Wildlife

"Like The Ritz For Wildlife: The Joy Of Recreating Britain’s Ancient Hedges"

"The 30-metre ridge runs across the moor near Yar Tor on Dartmoor, one of several faint lines that crisscross the land like aeroplane contrails. Although the open moorland looks wild, we are standing on some of the UK’s oldest farmland. These ridges, called reaves, are the ghosts of farming’s most wildlife-rich legacy: hedges." "Up and down the country, volunteers are coming together to plant more of these nature-rich reserves".

Source: Guardian, 04/24/2025

"Interior Secretary Puts DOGE Representative In Charge Of Department Cuts"

"Interior Secretary Doug Burgum has given a former oil executive and aide to Elon Musk broad latitude to cut costs and consolidate work within his vast department, which oversees more than 500 million acres of land across the United States."

Source: Washington Post, 04/22/2025

"Listening for Whale Sounds 1,000 Feet Deep in the Antarctic Ocean"

"Heidi Ahonen is a bioacoustician recording whale calls, whistles and songs to understand if the marine mammals are crossing paths with krill fishing vessels in one of the most extreme environments on Earth."

Source: Inside Climate News, 04/21/2025

Everglades Restoration Would Protect Florida Keys Amid Drought

"The Everglades is more than just swamps, fan boats and alligators and restoration efforts impact more than the land between Florida’s east and west coasts. Florida Bay, a body of water located between the southern end of mainland Florida and the Florida Keys, makes up about a third of Everglades National Park."

Source: AP, 04/21/2025

Endangered Sea Turtle Populations Show Signs Of Recovery In Much Of World

"Endangered sea turtles show signs of recovery in a majority of places where they’re found worldwide, according to a new global survey released Thursday."

Source: AP, 04/18/2025

"Trump Opens a Huge Marine Protected Zone to Commercial Fishing"

"President Trump on Thursday said he was allowing commercial fishing in one of the world’s largest ocean reserves, introducing industrial operations for the first time in more than a decade to a vast area of the Pacific dotted with coral atolls and populated by endangered sea turtles and whales."

Source: NYTimes, 04/18/2025

"US Proposes Looser Interpretation Of Law That Protects Threatened Species"

"The Trump administration on Wednesday proposed a major change to how threatened species are considered in agency actions by removing regulatory language that seeks to prevent their habitats from being degraded."

Source: Reuters, 04/17/2025

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