Natural Resource Management

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Fraga raises concern about negative consequences of ‘Superbloom’ tourism

Naomi Fraga wrote on Twitter: "I am so incredibly grateful for this California rain, but I am also anticipating the inevitable... The dreaded conversations about the "superbloom". You might be saying, what the heck Naomi, you are a botanist, don't you love superblooms?"
January 26, 2023
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Elbroch in New York Times: Cougars Are Heading East. We Should Welcome Them.

Mark Elbroch published an op-ed in the New York Times on his research pinpointing landscapes large enough to sustain cougars in the Eastern United States. He writes:
January 25, 2023
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Gutierrez to speak on environmental justice and river restoration in Puget Sound

Dr. Grant Gutierrez will present Environmental Justice and River Restoration in Puget Sound on March 2, 2023 as part of the Environmental Speaker Series hosted by the College of the Environment at Western Washington University. The series...
December 14, 2022
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Restoring Lost Streams: A Conversation with Jessica Hall, Landscape Architect

Jessica Hall has been advocating for, planning, and designing creek restoration projects for over two decades. Her interview in Happy Eco News explores the premise that in order to have a living ecosystem, you must restore and sustain the natural hydrological systems – even in an urban setting.
December 14, 2022
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Andrew Cohen publishes op-ed on failure to regulate ballast water discharges

Andrew Cohen's op-ed in the Hill, the pollution EPA refuses to regulate, describes the consequences of failing to regulate ballast water discharges. Ballast water inadvertently transports invasive aquatic species and human and animal pathogens around the world.
November 23, 2022
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In Puerto Rico, Activists Transform Abandoned Land To Build Food Sovereignty

Luis Alexis Rodríguez Cruz writes about how in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria, activists have turned abandoned land into a community garden. They say El Huerto is only the beginning.
October 6, 2022
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Lily Verdone starts as Executive Director of Marin Agricultural Land Trust

“Having grown up here in Marin and Sonoma counties, this is truly a dream job for me,” Lily shared.
September 28, 2022
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Henriques and Lord named 2023 Knauss Marine Policy Fellowship finalists

“The Knauss Fellowship offers graduate students the invaluable opportunity to put their academic knowledge to practice in tackling marine, coastal, and Great Lakes management and policy challenges at the federal level.”
August 29, 2022
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When fireflies await a night that never comes

Avalon Owens' research found that while some fireflies shrugged off light pollution, members of other species failed to mate even when males and females could find each other.
August 29, 2022
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Lord tells stories of women’s experiences as oyster producers

Natalie Lord has launched the new website, A Rising Tide?, highlighting women’s experiences as oyster producers. The project is the first case study to analyze gender in Maine and New Hampshire's aquaculture industry through visual storytelling. Its goal is to share the photographic and narrative data the research participants collected on their experiences owning and operating an oyster farm in Maine and New Hampshire.
July 27, 2022