Thirty Years After Its Creation, the Northwest Forest Plan Is Still Saving Trees By Juliet Grable April 12, 2024 Federal officials, conservationists, and tribes are now working to update the historic landscape management blueprint In this story: forests, indigenous communities
Conservation Groups Sue to Stop Wolf Hunting in Idaho, Montana, and Wyoming By Lindsey Botts April 11, 2024 Wildlife organizations say federal agencies aren’t doing enough to protect wolves in the Rockies In this story: wolves, wildlife, endangered species, saving wild places, ecosystems
Stars Align for Salmon Restoration on the Upper Columbia River By Brandon Withrow April 11, 2024 Generous funding from the White House speeds up the process by decades In this story: salmon, fish, rivers
The World's Tiniest Insect Fights Off Crop Pests and Inspires More Efficient Computers By Julia Sklar April 10, 2024 The fairy wasp exists on almost every continent, yet almost no one has seen one In this story: insects
The Future of Desalination Lies With Small-Scale Household Systems By Julia Sklar April 9, 2024 Large municipal desalination plants create more problems than they solve In this story: clean tech, water, clean water
How Local Parks and Nature Centers Are Putting Accessibility Front and Center By Cassandra Brooklyn April 8, 2024 The outdoors are becoming more accessible, and smaller parks are leading the charge In this story: hiking, earth day
How to Hit the Trail With Nothing but Amtrak and a Bicycle By Robert Annis April 7, 2024 From Idaho to Alabama to Maine, adventure outdoors without taking a single car ride or plane trip In this story: Transit to Trails, hiking, camping, biking
Tireless Activism Made It Possible for New England to Go Coal-Free By Ben Jealous April 6, 2024 With the end of the coal era, it just got easier to breathe in New England In this story: coal
ICYMI: Sending Botswana's Elephants to Germany, Lucky Salmon Smolts, Garbage Lasagna & Trouble at Tesla By Paul Rauber April 5, 2024 Environmental news of the week for busy people In this story: climate change, Roundup, current events
This Proposed Law Will Be a Boon for Outdoor Recreation By Lindsey Botts April 4, 2024 Congress considers the largest outdoors package of President Biden’s term In this story: public lands, outdoor recreation, inspiring connections outdoors
Opposition to Proposed Mining Near Rare Protected Georgia Swamp Grows By Ash Peterson April 3, 2024 Advocates mount last-ditch effort to save the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge from a titanium mine In this story: saving wild places, public lands, dirty fuels
Why Is the Bureau of Land Management Still Clearcutting Piñon-Juniper Landscapes? By Jeremy Miller April 2, 2024 Conservationists had hoped the practice would pause with the end of the Trump administration, but the war on native trees continues In this story: forests
How to Throw a Booty-Shaking Green Event for Earth Month (or Any Month) By Jessian Choy April 1, 2024 Check out these suggestions for songs, food and drinks, decorations, and more In this story: Ms. Green, earth day, diy
A Full-Court Press to Get the Lead Out By Ben Jealous March 31, 2024 Behind the push to eliminate the lingering threat of lead In this story: toxics, flint water crisis
How a Blind Oceanographer Studies Temperature-Regulating Currents By Allison Braden March 30, 2024 Amy Bower and the Accessible Oceans project can turn data into sound In this story: oceans, women, marine ecosystems, accessibility
ICYMI: Hair of the Tiger, Chick-Pill-A & Now Florida Doesn't Want You to Say "Climate Change" By Paul Rauber March 29, 2024 Environmental news of the week for busy people In this story: climate change, Roundup, current events
Advocates Nationwide Push for State-Level Green Constitutional Amendments By Dana Drugmand March 28, 2024 Efforts seek to enshrine the rights to clean air, clean water, and a healthy environment In this story: environment
This Athlete Is Carving a Path for Women Surfers By Claire Greenburger March 27, 2024 Big-wave surfer Bianca Valenti campaigns for gender equality In this story: surfing, women
Ending Roadkill: How to Make It Safer for the Deer to Cross the Road By Ben Goldfarb March 26, 2024 Road ecologists are looking for a right-of-way for animals In this story: wildlife
Divers Clean Up the Largest US Marine Conservation Area—By Hand By Allison Braden March 25, 2024 In just one mission, divers removed 126,310 pounds of debris from Hawai'i's Papahānaumokuākea In this story: oceans