#wildlifeconservation — Public Fediverse posts

Ugandan communities planted 4,053 trees beside one of Africa’s great rainforests; now the new forest is rebuilding a damaged wildlife buffer |

Bwindi Impenetrable Forest. Image Credit: Ron Van Oers/Wikipedia Communities living beside Uganda’s Bwindi Impenetrable National Par…
#NewsBeep #News #Environment #agroforestry #AU #Australia #bwindi #BwindiImpenetrableNationalPark #endangeredmountaingorillas #restorationofforests #Science #uganda #wildlifeconservation
https://www.newsbeep.com/au/886148/

Ugandan communities planted 4,053 trees beside one of Africa’s great rainforests; now the new forest is rebuilding a damaged wildlife buffer |

Bwindi Impenetrable Forest. Image Credit: Ron Van Oers/Wikipedia Communities living beside Uganda’s Bwindi Impenetrable National Par…
#NewsBeep #News #Environment #agroforestry #AU #Australia #bwindi #BwindiImpenetrableNationalPark #endangeredmountaingorillas #restorationofforests #Science #uganda #wildlifeconservation
https://www.newsbeep.com/au/886148/

Ugandan communities planted 4,053 trees beside one of Africa’s great rainforests; now the new forest is rebuilding a damaged wildlife buffer |

Bwindi Impenetrable Forest. Image Credit: Ron Van Oers/Wikipedia Communities living beside Uganda’s Bwindi Impenetr…
#NewsBeep #News #Environment #agroforestry #bwindi #BwindiImpenetrableNationalPark #endangeredmountaingorillas #environment #restorationofforests #Science #Uganda #UK #UnitedKingdom #wildlifeconservation
https://www.newsbeep.com/uk/765244/

https://www.europesays.com/ie/680624/ Ugandan communities planted 4,053 trees beside one of Africa’s great rainforests; now the new forest is rebuilding a damaged wildlife buffer | #agroforestry #bwindi #BwindiImpenetrableNationalPark #Éire #EndangeredMountainGorillas #Environment #IE #Ireland #RestorationOfForests #Science #Uganda #WildlifeConservation

Three new Griffon Vultures chicks born in Cyprus this year, KNEWS https://www.byteseu.com/2351097/ #BirdProtection #Cyprus #EndangeredSpecies #GriffonVulture #vultures #WildlifeConservation

In 2026, a Florida wildlife centre brought in critically endangered red-ruffed lemurs; the project is now helping restore their disappearing Madagascar rainforest

A wildlife centre in No…
#NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #Environment #criticallyendangeredspecies #Floridawildlifecentre #GreenAgainMadagascar #Habitatrestoration #lemurencounterprogramme #Madagascarrainforestrestoration #red-ruffedlemurs #Science #WildlifeConservation
https://www.newsbeep.com/us/841695/

In 2026, a Florida wildlife centre brought in critically endangered red-ruffed lemurs; the project is now helping restore their disappearing Madagascar rainforest

A wildlife centre in No…
#NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #Environment #criticallyendangeredspecies #Floridawildlifecentre #GreenAgainMadagascar #Habitatrestoration #lemurencounterprogramme #Madagascarrainforestrestoration #red-ruffedlemurs #Science #WildlifeConservation
https://www.newsbeep.com/us/841695/

https://www.europesays.com/africa/417464/ In 2026, a Florida wildlife centre brought in critically endangered red-ruffed lemurs; the project is now helping restore their disappearing Madagascar rainforest #CriticallyEndangeredSpecies #FloridaWildlifeCentre #GreenAgainMadagascar #HabitatRestoration #LemurEncounterProgramme #Madagascar #MadagascarRainforestRestoration #RedRuffedLemurs #WildlifeConservation

In breaking news, CNN reveals that the long-extinct Tasmanian tiger had a unique bite that CNN desperately hopes you'll find more interesting than their video player's loading speed 🐅💁‍♂️. Meanwhile, the elusive 'relevance' of ads remains as extinct as the tiger itself. 🦖📺
https://www.cnn.com/2026/09/02/science/tasmanian-tiger-skull-bite-force #TasmanianTiger #ExtinctSpecies #CNNNews #DigitalMedia #AdsRelevance #WildlifeConservation #HackerNews #ngated

Trump signs order to remove endangered species protection for grey wolves

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c62k677d4lzo

Comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49583144

#HackerNews #Trump #EndangeredSpecies #GreyWolves #WildlifeConservation #PolicyChange

Enough of "evil guys destroying the world" news today? Here's #wildlife: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/gallery/2026/sep/04/week-in-wildlife-a-hitchhiking-crab-a-shy-wallaby-and-penguins-in-little-jackets showing not only animals but humans of the kind sort of humanity. Humans who give us hope.

