Invasive species of rat in the Virgin Islands, USA Islands are often considered safe havens for…
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California crews placed over 24,000 cubic yards of gravel, 49 trees and 80 boulders in the Tuolumne River to rebuild 4.78 acres of habitat; within days of completion, scientists documented salmon spawning on new riffles
California restoration crews rebuilt a damaged stretch of the Lower Tuolumne River with more than 24,000…
In 2011, California completed a 300-acre restoration of former San Diego salt ponds; five-year monitoring later documented 80 bird, 22 fish and 10 invertebrate species
For decades, parts of South San Diego Bay looked very different from the tidal wetlands that…
In 2018, Massachusetts removed the first of two old dams from former cranberry bogs; by 2020, 56 acres of wetlands had been rebuilt and 200+ native plant species had
The removal of three old dams along Massachusetts’ Coonamessett River has turned former industrial farmland into…
Arizona’s Apache trout was pushed toward extinction by habitat loss and non-native trout; after decades of recovery it was delisted, and a new barrier protects 22 miles of habitat
Representative Image (AI-generated) Arizona’s Apache trout has made a remarkable recovery after decades of pressure from…
In 2014, Virginia removed a dam that had blocked migrating fish for over 70 years; nearly 130 miles of upstream spawning and nursery habitat reopened
For decades, a concrete barrier on Virginia’s Appomattox River stood between migratory fish and more than…
Nearly 70 years after Tucson’s Santa Cruz River ran dry, 2.8 million gallons of reclaimed water began flowing daily; within 4 months, 37 dragonfly and damselfly species were recorded
damselflyRepresenative image from Canva For much of the 20th century, the Santa Cruz River that winds…
In 2011, up to 30,000 rats were eradicated from Palmyra Atoll; five years later native tree seedlings jumped from fewer than 150 to more than 7,700
In 2011, conservation teams set out on one of the biggest rat eradications ever on a…
In 1954, aviation pioneer Glenn L. Martin donated over 2,500 acres of his Chesapeake Bay hunting preserve; today the refuge spans 4,548 acres and protects migratory birds
Chesapeake Bay (Image Credit: iStock) A piece of Chesapeake Bay marshland that once formed part of…
In 2024, Colorado stepped up restoration for the Preble’s meadow jumping mouse; two years later, a new project is expanding habitat protection
Preble’s meadow jumping mouse (Image Credit: Wikipedia) Colorado’s efforts to protect the threatened Preble’s meadow jumping…