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"A Fish Farm Next To Acadia? Lobstermen, NPS Give A Loud ‘No’" [1]

"When lobster prices rose this year, it provided a boost for Zach Piper, a 27-year-old lobsterman who earns his living on Maine’s Frenchman Bay with 800 traps and a 31-foot boat named Overtime."

Biodiversity [2]
Fish & Fisheries [3]
Natural Resources [4]
Water & Oceans [5]
Public [6]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [7]
Source: E&E News [8], 11/17/2021
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"‘It’s Like Hunting Aliens’: Inside The Town Besieged By Armadillos" [9]

"Thanks to climate change, armadillos, native to southern America, are making their way up north. And there’s no sign of them stopping their relentless march".

Biodiversity [2]
Climate Change [10]
Wildlife [11]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [12]
Source: Guardian [13], 11/17/2021
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Amazon Birds Shrinking As Climate Warms: Warning From Scientists [14]

"Scientists have found something strange has been happening among sensitive bird species in the Brazilian Amazon in recent years. Not only were the birds declining in number, but their bodies were also shrinking in size."

Biodiversity [2]
Climate Change [10]
Wildlife [11]
Public [6]
South America [15]
Source: NPR [16], 11/17/2021
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"Could ‘Smokey Beaver’ Help Fight Wildfires?" [17]

"Science shows beavers make landscapes more resistant to wildfire and drought, inspiring a growing movement to partner with them against the worst effects of climate change."

Biodiversity [2]
Climate Change [10]
Disasters [18]
Fish & Fisheries [3]
Forests [19]
Infrastructure [20]
Natural Resources [4]
Water & Oceans [5]
Wildlife [11]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [12]
Source: OPB [21], 11/16/2021
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Huge Snapping Turtles Once Flourished In La.; Now Feds Seek Protections [22]

"Despite its burly stature, spiked back and bone-crushing bite, the alligator snapping turtle needs protection." "They were almost wiped out in 1960s and ‘70s because so many were harvested for soup".

Biodiversity [2]
Laws & Regulations [23]
Wildlife [11]
Public [6]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [24]
Source: Nola.com [25], 11/12/2021
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"‘Faulty’ Science Used By Trump Appointees To Cut Owl Habitat" [26]

"Political appointees in the Trump administration relied on faulty science to justify stripping habitat protections for the imperiled northern spotted owl, U.S. wildlife officials said Tuesday as they struck down a rule that would have opened millions of acres of West Coast forest to potential logging."

Biodiversity [2]
Forests [19]
Laws & Regulations [23]
Science [27]
Wildlife [11]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [12]
Source: AP [28], 11/10/2021
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Eating (and Reporting) My Way Through the Foods of the Rainforest [29]

Conserving crop diversity is a key to maintaining global food security, especially in the face of climate change. To understand those efforts, Portland, Ore.-based freelancer Virginia Gewin traveled to South America, supported by a grant from the Society of Environmental Journalists, to find out how Peruvian chefs and Amazon dwellers hope to save the rainforest by sharing native and wild foods.

SEJ Publication Types: 
FEJ StoryLog [30]
Topics on the Beat: 
Activism [31]
Agriculture [32]
Biodiversity [2]
Climate Change [10]
Economy & Business [33]
Environmental Justice [34]
Environmental Politics [35]
Food [36]
Forests [19]
Journalism & Media [37]
Natural Resources [4]
People & Population [38]
Planning & Growth [39]
Region: 
International [40]
South America [15]
Visibility: 
Public [6]
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U.N. Summit Lays the Table for Environmental Reporting on Food Systems [41]

After an 18-month buildup, a one-day U.N. Food Systems Summit earlier this fall generated hundreds of commitments to end global hunger and a dizzying array of alliances dedicated to the cause. Despite controversies surrounding the summit, this groundbreaking event highlighted opportunities for reporting on food and food systems. Award-winning agriculture journalist Chris Clayton shares his insights.

SEJ Publication Types: 
Features [42]
Topics on the Beat: 
Activism [31]
Agriculture [32]
Biodiversity [2]
Chemicals [43]
Climate Change [10]
Consumer [44]
Disasters [18]
Economy & Business [33]
Energy & Fuel [45]
Environmental Health [46]
Environmental Justice [34]
Environmental Politics [35]
Food [36]
Government [47]
Health [48]
Journalism & Media [37]
Laws & Regulations [23]
Natural Resources [4]
People & Population [38]
Planning & Growth [39]
Policy [49]
Pollution [50]
Science [27]
Technology [51]
Waste [52]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [12]
California [53]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [54]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [55]
International [40]
Canada [56]
Africa [57]
Europe [58]
Middle East [59]
South America [15]
Visibility: 
Public [6]
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"Indonesian Zoo Breeds Komodo Dragons To Save Them From Extinction" [60]

"A zoo in Indonesia is breeding Komodo dragons in an effort to save the world's largest lizards from extinction, with climate change posing new dangers for the fearsome creatures."

Biodiversity [2]
Wildlife [11]
Public [6]
Australia & Oceania [61]
Source: Reuters [62], 11/04/2021
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"Widespread Coronavirus Infection Found in Iowa Deer, New Study Says" [63]

"A new study of hundreds of white-tailed deer infected with the coronavirus in Iowa has found that the animals probably are contracting the virus from humans, and then rapidly spreading it among one another, according to researchers."

Biodiversity [2]
Environmental Health [46]
Wildlife [11]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [12]
Source: NYTimes [64], 11/04/2021
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