#wildlifeConservation #wildlifePhotography #naturePhotography #animals #conservation #hope #humanity

🐟🎉 Oh, look! Humans finally figured out that nature's little engineers knew what they were doing all along! In a shocking twist, building fake beaver dams actually works... who could have guessed? 🤦‍♂️ #GeniusesAtWork
https://www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts/artificial-beaver-dams-california #FakeBeaverDams #WildlifeConservation #EnvironmentalInnovation #GeniusDiscovery #HackerNews #ngated

Scientists Could Soon Lose a Key Tool For Studying Antarctica’s Melting Ice Sheets As Climate Risks Grow

https://onlinemarketingscoops.com/2026/09/01/scientists-could-soon-lose-a-key-tool-for-studying-antarcticas-melting-ice-sheets-as-climate-risks-grow/

📰 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
https://www.maquipucuna.org/

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

Patricia Wright on finding a new rainforest in Madagascar - GuardianTV

https://guardian.ng/tv/patricia-wright-on-finding-a-new-rainforest-in-madagascar/

#Africa #Madagascar #Science #Conservation #WildlifeConservation #Environment #Biodiversity #Sustainability #HalfHeartedFanatic

📰 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

🔗 https://insideclimatenews.org/news/19082026/sea-level-rise-drowns-coastal-marshes/

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

These Are The Best Bike Paths in National Parks

https://onlinemarketingscoops.com/2026/08/18/these-are-the-best-bike-paths-in-national-parks/

📰 New Protected Areas Support Record Tiger Recovery

🌏 Nepal: Newer national parks have contributed to tiger recovery efforts, with the latest tiger count hitting a record 429.

🐅 Researchers believe older parks may not have population increases due to limitations in water infrastructure, less connectivity with other parks, and invasive plants degrading pasture.

📈 Protected habitat remains one of the most reliable tools for supporting large carnivore populations. Improved management and connectivity planning will help sustain these gains into the future.

🔗 https://news.mongabay.com/2026/08/nepals-newest-national-parks-drive-tiger-recovery-but-new-concerns-arise/

#WildlifeWednesday #Biodiversity #Conservation #WildlifeConservation #Tigers

📰 Thermal Drones Help Reduce Human-Elephant Conflict

🌍 Kenya: The Amboseli region is deploying thermal drones to help detect elephants and reduce dangerous encounters between wildlife and people.

🐘 There have been many contentious interactions in this unfenced landscape. The technology provides a practical conservation tool that can improve wildlife monitoring while helping communities protect crops and livelihoods.

💰 Better coexistence solutions can support long-term elephant conservation without relying on costly infrastructure.

🔗 https://news.mongabay.com/2026/08/thermal-drones-deployed-in-kenyas-amboseli-park-to-tackle-human-elephant-conflict/

#WildlifeWednesday #Biodiversity #Conservation #WildlifeConservation #Elephants

📰 Conservation Dogs Help Find Elusive Wildlife

🐕 Detection dogs are helping researchers locate elusive species including small wild cats and pangolins.

🔍 The method allows scientists to gather wildlife data that can be difficult to obtain through traditional surveys.

🦔 Better information supports smarter conservation decisions and more effective habitat protection.

🔗 https://news.mongabay.com/2026/08/from-small-cats-to-pangolins-detection-dogs-help-track-elusive-species/

#WildlifeWednesday #Biodiversity #Conservation #WildlifeConservation #Pangolins #ConservationDogs

📰 Yes, Virginia, There's a New Agrivoltaics Law Supporting Wildlife-Friendly Farming

🌎 Virginia, U.S.: Legislation has been adopted to encourage agrivoltaics, where agriculture and solar development share the same land.

☀️ Projects may allow crops or livestock to coexist with renewable energy infrastructure instead of competing for space.

🐝 Well-designed agrivoltaic systems can also create opportunities for pollinator habitat and biodiversity gains.

🔗 https://www.canarymedia.com/articles/food-and-farms/virginia-solar-with-farming
#WildlifeWednesday #Biodiversity
#Conservation #WildlifeConservation #Agrivoltaics #Pollinators #RenewableEnergy

📰 Volunteers Help Track Sea Turtle Hatching Success

🌎 Outer Banks, NC: Protecting sea turtles continues after hatchlings reach the ocean. Trained volunteers with N.E.S.T. return to nests about 72 hours after the last hatchling emerges to carefully excavate and study the nest.

🐢🥚 During excavations, volunteers count eggs, eggshells, unhatched eggs, and any remaining hatchlings. This data helps conservationists measure hatching and emergence success and estimate how many hatchlings successfully left the nest.

🔍 The effort can also document rare genetic conditions and verify nest relocation outcomes. Any live hatchlings found are safely released to continue their journey to the sea.

🤝 The information collected helps scientists monitor nesting success and strengthen sea turtle conservation efforts along North Carolina’s coast.

🔗 https://wcti12.com/news/local/volunteers-excavate-outer-banks-sea-turtle-nests-to-track-hatching-success

@NCConnect

#TurtleTuesday #WildlifeConservation
#SeaTurtles #MarineConservation #Biodiversity #Conservation #WildlifeProtection

📰 Rare Bats Return to NC After Ten-Year Absence

🌲 North Carolina Mountains: Biologists captured endangered Indiana bats for the first time in a decade, a hopeful sign that targeted habitat restoration is working.

