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Friends and co-workers Adrian Bargas and Ivan Mayorga of New London had some time off Thursday to go fishing.

Conservationists in the Northern Appalachian-Acadian region are changing how they think about forest protection and management, by bringing together mainstream ecological knowledge with Indigenous ecology and culture. Five regional partners including the Wildlands Network and Two Countries One Forest held a conference outlining a shared vision, called "Future Forests Reimagined," and now they are working to apply it. Megan de Graaf, forest program director for Forests Interna...

By Bryce Oates for The Daily Yonder. Broadcast version by Chance Dorland for North Carolina News Service, reporting for The Daily Yonder-Public News Service Collaboration. In Western North Carolinas Nantahala-Pisgah National Forest, a committed group of outdoor recreation enthusiasts, conservationists, hunting and fishing groups, forest product businesses and forest ecology advocates has been working closely with the U.S. ...

A newly created map reveals more Americans are being exposed to health threats from proximity to oil-and-gas production facilities. The maps release Tuesday comes ahead of new industry safeguards expected from the Environmental Protection Agency. Map co-creator Alan Septoff with the group Earthworks said more than 144,000 New Mexicans live within a "threat radius" of an oil or gas facility - defined as being a half-mile. ...

When I pull into the commissary parking lot on the Submarine Base, I often notice a large crane on lower base.

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Connecticut is celebrating its first estuary reserve, which will help identify environmental threats to waterways and natural resources.Connecticut's first National Estuarine Research Reserve (NERR) designates more than 50,000 acres of Long Island Sound, adjacent marshes and upland areas for research on climate resiliency, water quality and fish and wildlife habitats.

Connecticut is celebrating its first estuary reserve, which will help identify environmental threats to waterways and natural resources. Connecticuts first National Estuarine Research Reserve (NERR) designates more than 50,000 acres of Long Island Sound, adjacent marshes and upland areas for research on climate resiliency, water quality and fish and wildlife habitats. Patrick Comins, executive director of the Connecticut Audubon Society, has been a strong advocate for the reserve and said it c...

A totem pole from Washington state promoting a free-flowing Snake River has nearly completed its 2,500-mile journey around the Northwest. The Spirit of the Waters Totem Pole Journey started in early May in Bellingham, near the Lummi Indian Reservation where it was carved. Since then, its traveled through Oregon, Idaho and back to Seattle on Thursday. ...

For more than three decades the transatlantic partnership has fostered student exchange, faculty mobility, and interdisciplinary research collaborations.