Tag: Habitat Restoration

December 16, 2022

Watch: Interior embarks on largest dam removal in U.S. history

Federal officials are preparing to remove four dams along the Klamath River to improve the watershed along the California-Oregon state line. “Clean water, healthy forests and fertile land made the...

August 18, 2022

Grassland recovery doesn’t happen overnight

Grasslands’ biodiversity and resilience to disturbances such as fire, heat and drought is the result of a slow process over hundreds of years, like that of old growth forests, researchers...

December 5, 2019

Wild Cam: Habitat restoration not enough to protect caribou

Across the landscape of British Columbia and Alberta stretch hundreds of thousands of kilometers of seismic lines — strips of land cleared to test for oil and gas resources underground....

November 19, 2019

Oil spill funds aid Louisiana rookery

Cleanup funds from the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill are rebuilding a pelican rookery on a barrier island off the Louisiana coast. Queen Bess Island supports the state’s third-largest brown...

April 5, 2019

Site Visit Insights: A habitat restoration transformation

Site visits are critical to helping scientists learn more about species and their habitats. The trips often take them into areas most people do not have a chance to explore,...

January 30, 2019

What doesn’t work for crops may work for endangered lizards

As drought, climate change and increases in soil salinity are causing farmland to become retired in California, the idled lands could provide landscapes for the endangered blunt-nosed leopard lizard (Gambelia...

May 7, 2018

Conference field trip: Around the Emerald Necklace

Registration for The Wildlife Society’s 25th Annual Conference in Cleveland, Ohio, opens May 23rd. Visit twsconference.org for additional information and frequent updates. Cleveland may not be known for its gemstones,...

February 7, 2018

Bayer’s “Feed a Bee” funds Illinois college prairie

For over two years, a small liberal arts college in the suburbs of Chicago has been converting its campus to native prairie to nourish ecologically vital pollinators threatened by habitat...

July 12, 2016

How bumble bees balance their diet

When bumble bees go foraging, they are seeking more than a pretty flower. The insects select pollen with just the right nutrients, preferring a protein-to-fat ratio of about five to...