Temperatures rising in major U.S. streams and rivers

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Constructing wetlands to sanitize rivers and produce green energy

A new study from researchers in the Netherlands demonstrates that wetlands can be constructed in strategic locations to clean up rivers while producing enough biomass to serve as a clean energy source...

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Coalition calls for people to 'speak up for National Forests'

The U.S. Forest Service has announced a series of events to allow public discussion on the development of a new Planning Rule. This is actually a big deal, because it will set the future management direction of the 193-million National Forest System in the United States...

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Conservationists underselling the societal benefits of restoration

Conservationists are underselling the societal benefits from ecological restoration, according to a group of researchers. The problem, they argue, is that practitioners and scientists are failing to make the connection between ecological restoration and the numerous valuable services to society that ecosystems provide...

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When do you call a species "rare"?

Wildlife biologists in Virginia have devised a new method for designating species as common or rare based on quantitative analysis of geographic distribution, abundance, and habitat specificity. The approach is designed to provide a rigorous framework that managers and conservationists can use to define priorities and strategies for protecting imperiled species...

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The impact of grazing intensity on birds in pastures

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New conservation books: March 2010

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!

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Predicting the performance of plant restoration

To help address some of the uncertainty with ecological restoration, researchers have developed a model for predicting restoration performance based on genetic and geographic distance between a plant source location and the project site...

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When an invasive species is good for conservation...

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"Can web crawlers revolutionize ecological monitoring?" researchers ask

A visionary approach to ecological monitoring would use automated web crawlers to look at the flow of information across the Internet and detect early warning signals of impending environmental problems before they become catastrophic...

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