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How the Alpine Lakes Wilderness was born
21+ hour, 58+ min ago (644+ words) Seattle-area hikers heading out for a crisp fall jaunt have had to cross Snow Lake and Talapus Lake off the list for a few weeks because those much-loved trails are getting some much-needed love. Crews were scheduled to be blasting…...
WPS Tracks Peregrine Falcons Thousands of Miles Thanks to New Transmitters
4+ hour, 57+ min ago (228+ words) Wisconsin Public Service has some new statistics about peregrine falcons thanks to new technology. Three of the peregrine falcons born at WPS and We Energies power plants this spring have already traveled thousands of miles since they left the nest…...
Beavers build, humans adapt in Island County
12+ hour, 35+ min ago (571+ words) Published 1:30 am Saturday, September 26, 2026 Helen Erickson took this image of a beaver on North Whidbey. Beavers on Camano Island are doing such a good job building dams that salmon can no longer get past one of them. Now the Whidbey…...
Thirteenth annual koala survey seeks volunteers
49+ min ago (314+ words) RUNNING for an incredible 13 years, the annual Bongil Bongil citizen science survey is the ultimate chance to see why koalas are putting Coffs Harbour on the map, and everyone is invited to take part. The community-based koala surveys monitor koala…...
Donations and grants drive conservation efforts
3+ hour, 35+ min ago (83+ words) Keeping Union County’s recreational areas beautiful has been a team effort as donations and grants have helped push progress along. Conservation Director Mike Hilger presented a quarterly report to the Union County Board of Supervisors earlier this month, laying out…...
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1+ hour, 54+ min ago (22+ words) National Park Service (.gov) Official websites use.gov Secure.gov websites use HTTPS Return to Previous Page...
Margaret Atwood’s $1M gift brings a love of birds full circle at Western
10+ hour, 18+ min ago (894+ words) For Western biologist Chris Guglielmo, the gift is a fitting link between science, conservation and Graeme Gibson’s love of birds. Chris Guglielmo never imagined when he finished reading Margaret Atwood’s recent biography that Western University’s Centre for Animals on the…...
Public lands commissioner calls on Legislature to approve, fund conservation of state forests
2+ hour, 6+ min ago (921+ words) Washington Public Lands Commissioner Dave Upthegrove is dialing back his goal to protect 77,000 acres of older state forests from timber harvest even as he asks lawmakers to give him more tools to do so. On Thursday, the first-term commissioner dropped…...
Applications open for Georgia Department of Natural Resources $1,000 grant for the top conservation teacher
2+ hour, 36+ min ago (164+ words) The Georgia Department of Natural Resources is seeking applicants for its annual Conservation Teacher of the Year grant. The $1,000 award will go to a Georgia kindergarten through fifth-grade public or private school teacher who demonstrates exceptional energy and innovation in…...
Scientists believe avian keratin disorder is cause of fishhook beaks in Alaska chickadee population
1+ hour, 25+ min ago (476+ words) Over 26 years ago, my friend Ned Rozell wrote about a startling new deformity seen in Alaska’s black-capped chickadees: “In 1991, a man living in King Salmon noticed three black-capped chickadees with beaks curved like fishhooks,” Rozell wrote. “Since then, hundreds of…...