Environmentalists Have a Wish List for the Lame Duck Session President Biden will have an impressive conservation legacy. He could go even further if he did these things. By Lindsey Botts November 20, 2024 In this story: saving wild places, wildlife, public lands, congress
A Desert Meditation on the Future of Solar Can we have our clean energy installations and our desert too? By Jonathan Thompson November 12, 2024 In this story: saving wild places
The Death of Grizzly 399 Could Have Been Prevented The car accident that killed the world’s most famous grizzly bear might have been avoided with a simple solution By Lindsey Botts October 25, 2024 In this story: grizzlies, endangered species, saving wild places
The Complicated Ecology of Cemeteries Burial grounds can be both havens for wildlife and sources of pollution By Ian Rose October 24, 2024 In this story: Halloween, wildlife, ecosystems, saving wild places
Biden–Harris Administration Creates a New National Marine Sanctuary off the California Coast The Chumash Heritage National Marine Sanctuary honors tribal input and advances ocean conservation By Lindsey Botts October 16, 2024 In this story: indigenous communities, marine ecosystems, wildlife, saving wild places, public lands
Volunteer Trout Wranglers Save Central California’s Steelhead Saving an iconic species is as easy as moving them from one place to another By Katherine Irving October 8, 2024 In this story: fish, endangered species, wildlife, saving wild places
Could a Little Bit of Mussel Fix Our Polluted Streams? Researchers enlist native species to help restore degraded streambeds in Northern Virginia By Sofia Quaglia October 2, 2024 In this story: marine ecosystems, saving wild places, nature, animals, endangered species
A Planned Black Bear Hunt Could Destroy Nearly 40 Years of Conservation Conservation groups and Louisiana leaders are at odds as the state wildlife agency seeks to revive black bear hunting By Marlena Williams October 1, 2024 In this story: bears, endangered species, wildlife, saving wild places, animal rights
The World's Most Famous Polar Bears Are Struggling to Adapt to Climate Change Researchers say Churchill's polar bears are headed toward extinction if warming continues By Robert Annis September 4, 2024 In this story: polar bears, arctic, climate change, climate adaptation, saving wild places
In Praise of the Wilderness Act On its 60th birthday, this landmark American conservation law is more valuable than ever By Jason Mark August 30, 2024 In this story: public lands, national forests, national parks, wildlife, saving wild places