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As Water-Sharing Negotiations Heat Up, Wildlife Habitats Along the Shrinking Colorado River Are at Risk

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By Maddie Burakoff Verified
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Until the 20th century, the Colorado River moved freely through the West, from forested Rocky Mountain headwaters through canyons, deserts, and lush wetlands and then out to sea. But by 1922, as cities and farms expanded, the seven states in the river basin divvied up its flow, and a growing number of dams and irrigation projects tamed its majesty. Today more than 40 million people rely on its water. These demands are now too great for what the Colorado River can supply.
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Where Do Vaux’s Swifts Spend the Night? A Community Science Effort Is Mapping Their Roost Sites

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By Maddie Burakoff Verified
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A blocky building on the University of Oregon campus. A brickyard in California’s Bay Area piled with neat stacks. A former sugar plantation outside Mexico City with the air of a crumbling castle. During migration season, these sites, and many more, serve as temporary homes for the Vaux’s Swift, an acrobatic flier with a tube-shaped body. The birds pile into communal roosts to spend the night in chimneys, smokestacks, and hollow trees along the Pacific Flyway.
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Meet the Musical Artists Who Are Paying Royalties to Nature

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By Maddie Burakoff Verified
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In the music world, nature is an undeniable star: Its range is impressive, and as a featured artist, its output is prolific. Countless musicians are inspired by other species’ vocal stylings. Some weave those sounds directly into their songs. Laws and norms give anyone license to use this material freely. The blackbird singing in “Blackbird” wasn’t asking the Beatles for an album credit, after all, and copyright rules don’t cover a whale’s melody.
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