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  1. A 300-meter-deep coal mine in Spain is now a giant lake holding 547 billion liters, and the transformation took 4 years

    There’s a hole in the ground in northern Spain that once swallowed mining trucks whole. Today, that same…
    #Spain #ES #Europe #Europa #EU #coalmine #ecologicalrestoration #LakeAsPontes #NorthernSpain #Tourism
    europesays.com/spain/92459/

  2. 📰 Positive Tipping Points Show How Climate Progress Can Accelerate

    🌍 Earth: Clean energy, methane cuts, and marine protection are reaching thresholds where solutions get cheaper, faster, and easier to adopt.

    ⚡ These self‑reinforcing shifts can cascade across global systems, from mobility to air quality to ocean recovery, increasing climate action momentum.

    Example: Clean electricity is now in a "master cascade."

    🌱 New Earthshot report provides a list of these high-priority solutions. (This is impressive work by the University of Exeter.)

    🔗 Article: phys.org/news/2026-09-earthsho

    🔗 Report Access: greenfuturessolutions.com/news

    #Climate #ClimateAction #Sustainability
    #Environment #GlobalDevelopment #EcologicalRestoration #ClimateSolutions #Environment

  3. 📰 Positive Tipping Points Show How Climate Progress Can Accelerate

    🌍 Earth: Clean energy, methane cuts, and marine protection are reaching thresholds where solutions get cheaper, faster, and easier to adopt.

    ⚡ These self‑reinforcing shifts can cascade across global systems, from mobility to air quality to ocean recovery, increasing climate action momentum.

    Example: Clean electricity is now in a "master cascade."

    🌱 New Earthshot report provides a list of these high-priority solutions. (This is impressive work by the University of Exeter.)

    🔗 Article: phys.org/news/2026-09-earthsho

    🔗 Report Access: greenfuturessolutions.com/news

    #Climate #ClimateAction #Sustainability
    #Environment #GlobalDevelopment #EcologicalRestoration #ClimateSolutions #Environment

  4. 📰 Positive Tipping Points Show How Climate Progress Can Accelerate

    🌍 Earth: Clean energy, methane cuts, and marine protection are reaching thresholds where solutions get cheaper, faster, and easier to adopt.

    ⚡ These self‑reinforcing shifts can cascade across global systems, from mobility to air quality to ocean recovery, increasing climate action momentum.

    Example: Clean electricity is now in a "master cascade."

    🌱 New Earthshot report provides a list of these high-priority solutions. (This is impressive work by the University of Exeter.)

    🔗 Article: phys.org/news/2026-09-earthsho

    🔗 Report Access: greenfuturessolutions.com/news

    #Climate #ClimateAction #Sustainability
    #Environment #GlobalDevelopment #EcologicalRestoration #ClimateSolutions #Environment

  5. 📰 Positive Tipping Points Show How Climate Progress Can Accelerate

    🌍 Earth: Clean energy, methane cuts, and marine protection are reaching thresholds where solutions get cheaper, faster, and easier to adopt.

    ⚡ These self‑reinforcing shifts can cascade across global systems, from mobility to air quality to ocean recovery, increasing climate action momentum.

    Example: Clean electricity is now in a "master cascade."

    🌱 New Earthshot report provides a list of these high-priority solutions. (This is impressive work by the University of Exeter.)

    🔗 Article: phys.org/news/2026-09-earthsho

    🔗 Report Access: greenfuturessolutions.com/news

    #Climate #ClimateAction #Sustainability
    #Environment #GlobalDevelopment #EcologicalRestoration #ClimateSolutions #Environment

  6. 📰 Conservation Project Celebrates Major Wins After One Year

    🌍 England: A Networks for Nature landscape-scale conservation initiative is reporting significant biodiversity gains after its first year, demonstrating rapid ecological responses when habitat is restored.

    🦉 With 8,000 people involved and led by the Chester Zoo, early results include encouraging wildlife records and evidence that restored habitats are supporting a wider range of species.

