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Track Wetlands Stories with National Inventory Tool [1]

As a battle brews over which U.S. waters are protected, environmental journalists can use an invaluable national database to pinpoint vulnerable wetlands. This week’s TipSheet has more on the National Wetlands Inventory, the backstory on wetlands protection, why it matters, and reporting resources and story ideas.

SEJ Publication Types: 
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat: 
Activism [3]
Agriculture [4]
Biodiversity [5]
Environmental Health [6]
Environmental Politics [7]
Fish & Fisheries [8]
Journalism & Media [9]
Laws & Regulations [10]
Natural Resources [11]
Pollution [12]
Water & Oceans [13]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [14]
Visibility: 
Public [15]

"Australia Is Deadly Serious About Killing Millions of Cats" [16]

"Feral felines are driving the country’s native species to extinction. Now a massive culling is underway to preserve what’s left of the wild."

Biodiversity [5]
Wildlife [17]
Public [15]
Australia & Oceania [18]
Source: NY Times Magazine [19], 04/29/2019
September 18, 2019

Underwater Sound Sources – 2019 Webinar Series [20]

Discovery of Sound in the Sea presents a free, four-part webinar series on anthropogenic underwater sound sources. Topics include seismic sound sources, pile-driving, wind turbines, commercial vessel traffic, echosounders and sonar.

Other Events [21]
Visibility: 
Public [15]
Topics on the Beat: 
Biodiversity [5]
Energy & Fuel [22]
Fish & Fisheries [8]
Health [23]
Pollution [12]
Technology [24]
Transportation [25]
Water & Oceans [13]
July 30, 2019 to August 3, 2019

Association for Tropical Biology and Conservation Annual Meeting [26]

The 56th ATBC annual meeting takes place in Madagascar, a location with stunning and diversified natural environments that is under serious threat by different factors. Researchers, students and professionals in a range of scientific disciplines from around the world aim to provide an effective tool towards this common effort to harmonize biodiversity conservation and human well-being.

Professional Meetings [27]
Visibility: 
Public [15]
Topics on the Beat: 
Agriculture [4]
Biodiversity [5]
Forests [28]
Natural Resources [11]
Planning & Growth [29]
Region: 
Africa [30]
April 11, 2019

Telling the World's Stories: Reporting on Biodiversity and Community-Based Conservation [31]

To increase and improve coverage of biodiversity, SEJ's Fund for Environmental Journalism is offering grants of up to $5,000 for stories on these issues. To help you prepare the best FEJ proposal, join us at 1:30-2:30 p.m. for an interactive webinar with leading experts on biodiversity and journalists who cover it. They'll provide an introduction to the top issues, share new data sources, and offer advice and story tips. Participate in a Q&A moderated by SEJ board member Gloria Dickie (pictured).

SEJ Regional Conferences [32]
Visibility: 
Public [15]
Topics on the Beat: 
Biodiversity [5]
Journalism & Media [9]
Planning & Growth [29]

Telling the World's Stories: Reporting on Biodiversity and Community-Based Conservation [33]

To increase and improve coverage of biodiversity, SEJ's Fund for Environmental Journalism is offering grants of up to $5,000 for stories on these issues. To help you prepare the best FEJ proposal, join us at 1:30-2:30 p.m. on April 11, 2019 for an interactive webinar with leading experts on biodiversity and journalists who cover it. They'll provide an introduction to the top issues, share new data sources, and offer advice and story tips. Participate in a Q&A moderated by SEJ board member Gloria Dickie (pictured).

Topics on the Beat: 
Biodiversity [5]
Journalism & Media [9]
Planning & Growth [29]
Visibility: 
Public [15]

SEJ Joins Lawsuits; Press Freedom Tracker Gets Update; Docs on ANWR Drilling Concealed, and More [34]

The Society of Environmental Journalists is backing right-to-know lawsuits brought by journalism groups, and a collaborative press freedom tracker gets new funding. Meanwhile, at the Interior Department, one watchdog group angles for environmental impact statements on ANWR drilling, while others track possible conflicts of interest by the acting secretary. That and more in the latest WatchDog roundup.

SEJ Publication Types: 
WatchDog TipSheet [35]
Topics on the Beat: 
Activism [3]
Biodiversity [5]
Energy & Fuel [22]
Environmental Health [6]
Environmental Politics [7]
Environmental Studies [36]
Fish & Fisheries [8]
Food [37]
Forests [28]
Government [38]
Journalism & Media [9]
Laws & Regulations [10]
Military [39]
Natural Resources [11]
Policy [40]
Pollution [12]
Wildlife [17]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [14]
Alaska and Hawaii [41]
Visibility: 
Public [15]
May 3, 2019

DEADLINE: IJNR's Water Quality Institute [42]

The Institute for Journalism & Natural Resources invites journalists on an expenses-paid learning expedition through Ohio, Michigan, Indiana and Illinois, June 23-29, 2019, to use water-quality stories in the Great Lakes Basin to highlight similar water-quality issues across the United States. Apply by May 3.

Workshops and Fellowships [43]
Visibility: 
Public [15]
Topics on the Beat: 
Agriculture [4]
Biodiversity [5]
Chemicals [44]
Climate Change [45]
Environmental Health [6]
Laws & Regulations [10]
Pollution [12]
Water & Oceans [13]
Region: 
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [46]
March 20, 2019

Global Environmental Journalism: Under Siege or Dawning Anew? [47]

Come to the University of Colorado Boulder, 7:00-8:30 p.m., to hear from the founder and journalists of one of the most successful environmental journalism startups in the world, Mongabay, as they describe the challenges faced by reporters covering environmental issues in the global tropics and the hope and success that new models of environmental journalism are having on issues ranging from deforestation to species extinction.

Other Events [21]
Visibility: 
Public [15]
Topics on the Beat: 
Biodiversity [5]
Forests [28]
Journalism & Media [9]
Wildlife [17]
Region: 
International [48]

Doc on Rare Porpoise Wins Sundance Award [49]

An environmental documentary that follows a risk-laden effort to save a rare and elusive porpoise won over audiences at the recent Sundance Film Festival. Correspondent JoAnn Valenti takes a look at the film, along with other documentaries that explore the role of journalists and journalism. 

SEJ Publication Types: 
Features [50]
Topics on the Beat: 
Activism [3]
Biodiversity [5]
Economy & Business [51]
Fish & Fisheries [8]
Journalism & Media [9]
Water & Oceans [13]
Wildlife [17]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [14]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [52]
International [48]
Mexico [53]
Visibility: 
Public [15]

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