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NPR article and photos salmon bring back nitrogen and other nutrients from the sea Forests on East Coast Forest Service on Species in Forests
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Nourishing Waters, Comforting SkyThirty-Five Years at a Sandhills Oasisby Stephen R Jones The Beak of the Finch by Jonathan Weiner https://www.amazon.com/Beak-Finch-Story-Evolution-Time/dp/067973337X The Abstract Wild by Jack Turner https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/285741.The_Abstract_Wild The Blue Machine by Helen Czerski https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg25834410-300-blue-machine-review-earths-ocean-as-a-giant-engine/ https://www.amazon.com/Blue-Machine/dp/1911709100 Turning to StoneDiscovering the Subtle Wisdom...
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science news article on protecting wildlife habitat and limiting roads in order to limit pandemics- save wildlife, wild places, and prevent disease So preventing roads into wild places will save wildlife and us! And planting food sources for stressed wildlife...
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Mary Warwick, Head of Houston Humane Society's Wildlife Center, and volunteers, gathered, heated up, and fed bats suffering from hypothermia during freezing temperatures. They had fallen from under the bridge. These free tail bats eat tons of mosquitos. Link...
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link Marchs, boycotts, protests outside embassies, fiction, recordings of whalesongs along with general distrust of lying institutions and politicians during the Vietnam War- all led to the Endangered Species Act, the Marine Mammal Protection Act, the Pelley amendment. Friends and...
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Wolves: Good News- On 2-10-22, most wolves in the US were put back under the federal protection of the Endangered Species Act! This reverses the earlier delisting on the west coast and in the Midwest. Bad News- However, the...
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Octopus movie NOVA octopus movie
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A baby barn swallow fell out of the nest onto the below bike path. First someone put stones and branches around it so it would not be run over. Then others moved it off the bike path and into the...
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"We must curb the high risk trade and consumption of wildlife, halt deforestation and land conversion, as well as manage food production sustainably." https://www.commondreams.org/news/2020/06/17/top-global-experts-say-humanity-must-heal-our-broken-relationship-nature-prevent "If we do not do things differently, we are finished," she said. "We can't go...
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https://www.ecowatch.com/trump-rollback-allows-hunters-to-kill-bears-and-wolves-in-their-dens-2646114404.html?rebelltitem=1#rebelltitem1 This is part of Trump allowing Big Oil and Mining into public lands by exempting them from regulations and laws that protect wildlife, human health, clean water, and clean air.
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One half of baby sea turtles die from eating plastics. http://seavoicenews.com/2018/10/15/study-finds-half-of-baby-sea-turtles-die-from-consuming-plastic/?fbclid=IwAR0QHXmca-gDjku6pXjjzkT1SG0_c-RITy3en4OPzoPJZrVu8jXiHmgHgrg
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Netherlands butterflies down 84%; Geman flying insects down 75%. Cause = industrial agriculture leaves no room for nature. https://www.commondreams.org/news/2019/04/02/industrial-farming-exploded-over-past-century-netherlands-butterfly-population
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This is due to habitat loss and hunting for food. This report from back in October is reinforced by the new reports that over 1 million species are at risk. Our ability to eat and survive is threatened. https:///www.ecowatch.com/earths-wildlife-wiped-out-since-1970-2616534688.html?fbclid=IwAR0N5EiSd0bRAXOkUb9a5LaeU95EZ-L7rKDD1Z3wk-b35GVshooRtHxM4vw
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Over 57 Whales have been killed by plastics and/or pollution near the Phillipines. NPR
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On 6-6-18, George Wuerthner, presented his talk "Wilderness Under Siege", about the current threats to wild places and the history of attempts to protect wilderness areas. He mentioned that we value wild places many reasons: for beauty, reverence, wonder, clean...
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A sea turtle island nesting site in Australia now has 99% of its young green turtles turning female. The sex is determined by the heat of the nesting beach, so hotter seas, air, and sand lead to dramatic changes in...
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1-You can go to this website link and find out events near you. 2-Also, join the campaign against single use plastic this week. You can carry reusable utensils and some sturdy plastic bags. You can ask restaurants to not offer...
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http://www.pbs.org/video/american-experience-rachel-carson