    📈 Nature can recover surprisingly quickly when pressure is reduced and ecological processes are allowed to function again.

    🔗 insideecology.com/2026/09/15/m

    #WildlifeWednesday #NatureRecovery #Biodiversity #Conservation #EcologicalRestoration #WildlifeConservation

  7. 📰 Conservation Project Celebrates Major Wins After One Year

    🌍 England: A Networks for Nature landscape-scale conservation initiative is reporting significant biodiversity gains after its first year, demonstrating rapid ecological responses when habitat is restored.

    🦉 With 8,000 people involved and led by the Chester Zoo, early results include encouraging wildlife records and evidence that restored habitats are supporting a wider range of species.

    📈 Nature can recover surprisingly quickly when pressure is reduced and ecological processes are allowed to function again.

    🔗 insideecology.com/2026/09/15/m

    #WildlifeWednesday #NatureRecovery #Biodiversity #Conservation #EcologicalRestoration #WildlifeConservation

  8. 📰 Conservation Project Celebrates Major Wins After One Year

    🌍 England: A Networks for Nature landscape-scale conservation initiative is reporting significant biodiversity gains after its first year, demonstrating rapid ecological responses when habitat is restored.

    🦉 With 8,000 people involved and led by the Chester Zoo, early results include encouraging wildlife records and evidence that restored habitats are supporting a wider range of species.

    📈 Nature can recover surprisingly quickly when pressure is reduced and ecological processes are allowed to function again.

    🔗 insideecology.com/2026/09/15/m

    #WildlifeWednesday #NatureRecovery #Biodiversity #Conservation #EcologicalRestoration #WildlifeConservation

  9. 📰 Conservation Project Celebrates Major Wins After One Year

    🌍 England: A Networks for Nature landscape-scale conservation initiative is reporting significant biodiversity gains after its first year, demonstrating rapid ecological responses when habitat is restored.

    🦉 With 8,000 people involved and led by the Chester Zoo, early results include encouraging wildlife records and evidence that restored habitats are supporting a wider range of species.

    📈 Nature can recover surprisingly quickly when pressure is reduced and ecological processes are allowed to function again.

    🔗 insideecology.com/2026/09/15/m

    #WildlifeWednesday #NatureRecovery #Biodiversity #Conservation #EcologicalRestoration #WildlifeConservation

  10. In 1982, Israel released 28 wild donkeys to its desert; 44 years later, they created an oasis in one of Earth’s most extreme places

    Donkeys are more than just packs of animals and load carriers; these herbivores have the capacity to cont…
    #NewsBeep #News #Wildlife #acaciatrees #Africanwildasses #AU #Australia #avrahamyoffe #ecologicalrestoration #IsraelNatureandParksAuthority #mohammadrezapahlavi #NegevDesert #Persianonagers #RamonCrater #Science #wilddonkeys
    newsbeep.com/au/887962/

  11. In 1982, Israel released 28 wild donkeys to its desert; 44 years later, they created an oasis in one of Earth’s most extreme places

    Donkeys are more than just packs of animals and load carriers; these herbivores have the capacity to …
    #NewsBeep #News #Wildlife #acaciatrees #Africanwildasses #avrahamyoffe #ecologicalrestoration #IsraelNatureandParksAuthority #mohammadrezapahlavi #NegevDesert #Persianonagers #RamonCrater #Science #UK #UnitedKingdom #wilddonkeys
    newsbeep.com/uk/767054/

  12. 📰 NEW SPECIES SEEN FOR FIRST TIME TODAY IN CLOUD FOREST RESERVE

    🚨Ecuador: In the Maquipucuna Reserve today, a rare "Tiny Hawk" was seen for the first time. [Edit: Name Correction]

    🐦‍⬛ The 14, 000-acre reserve has been conducting large-scale ecological restoration of former agricultural land for decades and has been seeing positive results in reforestation of native plants and native species recovery.

