Nachusa brings large-scale prairie, bison back to Illinois
Associated Press
June 30, 2021
“It’s a success story of how to preserve and restore native habitats.”
The Nature Conservancy
Volunteers needed at Cascade River State Park this Saturday; The Nature Conservancy’s Highway 61 reforested program to restore first site
Staff and News Reports
May 29, 2019
Volunteers are needed this Saturday, June 1, to help plant trees and protect seedlings from deer browsing on 55 acres at the entrance to Cascade River State Park, along the North Shore of Lake Superior.
Study: Effort to protect Mississippi River headwaters shows benefits
Associated Press
April 2, 2019
ST. PAUL, Minn. — The economic benefits of preserving and restoring land in the upper Mississippi River’s headwaters region nearly outweigh the costs, according to a new study. Protecting the roughly 200,000 acres would
Fisheries biologists look for answers, grass carp in Sandusky, Maumee rivers
Ohio DNR Reports
June 19, 2018
Part of continuing efforts to remove invasive grass carp, assess grass carp capture techniques and increase information on grass carp populations in the two rivers.
Central Florida community works to bring back butterflies
Associated Press
May 14, 2018
ORLANDO, Fla. — Efforts are underway in Central Florida to restore the habitats of the monarch butterfly, crucial to helping plants grow, including many foods people eat. The iconic orange and black insect is one
Timber harvest project to benefit ‘brook trout heaven’
Associated Press
March 21, 2018
MADISON, Wis. — An environmental organization and the U.S. Forest Service are working together to harvest timber in northern Wisconsin. The 2014 Farm Bill has allowed the two groups to enter into a stewardship agreement,
Program seeks to measure success of Great Lakes protections
Associated Press
February 6, 2018
ANN ARBOR, Mich. — A program intended to monitor the effectiveness of Great Lakes protection efforts has established goals and ways to measure progress toward achieving them. The Blue Accounting Initiative grew out of a
Nuisance walleyes? In Colorado, species’ threat to protected pikeminnow draws concern
Associated Press
November 7, 2017
Hungry non-native species proving to be a setback to expectations that the pikeminnow could be removed from the endangered species list.
In Montana, effort would benefit grassland birds, greater sage grouse
USFWS Reports
October 6, 2017
A new, voluntary wildlife conservation opportunity designed with Montana ranchers in mind is now open for public comment, and the benefits to five species of birds in need could be significant, according to a news
