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"‘A Scourge Of The Earth’: Grasshopper Swarms Overwhelm US West"

"They’re arriving in swarms so dense it can appear the earth is moving. They’re covering roads and fields, pelting ATV riders, and steadily devouring grains and grass to the bedevilment of farmers and ranchers. A massive population of grasshoppers is proliferating in the sweltering American west, where a deep drought has made for ideal conditions for grasshopper eggs to hatch and survive into adulthood."

Source: Guardian, 07/05/2021

"Hungry Grasshoppers Spurred By US Drought Threaten Rangeland"

"Federal agriculture officials are launching what could become their largest grasshopper-killing campaign since the 1980s amid an outbreak of the drought-loving insects that cattle ranchers fear will strip bare public and private rangelands."

Source: AP, 06/25/2021

"A Tiny Pest, a Big Crossroads for California Citrus"

"Citrus greening disease hasn’t officially hit the state yet, but farmers may be required to cut back on the use of neonicotinoids, the main tool used to control the pest that carries it, because of its impact on pollinators."

Source: Civil Eats, 06/02/2021

30,000 Milkweeds Planted Around Calif. To Help Western Monarch Butterfly

"The Western monarch butterfly is disappearing before our eyes. The number of graceful, black-and-orange winged insects overwintering in coastal California this year dropped to under 2,000, compared with more than 29,000 the year before. And that was already a fraction of its previous population."

Source: San Francisco Chronicle, 06/01/2021

Okefenokee Swamp a Battlefield in Epic Trump Waters Rule Fight"

"A floating mat of muck on the surface of Georgia’s Okefenokee Swamp, home to rare carnivorous pitcher plants, blooming lilies and countless alligators and insects, looks like any other patch of mud from a distance."

Source: Bloomberg Environment, 05/25/2021

Minnesota Tribe Fights Line 3 For Putting Water, Wild Rice at Risk

"In northern Minnesota, Anishinaabe people are fighting an oil pipeline that threatens their sustenance and spiritual connection to the land."

Source: Civil Eats, 05/24/2021

Pesticides Becoming More Toxic For The World's Most Important Insects

"Over the last 25 years, the toxicity of 381 pesticides in the U.S. more than doubled for pollinators and aquatic invertebrates such as crustaceans, mayflies, and dragonflies, according to a new study."

Source: EHN, 05/19/2021

Calif. Climate Change To Trigger More Pesticide Use, Fouling Waterways

"Warmer temperatures would boost pest populations, causing farmers to use more insecticides that, with more frequent and severe storms, turn into toxic runoff."

Source: Inside Climate News, 05/11/2021

Trees Talk To Each Other. 'Mother Tree' Ecologist Hears Lessons For People

"Trees are "social creatures" that communicate with each other in cooperative ways that hold lessons for humans, too, ecologist Suzanne Simard says."

Source: NPR, 05/10/2021

"Secrets Of The Dead Wood: Ancient Oaks Hold Key To New Life"

"Oaks are the elders of London’s Richmond Park. Some of them are 800 years old and have slumped, bulged and grown cavernous with age. By the time King Charles I visited in 1625 and turned a collection of medieval farms into the royal park we have today, they would have already been veteran trees."

Source: Guardian, 05/06/2021

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