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The Park Service Wants to Ban All Rock Climbing in Designated Wilderness
If the National Park Service and U.S. Forest Service proposals pass, fixed anchors in wilderness will be considered illegal unless granted special permission
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Climate Change vs. Conservation
Has global warming made it harder for environmentalists to care about conservation? By Jonathan Franzen
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The rewilding plan that would return Britain to nature
The UK has lost almost all its native wildlife, especially its forests and big animals. Rewilding would bring back everything from beavers to bears.
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Roadside verges ‘last refuge for wild flowers’
More than 700 species of wild plants - almost half of the native flora of the British Isles - are found on road verges, according to a study.
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As Global Population Grows, Is The Earth Reaching The ‘End Of Plenty’?
In his new book journalist Joel Bourne says humanity is facing a major problem: The world is running out of food. There are promising developments to meet the threat, he says, but time is running out.
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Alaska’s Rare Alexander Archipelago Wolves Nearly Wiped Out in 1 Year
Only about 60 of these now critically-endangered wolves remain
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Wade Davis walks on the wild side
A talk with anthropologist and author Wade Davis
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Joint Canada-U.S. effort aims to restore bison to Great Plains
A sprawling network is attempting to restore bison in as many places in the U.S. and Canada as possible.
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Flight Pattern
In search of hummingbirds in the jungles of Belize
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It Turns Out Bees Are, Quite Literally, Worrying Themselves to Death
They’re dying of stress, which is stressing us out. But we’ve only got ourselves to blame.
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Louisiana's Bears Are Making a Comeback
The state thinks the bears are doing well enough to merit removal from protected status. Others disagree.
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Why lions in the backyard could be a good thing
Lions have traditionally been the Maasai’s greatest adversaries. But the big cats might also be the tribe's strongest hope for preserving their way of life.
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The Perks And Pitfalls of Being a Famous Tree
To be recognized as a Great Tree, in New York City, is not just a matter of having the correct heritage or coming from the right family.
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Wild beaver gives birth in England
A female from the first wild beaver colony in England for hundreds of years has given birth to at least two young.
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What Makes Work Meaningful? Ask a Zookeeper
In interviews with zookeepers, researchers found that good feelings about work ran deeper than a standard survey metric like job satisfaction could capture.
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The threatened Atlantic Puffins are nesting and it’s adorable
But warm waters don’t bode well for their chicks..
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Australia needs politically active environmental groups
From the perspective of conservation scientists, the government’s inquiry into the tax-deductible status of environmental groups is a bad idea wrapped in naïveté.
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Australian climate policy paralysis has to end, business roundtable says
Business and industry alliance sets out climate ‘principles’, including that climate policy should be ‘capable of achieving deep reductions’ in emissions.
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How a Conservative Billionaire Is Moving Heaven and Earth to Become the Biggest Alternative Energy Giant in the Country
Philip Anschutz wants to turn his 500-square-mile cattle ranch into the world’s largest wind farm. The project would generate four times more electricity than the Hoover Dam, enough to power all of the households in Los Angeles and San Francisco. It would also make Anschutz the nation’s most unlikely environmental hero—if he can ever get the thing built.
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Germany is Turning its Old Military Bases Into Nature Reserves
While downsizing the military, Germany sets aside land for wildlife
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