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Migrating birds find refuge in pop-up habitats

Natalia Mesa

October 11, 2024 |

High Country News |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, California

A network of conservation organizations prompts the creation of tens of thousands of acres of “pop-up” wetland habitat for migrating birds each year with a program called BirdReturns. It pays rice farmers in California’s Central Valley to flood their fields earlier in the fall and keep them flooded longer in the spring so the birds have a place to rest and feed.

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Inside New Zealand's Quest to Save Its Rotund, Flightless Parrots

Rina Diane Caballar

December 26, 2023 |

Smithsonian |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: New Zealand

The New Zealand’s Department of Conservation and the Ngāi Tahu, the Māori tribe whose people are the traditional guardians of the critically endangered kākāpō bird, are slowly relocating the birds to predator-free sanctuary to give them a chance to thrive.

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Bird-friendly maple syrup boosts Vermont forest diversity & resilience

Nina Foster

December 18, 2023 |

Mongabay |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Vermont

Several organizations in Vermont banded together to create the Bird-Friendly Maple Project. The program encourages maple syrup makers to safeguard their forest habitats for birds using agroecology practices like keeping a diverse variety of native trees. Operations that meet the requirements receive an official label for their products.

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The slow recovery of millennial-old salt marshes in Spain

Helena Rodríguez

October 19, 2023 |

Ereb |

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Over 3000 Words

Response Location: Spain, Bay of Cádiz

In Spain's Bay of Cádiz, locals have spent years collaborating with universities, scientists, and government entities to restore their bay's traditional salt marshes. The results? A revived economic sector, a community adapted to rising sea levels, and protected migratory birds.

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One of Europe's Most Endangered Birds Is Bouncing Back

Anne Pinto-Rodrigues

September 14, 2023 |

Smithsonian |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: Portugal, São Miguel Island

For two decades, the Portuguese Society for the Study of Birds has restored native trees on São Miguel Island to increase the food and nesting habitat available for the Azores bullfinch. As a result, the population of the bird increased enough to be downlisted from critically endangered to vulnerable.

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Project Puffin: A 50-year triumph that brought puffins back to Maine

Steve Minich

July 24, 2023 |

WMTW-TV |

Broadcast TV News |

3-5 Minutes

Response Location: United States, Saint George, Maine

Project Puffin started 50 years ago as a way to replenish and sustain the Atlantic Puffin population. The techniques pioneered years ago are now being used around the world as the standard practice for aiding seabird populations. With the help of Project Puffin, the area seabird population is now thriving after almost being completely wiped out across the state.

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For two brothers, saving Delhi's kites brings fame but not enough financial support

Geetanjali Krishna

June 15, 2023 |

Earth Island |

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Response Location: India, Delhi

A Delhi-based rescue and rehabilitation center for birds of prey, called Wildlife Rescue, is run by two brothers who believe every living thing has the right to be treated when injured — including the black kites many locals see as bad luck. The center treats more than 3,300 birds every year.

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Learning to live with — and love — bears and eagles in Colombia's cloud forest

James Hall

June 08, 2023 |

Mongabay |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Colombia

A group of conservationists created Techo de Agua to engage communities in Colombia with conservation efforts for endangered species like the black-and-chestnut speckled eagles and spectacled bears. The nonprofit educates locals about the importance of these animals and reduces human-wildlife conflict with individualized solutions.

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How Mass Bird Death In Philadelphia Catalyzed A Local Lights-out Program

Bridget Reed Morawski

March 16, 2023 |

Next City |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

A light pollution mitigation pledge in Philadephia called Lights Out Philly asks building managers to agree to turn off their lights late at night during bird migration periods to decrease bird collisions with windows.

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Just add water and stir — Owens Lake shows Utahns that even when salty lakes hit their lowest point, they can recover

Leia Larsen

October 12, 2022 |

The Salt Lake Tribune |

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Response Location: United States, Lone Pine, California

To adjust from L.A. regularly draining Owens Lake for its water supply, locals have found that they can recover the dry lake by simply re-adding water to it, which prevents it from creating toxic dust storms. When water is added to the lake, the environment wakes up and becomes home to several plants and animals, specifically millions of birds, which depend on habitats like Owens Lake when traveling around the world.

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