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NATURE CONSERVANCY IN THE NEWSDisney Co. spending $7M on conservation projectsSeeking to help fight climate change, the Walt Disney Co. says it will spend $7 million in partnership with three conservation groups to protect tens of thousands of acres of forests lands in the Congo basin, the Amazon basin and in two regions of the United States. Learn More About Disney's Gift »
| Bison back at Kansas prairie after 140 yearsA long-gone species has returned home, not with a thunder of hooves, but with muffled snorts and a short gallop from muddy pen to grassy range. Learn More About the Return of this Iconic Animal »
INTERVIEW-Nature Conservancy CEO out to 'save the world'The biggest conservation organization in the world says it needs help saving the world's diminishing storehouse of unspoiled nature. The president and chief executive of the Washington-based Nature Conservancy wants to enlist countries and corporations to preserve rain forests and other ecosystems by unleashing market forces and by opening eyes.
| More projects return America's rivers to their natural state On a desert river east of Reno, experts are laboring to correct well-intended mistakes of the past. Learn More about How We are Restoring America's Rivers »
| Forest restoration helps heal Tongass' scars
Loggers who for decades clear-cut large swaths of old trees from the nation's largest national forest left behind a legacy of destruction. Now, with the logging industry dying a slow death in southeast This time, however, those are the healing sounds of restoration. In Read More About This Unlikely Alliance in Alaska's Forest »
Stimulus Money Hits The Waves In HawaiiBillions of dollars of economic stimulus money is going to build bridges, improve infrastructure and help people avoid housing foreclosures. But there's also a tiny bit of that money, $167 million, to restore 50 coastal habitats in the country. Wilma Consul visited two of those sites in Stimulus Money at Work Restoring Hawaii's Coast »
Bear trackers use GPS in bid to preserve the animalsAt the heart of Researchers use the doughnuts and other stale pastries to bait traps for the bears. Once snared, the bears are tranquilized and then fitted with a GPS collar. Using cell phone technology, every 15 minutes the collar sends a text message that tells researchers where the bear is located.
| Watered and wild, a grand little canyon Late July is monsoon season here. The sky is overcast and slanting gray rain obscures our destination: the Explore Aravaipa Canyon with Aubin Tyler »
| Adopt an Acre Looking for a tangible way to help fix the Earth's most critical issues, like global warming, disease, famine and extreme poverty? Consider adopting an acre of threatened land such as a rainforest, woodland or watershed. Find Out Ways to Help Save the Rainforest »
Water Policies Suffer Sinking Feeling Rising populations, improving lifestyles and changes to the global climate are all increasing the pressure on the planet's water resources, says conservation expert Brian Richter. In this week's Green Room, he explains why there is an urgent need for the world to embrace new ways in which it uses water. TNC's Brian Richter Discusses Managing Our Water Resources »
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