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12 January 2021
Na Doi, Thailand
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By setting aside an area of the Ngao River to be off limits for fishing, several villages in Thailand have seen a revitalization of large barb and carp in their waters. Compared to non-protected stretches of the river...
24 September 2020
Dhaka, Bangladesh
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Under 800 Words
After experiencing a high rate of drownings among children due to the number of rivers and ponds in the country, a non-profit organization in Bangladesh has been offering swim lessons to children in rural areas that a...
17 September 2020
Conowingo, Maryland, United States
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1500-3000 Words
Biologists are trapping baby eels in the Susquehanna River and are physically relocating them via trucks upstream past hydroelectric dams. These dams have interrupted the natural migration route the eels have traditio...
10 September 2020
Gopalganj, Bihar, Bangladesh
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1500-3000 Words
Bangladeshi communities are reviving a traditional method of crop cultivation known as floating vegetable gardens to grow food during monsoon season. On these floating organic beds, farmers can grow vegetables like ok...
1 September 2020
Rwanda
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Under 800 Words
Alternative energy systems in Africa could help inform how to trap methane in the Arctic. Due to permafrost thawing and glaciers melting, methane, a greenhouse gas that contributes to climate change, is leaking into t...
21 August 2020
South Africa
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800-1500 Words
After realizing the difficulty that people in South Africa were facing when carrying water back to their communities, two South African engineers devised a machine "that brings all the water back in one trip by rollin...
20 August 2020
Camden, New Jersey, United States
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1500-3000 Words
Once known for being dirty, the Delaware River is being cleaned up by nonprofits and government entities to the point where they’re encouraging people to swim in it again. The Camden County Municipal Utilities Authori...
18 August 2020
Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States
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1500-3000 Words
Scientists have transformed a stream in Pennsylvania into a marshy waterway because of a restoration project that removed 22,000 tons of legacy sediment built up by colonial-era farming and logging. After removing met...
15 July 2020
Davenport, Iowa, United States
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800-1500 Words
While many communities in the Midwest use dams and levees to control the Mississippi River, some are trying new approaches to flood control as climate change threatens to increase rainfall and the severity of storms i...
19 April 2020
Francisco Murguía, Baja California Sur, Mexico
Multi-Media
Over 3000 Words
A unique partnership between environmental groups and governments in the United States and Mexico has led to the resurrection of wetlands and forests in the long-dry Colorado River Delta. Since the waters were dammed ...
9 March 2020
Noordwaard, Netherlands
Multi-Media
1500-3000 Words
The Dutch government bought out and relocated 200 households in high-risk areas as a way to create more space for rising water levels instead of building bigger levees. The program is called Room for the River, and mo...
3 February 2020
Lake George, New York, United States
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Over 3000 Words
Brining roads before a snowstorm makes clearing roads easier and reducing the amount of salt runoff into the surrounding environment. In cities like Lake George, NY, and Cambridge, MA, municipal departments of transpo...
31 January 2020
Rio Verde, Arizona, United States
Multi-Media
5-15 Minutes
Volunteers in Arizona are building plastic cube structures to create a fish habitat in some of the state’s lakes. Since many of the lakes are in the desert, the shoreline is often not very hospitable for fish. These “...
18 December 2019
El Fasher, Sudan
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1500-3000 Words
Cooperation and collective action work not only to mitigate the effects of climate change, they can also build bridges to peace. In El Fasher, Sudan, farmers and pastoralists along the Wadi El Ku River have come toget...
17 December 2019
Kolkata, West Bengal, India
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1500-3000 Words
For decades, Sumita Banerjee has mobilized her community to save the Rabindra Sarovar lake. The lake preserves floral species, generates oxygen, and offers green space for locals to enjoy, but it’s threatened by gover...
10 November 2019
Ohio, United States
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1500-3000 Words
Toxic green algae has become a prominent threat in Lake Erie, but local farmers are trying to reduce their footprint by limiting agricultural nutrient runoff from manure and fertilizer that is spread on their farm fie...
10 November 2019
Chesapeake, Ohio, United States
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Under 800 Words
The Great Lakes region is becoming overtaken by algal blooms, but reduction efforts from past projects are helping to create a guide for a way forward. The Chesapeake Bay Program – a multi-state and multi-agency effor...
3 November 2019
Fenton Lake, New Mexico, United States
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800-1500 Words
State agencies and conservation groups are working to boost the numbers of wild Rio Grande cutthroat trout, the state fish of New Mexico. The future of the fish is in question because of invasive species, wildfires, a...
18 September 2019
Meriden, Connecticut, United States
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Under 800 Words
Climate change adaptation efforts and economic development can go hand in hand, according to one Connecticut town. Meriden transformed a former mall into a large park, a natural solution that helps mitigate the town's...
18 August 2019
Bangladesh
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1500-3000 Words
As countries look to new ways to best conserve rivers, several are testing out a methodology of giving human rights to the bodies of water. Although not without challenges, this solution offers a way for those harming...
The Mercury
Madison Kuklentz
Gabriella DeMelfi
Thomas Garlick
9 August 2019
Schwenksville, Pennsylvania, United States
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800-1500 Words
Pennsylvania’s Perkiomen Watershed Conservancy has built a grassroots base of volunteers that help clean up the local environment. Through education at schools and summer workshops, outreach projects, and asking volun...
2 August 2019
West Thumb, Wyoming, United States
Multi-Media
3-5 Minutes
At Yellowstone National Park, they’re renting dogs to sniff out invasive species like zebra and quagga mussels. The dogs are part of the Working Dogs for Conservation non-profit organization and have been trained to s...
28 July 2019
San Antonio, Texas, United States
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800-1500 Words
State agencies worked with nonprofit organizations and a private landowner to create a more sustainable habitat for the endangered Rio Grande silvery minnow. They excavated 46,000 cubic yards of dirt to create water ...
Yellowstone Public Radio
Rachel Cramer
27 July 2019
West Thumb, Wyoming, United States
Multi-Media
5-15 Minutes
Yellowstone Park’s invasive fish management team has been working to save the native cutthroat salmon by fighting non-native lake trout for over a decade. To save the cutthroat salmon, which are crucial to the ecosyst...
3 June 2019
Akron, Ohio, United States
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800-1500 Words
Fifty years ago, Ohio's Cuyahoga River was filthy, so much so that an infamous fire had to help spark the conversation around water pollution and cleanliness. Now, the river is making a comeback after the introduction...
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