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  • Trout lovers trek down to Río Grande for native cutthroat

    Cody Hooks

    April 04, 2019 |

    The Taos News |

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    Response Location: United States, Cerro, New Mexico

    On New Mexico's public lands, volunteer effort can go a long way for wildlife restoration. Each year, nearly 200 volunteers hike around 10,000 cutthroat trout to the edge of the Río Grande del Norte National Monument Wild Rivers Recreation Area. For a fish occupying less than 10 percent of its historic range, sparking interest in conservation is an added benefit in helping the species.

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  • The Living Machine: Collier's 24-year water filtration experiment is a success

    James Williams

    April 03, 2019 |

    Changing Florida |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Florida

    An experimental water treatment plant in Florida has been performing as efficiently as other conventional treatment plants for the last 24 years. Known as the Living Machine of the Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary, it filters 6,000 gallons of wastewater per day and is inspired by how natural wetlands and marshlands filter water. While government officials were skeptical at first, the Living Machine continues to pass monthly inspections, is less costly, and is not as noisy so visitors can enjoy the wildlife in the sanctuary.

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  • Santa Fe restaurants work to reduce water waste

    Teya Vitu

    March 28, 2019 |

    The Santa Fe New Mexican |

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    Response Location: United States, Santa Fe, New Mexico

    Restaurants can reduce water consumption by changing employee behavior and installing new technology, such as faucet aerators, water submeters, and high-efficiency toilets. When Santa Fe conducted voluntary water-usage audits at 31 restaurants, officials discovered that most restaurants did not have a good way to measure their water consumption, but that simple fixes could track and cut water usage.

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  • Waste to Wealth: How Kenyan farmers are bringing life back to degraded Lake Victoria swamps

    Annika McGinnis

    March 22, 2019 |

    InfoNILE |

    Multi-Media |

    Over 3000 Words

    Response Location: Kenya, Kisumu, Kisumu County

    Families living in the wetlands of Lake Victoria in Kisumu, Kenya are working together with a nonprofit called Ecofinder Kenya to protect and conserve the wetlands they live on. The crux of the incentive centers around the Eocfinder toilet, which converts human and animal waste to biogas, but they also work with solar lamps, water pumps, and a "farmer-to-farmer" program in which farmers share environmentally-friendly expertise. The program has been going on for 3 years now, and the wetlands have since seen a return of wildlife and growth, particularly with fish and birds.

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  • Freshwater springs support amazing ecosystems and reflect the health of aquifers humans rely on. What can we do to protect them?

    Sara Van Note

    March 19, 2019 |

    Ensia |

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    Response Location: United States, Chaves County, New Mexico

    Freshwater springs are an indicator of the health and quality of our groundwater (drinking water), but their conservation is often overlooked in government funding. This article offers a few examples of ongoing efforts to protect them. One of those is the Bitter Lake National Wildlife Refuge in New Mexico that has brought back several endangered species of snails and crustaceans in addition to native grasses as a result of their conservation.

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  • Straws Made of Seaweed Could Replace Their Plastic Nemesis

    Madison Dapcevich

    March 14, 2019 |

    EcoWatch |

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    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    An innovative solution to the massive amount of plastic in our oceans is a new startup called Loliware. It produces 100% biodegradable straws "that look, feel, and act like plastic" but are actually made of seaweed. Not only do the straws decompose in a few weeks and are gluten-free, non-GMO, and sugar-free, but the process of creating them sequesters carbon dioxide, which further increases their positive environmental impact.

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  • Paradise from a desert, the proven benefits of regenerative agriculture

    David Claughton

    March 09, 2019 |

    ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) |

    Broadcast TV News |

    Under 3 Minutes

    Response Location: Australia, Boorowa, New South Wales

    Multiple farmers in New South Wales have overcome drought and transformed their farming practices through regenerative agriculture. They decreased pesticide use, increased the planting of native vegetation, and increased profit over time. The profit-generating effects of regenerative agriculture are supported by a 10-year study of 16 Australian farms.

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  • Adapting to the Anthropocene

    Janice Cantieri

    March 07, 2019 |

    Atmos |

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    Over 3000 Words

    Response Location: Kiribati

    Around the world, communities are creating new technologies, processes, and relationships to the land in an effort to adapt to the changing climate. From the I-Kiribati using new hydroponic systems to grow food amidst rising sea levels, to farmers in Telangana using sustainable greenhouse technology, to the use of solar panels on Indigenous lands like Little Buffalo, those that depend on the land the most are having to adapt first. Underscoring each response is a collaborative, collective resilience.

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  • The Key to Nebraska's Water Conservation Success

    Mark Funkhouser

    March 01, 2019 |

    Governing |

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    Response Location: United States, Lincoln, Nebraska

    As the Ogallala Aquifer’s water level has declined in many states across the High Plains region of the U.S., Nebraska has almost fully maintained its water level by relying on National Resource Districts (NRDs). NRDs “develop integrated management plans for surface water and groundwater,” and its sustainable practices offer a model of how sustainable water management can thrive with local governance.

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  • Vanuatu Has One Of The World's Strictest Plastic Bans. It's About To Get Tougher.

    Nick Visser

    February 23, 2019 |

    The Huffington Post |

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    Response Location: Vanuatu, Port Vila

    What started as a Facebook campaign to ban plastic bags has become legislation in the island country of Vanuatu. The country has banned many single-use plastics, including bags, drinking straws, and containers, and hopes to ban more plastics in the future. Citing a cultural respect for the environment, such legislation has been welcomed by residents.

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