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Published in Conserving the Nature of the Northeast

·Aug 2, 2022

The Karner blue butterfly effect

The words “butterfly conservation” don’t typically bring to mind a military base. Yet the New Hampshire Army National Guard base in the city of Concord has become a force multiplier for the endangered Karner blue, New Hampshire’s state butterfly. Since 2000, this vintage barracks-turned-laboratory been the site of an innovative…

Butterfly

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The Karner blue butterfly effect
The Karner blue butterfly effect
Butterfly

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Published in Conserving the Nature of the Northeast

·Mar 29, 2022

Climate close-ups: Nancy Pau

This is Climate-closeups: an audio series that brings you the voices of those working against the tide of climate change through their daily work here at the Service. It’s an opportunity to take a look at the individuals behind the work and what drives them. But, as you’ll soon learn…

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Climate close-ups: Nancy Pau
Climate close-ups: Nancy Pau

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Published in Conserving the Nature of the Northeast

·Mar 10, 2022

Connecticut conserves their largest property within the Highlands Conservation Act Grant Program

By Lauren Ramos, American Conservation Experience (ACE) Fellow, Assistant Grant Specialist When you set foot on Beech Hill in Goshen, Connecticut, you sense you’re someplace special. Birdsong wafts from the deep forest. A dirt road bisects a corn field and meanders into the distance, encouraging discovery. This is the welcoming…

Highlands Conservation

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Connecticut conserves their largest property within the Highlands Conservation Act Grant Program
Connecticut conserves their largest property within the Highlands Conservation Act Grant Program
Highlands Conservation

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Published in Conserving the Nature of the Northeast

·Mar 7, 2022

Esther Lape and Elizabeth Read: Pioneers for Women’s Rights and Conservation

In honor of women’s history month, we would like to take a moment to honor two educated, professional, and influential women from the turn of the 20th century; Esther Lape and Elizabeth Read. These two women were life partners who not only made a difference for women’s rights, but also…

Womens History Month

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Esther Lape and Elizabeth Read: Pioneers for Women’s Rights and Conservation
Esther Lape and Elizabeth Read: Pioneers for Women’s Rights and Conservation
Womens History Month

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Published in Conserving the Nature of the Northeast

·Jan 17, 2022

Newly conserved Connecticut property tied to Martin Luther King, Jr.

Community supports preservation of historic Meadowood parcel, where the civil rights leader toiled as a student Land offers a connection to nature, to ourselves, and to the spirit that guides us. On the small farm known as Meadowood in Simsbury, Connecticut, a young Martin Luther King, Jr., was able to…

Wildlife Grants

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Newly conserved Connecticut property tied to Martin Luther King, Jr.
Newly conserved Connecticut property tied to Martin Luther King, Jr.
Wildlife Grants

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Published in Conserving the Nature of the Northeast

·Dec 23, 2021

A Big Year for women

For competitive birders, the Big Year is a big deal. Months of preparation and travel planning often go into the year-long competition to identify as many birds as possible in North America. The Big Year competition dates back to the 1930s after the publication of Rodger Tory Peterson birding guides…

Big Year

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A Big Year for women
A Big Year for women
Big Year

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Published in Conserving the Nature of the Northeast

·Nov 22, 2021

Leading and responding to change in the Delaware River watershed

The Delaware River Basin Restoration Program is helping to make “America the Beautiful” a reality in the four-state watershed By Wendi Weber, North Atlantic-Appalachian Regional Director for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service In early September, communities across the Delaware River Basin saw anywhere from three to 10 inches of…

Delaware River Basin

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Leading and responding to change in the Delaware River watershed
Leading and responding to change in the Delaware River watershed
Delaware River Basin

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Published in Conserving the Nature of the Northeast

·Nov 16, 2021

One mussel, two mussel, red mussel, blue mussel

Staff at a fish hatchery in West Virginia are developing a new technique to help biologists tag freshwater mussels with food coloring. At White Sulphur Springs National Fish Hatchery in West Virginia, biologists raise tens of thousands of freshwater mussels every year. The mussels that grow up in this facility…

White Sulphur Springs

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One mussel, two mussel, red mussel, blue mussel
One mussel, two mussel, red mussel, blue mussel
White Sulphur Springs

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Published in Conserving the Nature of the Northeast

·Nov 3, 2021

Walking the walk for those who fly

Making refuge buildings — and our homes — safer for birds — During summer of 2021, Christine Fox participated in the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s Directorate Fellows Program, working for our Migratory Birds Division. She reflects on her fellowship and how it led to a home-improvement project that was for the birds. “Thump!” I heard the sound from the next room…

Window Strike

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Walking the walk for those who fly
Walking the walk for those who fly
Window Strike

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Published in Conserving the Nature of the Northeast

·Oct 29, 2021

Hurricane Sandy started a tidal wave of resilience

In October 2012, 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…

Environment

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Hurricane Sandy started a tidal wave of resilience
Hurricane Sandy started a tidal wave of resilience
Environment

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