— the white house said more than 700,000 acres of public land will be protected in an untouched area of the great basin region. the site contains heizer’s “city” read article : obama creates national monuments in texas, california & nevada more : artist michael heizer
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AS WATER BECOMES SCARCER IN THE AMERICAN WEST
— the cauldron of collaboration and competing interests is a collection of players who are just as significant for managing and responding to water scarcity but attract much less attention: the basin’s 29 federally recognized indian tribes. read article : in drying colorado river basin, indian tribes are water dealmakers
A SENSE OF DEDICATION
— “the goal is to ensure that when researchers find long-term solutions for the disease, there are still bats to treat” read article : bacteria may help bats to fight deadly fungus
COMMUNITIES VS. CONSERVATION
— “wildlife parks are the leading sources of tanzania’s foreign currency accrued from photographic tourism, hotel concession fees, and other levies from safari companies operating in these protected areas” — “tanzania’s wildlife conservation has set a solid foundation for re-thinking and repositioning the national parks management and trustees on a global roadmap of conservation. this repositioning aims at addressing a number of challenges, which include poaching, disappearance of wildlife corridors, climate change, technological advances, and understanding of the ecology of the parks systems.” read article : protecting borders means protecting tourism
SNAKE DINNER
— “now, as christians who signed up to what is seen as an invading muslim army, their prospects in post-conflict central african republic are not promising. they are stuck at berengo until they are incorporated into a national army and nobody knows when that might happen. until it does, these lost boys must simply wait and make sure to catch enough rats and snakes to stay alive.” read article : piles of diamonds and porn, concorde and caviar: haunting images of the crumbling palaces of africa’s dictators where despots once lived like emperors
THE PRONGHORN ANTELOPE
“At the turn of the 20th century, members of the wildlife conservation group, Boone and Crockett Club, had determined that extinction of the pronghorn was more of a probability than a possibility…The protection of habitat and hunting restrictions have allowed pronghorn numbers to recover to an estimated population between 500,000 and 1,000,000” Learn more: Pronghorn Antelope
SYNTHETIC BACKFIRE
— “this is something people want, and we have the technology to make it available to them, why not try to satisfy their needs instead of telling them their needs are wrong?” read article : 3D printed horns may put rhinos at greater risk of extinction
REGARDING EVOLUTIONARY RESCUE
— the landmark decision, with the announcement that whole ecosystems, not just single species, can be recognized as protected designate a new perception of endangerment read article : ecosystems get a boost with new protection
THE BIGHORN OF UTAH
The bighorn sheep have made a dramatic recovery since the turn of the 20th century when only a few thousand remained. Heavy hunting, competition with ranching, and infectious disease left the bighorns in dire need of help. Recovery efforts have made it possible to see them in their natural habitat, such as seen here along the Colorado River.
KAHUKU WIND DISPUTE
— alpha wind energy, based in denmark, plans on building offshore wind turbines near waikiki and the north shore. close proximity to homes have hawaiian residents concerned read article : kahuku residents express concerns surrounding new proposed wind farm
EXTREME ARCHITECTURE & PRESERVING A FUTURE
— liquid nitrogen at 320-degrees below zero keeps cell samples from more than 10,000 animals frozen at the san diego zoo’s institute for conservation research. the institute is called the “frozen zoo.” — other places stores seeds for future food crisis read article : frozen zoo read article : the norwegian seed vault
FIRST AND FOREMOST FOR ENTERTAINMENT
— today, zoos are starting to serve a slightly different function (or at least attempting to) as we are faced with the looking reality that if we don’t take measures to conserve endangered species, they can and will go extinct read article : can zoos really be the key to bringing endangered species back from the brink
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