bioGraphic
7 February 2019
Multi-Media / Over 3000 Words
Boulder, Colorado, United States
Fish conservation, in the rural streams of the Western United States, requires a remarkable amount of ongoing human intervention. Take the greenback cutthroat trout, Colorado's state fish. The greenback is bred in labs as part of a delicate effort to restore it to its native habitat. But in the wake of a 30 year conservation misstep, due to mistaken identity, scientists are undecided on the best path forward.
http://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2016/02/16/466612148/study-program-to-protect-fish-is-saving-fishermens-lives-too
Claire Leschin-Hoar
NPR
16 February 2016
Text / 800-1500 Words
Catch share programs—where fishermen are allotted a set quota of the catch—reduce the notoriously risky behavior fishermen are known for, like sailing in stormy weather, a new study finds.
http://www.citylab.com/weather/2015/12/how-catfish-and-algae-are-cleaning-up-the-chicago-river/420996
Dawn Reiss
CityLab
22 December 2015
Text / 800-1500 Words
By releasing fish into the Chicago River, the city of Chicago aims to help clean up its ecosystem, as the fish hopefully will eat the river's excess algae.
http://www.citylab.com/weather/2015/12/new-yorks-big-climate-plan-really-does-include-oysters/419847
Alec Appelbaum
CityLab
15 December 2015
Text / 800-1500 Words
Tottenville, on Staten Island, will get oyster-friendly breakwaters and a dune system as part of post-Sandy rebuilding efforts. The oysters will help revive the ecosystem and sustain the long-term fishing economy.
http://www.trust.org/item/20140328224703-b3pan/?source=dpagehead
Wanjohi Kabukuru
Thomson Reuters Foundation
29 March 2014
Text / 1500-3000 Words
Warming water has led to the collapse of coral reef systems in the western Indian Ocean, essential to fisheries, protecting shorelines, and reducing beach erosion and sea-level rise. Marine scientists from Nature Seychelles, as part of an international project to protect and restore the reefs, are promoting varieties of coral that they have found to be resistant to the rise in temperature.
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=91848016
John Nielsen
NPR
24 June 2008
Radio / 5-15 Minutes
Invasive weeds are ruining the habitat of New York's wild bog turtles. In Hudson River Valley, domestic goats and cows are being used to save bog turtles by grazing on this foreign weed. So far, the plan seems to be working as the turtles have shown signs of not just returning but also laying eggs in the area.
http://wyomingpublicmedia.org/post/us-fish-and-wildlife-cease-dell-creek-wolf-pack-kill
Melodie Edwards
Wyoming Public Radio
20 May 2016
Text / 800-1500 Words
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.
http://biographic.com/posts/sto/the-birds-and-the-bombs
Benjamin Goldfarb
bioGraphic
28 June 2016
Text / Under 800 Words
The fate of the Southeast's longleaf pine forests, and the endangered woodpeckers that depend on them, is in jeopardy. Fort Bragg, a station of the US military, is trying to save their local environment.
http://ensia.com/features/welcome-to-the-wild-world-of-rhino-conservation
Adam Welz
Ensia
18 March 2015
Text / 1500-3000 Words
There are only five northern white rhinos left in existence - all in captivity and unable to breed. Researchers work to identify the most valuable solution to rhino poaching in order to prevent the animal from going extinct.
http://www.earthisland.org/journal/index.php/magazine/entry/home_on_the_range
Benjamin Goldfarb
Earth Island
1 April 2014
Text / Over 3000 Words
A robust population of grizzly bears can be an indicator of healthy land; however, the bears also can destroy grain bins, consume vegetation, and kill livestock. Ranchers work with the Canadian government and local conservation groups to protect their resources with bear-proof grain bins and electric fences.
http://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/on-columbia-lsquojust-add-waterrsquo-seems-to-be-working
Lynda V. Mapes
The Seattle Times
2 August 2014
Text / 800-1500 Words
New water management technology implemented along the Columbia has significantly helped the fish population - specifically salmon - return to healthy numbers and has restored much of the community and industry that revolves around the river, including for native peoples.
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