Publication Items

Wetlands Mitigation — Why Draining the Swamp Is a Local Story [1]

As the Trump administration challenges wetlands preservation policy under the Clean Water Act, an important related practice has come into question. Mitigation banking — the creation or preservation of one wetland to offset the loss of another — has become a billion-dollar industry. But as this week’s TipSheet reports, the legal and regulatory tangle aside, wetlands permitting and mitigation continues, likely near you. Tracking the local story.

SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Economy & Business [3]
Environmental Health [4]
Environmental Politics [5]
Fish & Fisheries [6]
Government [7]
Journalism & Media [8]
Laws & Regulations [9]
Military [10]
Natural Resources [11]
People & Population [12]
Planning & Growth [13]
Policy [14]
Water & Oceans [15]
Region:
National (U.S.) [16]
Visibility:
Public [17]
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Hunting for Wildlife Stories? Go to a Wildlife Refuge [18]

Long-standing tensions between hunting and conservation mean stories for environmental reporters, especially as hunting season gets underway. But as this week’s TipSheet points out, much hunting also takes place in one of the nation’s most protected habitats — its national wildlife refuges. A look at why, and where, plus a scan of the landscape of sources and resources to tell the story more richly.

SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Fish & Fisheries [6]
Forests [19]
Government [7]
Journalism & Media [8]
Laws & Regulations [9]
Natural Resources [11]
Wildlife [20]
Region:
National (U.S.) [16]
Visibility:
Public [17]
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Environment Issues Figure in Many 2018 Mid-Term Races, Ballots [21]

Climate, environment and energy issues figure prominently in the upcoming Nov. 6 elections, whether in individual races, ballot measures or significant power shifts. This week’s TipSheet provides starting points to track relevant races, and runs down 11 big environmental ballots, ranging from measures like a carbon tax in Washington state and drilling ban in Florida, to tight congressional races in California, Minnesota, New Jersey, North Dakota, South Carolina and Virginia.

SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Activism [22]
Climate Change [23]
Disasters [24]
Economy & Business [3]
Energy & Fuel [25]
Environmental Politics [5]
Government [7]
Journalism & Media [8]
Laws & Regulations [9]
Natural Resources [11]
Policy [14]
Pollution [26]
Water & Oceans [15]
Region:
National (U.S.) [16]
California [27]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [28]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [29]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [30]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [31]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [32]
Northwest (OR WA) [33]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [34]
Visibility:
Public [17]
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Reporting from Iraq — with Both Camera and Notebook [35]

In the first edition of a new SEJournal column — EJ InSight — we look at how one freelance print journalist took up the camera to diversify her skills and report a unique story from the marshes of Iraq. See a photo gallery [36] of her images. Plus, multimedia efforts from other environmental reporters [37].

SEJ Publication Types:
EJ InSight [38]
Topics on the Beat:
Agriculture [39]
Fish & Fisheries [6]
Food [40]
Journalism & Media [8]
Natural Resources [11]
People & Population [12]
Water & Oceans [15]
Region:
International [41]
Middle East [42]
Visibility:
Public [17]
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SEJ Weighs in on Khashoggi, Parks Canada; Plus, Zinke Calendar & Data Resources [43]

The Society of Environmental Journalists has joined several dozen other journalism groups calling for the investigation into the disappearance of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, and separately, urged Parks Canada to stop imposing reporting barriers for journalists. That, plus black holes in the calendar for Secretary of Interior Ryan Zinke, and new data resources for reporters. All in the latest WatchDog Tipsheet.

SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [44]
Topics on the Beat:
Activism [22]
Biodiversity [45]
Environmental Politics [5]
Government [7]
Journalism & Media [8]
Laws & Regulations [9]
Natural Resources [11]
Planning & Growth [13]
Wildlife [20]
Region:
National (U.S.) [16]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [46]
International [41]
Canada [47]
Visibility:
Public [17]
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Dam Removal May Provide Environmental News Near You [48]

Local dams are threatened with floods brought by Hurricane Florence. But already, many of these dams were being removed after decades of building them up, as part of a growing effort to limit harm to the environment and hazards to local communities. This week’s TipSheet explains the trend, highlights some examples and points the way to databases and other resources to find and report on dams in your area.

SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Energy & Fuel [25]
Fish & Fisheries [6]
Natural Resources [11]
Planning & Growth [13]
Water & Oceans [15]
Region:
National (U.S.) [16]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [28]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [30]
Northwest (OR WA) [33]
Visibility:
Public [17]
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“Pandora's Garden: Kudzu, Cockroaches, and Other Misfits of Ecology” [49]

Weird and unwanted critters are the subject of a new collection of literary essays that mine the author’s experience to help tell a well-researched, entertaining story of invasive species and the pitfalls of ecological tampering. Read our BookShelf review of “Pandora's Garden: Kudzu, Cockroaches, and Other Misfits of Ecology.”

SEJ Publication Types:
BookShelf [50]
Topics on the Beat:
Biodiversity [45]
Environmental Health [4]
Natural Resources [11]
Science [51]
Wildlife [20]
Region:
National (U.S.) [16]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [34]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [46]
Visibility:
Public [17]
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Veteran Photo Editor on Making Visual Storytelling a ‘Lead Actor’ [52]

Visual storytelling can serve as a primary narrative tool, especially when it comes to human impacts on the environment. That’s the case made by acclaimed former National Geographic photo editor Dennis Dimick in this feature interview, that delves into his unexpected journalistic career.

SEJ Publication Types:
Inside Story [53]
Topics on the Beat:
Agriculture [39]
Climate Change [23]
Energy & Fuel [25]
Environmental Health [4]
Environmental Studies [54]
Fish & Fisheries [6]
Food [40]
Forests [19]
Health [55]
Journalism & Media [8]
Natural Resources [11]
People & Population [12]
Planning & Growth [13]
Pollution [26]
Science [51]
Water & Oceans [15]
Wildlife [20]
Region:
National (U.S.) [16]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [31]
Northwest (OR WA) [33]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [46]
Visibility:
Public [17]
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The ‘Dock Deck Doc’ – Multimedia Storytelling in the Web-Wide World [56]

An independent journalist finds a key to survival by building a mini-empire of multiplatform content based on his deep research and extensive interviewing. In our latest Freelance Files column, Silver Donald Cameron shares his so-called “Dock Deck Doc” approach and the collaborative, multimedia techniques that support it.

SEJ Publication Types:
Freelance Files [57]
Topics on the Beat:
Economy & Business [3]
Environmental Health [4]
Fish & Fisheries [6]
Forests [19]
Journalism & Media [8]
Natural Resources [11]
Planning & Growth [13]
Water & Oceans [15]
Region:
National (U.S.) [16]
International [41]
Canada [47]
Visibility:
Public [17]
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Will Climate Change Sink Your Favorite Park? [58]

The Trump administration unsuccessfully tried to hold back a flood of information on how sea level rise may inundate the nation’s park system. But now a new report yields wave after wave of stories, depending on your coverage area. TipSheet explains how to make smart use of the just-released document.

SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [23]
Consumer [59]
Environmental Politics [5]
Environmental Studies [54]
Forests [19]
Government [7]
Journalism & Media [8]
Natural Resources [11]
Planning & Growth [13]
Water & Oceans [15]
Wildlife [20]
Region:
National (U.S.) [16]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [28]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [30]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [32]
Northwest (OR WA) [33]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [34]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [46]
Visibility:
Public [17]
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