    ❗This latest positive development is most notable because I WAS THERE! I'M GOING OUT OF MY MIND! This is a pic from my camera looking through a birding telescope.

    👋 From Ecuador, this is me reporting LIVE for Mastodon's #SolarpunkSunday

    👉 Only on the Fediverse

    More about The Reserve
    maquipucuna.org/

    #EcuadorDiary #EcologicalRestoration #Conservation #WildlifeConservation #Ecuador #Environment #Biodiversity #Solarpunk

  13. 📰 NEW SPECIES SEEN FOR FIRST TIME TODAY IN CLOUD FOREST RESERVE

    🚨Ecuador: In the Maquipucuna Reserve today, a rare "Tiny Hawk" was seen for the first time. [Edit: Name Correction]

    🐦‍⬛ The 14, 000-acre reserve has been conducting large-scale ecological restoration of former agricultural land for decades and has been seeing positive results in reforestation of native plants and native species recovery.

    ❗This latest positive development is most notable because I WAS THERE! I'M GOING OUT OF MY MIND! This is a pic from my camera looking through a birding telescope.

    👋 From Ecuador, this is me reporting LIVE for Mastodon's #SolarpunkSunday

    👉 Only on the Fediverse

    More about The Reserve
    maquipucuna.org/

    #EcuadorDiary #EcologicalRestoration #Conservation #WildlifeConservation #Ecuador #Environment #Biodiversity #Solarpunk

  14. 📰 NEW SPECIES SEEN FOR FIRST TIME TODAY IN CLOUD FOREST RESERVE

    🚨Ecuador: In the Maquipucuna Reserve today, a rare "Tiny Hawk" was seen for the first time. [Edit: Name Correction]

    🐦‍⬛ The 14, 000-acre reserve has been conducting large-scale ecological restoration of former agricultural land for decades and has been seeing positive results in reforestation of native plants and native species recovery.

    ❗This latest positive development is most notable because I WAS THERE! I'M GOING OUT OF MY MIND! This is a pic from my camera looking through a birding telescope.

    👋 From Ecuador, this is me reporting LIVE for Mastodon's #SolarpunkSunday

    👉 Only on the Fediverse

    More about The Reserve
    maquipucuna.org/

    #EcuadorDiary #EcologicalRestoration #Conservation #WildlifeConservation #Ecuador #Environment #Biodiversity #Solarpunk

  15. 📰 NEW SPECIES SEEN FOR FIRST TIME TODAY IN CLOUD FOREST RESERVE

    🚨Ecuador: In the Maquipucuna Reserve today, a rare "Tiny Hawk" was seen for the first time. [Edit: Name Correction]

    🐦‍⬛ The 14, 000-acre reserve has been conducting large-scale ecological restoration of former agricultural land for decades and has been seeing positive results in reforestation of native plants and native species recovery.

    ❗This latest positive development is most notable because I WAS THERE! I'M GOING OUT OF MY MIND! This is a pic from my camera looking through a birding telescope.

    👋 From Ecuador, this is me reporting LIVE for Mastodon's #SolarpunkSunday

    👉 Only on the Fediverse

    More about The Reserve
    maquipucuna.org/

    #EcuadorDiary #EcologicalRestoration #Conservation #WildlifeConservation #Ecuador #Environment #Biodiversity #Solarpunk

  16. A businessman bought a 23,000-acre Scottish sporting estate and spent two decades rewilding it; one million native trees later, red squirrels have been reintroduced

    Deep in the Scottish Highlands, a process of regeneration is taking place An English…
    #NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #Environment #AlladaleWildernessReserve #ecologicalrestoration #highlands #Rewilding #Science #ScottishHighlands #Scottishsportingestate #TreesforLife
    newsbeep.com/us/823677/

  17. A businessman bought a 23,000-acre Scottish sporting estate and spent two decades rewilding it; one million native trees later, red squirrels have been reintroduced

    Deep in the Scottish Highlands, a process of regeneration is taking place An English businessman w…
    #NewsBeep #News #Environment #AlladaleWildernessReserve #ecologicalrestoration #environment #Highlands #Rewilding #Science #scottishhighlands #Scottishsportingestate #TreesforLife #UK #UnitedKingdom
    newsbeep.com/uk/747655/

  18. 📰 Coastal Marsh Restoration Fights Sea‑Level Rise

    🌎 New Jersey, USA: Scientists are restoring coastal marsh habitat at Scotch Bonnet Island to help wetlands keep pace with rising seas.

