#restoringnature — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #restoringnature, aggregated by home.social.
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New #infrastructure could help wildlife traverse a corridor that spans from #Ontario to the #ADKs
by Catherine Wheeler (#SaintLawrenceValley Reporter) , in #KingstonONOct 21, 2025
"It’s a clear day in the skies above southern Ontario.
"Jessica Lax peeks out of the window of a cherry-red turboprop plane. Below is a patchwork of greens and blues: the farms, forests, highways, and shoreline between Kingston and Brockville.
" 'I can see how sharp the lines are between the forest cover and the development,' Lax said. 'Seeing it from a broader perspective, you can see how stark it is.'
"Lax is the executive director of the #A2ACollaborative. It’s a binational group focused on protecting and improving a major #WildlifeCorridor that spans across southern Ontario and northern #NewYork.
"She’s taking photos and videos of an 85-kilometer (or 52-mile) stretch of Ontario’s Highway 401. In a section between #Mallorytown and #Gananoque, the lanes of traffic split, and a forested median fills the gap.
" 'It's another area where we have recommended a wildlife overpass,' she said over the airplane's headset. 'So I'm trying to get an image of how the forest cover connects.'
"#A2A has pinpointed two more locations along the 401 between Gananoque and #Brockville where they think overpasses and underpasses could help more animals survive crossing the busy highway, Lax said.
"That’s because this area is a critical wildlife pathway in northeastern #NorthAmerica."
#SolarPunkSunday #WildlifeCorridor
#PreserveTheForest #ReconnectNature #US #Canada #Biodiversity
#Interconnectedness #RestoringNature #NorthAmerica #NatureCorridors #A2ARegion -
New #infrastructure could help wildlife traverse a corridor that spans from #Ontario to the #ADKs
by Catherine Wheeler (#SaintLawrenceValley Reporter) , in #KingstonONOct 21, 2025
"It’s a clear day in the skies above southern Ontario.
"Jessica Lax peeks out of the window of a cherry-red turboprop plane. Below is a patchwork of greens and blues: the farms, forests, highways, and shoreline between Kingston and Brockville.
" 'I can see how sharp the lines are between the forest cover and the development,' Lax said. 'Seeing it from a broader perspective, you can see how stark it is.'
"Lax is the executive director of the #A2ACollaborative. It’s a binational group focused on protecting and improving a major #WildlifeCorridor that spans across southern Ontario and northern #NewYork.
"She’s taking photos and videos of an 85-kilometer (or 52-mile) stretch of Ontario’s Highway 401. In a section between #Mallorytown and #Gananoque, the lanes of traffic split, and a forested median fills the gap.
" 'It's another area where we have recommended a wildlife overpass,' she said over the airplane's headset. 'So I'm trying to get an image of how the forest cover connects.'
"#A2A has pinpointed two more locations along the 401 between Gananoque and #Brockville where they think overpasses and underpasses could help more animals survive crossing the busy highway, Lax said.
"That’s because this area is a critical wildlife pathway in northeastern #NorthAmerica."
#SolarPunkSunday #WildlifeCorridor
#PreserveTheForest #ReconnectNature #US #Canada #Biodiversity
#Interconnectedness #RestoringNature #NorthAmerica #NatureCorridors #A2ARegion -
New #infrastructure could help wildlife traverse a corridor that spans from #Ontario to the #ADKs
by Catherine Wheeler (#SaintLawrenceValley Reporter) , in #KingstonONOct 21, 2025
"It’s a clear day in the skies above southern Ontario.
"Jessica Lax peeks out of the window of a cherry-red turboprop plane. Below is a patchwork of greens and blues: the farms, forests, highways, and shoreline between Kingston and Brockville.
" 'I can see how sharp the lines are between the forest cover and the development,' Lax said. 'Seeing it from a broader perspective, you can see how stark it is.'
