The More You NOAA: What the Trump Budget Cuts Mean for Maine’s Oyster Business

June 19, 2018 / by Emily Brauner / acidification, Climate, Conservation, Fresh Water, noaa, North America, Ocean Conservancy, Oceans, oysters, People Taking Action, Policy, Science & Conservation, The More You NOAA, Trump administration

Published by Ocean Conservancy Bill Mook started Mook Sea Farm in 1985 after attending the University of Maine as an oceanography graduate student. Situated on the banks of the Damariscotta River in Maine, Mook Sea Farm grew American oysters for the half shell market and supplied seed clams, scallops and oysters to other East Coast shellfish […]

Drones provide an up close look at the health of forests

June 19, 2018 / by Jason Patlis / Conservation, Global News, North America, Oceans, Species, World Wildlife Foundation

Published by the World Wildlife Fund WWF is on a mission to save the world’s forest land. Success means a lot of land—in the right places—is protected or restored. But we also need to make sure that land is healthy, giving people and wildlife what they need to survive, like clean air and water, food and […]

Building a Partnership to Remove Marine Debris on Alaska’s St. Paul Island

June 18, 2018 / by Megan Bennett / Conservation, North America, Ocean Conservancy, Oceans

Published by Ocean Conservancy In May, my co-worker Patty Chambers and I were fortunate to be able to travel to St. Paul Island in Alaska’s remote Pribilof Islands to participate in a marine debris cleanup. We worked with students from the school to remove approximately 300 pounds of debris from a fur seal rookery near town. […]

International Paper and WWF Join Forces to Help Create First-Ever Science-Based Targets for Forests and Scale-Up Forest Restoration in Brazil

June 18, 2018 / by Jason Patlis / Conservation, Global News, South America, Species, World Wildlife Foundation

Published by the World Wildlife Fund How much forest land—and what quality—is needed to ensure forests can continue to provide people, plants and animals worldwide with the clean air and water, food and other “services” they need to thrive? In other words, what are the ecological tipping points for forests that we need to stay well […]

11 Fabulous Fathers with Fins

June 15, 2018 / by Emily Brauner / Africa, Antarctica, Asia, Australia, Climate, Conservation, Europe, North America, Ocean Conservancy, Oceans

Published by Ocean Conservancy Parenting can be tough. You can often find yourself sacrificing for your children in order to keep them happy and safe. Fathers play a special role in raising children. They make us feel safe, teach us how to survive and always ready to cheer us up with laughter. These qualities make us […]

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