    🌾 The project is designed to protect marsh ecosystems that support wildlife and provide important ecological services. 32 bird species have been seen using the area for resting and fishing, including a rare American Golden-Plover.

    🤝 Wetland restoration is one of the most effective nature‑based approaches for increasing coastal resilience while safeguarding biodiversity.

    “I think we can get a lot of wetlands back. They’re not always on this one-way street to destruction.”
    - Samantha Chapman, wetland ecologist

    🔗 insideclimatenews.org/news/190

    #SolarpunkSunday #Biodiversity #Environment #WildlifeConservation #EcologicalRestoration #ClimateAdaptation #Wetlands

  19. 📰 Coastal Marsh Restoration Fights Sea‑Level Rise

    🌎 New Jersey, USA: Scientists are restoring coastal marsh habitat at Scotch Bonnet Island to help wetlands keep pace with rising seas.

    🌾 The project is designed to protect marsh ecosystems that support wildlife and provide important ecological services. 32 bird species have been seen using the area for resting and fishing, including a rare American Golden-Plover.

    🤝 Wetland restoration is one of the most effective nature‑based approaches for increasing coastal resilience while safeguarding biodiversity.

    “I think we can get a lot of wetlands back. They’re not always on this one-way street to destruction.”
    - Samantha Chapman, wetland ecologist

    🔗 insideclimatenews.org/news/190

    #SolarpunkSunday #Biodiversity #Environment #WildlifeConservation #EcologicalRestoration #ClimateAdaptation #Wetlands

  20. 📰 Coastal Marsh Restoration Fights Sea‑Level Rise

    🌎 New Jersey, USA: Scientists are restoring coastal marsh habitat at Scotch Bonnet Island to help wetlands keep pace with rising seas.

    🌾 The project is designed to protect marsh ecosystems that support wildlife and provide important ecological services. 32 bird species have been seen using the area for resting and fishing, including a rare American Golden-Plover.

    🤝 Wetland restoration is one of the most effective nature‑based approaches for increasing coastal resilience while safeguarding biodiversity.

    “I think we can get a lot of wetlands back. They’re not always on this one-way street to destruction.”
    - Samantha Chapman, wetland ecologist

    🔗 insideclimatenews.org/news/190

    #SolarpunkSunday #Biodiversity #Environment #WildlifeConservation #EcologicalRestoration #ClimateAdaptation #Wetlands

  21. 📰 Coastal Marsh Restoration Fights Sea‑Level Rise

    🌎 New Jersey, USA: Scientists are restoring coastal marsh habitat at Scotch Bonnet Island to help wetlands keep pace with rising seas.

    🌾 The project is designed to protect marsh ecosystems that support wildlife and provide important ecological services. 32 bird species have been seen using the area for resting and fishing, including a rare American Golden-Plover.

    🤝 Wetland restoration is one of the most effective nature‑based approaches for increasing coastal resilience while safeguarding biodiversity.

    “I think we can get a lot of wetlands back. They’re not always on this one-way street to destruction.”
    - Samantha Chapman, wetland ecologist

    🔗 insideclimatenews.org/news/190

    #SolarpunkSunday #Biodiversity #Environment #WildlifeConservation #EcologicalRestoration #ClimateAdaptation #Wetlands

  22. 📰 Community Restoring Water Cycles to Prevent Wildfires

    🌍 Portugal: In the fire‑scarred Cova da Beira region, the ecosystem restoration community EcoAtivo is rebuilding the land’s natural water cycles to make forests cooler, wetter, and far more fire‑resilient.