"Lax is the executive director of the #A2ACollaborative. It’s a binational group focused on protecting and improving a major #WildlifeCorridor that spans across southern Ontario and northern #NewYork.
"She’s taking photos and videos of an 85-kilometer (or 52-mile) stretch of Ontario’s Highway 401. In a section between #Mallorytown and #Gananoque, the lanes of traffic split, and a forested median fills the gap.
" 'It's another area where we have recommended a wildlife overpass,' she said over the airplane's headset. 'So I'm trying to get an image of how the forest cover connects.'
"#A2A has pinpointed two more locations along the 401 between Gananoque and #Brockville where they think overpasses and underpasses could help more animals survive crossing the busy highway, Lax said.
"That’s because this area is a critical wildlife pathway in northeastern #NorthAmerica."
#SolarPunkSunday #WildlifeCorridor
#PreserveTheForest #ReconnectNature #US #Canada #Biodiversity
#Interconnectedness #RestoringNature #NorthAmerica #NatureCorridors #A2ARegion -
New #infrastructure could help wildlife traverse a corridor that spans from #Ontario to the #ADKs
by Catherine Wheeler (#SaintLawrenceValley Reporter) , in #KingstonONOct 21, 2025
"It’s a clear day in the skies above southern Ontario.
"Jessica Lax peeks out of the window of a cherry-red turboprop plane. Below is a patchwork of greens and blues: the farms, forests, highways, and shoreline between Kingston and Brockville.
" 'I can see how sharp the lines are between the forest cover and the development,' Lax said. 'Seeing it from a broader perspective, you can see how stark it is.'
"Lax is the executive director of the #A2ACollaborative. It’s a binational group focused on protecting and improving a major #WildlifeCorridor that spans across southern Ontario and northern #NewYork.
"She’s taking photos and videos of an 85-kilometer (or 52-mile) stretch of Ontario’s Highway 401. In a section between #Mallorytown and #Gananoque, the lanes of traffic split, and a forested median fills the gap.
" 'It's another area where we have recommended a wildlife overpass,' she said over the airplane's headset. 'So I'm trying to get an image of how the forest cover connects.'
"#A2A has pinpointed two more locations along the 401 between Gananoque and #Brockville where they think overpasses and underpasses could help more animals survive crossing the busy highway, Lax said.
"That’s because this area is a critical wildlife pathway in northeastern #NorthAmerica."
#SolarPunkSunday #WildlifeCorridor
#PreserveTheForest #ReconnectNature #US #Canada #Biodiversity
#Interconnectedness #RestoringNature #NorthAmerica #NatureCorridors #A2ARegion -
New #infrastructure could help wildlife traverse a corridor that spans from #Ontario to the #ADKs
by Catherine Wheeler (#SaintLawrenceValley Reporter) , in #KingstonONOct 21, 2025
"It’s a clear day in the skies above southern Ontario.
"Jessica Lax peeks out of the window of a cherry-red turboprop plane. Below is a patchwork of greens and blues: the farms, forests, highways, and shoreline between Kingston and Brockville.
" 'I can see how sharp the lines are between the forest cover and the development,' Lax said. 'Seeing it from a broader perspective, you can see how stark it is.'
"Lax is the executive director of the #A2ACollaborative. It’s a binational group focused on protecting and improving a major #WildlifeCorridor that spans across southern Ontario and northern #NewYork.
"She’s taking photos and videos of an 85-kilometer (or 52-mile) stretch of Ontario’s Highway 401. In a section between #Mallorytown and #Gananoque, the lanes of traffic split, and a forested median fills the gap.
" 'It's another area where we have recommended a wildlife overpass,' she said over the airplane's headset. 'So I'm trying to get an image of how the forest cover connects.'
"#A2A has pinpointed two more locations along the 401 between Gananoque and #Brockville where they think overpasses and underpasses could help more animals survive crossing the busy highway, Lax said.
