The Nature Conservancy's stunning purchase of 161,000 acres in the Adirondack Park presents a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to secure lands of immense biological, economic, and recreational value for all New Yorkers. History is in our hands - find out how you can join us.
Everyone in the world relies on nature for survival. And climate change is already affecting nature and people and... janitors.
To learn more about climate change or to find out how much good or harm you're doing to the planet, go to http://www.nature.or g/janitor/
You can help the planet and feel good about yourself!
Invasive ant species, including the red imported fire ant, have caused biological and economic damage ecosystems around the world. Many island ecosystems are threatened by the arrival of this invasive species of ant, but established learning networks are working to prevent their invasion by sharing management expertise and prevention techniques.
Wyoming hangs onto some of the last intact native prairie left on the planet. In the state's remote, wind-swept grasslands, generations of ... all » ranchers have eeked out a rugged existence far from the nearest town. Learn how these people have come together with scientists, land managers and conservationists to help safeguard their unique homeland and the wildlife it supports.
In October 2007, the Conservancy used around 100 tons of carefully placed explosives to breach four levees and successfully flood about five square miles of the Conservancy's Williamson River Delta Preserve along Oregon's Upper Klamath Lake.
Midwest shoppers will be armed with better information now that scientists from The Nature Conservancy worked with Meijer stores to recommend non-invasive plants that are best suited for their backyards. (educational/promoti onal video, 2:22 minutes)
The Nature Conservancy in Wyoming hosted the first-ever Butterfly Blitz at the Conservancy's Red Canyon Ranch near Lander, Wyoming. The butterfly count's data is submitted to the North American Butterfly Association, a national effort to track and monitor butterfly populations.
For only one dollar, you can plant a tree that will help in the fight against climate change!
To make a lasting impact go to http://plantabillion .org/ to donate to The Nature Conservancy's Campaign to Plant a Billion Trees.
One dollar, one tree, big difference!
A 5-hour boat trip is the only way to reach the remote Pacaya-Samiria National Reserve in Peru. Each September, river turtles hatch and make their way to the water before the banks, where they build their nests, are flooded.
Learn more at http://www.nature.or g/wherewework/southa merica/peru/
Toward the middle of the Indonesian archipelago lies an island called Komodo. At first glance the island can appear desolate, but beneath the water's surface we discover one of the world's richest displays of marine life.
Learn more at http://www.nature.or g/wherewework/asiapa cific/indonesia/
Water -- originating as snow melt and rain in Georgia and Alabama -- is carried by the Chatahoochee and Flint Rivers to form the Apalachicola River in the panhandle of western Florida. The Apalachicola is a river of many moods: sometimes strong and fierce, often slow and meandering, and occasionally dark and sultry.
Learn more at http://www.nature.or g/wherewework/northa merica/states/florid a/
In the remote forests of northern Maine, the upper St. John River flows for 130 miles without passing a single human settlement.
Learn more at http://www.nature.or g/wherewework/northa merica/states/maine/
Within Central America, the Maya forest stands out for its enormous size -- more than 6 million acres -- and the outstanding array of wildlife that thrives here.
Learn more at http://www.nature.or g/wherewework/centra lamerica/guatemala/
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