    💧 Water retention structures (swales, contour‑laid biomass, ponds, and beaver‑dam analogues) slow rainfall so it sinks into the soil instead of rushing away. This regenerates the small water cycle, boosting local humidity, groundwater recharge, and drought resistance. Healthy, water‑retentive landscapes burn less readily and recover faster.

    🌱 EcoAtivo pairs these structures with native fire‑resistant vegetation like holm oak, chestnut, birch, and cork oak. These “living strips” reduce fuel loads, break up fire pathways, and rebuild biodiversity after Portugal’s devastating 2025 wildfire season.

    🤝 Their EU‑funded Ash2Soil program turns restoration into culture. Citizens, scientists, and artists have seasonal gatherings where they restore land, make biochar, replant native trees, and transform findings into murals, films, and shared community memory.

    ⭐ A new model for the future?

    🔗 znetwork.org/znetarticle/how-a

    #SolarpunkSunday #Biodiversity #Conservation #Environment
    #EcologicalRestoration #ClimateAdaptation

  23. 📰 Community Restoring Water Cycles to Prevent Wildfires

    🌍 Portugal: In the fire‑scarred Cova da Beira region, the ecosystem restoration community EcoAtivo is rebuilding the land’s natural water cycles to make forests cooler, wetter, and far more fire‑resilient.

    💧 Water retention structures (swales, contour‑laid biomass, ponds, and beaver‑dam analogues) slow rainfall so it sinks into the soil instead of rushing away. This regenerates the small water cycle, boosting local humidity, groundwater recharge, and drought resistance. Healthy, water‑retentive landscapes burn less readily and recover faster.

    🌱 EcoAtivo pairs these structures with native fire‑resistant vegetation like holm oak, chestnut, birch, and cork oak. These “living strips” reduce fuel loads, break up fire pathways, and rebuild biodiversity after Portugal’s devastating 2025 wildfire season.

    🤝 Their EU‑funded Ash2Soil program turns restoration into culture. Citizens, scientists, and artists have seasonal gatherings where they restore land, make biochar, replant native trees, and transform findings into murals, films, and shared community memory.

    ⭐ A new model for the future?

    🔗 znetwork.org/znetarticle/how-a

    #SolarpunkSunday #Biodiversity #Conservation #Environment
    #EcologicalRestoration #ClimateAdaptation

  24. 📰 Community Restoring Water Cycles to Prevent Wildfires

    🌍 Portugal: In the fire‑scarred Cova da Beira region, the ecosystem restoration community EcoAtivo is rebuilding the land’s natural water cycles to make forests cooler, wetter, and far more fire‑resilient.

    💧 Water retention structures (swales, contour‑laid biomass, ponds, and beaver‑dam analogues) slow rainfall so it sinks into the soil instead of rushing away. This regenerates the small water cycle, boosting local humidity, groundwater recharge, and drought resistance. Healthy, water‑retentive landscapes burn less readily and recover faster.

    🌱 EcoAtivo pairs these structures with native fire‑resistant vegetation like holm oak, chestnut, birch, and cork oak. These “living strips” reduce fuel loads, break up fire pathways, and rebuild biodiversity after Portugal’s devastating 2025 wildfire season.

    🤝 Their EU‑funded Ash2Soil program turns restoration into culture. Citizens, scientists, and artists have seasonal gatherings where they restore land, make biochar, replant native trees, and transform findings into murals, films, and shared community memory.

    ⭐ A new model for the future?

    🔗 znetwork.org/znetarticle/how-a

    #SolarpunkSunday #Biodiversity #Conservation #Environment
    #EcologicalRestoration #ClimateAdaptation

  25. 📰 Community Restoring Water Cycles to Prevent Wildfires

    🌍 Portugal: In the fire‑scarred Cova da Beira region, the ecosystem restoration community EcoAtivo is rebuilding the land’s natural water cycles to make forests cooler, wetter, and far more fire‑resilient.

