Land & Conservation

The release of two rehabilitated brown pelicans is the result of millions of years of evolution, cosmic coincidence, and the hard work of conservation-minded South Carolinians

The aquatic mammals often end up in precarious positions after floods abate

In the heart of Patagonia lies a land suspended in time, one teeming with some of the world’s richest—and most improbable—stretches for fly fishing

Now approved by the FDA, a Texas scientist’s parasite-fighting feed could be a game changer for the South’s beloved game bird

Seven striking species that put on a show in your own backyard

Breath samples? Check. Body condition data? Check. Technology has taken off—literally

How a group effort that includes, surprisingly, the power company conspires to protect the tree canopy

No, we couldn’t let her stay in the contest. Yes, we fell for her anyway.

Consider this advocate the Johnny Appleseed of one of the South’s most imperiled trees

A young tribal leader and environmental scientist defends his people’s disappearing bayou

Native plants and grasses go viral in the hands of a social-media-savvy forester

One entomologist’s buzzy idea inspires an army of citizen scientists

After feeling unwelcome in the field, two scientists start a nonprofit to help other historically marginalized or excluded nature lovers

From sun-brightened streams to dark, dank caves, an ichthy-obsessed biologist tenaciously protects the South’s aquatic life

A married duo help keep Arkansas rivers and streams flowing free and clear

A blueprint for how private timberland owners can save threatened Southern species comes courtesy of a Mississippi forester

A ceramist and educator’s interactive coral reefs put the dire straits of Florida’s waters into relief

Harnessing passion for the ocean’s fisheries into powerful action is all in a day’s work for this Chesapeake guide

Louisiana black bears, Alabama cave shrimp, Appalachian spruce-fir forests, Chesapeake false albacore, Keys coral reefs—these and hundreds of other precarious Southern species and ecosystems rely on the heroic efforts of this year’s lineup of groundbreaking scientists, advocates, and nature lovers

Meet Chia, an endangered Kemp’s ridley who became entangled and injured off the coast of Charleston but just keeps swimming