture drained this ecosystem. Now, under the specter of future drought, the same systems have started to bring back both water and wildlife.
River winds through rocky canyon with grasses
Public Lands & Protected Spaces

Will a ‘Wilderness’ Designation Help This Vital Ecosystem?

Conservationists agree that Oregon’s Owyhee Canyonlands are an ecologically important area, but how to protect them isn’t as simple.
February 5, 2024
by
Tara Lohan
Conservationists agree that Oregon’s Owyhee Canyonlands are an ecologically important area, but how to protect them isn’t as simple.
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Wildlife

Helping Bison Find Their Way Home

Supporting the reintroduction of buffalo on Tribal lands in the United States and Canada requires international, interagency cooperation.
January 29, 2024
by
Molly McCluskey
Supporting the reintroduction of buffalo on Tribal lands in the United States and Canada requires international, interagency cooperation.

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