    💧 Water retention structures (swales, contour‑laid biomass, ponds, and beaver‑dam analogues) slow rainfall so it sinks into the soil instead of rushing away. This regenerates the small water cycle, boosting local humidity, groundwater recharge, and drought resistance. Healthy, water‑retentive landscapes burn less readily and recover faster.

    🌱 EcoAtivo pairs these structures with native fire‑resistant vegetation like holm oak, chestnut, birch, and cork oak. These “living strips” reduce fuel loads, break up fire pathways, and rebuild biodiversity after Portugal’s devastating 2025 wildfire season.

    🤝 Their EU‑funded Ash2Soil program turns restoration into culture. Citizens, scientists, and artists have seasonal gatherings where they restore land, make biochar, replant native trees, and transform findings into murals, films, and shared community memory.

    ⭐ A new model for the future?

    🔗 znetwork.org/znetarticle/how-a

    #SolarpunkSunday #Biodiversity #Conservation #Environment
    #EcologicalRestoration #ClimateAdaptation

  26. 📰 Fertilizer Imbalance Reduces Mycorrhizal Fungi

    🌍 Austria: Long-term grassland plots reveal that low potassium combined with high nitrogen can *halve* the fungal partners plants rely on for nutrient uptake and drought resilience.

    🍄 These fungi form vast underground networks that help crops access phosphorus and nitrogen, protect against pests, and maintain soil structure.

    🌾 When fertilizer regimes weaken this symbiosis, soils lose resilience—effects that may not show up in yields immediately but erode ecosystem stability over decades.

    🤝 Researchers say diversifying the fungal families used in agriculture could strengthen soil health under nutrient‑stress conditions.

    🔗 phys.org/news/2026-03-year-fie

    #FungiFriday #SustainableAgriculture #Biodiversity #EcologicalRestoration #SoilHealth

  27. 📰 Fertilizer Imbalance Reduces Mycorrhizal Fungi

    🌍 Austria: Long-term grassland plots reveal that low potassium combined with high nitrogen can *halve* the fungal partners plants rely on for nutrient uptake and drought resilience.

    🍄 These fungi form vast underground networks that help crops access phosphorus and nitrogen, protect against pests, and maintain soil structure.

    🌾 When fertilizer regimes weaken this symbiosis, soils lose resilience—effects that may not show up in yields immediately but erode ecosystem stability over decades.

    🤝 Researchers say diversifying the fungal families used in agriculture could strengthen soil health under nutrient‑stress conditions.

    🔗 phys.org/news/2026-03-year-fie

    #FungiFriday #SustainableAgriculture #Biodiversity #EcologicalRestoration #SoilHealth

  28. 📰 Fertilizer Imbalance Reduces Mycorrhizal Fungi

    🌍 Austria: Long-term grassland plots reveal that low potassium combined with high nitrogen can *halve* the fungal partners plants rely on for nutrient uptake and drought resilience.

    🍄 These fungi form vast underground networks that help crops access phosphorus and nitrogen, protect against pests, and maintain soil structure.

    🌾 When fertilizer regimes weaken this symbiosis, soils lose resilience—effects that may not show up in yields immediately but erode ecosystem stability over decades.

    🤝 Researchers say diversifying the fungal families used in agriculture could strengthen soil health under nutrient‑stress conditions.

    🔗 phys.org/news/2026-03-year-fie

    #FungiFriday #SustainableAgriculture #Biodiversity #EcologicalRestoration #SoilHealth

  29. 📰 Fertilizer Imbalance Reduces Mycorrhizal Fungi

    🌍 Austria: Long-term grassland plots reveal that low potassium combined with high nitrogen can *halve* the fungal partners plants rely on for nutrient uptake and drought resilience.

    🍄 These fungi form vast underground networks that help crops access phosphorus and nitrogen, protect against pests, and maintain soil structure.

    🌾 When fertilizer regimes weaken this symbiosis, soils lose resilience—effects that may not show up in yields immediately but erode ecosystem stability over decades.

