Natural Resources

Consumer [4]

Environmental Studies [6]

Forests [7]

Wildlife [13]

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Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [17]

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Public [21]

Read more about Will Climate Change Sink Your Favorite Park? [1]

For Coming Drought Season, Flood of Info [22]

Drought is an urgent environmental story, both as it emerges in its seasonal form and as part of larger related issues of allocation and climate change. As the drought season gets underway, this week’s TipSheet offers story angles and more than a dozen key resources for your coverage.

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TipSheet [2]

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Agriculture [23]

Disasters [24]

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California [27]

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Public [21]

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Covering 'America’s Best Idea' — National Park Stories Near You [28]

The system of national parks in the United States contains hundreds of units, and many more stories near you ... if you just know where to start. This week’s TipSheet offers six key issues likely to come up at nearby parks, plus three dozen resources to help track down your local angle.

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TipSheet [2]

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Activism [29]

Consumer [4]

Forests [7]

People & Population [31]

Wildlife [13]

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Public [21]

Read more about Covering 'America’s Best Idea' — National Park Stories Near You [28]

Often Misunderstood Estuaries Underpin Environment’s Health [32]

The estuaries that proliferate across the United States can be hard to define — and protect. But their role in a healthy environment makes them a crucial focus of good reporting. The latest Issue Backgrounder explores their importance, the many challenges they face, and how to track the agencies and programs meant to protect them.

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Backgrounders [33]

Topics on the Beat:

Agriculture [23]

Biodiversity [34]

People & Population [31]

Policy [36]

Pollution [37]

Wildlife [13]

Region:

Alaska and Hawaii [38]

California [27]

Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [16]

Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [17]

Northwest (OR WA) [18]

Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [20]

International [39]

Mexico [40]

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Public [21]

Read more about Often Misunderstood Estuaries Underpin Environment’s Health [32]

Tracking Troubled Waters with ‘Endangered Rivers’ List [41]

A running list of endangered rivers becomes an annual starting point for strong local coverage of critical water issues. This week’s TipSheet spotlights the latest additions to an inventory of trouble spots around the United States, plus key angles and issues for coverage, and a selection of top resources.

SEJ Publication Types:

TipSheet [2]

Topics on the Beat:

Activism [29]

Agriculture [23]

Chemicals [42]

Consumer [4]

Energy & Fuel [43]

Pollution [37]

Wildlife [13]

Region:

Alaska and Hawaii [38]

Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [44]

Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [45]

Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [20]

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Public [21]

Read more about Tracking Troubled Waters with ‘Endangered Rivers’ List [41]

Great Lakes Offer Great Stories to Reporters in the Know [46]

The Great Lakes are not only the largest fresh water system in the world, supplying drinking water to tens of millions. They also face a range of environmental woes that make them ready fodder for reporters. This week’s TipSheet runs down some ongoing developments, plus key resources to cover them.

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TipSheet [2]

Topics on the Beat:

Agriculture [23]

Biodiversity [34]

Chemicals [42]

Consumer [4]

Energy & Fuel [43]

Health [47]

People & Population [31]

Pollution [37]

Region:

International [39]

Canada [48]

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Public [21]

Read more about Great Lakes Offer Great Stories to Reporters in the Know [46]

Hotting Up: How Climate Change Could Swallow Louisiana's Tabasco Island [49]

"Avery Island, a dome of salt fringed by marshes where Tabasco sauce has been made for the past 150 years, has been an outpost of stubborn consistency near the Louisiana coast. But the state is losing land to the seas at such a gallop that even its seemingly impregnable landmarks are now threatened."

Agriculture [23]

Public [21]

Source: Guardian [50], 03/28/2018

Read more about Hotting Up: How Climate Change Could Swallow Louisiana's Tabasco Island [49]

"Once Written Off for Dead, the Aral Sea Is Now Full of Life" [51]

"Omirserik Ibragimov fixed his gaze on the hole he had carved out from the frozen Aral Sea. The 25-year-old’s hands moved steadily, pulling out a fishing net that he and his father had left under the solid, snow-covered surface just three days earlier."

Public [21]

Asia [52]

Source: Pulitzer Center [53], 03/28/2018

Read more about "Once Written Off for Dead, the Aral Sea Is Now Full of Life" [51]

"Fishermen Suit Against Atlantic Marine Monument Moves Ahead" [54]

"Organizations suing to eliminate the first national marine monument in the Atlantic Ocean have gotten the OK to proceed with a suit designed to reopen the area to commercial fishing, which environmentalists fear could jeopardize preservation efforts."

Public [21]

Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [17]

Source: AP [55], 03/28/2018

Read more about "Fishermen Suit Against Atlantic Marine Monument Moves Ahead" [54]

Zinke Creates Outdoor Recreation Panel Made Mostly Of Industry Advisers [56]

"Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke has appointed 15 representatives of the outdoor recreation industry to advise him on how to operate public lands, according to documents obtained by The Washington Post, including three people whom department officials flagged as potentially having a conflict of interest on the matter."

Public [21]