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United We Fish!

Lina Zeldovich

June 28, 2016 |

Hakai Magazine |

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Response Location: United States, New Hampshire

Local fisheries have been struggling to keep up with major manufacturers. Sustainable fishing practices have been countering that by creating Niche markets.

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Changing Kenya's Landscape for Wildlife and Jobseekers

Amy Yee

June 08, 2016 |

The New York Times |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Kenya

In the face of crippling unemployment, environmental degradation, and species extinction, communities in Southern Kenya joined with various stakeholders to establish REDD+ project. This project sells carbon credits on behalf of the community, distributing funds for necessary services, employing community members, and protecting the environment.

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Seeing the forest through the trees?

Matt Hildner

May 29, 2016 |

The Pueblo Chieftain |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Blanca, Colorado

A new timber mill in Costilla County could majorly improve the forest health of the greater region by thinning undergrowth to reduce risk of wildfires, curbing the spread of invasive insects, and decreasing the demand for water in the face of drought. The mill could also create jobs and further economic development for the area.

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The number one thing we can do to protect Earth's oceans

Liza Gross

May 23, 2016 |

Ensia |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United Kingdom, London, England

Despite humanity's shared need for healthy oceans and marine biodiversity to support life as we know it, there is no central regulatory body able to protect the massive, critical swaths of ocean beyond any one country's marine borders, where pollution and climate change are proving disastrous to the ecosystem. But as the effects of the changing oceans become more prevalent to those on land, a few determined groups are slowly bringing together various governing bodies to create reserves and pass key legislation to hopefully give our oceans - and our planet - a chance.

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U.S. Fish And Wildlife Cease Dell Creek Wolf Pack Kill

Melodie Edwards

May 20, 2016 |

Wyoming Public Radio |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Bondurant, Wyoming

Growing wolf populations in Wyoming are forcing the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to make hard decisions about culling the endangered species in order to preserve local wildlife and livestock.

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How the bison, once nearing extinction, lived to become America's national mammal

Elahe Izadi

April 29, 2016 |

The Richmond Register |

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Response Location: United States

Bison in the United States went from being plentiful to near-extinct. Today, their numbers are strong once more and America's national mammal can be found in every state.

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How These Dogs Protect Elephants

Amy Yee

April 27, 2016 |

National Geographic |

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Response Location: Kenya, Nairobi

Ivory poaching has decreased the number of live elephants by one-fifth in the past decade. Although Kenya has ratified laws that make ivory poaching and trafficking punishable, identifying smugglers at border security is still a challenge. Airports in Kenya and Tanzania have employed dogs to sniff out ivory hidden in transit with a high success rate of 18 busts in four months at the Kenya location.

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How Dwindling Fish Stocks Got a Reprieve

Sylvia Rowley

April 19, 2016 |

The New York Times |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, New York, New York

Giving fishermen a business incentive to fish sustainably can “unleash their creative capacity” to help solve the problem, says one expert.

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Controversial Railway Splits Kenya's Parks, Threatens Wildlife

Jacob Kushner

April 18, 2016 |

National Geographic |

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Response Location: Kenya, Tsavo

As a new railway is built in Kenya, conservationists are using satellite collars to study elephant movement and how they interact with the transport system. There are some overpasses at various points throughout the track for the elephants to cross through, but little is known about how they are passing under the railway. While building overpasses can be costly, conservationists hope the data can convince the government to ensure that any future infrastructure will include this design to allow the animals to migrate.

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Birth Control for Bambi

Benjamin Goldfarb

April 15, 2016 |

Undark |

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Response Location: United States, Hastings-on-Hudson, New York

The overpopulation of white-tailed deer is a conservation realization and an environmental disaster for the communities that harbor them. Hastings-on-Hudson, a progressive community, has opted for a humane birth control method PZP that is injected by darts into does. The method is successful for its non-lethal approach and the population growth has slowed, but as of yet has not significantly decreased.

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