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Sewer and stormwater stimulus?
Construction obligations, possible revenue loss expected to impact customers Pieces of Doan Valley Tunnel’s concrete lining are placed on the segment car to be transported to the advancing tunnel boring machine. In a letter to federal congressional leaders, the Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District requested the inclusion of sewer and stormwater infrastructure in the next round of COVID stimulus funding.
Giving bunnies a boost: Students further cottontail conservation
Students at Bristol County Agricultural High School are used to an out-of-the-ordinary educational experience. After all, “Bristol Aggie” offers programs in floriculture, animal science, and agricultural mechanics. The latest addition to its natural resource management curriculum, however, is rare indeed. Bristol Aggie is the newest member of a partnership led by the Eastern Massachusetts National Wildlife Refuge Complex to save the New England cottontail, the only rabbit native to the region.
A brighter future for West Virginia’s rare flying squirrel
A tagged West Virginia northern flying squirrel. The species was listed as endangered in 1985, but recovery efforts have been so successful that it was delisted in 2013. (Photo: Corinne Diggins/Virginia Tech) Is the West Virginia northern flying squirrel poised to be America’s latest great species recovery story? A new report assessing the status of the squirrel in its first five years since coming off of the endangered species list indicates it is doing well and its habitat is expanding.
7 ways Hurricane Sandy started a tidal wave of resilience
It’s been 7 years since Hurricane Sandy ransacked the East Coast. And, while bigger storms — with even more devastating impacts — have certainly come along, Sandy was unique because it helped start a movement toward resilience and nature-based solutions. What does this mean? In the wake of Hurricane Sandy, the U.S. Department of the Interior did something unusual — it provided more than $300 million in funding for resilience projects.
Trust Our Land: The human benefit of protecting nature goes beyond scenery (column)
We don't have to tell Eagle Valley residents and visitors about the pure pleasure and enjoyment of our lands — one step outside as the golden aspens become blanketed in snow and our valley prepares for another winter fills us with an overwhelming sense of peace, calm and gratitude, which tells us more than words can describe. But what other ways does our land benefit us, beyond what we experience when we walk outside and enjoy it?
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Northeast Region
Protecting coastal resources – for the people and wildlife that depend on them – has to be a priority when you’re a state with 400 miles of coastline and one of the highest ratios of coastline-to-land in the country. In Rhode Island, one such effort involves restoring coastal marshes. “Having a marsh is good because it can slow down waves that would be heading toward homes,” says Jen White, a USFWS biologist in Rhode Island.
Can we solve global water scarcity?
Cross-posted from Cool Green Science, a Nature Conservancy blog. You’re probably doing your part to conserve water, especially if you live in a drought-stricken area. But water is in short supply across the globe because of people’s increasing demands for it — a huge problem for cities, agriculture, and industry that will only get worse with climate change. Getting an accurate handle on what’s causing the problem has been missing — until now.
We can feed 10 billion of us, study finds — but it won’t be easy
Cross-posted from Cool Green Science. Recent global population growth estimates (10 billion by 2100, anyone?) plus slowing annual increases in agricultural yields have a lot of analysts worried that many of those new people will suffer from chronic hunger — and that much of the land that hasn’t been converted to agriculture will be plowed under to grow crops.
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