Study: Program To Protect Fish Is Saving Fishermen's Lives, Too

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

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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.

How Catfish and Algae Are Cleaning Up the Chicago River

http://www.citylab.com/weather/2015/12/how-catfish-and-algae-are-cleaning-up-the-chicago-river/420996

Dawn Reiss

CityLab

22 December 2015

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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.

Coral cultivation offers hope to devastated western Indian Ocean reefs

http://www.trust.org/item/20140328224703-b3pan/?source=dpagehead

Wanjohi Kabukuru

Thomson Reuters Foundation

29 March 2014

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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.

Unlikely Heroes: Goats Rescue N.Y. Bog Turtles

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=91848016

John Nielsen

NPR

24 June 2008

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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.

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.

On Columbia, ‘just add water' seems to be working

http://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/on-columbia-lsquojust-add-waterrsquo-seems-to-be-working

Lynda V. Mapes

The Seattle Times

2 August 2014

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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.

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.

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.