Fish, Freshwater Fish entrainment from water diversions is a huge problem in many parts of the country. We recently interviewed John Zelazny, Executive Director of the Trout Conservancy, about the scope of the trout entrainment problem in the western U.S. and possible solutions...
Every month we profile the latest interesting books that have been published in conservation and related fields. Our goal is to keep you updated about the newest titles. Happy reading!
Preservation Organizations working to protect land have largely similar missions – to conserve natural resources, broadly defined, and provide public benefits. However when numerous organizations are working across the same geographic area on their own land protection projects, the question arises whether their cumulative efforts are achieving a successful outcome for conservation...
Freshwater, Policy Land use zoning is the most commonly used policy tool in the United States for controlling the number of houses in a rural area. The tool is frequently used to minimize the impact of development on ecosystem health. However, according to a new study looking at lakes in Wisconsin, zoning regulations may sometimes protect ecosystems, but in other situations it may have much less of an effect...
Fire, Plants, Restoration For the land manager, fire represents a potentially valuable tool in controlling invasive species and restoring native ecosystems. But one of the challenges of utilizing fire in restoration is predicting how plants will ultimately respond to the treatment and planning accordingly...
Freshwater, Invertebrates, Restoration A new study looks at 26 restored river sites across Europe and finds little evidence that these projects have impacted the benthic invertebrate community - i.e. the worms, crustaceans, and other organisms that dwell on the bottom of freshwater systems...
Agriculture, Birds, Mammals Conservationists often place the greatest value on protecting large contiguous habitat areas. However, as two new studies in the journal Biological Conservation show, single, isolated trees on agricultural lands can a give big boost to wildlife species...