    🤝 Researchers say diversifying the fungal families used in agriculture could strengthen soil health under nutrient‑stress conditions.

    🔗 phys.org/news/2026-03-year-fie

    #FungiFriday #SustainableAgriculture #Biodiversity #EcologicalRestoration #SoilHealth

  30. 📰 Dam Removals Spark Massive Alewife Comeback

    🌎 Maine: After decades of decline, migrating alewife populations have rebounded from under 800 fish to more than 9 million thanks to sustained dam removal and river‑restoration efforts.

    🐟 With seals, otters, bald eagles, ospreys, pollock, trout and other carnivores feeding on large populations, communities now celebrate annual alewife festivals, highlighting how ecological restoration can revive cultural traditions and local economies.

    🔗 insideclimatenews.org/news/060

    #WildlifeWednesday #RiverRestoration #EcologicalRestoration #Conservation #Biodiversity #Rewilding

  31. 📰 Dam Removals Spark Massive Alewife Comeback

    🌎 Maine: After decades of decline, migrating alewife populations have rebounded from under 800 fish to more than 9 million thanks to sustained dam removal and river‑restoration efforts.

    🐟 With seals, otters, bald eagles, ospreys, pollock, trout and other carnivores feeding on large populations, communities now celebrate annual alewife festivals, highlighting how ecological restoration can revive cultural traditions and local economies.

    🔗 insideclimatenews.org/news/060

    #WildlifeWednesday #RiverRestoration #EcologicalRestoration #Conservation #Biodiversity #Rewilding

  32. 📰 Dam Removals Spark Massive Alewife Comeback

    🌎 Maine: After decades of decline, migrating alewife populations have rebounded from under 800 fish to more than 9 million thanks to sustained dam removal and river‑restoration efforts.

    🐟 With seals, otters, bald eagles, ospreys, pollock, trout and other carnivores feeding on large populations, communities now celebrate annual alewife festivals, highlighting how ecological restoration can revive cultural traditions and local economies.

    🔗 insideclimatenews.org/news/060

    #WildlifeWednesday #RiverRestoration #EcologicalRestoration #Conservation #Biodiversity #Rewilding

  33. 📰 Dam Removals Spark Massive Alewife Comeback

    🌎 Maine: After decades of decline, migrating alewife populations have rebounded from under 800 fish to more than 9 million thanks to sustained dam removal and river‑restoration efforts.

    🐟 With seals, otters, bald eagles, ospreys, pollock, trout and other carnivores feeding on large populations, communities now celebrate annual alewife festivals, highlighting how ecological restoration can revive cultural traditions and local economies.

    🔗 insideclimatenews.org/news/060

    #WildlifeWednesday #RiverRestoration #EcologicalRestoration #Conservation #Biodiversity #Rewilding

  34. In 1958, 58 feral pigs were removed from Clipperton Island, helping a seabird colony grow from 650 to more than 137,000

    In 1958, Clipperton Island was a very different place from the huge seabird colony it would later become.…
    #NewsBeep #News #Wildlife #AU #Australia #BrownBoobies #clipperton #ClippertonIsland #Conservation #ecologicalrestoration #feralpigs #losangelescountymuseum #MaskedBoobies #Science #seabirdrecovery #sootyterns
    newsbeep.com/au/857132/

  35. In 1958, 58 feral pigs were removed from Clipperton Island, helping a seabird colony grow from 650 to more than 137,000

    In 1958, Clipperton Island was a very different place from the huge seabird colony it would later become.…
    #NewsBeep #News #Wildlife #BrownBoobies #clipperton #ClippertonIsland #conservation #ecologicalrestoration #feralpigs #LosAngelesCountyMuseum #MaskedBoobies #Science #seabirdrecovery #sootyterns #UK #UnitedKingdom
    newsbeep.com/uk/739558/

  36. 📰 Megafire Could Not Kill the Fungi 🔥

    🌎 Mojave Desert: The 2020 Dome Fire wiped out a million Eastern Joshua Trees, leaving a haunting landscape of charred trunks.

