Representative image Image credits: Wikimedia Commons For years, Ann Hammond worked to transform her 12-acre Iowa…
Tag: Habitat Restoration
A Utah restoration project treated 3,873 acres by thinning forests, removing juniper and repairing wetlands; during a 33,000-acre wildfire, earlier treated areas helped slow its spread
Along Utah’s scenic Mirror Lake Highway, a large restoration project is showing why forest management is…
In 1983, Britain reintroduced a butterfly declared extinct just four years earlier; the large blue has since surged 1,866% and now survives at 33 sites
A butterfly once declared extinct in Britain is now at the centre of one of the…
She started raising butterflies at 7; by 16, this Florida girl had tracked birds and found populations rose by up to 159% after habitat restoration, she’s now headed to a national magazine
A 16-year-old student from Sarasota, Florida, Sophia Haakman began growing butterflies at just 7. Over the…
Australian researchers buried discarded plastic pipes inside mine waste-rock piles; cameras showed northern quolls entering and leaving the artificial dens, with conditions similar to natural shelters
The researchers looked at whether high-density polyethylene (HDPE) pipes could be used in waste-rock piles to…
In 2026, a Florida wildlife centre brought in critically endangered red-ruffed lemurs; the project is now helping restore their disappearing Madagascar rainforest
A wildlife centre in North Florida has welcomed two red-ruffed lemurs, turning encounters with the critically…
Nearly 4,000 New York City students planted more than 100,000 beachgrass stalks across 2.25 acres at Coney Island Creek Park to rebuild protective dunes and help protect 50,000+ people from flooding
Nearly 4,000 public school students, more than 200 teachers and hundreds of community members have worked…
A five-year Illinois project will restore 421 acres of wetlands, prairie and woodland while helping hold stormwater, part of an $11 million effort along 67 miles of river
The restored wetlands and floodplain will be able to hold stormwater for longer periods and release…
White storks vanished from Southern Sweden in the 1950s; a wetland revival now aims to support 100 breeding pairs |
A flock of White Storks. Image Credit: Society for Ecological Restoration(SER) White storks once formed a…
In 1967, Guy Savy and a partner bought a degraded Seychelles island; after restoring nesting habitat, its sooty tern colony rose from under 20,000 pairs to about 700,000
Guy Savy and a partner bought a degraded Seychelles island A tiny coral island on the…