After the Wars, Common Ground in Oregon's Forests

https://www.invw.org/2015/04/27/after-the-wars-common-ground-in-oregons-forests

Ben DeJarnette

Investigate West

27 April 2015

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Summer in the Northwest presents a great risk of wildfires. A pile burning operation, just one facet of the strategy that Oregon has enacted to conserve its forests, clears undergrowth to lessen the risk of mega-fire. The work stimulates the local economy and provides employment, but it's also a very small part of what needs to be done.

Searching for the best dog to save livestock — and wildlife

http://ensia.com/features/searching-for-the-best-dog-to-save-livestock-and-wildlife

Benjamin Goldfarb

Ensia

23 April 2015

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Throughout the American West, recovering populations of wolves and grizzly bears have crept beyond the boundaries of national parks, clashing with sheep and cattle as they advance. Looking to Europe as an example, researchers are training and testing guard dogs in various western states as a means of deterring predators and protecting valuable livestock.

In the Pastures of Colombia, Cows, Crops, and Timber Coexist

http://e360.yale.edu/feature/in_the_pastures_of_colombia_cows_crops_and_timber_coexist/2746

Lisa Palmer

Yale Environment 360

13 March 2014

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Colombia’s National Development Plan for cattle ranching seeks to reduce pasture land from 94 million acres to 70 million acres while increasing cattle numbers from 23 million head to 40 million. The program focuses on planting trees on grazing land and the "cut and carry method," whereby farmers grow fields of shrubs and distribute the fresh cuttings to cows in pastures. The result is greater cattle productivity and a more eco-friendly farming system.

Can Bats Reduce Nut Farmers' Pesticide Use?

http://ensia.com/features/can-bats-reduce-nut-farmers-pesticide-use

Susan Moran

Ensia

21 September 2015

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In California some farms lose up to 10 percent of their crop due to coddling moths. Davis University is measuring the impact bats have on various walnut farms, such as potential savings from reduced insecticide use and crop loss to insects.

Bedbug Complaints Decline In NYC: How The Big Apple Is Beating Bloodsuckers Back

http://www.ibtimes.com/bedbug-complaints-decline-nyc-how-big-apple-beating-bloodsuckers-back-1312971

Roxanne Palmer

International Business Times

18 June 2013

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Since 2011 the city has put several measures in place designed to deal with the bedbug problem, and the latest data from city officials shows a dip in bedbug complaints for the first time in years.

To everyone's surprise, forests are returning to Malawi. Here's why.

http://www.ensia.com/photos/to-everyones-surprise-forests-are-returning-to-malawi-heres-why

Didem Tali

Ensia

26 May 2015

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The people of Malawi count on wood for cooking, cleaning, and sanitation, which contributes to the country’s ranking as fifth highest in the world for deforestation. Once thought unsolvable, the people of the country are planting trees, benefiting from water filters, and using efficient cookstoves.

How to Beat Dengue and Zika: Add a Microbe to Mosquitoes

http://theatlantic.com/science/archive/2016/08/how-to-beat-dengue-and-zika-add-a-microbe-to-mosquitoes/494036

Ed Yong

The Atlantic

8 August 2016

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The dengue virus is spread by mosquito and infects 400 million people every year with no vaccine or successful treatment. Scientists have started to inject mosquitoes with a bacteria they have found to stop the virus to prevent and control the spread of dengue. Trials have shown success in Australia, so the project is in the process of scaling to other countries that have dengue more widespread, and new experiments will begin on whether it can effectively stop the spread of the Zika virus.

'No one leaves anymore'. How Ethiopia's restored drylands offer hope

http://www.theguardian.com/global-development-professionals-network/2016/aug/03/ethiopia-restored-drylands-migration-eroded-deforested

Cathy Watson

The Guardian

3 August 2016

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Environmental refugees in Ethiopia flee their country because there are no jobs without healthy land. A group of former refugees have returned to Ethiopia with a business venture in Gergera to improve the land by regreening efforts, foresting, and building water conservation systems. The new businesses demonstrated such positive effects that the region is now on the brink of resettlement due to improved environmental conditions.

Birth Control for Bambi

http://undark.org/article/birth-control-for-bambi

Benjamin Goldfarb

Undark

15 April 2016

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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.

As wolves rebound, range riders keep watch over livestock

http://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/environment/as-wolves-rebound-range-riders-keep-watch-over-livestock

Sandi Doughton

The Seattle Times

2 August 2015

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Wolves in western America were once hunted to near-extinction but have now been reintroduced into certain territories with notable success. More wolves often means more attacks on ranchers' livestock, however, so cowboys are working to track wolf packs by computer to reduce conflicts.