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Forests, grasslands, and other natural areas around the world have access to about a quarter less nitrogen than previously ...
In remote central Arnhem Land, finding a northern brushtail possum is encouraging for the local Indigenous rangers. Though once common, such small native mammals are now rare. Many are threatened with ...
Lee County Conservation naturalist and environmental educator Clay Steele told OWLS (Older, Wiser, Livelier Seniors) ...
Just after 12:30 p.m. on June 2, a group of 13 women and nonbinary folks gathered in a loose circle at the base of a ridgeline at Stone State Park. […] ...
The Sharp-tailed Grouse Advisory Committee has recommended the DNR resume a hunting season for the species this fall. If ...
But long before commercial pine plantations and fire suppression altered the land, much of eastern Texas was home to an open, sunny, and remarkably diverse ecosystem known as the pine savanna.
Though the Post Oak Savanna is defined as stretching from the northeast part of the state down into the Brazos River valley, its influence reaches much farther than its boundaries suggest. While ...
“Oak savanna is a rare and fragile ecosystem with open forest canopies dominated by oak, shrubs, tallgrass prairie and wildflower species.” Mr. Pickersgill added, “It’s important to appreciate the ...
Of the thousands of native plants and trees that most Americans and nearly all Minnesotans can plant in their yards, one species towers above the rest. To do the most good for the most things, and ...
"We've taken a lot of oak savanna to build vineyards, I will admit that," said Kevin Chambers, owner of Koosah Farms in Amity. "But this is an excellent effort to reestablish an ecosystem." ...
According to SVOM, the land is made up of Oak savanna. It was once the dominant ecosystem within the Willamette Valley, but now takes up 2% of the area it used to cover.
Trees in the Videra Oak Meadow in southwest Eugene. Nathan Wilk / KLCC A developer wants to allow new homes in southwest Eugene, but some neighbors there are concerned about habitat destruction.