Conservation
Land & Conservation
Farmers, gardeners, and seed collectives are rallying together to rebuild in the short term—and forge a more resilient future
Land & Conservation
North Carolina just debuted a Venus flytrap plate—the newest in a long line of important funding sources for the Southern wilds
Land & Conservation
Donna Kalil has plunged into canals in the dead of night, straddled two-hundred-pound serpents, and been bitten more times than she can count—all in the name of killing a thing she loves and playing a game she can’t win
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
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The aquatic mammals often end up in precarious positions after floods abate
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Now approved by the FDA, a Texas scientist’s parasite-fighting feed could be a game changer for the South’s beloved game bird
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Breath samples? Check. Body condition data? Check. Technology has taken off—literally
Land & Conservation
How a group effort that includes, surprisingly, the power company conspires to protect the tree canopy
Land & Conservation
No, we couldn’t let her stay in the contest. Yes, we fell for her anyway.
Champions of Conservation
Consider this advocate the Johnny Appleseed of one of the South’s most imperiled trees
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A young tribal leader and environmental scientist defends his people’s disappearing bayou
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Native plants and grasses go viral in the hands of a social-media-savvy forester
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One entomologist’s buzzy idea inspires an army of citizen scientists
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A married duo help keep Arkansas rivers and streams flowing free and clear
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A blueprint for how private timberland owners can save threatened Southern species comes courtesy of a Mississippi forester
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A ceramist and educator’s interactive coral reefs put the dire straits of Florida’s waters into relief
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Harnessing passion for the ocean’s fisheries into powerful action is all in a day’s work for this Chesapeake guide
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Land & Conservation
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
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Meet Chia, an endangered Kemp’s ridley who became entangled and injured off the coast of Charleston but just keeps swimming
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Cattle ranchers are joining forces with conservation groups to support the big cat’s comeback