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Supporting environmental conservation and restoration.
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Recognizing environmental champions.
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Grass-roots conservation worth supporting.
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Pollinators are important, very important.
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The filmmaker, Ken Burns, called America's national parks our "best idea" in his six-part study of the history, philosophy, and status of our natural preserved landscapes. It was one of the most popular documentary films aired on public television. One segment included a conversation with Shelton Johnson, a park ranger of African and Indigenous American ancestry who grew up in Detroit, a city far removed from these wild parklands. Johnson made a strong call to expand the visitor base to the ...
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Evolution on islands has produced myriads of wondrous plants and animals. Some of these creations can be rather odd in appearance, however. Think of the dodo, a flightless pigeon discovered in the 16th Century on the island of Mauritius. Without predators, the dodo evolved -- or devolved -- until it lost its wings, grew pudgy, and waddled about with no fear. It is now long gone and has become a poster-child for extinction. The dodo couldn't survive in the face of invasive predators like ...
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This is a remarkable video about human and animal compassion. It is well worth viewing.
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