Latest Nature Conservancy Stories
Experts are calling for some reefs to be closed to oyster harvesting based on research that they claim has revealed that the global population of the mollusk species is declining rapidly.An international team of investigators, led by Michael Beck, a Senior Scientist with the Nature Conservancy and a Research Associate at the University of California, Santa Cruz, examined oyster reefs in 144 bays across 44 different ecoregions, according to an American Institute of Biological Sciences (AIBS)...
MOBILE, Ala., Jan. 24, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- On January 22-23, 2011, nearly 550 volunteers from Alabama and beyond donned boots and gloves and donated their time to place 16,000 bags of oyster shells along the shore - the first step to building 100 miles of oyster reef over the next three to five years in Mobile, AL. The oyster reef building project marks the first in a series of habitat restoration projects aimed at restoring Alabama's Gulf coast, an effort led by the 100-1000: Restore...
Thirty-five percent of firewood is brought from another location, increasing risk of invasion from forest pests ARLINGTON, Va., Dec. 15, 2010 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- As winter arrives, people across the country are engaging in a centuries-old tradition of buying or gathering firewood to fuel home fires. In a recent poll conducted by The Nature Conservancy, one in twenty Americans said they moved firewood long distances (i.e., more than 50 miles, a distance widely accepted as moving it...
Poll results indicate most Americans are concerned about non-native forest pests and they support measures to stop their spread ARLINGTON, Va., Dec. 8, 2010 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Most Americans live near trees, and consider them very important to their quality of life. Recent polling by The Nature Conservancy shows that the American public is well aware of invasive forest pests that kill trees, and are willing to take steps to protect trees from this threat. According to the poll,...
The Nature Conservancy, Trust for Public Land Complete Final Phase of the Largest Private Conservation Land Purchase Ever Missoula, Montana (Vocus) December 2, 2010 Today, The Nature Conservancy and its partner, The Trust for Public Land, completed the final phase of the largest private conservation land purchase in history. The Montana Legacy Project is the culmination of an unprecedented partnership between private and public partners -- from local Montana loggers to a billionaire...
Nature Conservancy Scientists Compete for $250K to Save Bats from Mysterious Ailment Nashville, TN (Vocus) November 22, 2010 The bats that eat millions of mosquitoes in American backyards every summer could be driven to extinction by a mysterious illness that's spreading across the country, and Nature Conservancy cave expert Cory Holliday hopes he can help save them by building a better bat cave. Holliday and The Nature Conservancy in Tennessee are in the running for a $250,000 grant...
Despite tough economy, people want to fund land and water protection Arlington, VA (Vocus) November 3, 2010 In an election where many Americans expressed their desire for change, they also maintained their long-standing support for conservation by voting to dedicate hundreds of millions of dollars a year for conservation in states such as Iowa, Oregon, Maine, Rhode Island and Texas. Americans passed 28 of 35 state and local conservation funding measures yesterday for a passage rate of 80...
MIAMI, Oct. 20 /PRNewswire/ -- Assurant Solutions and Assurant Specialty Property have joined forces with The Nature Conservancy to provide land managers with a new tool to help them determine when and how to use prescribed fire to maintain healthy habitats and ecosystems. "Controlled burns" help keep non-native, invasive species in check and natural areas from becoming overgrown. In partnership with the Nature Conservancy, Assurant Solutions and Assurant Specialty Property sponsored the...
DC-Area Residents Are Encouraged to Attend Invasive Plant Removal Events on October 7 & 11 TARRYTOWN, N.Y., Oct. 4 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The following event was announced today by Crystal Light: WHAT: On October 7 & 11, The Nature Conservancy of MD/DC - with support from Crystal Light - will host invasive plant removal events along the Potomac River. The events will allow residents to help cut down exotic invasive shrubs and vines along the river that threaten the native...
The Nature Conservancy's Model Forest Conservation Program Will Help Enroll Private Landowners Near Domtar's Johnsonburg, Pa., Mill MONTREAL, Sept. 13 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ - Domtar Corporation (NYSE/TSX: UFS) and The Nature Conservancy today announced that they have partnered to help private landowners maintain and sustainably manage their forested land through a program called Working Woodlands. The Nature Conservancy will cooperate with Working Woodlands landowners to develop...
