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Why Now’s the Time To Tell a Good Fish Tale [1]

With fishing season underway across the United States, reporters have a line to an array of great, local environmental stories, whether about the recreation and tourism industries or overfishing and the health of regional ecosystems. The latest TipSheet has more than a dozen story ideas and reporting resources to help you reel in an angle of your own.

SEJ Publication Types: 
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat: 
Activism [3]
Biodiversity [4]
Climate Change [5]
Environmental Health [6]
Fish & Fisheries [7]
Food [8]
Journalism & Media [9]
Natural Resources [10]
Water & Oceans [11]
Wildlife [12]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [13]
Visibility: 
Public [14]
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"Supreme Court Sets Tighter Limits On NEPA Reviews" [15]

"The Supreme Court on Thursday placed new limits on environmental reviews for major federal projects such as pipelines and railways."

Biodiversity [4]
Climate Change [5]
Energy & Fuel [16]
Environmental Health [6]
Environmental Justice [17]
Environmental Politics [18]
Environmental Studies [19]
Laws & Regulations [20]
Natural Resources [10]
Transportation [21]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [13]
Source: E&E News [22], 05/30/2025
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Friends Complete Murdered Journalist Dom Phillips's Book on The Amazon [23]

"After British journalist Dom Phillips was shot and killed while researching an ambitious book on how to protect the world’s largest rainforest, friends vowed to finish the project. Three years later, their task is complete."

Activism [3]
Biodiversity [4]
Environmental Justice [17]
Environmental Politics [18]
Forests [24]
Journalism & Media [9]
Laws & Regulations [20]
Public [14]
International [25]
South America [26]
Source: AP [27], 05/29/2025
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US Peregrine Falcons Thrive In Cities But Struggle With Bird Flu On Coasts [28]

"After rebounding in recent decades due to conservation efforts, the number of once-imperiled peregrine falcons in the U.S. has been dropping again in some places due to the bird flu that has decimated other avian populations in recent years."

Biodiversity [4]
Environmental Health [6]
Natural Resources [10]
Wildlife [12]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [13]
Source: AP [29], 05/29/2025
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Fungus Devastated North American Bats. New Species Could Be Killer Blow. [30]

"Scientists have learned that another species of fungus found in Europe and Asia causes white-nose disease, which has ravaged bat populations in the United States and Canada." 

Biodiversity [4]
Environmental Health [6]
Wildlife [12]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [13]
Source: NYTimes [31], 05/29/2025
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"Is Another Locust Invasion Heading For Africa?" [32]

"The United Nations is warning countries in northwest Africa to boost monitoring and begin early control measures as swarms of desert locusts move into the region."

Agriculture [33]
Biodiversity [4]
Disasters [34]
Food [8]
Natural Resources [10]
People & Population [35]
Wildlife [12]
Public [14]
Africa [36]
Middle East [37]
Source: Thomson Reuters Fdn. [38], 05/28/2025
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"EPA Grants Pollution Permit To Gulf Coast Fish Farm" [39]

"A planned fish farm off Florida’s Gulf Coast has received an environmental permit allowing operators to discharge nutrient-laden water from what could be the first commercial-scale saltwater aquaculture operation in the Gulf of Mexico."

Biodiversity [4]
Environmental Health [6]
Environmental Politics [18]
Fish & Fisheries [7]
Infrastructure [40]
Laws & Regulations [20]
Natural Resources [10]
Pollution [41]
Water & Oceans [11]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [13]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [42]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [43]
Mexico [44]
Source: E&E News [45], 05/28/2025
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Suit Challenges Trump Order To Allow Commercial Fishing In Pacific Monument [46]

"Environmentalists are challenging in court President Trump’s executive order that they say strips core protections from the Pacific Islands Heritage Marine National Monument and opens the area to harmful commercial fishing."

Biodiversity [4]
Environmental Politics [18]
Fish & Fisheries [7]
Laws & Regulations [20]
Natural Resources [10]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [13]
Alaska and Hawaii [47]
Source: LA Times [48], 05/27/2025
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Texas Cattle Industry Braces For An Imminent Screwworm Infestation [49]

"Multiple efforts are underway to stop a parasitic fly from swarming Texas and the rest of the U.S. and wreaking havoc on the nation’s multi-billion-dollar cattle industry."

Agriculture [33]
Biodiversity [4]
Environmental Health [6]
Environmental Politics [18]
Natural Resources [10]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [13]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [43]
Mexico [44]
Source: Texas Tribune [50], 05/23/2025
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"Republicans Strip Public Land Sales From Reconciliation" [51]

"House Republicans have scrapped public land sales from the latest version of their tax cut, energy and border security megabill, according to text released Wednesday evening."

Biodiversity [4]
Energy & Fuel [16]
Environmental Politics [18]
Forests [24]
Laws & Regulations [20]
Natural Resources [10]
Wildlife [12]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [13]
Source: E&E News [52], 05/23/2025
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