    🍄 But underground? The mycorrhizal fungi community held strong, diverse, abundant, and even joined by fire‑loving specialists.

    🌱 This resilience means restoration efforts don’t need costly soil amendments. The fungal partners are still there, ready to help new seedlings if they can survive drought and herbivores.

    💪 Even in extreme disturbance, fungal networks endure, quietly anchoring ecosystem recovery.

    🔗 phys.org/news/2026-05-megafire

    #FungiFriday #EcologicalRestoration #DesertEcology #Mycology #ClimateResilience #FireEcology

  37. 📰 Megafire Could Not Kill the Fungi 🔥

    🌎 Mojave Desert: The 2020 Dome Fire wiped out a million Eastern Joshua Trees, leaving a haunting landscape of charred trunks.

    🍄 But underground? The mycorrhizal fungi community held strong, diverse, abundant, and even joined by fire‑loving specialists.

    🌱 This resilience means restoration efforts don’t need costly soil amendments. The fungal partners are still there, ready to help new seedlings if they can survive drought and herbivores.

    💪 Even in extreme disturbance, fungal networks endure, quietly anchoring ecosystem recovery.

    🔗 phys.org/news/2026-05-megafire

    #FungiFriday #EcologicalRestoration #DesertEcology #Mycology #ClimateResilience #FireEcology

  38. 📰 Megafire Could Not Kill the Fungi 🔥

    🌎 Mojave Desert: The 2020 Dome Fire wiped out a million Eastern Joshua Trees, leaving a haunting landscape of charred trunks.

    🍄 But underground? The mycorrhizal fungi community held strong, diverse, abundant, and even joined by fire‑loving specialists.

    🌱 This resilience means restoration efforts don’t need costly soil amendments. The fungal partners are still there, ready to help new seedlings if they can survive drought and herbivores.

    💪 Even in extreme disturbance, fungal networks endure, quietly anchoring ecosystem recovery.

    🔗 phys.org/news/2026-05-megafire

    #FungiFriday #EcologicalRestoration #DesertEcology #Mycology #ClimateResilience #FireEcology

  39. 📰 Forest Restoration Efforts Help Monarchs Hold Their Ground

    🌎 Mexico: New monitoring data indicate that eastern monarch butterfly populations increased for a second consecutive year in their Mexican wintering grounds.

    🦋 Researchers reported larger areas of monarch-covered forest compared with the two previous years, suggesting a period of relative stability after long declines.

    🔬 Habitat restoration efforts, including milkweed plantings across North America, are helping monarchs persist despite ongoing pressures.

    🔗 e360.yale.edu/digest/monarch-b

    #InsectSaturday #Monarchs #HabitatRestoration #Pollinators #Conservation #EcologicalRestoration

  40. 📰 Forest Restoration Efforts Help Monarchs Hold Their Ground

    🌎 Mexico: New monitoring data indicate that eastern monarch butterfly populations increased for a second consecutive year in their Mexican wintering grounds.

    🦋 Researchers reported larger areas of monarch-covered forest compared with the two previous years, suggesting a period of relative stability after long declines.

    🔬 Habitat restoration efforts, including milkweed plantings across North America, are helping monarchs persist despite ongoing pressures.

    🔗 e360.yale.edu/digest/monarch-b

    #InsectSaturday #Monarchs #HabitatRestoration #Pollinators #Conservation #EcologicalRestoration

  41. 📰 Forest Restoration Efforts Help Monarchs Hold Their Ground

    🌎 Mexico: New monitoring data indicate that eastern monarch butterfly populations increased for a second consecutive year in their Mexican wintering grounds.

    🦋 Researchers reported larger areas of monarch-covered forest compared with the two previous years, suggesting a period of relative stability after long declines.

    🔬 Habitat restoration efforts, including milkweed plantings across North America, are helping monarchs persist despite ongoing pressures.

    🔗 e360.yale.edu/digest/monarch-b

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