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The Return of the Most Important Fish in the Sea

A new approach to management of Atlantic menhaden will help marine species like whales, dolphins and more, thrive.

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John E. Williams Preserve in North Dakota supports one of the largest breeding concentrations of this bird in the world.

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Students Take on a Piping Plover Mystery

Student researchers from University of St. Thomas look for answers to help understand why piping plover nesting sites have declined at John E. Williams Preserve in North Dakota.

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Pebble Mine Review Outcome

Aug 05, 2020

Bristol Bay Watershed Aerial views of the Bristol Bay watershed in southwest Alaska, near the location of the proposed Pebble Mine. © Bridget Besaw
(ALL INTERNAL RIGHTS & LIMITED EXTERNAL RIGHTS) October 2015. Mills Lake in Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado. The park service and vistor's celebrate 100 years of parks in August 2016. Photo credit: © Nick Hall

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Great American Outdoors Act

Jul 22, 2020

Rocky Mountain National Park (ALL INTERNAL RIGHTS & LIMITED EXTERNAL RIGHTS) October 2015. Mills Lake in Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado. The park service and vistor's celebrate 100 years of parks in August 2016. Photo credit: © Nick Hall © Nick Hall
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A Conversation About Race and the Environmental Movement

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MRCC170315_D542 A pathway through a grassy area overlooking a body of water and the Chicago skyline at the Rainbow Beach Park Natural Area. © Emanuel Love
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Siting Wind Right for Wildlife

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FLINT HILLS Grasslands of the Flint Hills in Kansas. © Jim Richardson
Dudley Edmondson is an author, public speaker, filmmaker and photographer specializing in nature and the outdoors.

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This Land is Your Land?

by Dudley Edmondson  |  Jul 22, 2020

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The population of this small bird goes up and down depending upon availability of its favorite snack--the budworm.
Tennessee Warbler The population of this small bird goes up and down depending upon availability of its favorite snack--the budworm. © TNC

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