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| Cross Ranch Preserve, North Dakota. Photo © Bill Westerdahl |
Enviro-Tips: Visit Places You'll Adore This Summer
The Nature Conservancy has over 1,500 preserves worldwide — so how could anybody pick a favorite? But we asked Conservancy staffers to do just that — and from Hawaii to North Dakota to Virginia, they came up with gorgeous places and gorgeous prose. Read the first of an ongoing series on our favorite nature...and then use our preserve map to find one near you!
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| Polar Bears Photo © Robert M. Griffith |
Climate Change and Extinction
Scientists say climate change could kill off one in every four species on Earth by 2050. Now you can track the impacts of climate change on biodiversity — and how we're battling them — with our new interactive map.
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| Prescribed burn in Iowa's Broken Kettle Grasslands. Photo © Sam Lindblom/TNC |
Fighting Fire with Fire
Looks like another deadly wildfire season is here across the United States. Learn in this Q&A how the Conservancy uses prescribed burns to heal nature…and help prevent damaging wildfires.
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| Aster in Tallgrass Prairie Preserve, Oklahoma. Photo © Harvey Payne |
Ask the Conservationist: Restoring Your Own Tallgrass Prairie
Can you restore farmland to the tallgrass prairie that once dominated the Midwest? Doug Ladd, the director of conservation for The Nature Conservancy in Missouri, answers that question in this month's Ask the Conservationist. And if you feel a conservation question coming on, send it to us and we might just use it next month!
'Celebrate America's Beauty' Photo Contest
Natural beauty is all around us — even in our own backyards. Parade Magazine and the Conservancy invite you to share your photos of nature, including those places you love and want to preserve, by entering the "Celebrate America's Beauty" photo contest.
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