"That’s because this area is a critical wildlife pathway in northeastern #NorthAmerica."
#SolarPunkSunday #WildlifeCorridor
#PreserveTheForest #ReconnectNature #US #Canada #Biodiversity
#Interconnectedness #RestoringNature #NorthAmerica #NatureCorridors #A2ARegion -
#A2A - Connecting lands and people across the #Algonquin to #Adirondacks region
"For a resilient, ecologically connected #A2ARegion that sustains a full range of native #wildlife and enhances people’s quality of life for generations to come.
The time to reconnect is now.
Nature cannot survive on isolated islands. Between #AlgonquinPark and the Adirondacks, a crisis of fragmentation is unfolding.
Roads, development, and borders have severed ancient migratory pathways, trapping wildlife in habitat pockets too small to sustain genetic diversity, find food, or adapt to a rapidly changing climate. When we isolate nature, we weaken the very systems that sustain us.
The A2A region is a continental lifeline. As one of the last remaining large-scale, #IntactForest and #wetland linkages in #EasternNorthAmerica, this corridor represents our best opportunity to ensure wildlife can move north–south across the #GreatLakes – #SaintLawrence system.
Our mission is to heal and reconnect these landscapes. We must repair these broken links to restore the interconnected web of biodiversity that sustains the health of our region and the resilience of the entire continent."
Learn more:
https://a2acollaborative.org/#SolarPunkSunday #WildlifeCorridor #PreserveTheForest #ReconnectNature #US #Canada #Biodiversity #Interconnectedness #RestoringNature #NorthAmerica #NatureCorridors
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Why this tribe is buying up hundreds of acres of farmland — and flooding it
A new levee built by the #StillaguamishTribe separates farmland from newly restored #wetlands
by John Ryan, May 3, 2026
"Tribal officials say their habitat projects will help people as well as #salmon the next time floodwaters rise.
"With restored #floodplains, more of the #StillaguamishRiver's destructive surges can spread out and dissipate before causing harm.
"The Stillaguamish Tribe built a new levee last year, farther back from the river, before removing the old levee.
" 'By giving the river more space, we are reducing the damage and the expense to society to maintain infrastructure. It's cheaper to maintain if you stay further away,' Griffith says."
Read more:
https://www.npr.org/2026/05/03/nx-s1-5806062/washington-tribe-restore-wetlands-fish#SolarPunkSunday #WetlandRestoration #Stewardship #NativeAmericans #Rewilding #RestoringNature #MarshRestoration #AdapatingToClimateChange #RestoringHabitat #WildlifeHabitat #WetlandRestoration #WashingtonState
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#Rewilding #Wirruwana, Western #Australia's largest island
by Cat Williams, December 23, 2024
"[Wendy Payne] says the difference between Dirk Hartog Island as a pastoral station and Wirruwana as a national park 'is quite astonishingly different.'
"To date, eight native species have been reestablished, and the team aims to have up to 13 animals reintroduced by 2030. With the return of the animals, the landscape is changing.
"When you remove an animal from the environment, everything that animal does in its habitat, such as digging and distributing seeds, is lost.
"With the return of native animals, these processes and Wirruwana are slowly being restored.
"'The difference in just a few short years is really quite staggering,' says Wendy.
A rewilding blueprint
"Wendy says rewilding Wirruwana is one of the most important ecological restoration projects in Australia, and it's highly regarded globally.
"With impressive outcomes, what does it mean for the future of Australian environmental conservation?
"Return to 1616 has shown what is possible. The project provides evidence—and inspiration—for rewilding other islands and protected environments.
"Wirruwana can lead the way for others to follow in its footsteps, to create a blueprint for the conservation of Australia's precious #ecosystems."
Read more:
https://phys.org/news/2024-12-rewilding-wirruwana-western-australia-largest.html
#SolarPunkSunday #ReturnTo1616 #DirkHartogIsland #RestoringBiodiversity #RestoringNature