Century Bog was previously a working cranberry bog. (Photo: Cape and islands) Massachusetts is restoring a…
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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 2020, a New Orleans project began crushing bottles into sand; six years later, it has diverted 12 million pounds of glass to help rebuild shrinking coastal wetlands
Representative Image (AI-generated) A bottle tossed away in New Orleans does not necessarily have to end…
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…
In 1902, Hawaii introduced red mangroves to stabilize shorelines; 124 years later, the invasive trees clog waterways and degrade habitat used by endangered native waterbirds
Representative image of Hawaii from Canva In 1902, red mangroves were brought to Hawaii with an…
Mike Niziolek spent thirty years transforming his 150-acre property into a wetland, now the former AP biology teacher is creating ‘bio supermarkets’ for wildlife
Mike Niziolek, a former AP biology teacher decided that he did not want to limit his…
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 1993, his father tried to turn a troublesome field back into wetland; 33 years later, his son restored nearly 48 acres and wildlife returned
Restored natural wetland habitat. Source: Farmers.gov Thirty-three years after an Indiana landowner first tried to turn…
In 2012, conservationists began working to remove an obsolete Massachusetts dam; 14 years later, demolition started to reconnect 7 miles of stream and restore 6 acres of wetland
Duxbury, MassachusettsRepresentative image For more than a century, a small concrete dam stood in the way…
Florida spent about $17 million transforming degraded farmland near Tampa Bay into Robinson Preserve, a 700-acre coastal refuge that now draws about 240,000 visitors annually
Robinson PreservePhoto credit: Lindsay Rosegger/NOAA Fisheries On the edge of Tampa Bay, where mangrove forests meet…