🦇 The rediscovery suggests forest improvements, cave protection, and careful monitoring are helping bat populations stabilize after years of decline due to the fungal infection known as White-Nose Syndrome.

🔬 This finding underscores how long-term conservation commitments can revive species once thought to be slipping away.

🔗 https://www.ncwildlife.gov/blog/2026/07/20/endangered-bats-caught-nc-first-time-10-years

@NCConnect

#WildlifeWednesday #Biodiversity #Conservation #HabitatRestoration #Bats #WildlifeConservation

Big Bear Eagle Jackie Shows Signs of Recovery After Health Setback

📰 Original title: After a setback, Big Bear eagle Jackie's health improves: she's 'much more feisty'

🤖 IA: It's clickbait ⚠️
👥 Users: It's clickbait ⚠️

View full AI summary https://en.killbait.com/big-bear-eagle-jackie-shows-signs-of-recovery-after-health-setback.html?utm_source=mastodon_world&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=killbait.mastodon_world

#environment #wildlifeconservation #eaglehealth #environmentalprotection

A good primer on #WildlifeCorridors from #EcologyNet.

#Ecology101 - #Wildlife corridors

By admin - December 17, 2025 608

"In an increasingly human-dominated world, the natural landscapes that once stretched unbroken for miles are now often fragmented, carved up by roads, cities, and agricultural fields. This #fragmentation creates isolated 'islands' of habitat, trapping wildlife populations and threatening their long-term survival. Imagine a vibrant ecosystem, bustling with diverse life, suddenly cut into pieces. This is the challenge that wildlife corridors seek to address, offering a lifeline to nature by re-stitching the fabric of our planet.

The Urgent Need for Connectivity

Habitat fragmentation is a silent crisis, severing the vital connections that allow species to thrive. When large natural areas are broken into smaller, isolated patches, animals find themselves confined. This confinement leads to several critical problems:

- Limited Resources: Smaller areas mean fewer food sources, less water, and reduced shelter, especially during seasonal changes.
- Increased Vulnerability: Isolated populations are more susceptible to local extinction from disease, natural disasters, or even random events. A single wildfire or severe storm could wipe out an entire population.
- Genetic Isolation: Perhaps the most insidious threat is the loss of genetic diversity. Without the ability to move and breed with individuals from other populations, species become inbred, weakening their resilience to environmental changes and diseases.

Wildlife corridors emerge as a powerful solution to these challenges. They are essentially pathways of habitat that connect otherwise isolated natural areas, allowing animals to move safely between them. These connections are crucial for maintaining healthy, robust ecosystems."

Learn more:
https://ecology.net/wildlife-corridors/

#SolarPunkSunday #HabitatConnectivity #LandIsLife #WaterIsLife #Reconnection #WildlifeCorridors #WildlifeConservation #HabitatConservation #PreserveNature #GeneticDiversity #Wildlife #ClimateChange

#California - #WildlifeCorridors and #HabitatConnectivity

#CLAW envisions a connected network of habitat throughout the #SantaMonicaMountains, and beyond.

"For thousands of years, wildlife has been traversing the Santa Monica Mountains along well-established migratory patterns in order to find food, water, shelter, and mating opportunities. As urban sprawl spreads through this region, access to these routes becomes blocked or dangerous.

What CLAW is doing

CLAW is taking a multi-pronged approach to protecting connected habitat blocks and wildlife corridors in #LosAngeles.

- Wildlife Corridor Ordinance: CLAW successfully advocated for the City of Los Angeles to designate the eastern Santa Monica Mountains (between the 405 and 101 Freeways) as LA's first #WildlifeDistrict. The City Planning Department’s preliminary work for this ordinance can be seen in the Wildlife Pilot Study.
UPDATE: In December 2022, LA City’s Planning Commission voted to support the Wildlife Ordinance! The last step before a full City Council vote is the Planning and Land Use Committee. Follow our advocacy on this ordinance here.

- Land Acquisition: CLAW and partner organizations fundraised over $1.6 million to acquire 17 acres of critical connective habitat in #LaurelCanyon in our Let's Buy A Mountain campaign. CLAW's nature cam documented the use of this land by multiple species of animals, including mountain lion and gray fox. This land, one of the largest parcels in the eastern Santa Monica Mountains, is a keystone portion of an established wildlife corridor.

- #ConservationEasements: CLAW holds a conservation easement on a parcel of open space habitat in the Santa Monica Mountains. Conservation easements are binding agreements that ensure the land will remain natural and undeveloped in perpetuity.

- Corridor Watchdog: In April 2018, CLAW filed an appeal against the approval of an 8,000 square foot house planned for development over an ecologically unique hillside stream area with multiple protected trees. The Los Angeles Planning Department failed to properly evaluate the importance of this land as a wildlife corridor connecting two crucial habitat hubs. Unfortunately, this construction project is continuing with full approval. CLAW will continue to monitor critical connective habitat sites to ensure that environmental review is thoroughly analyzed and considered."

Learn more:
https://www.clawonline.org/wildlifecorridors

#SolarPunkSunday #LandIsLife
#WaterIsLife #EndangeredSpecies #CaliforniaWildlifeCrossing #SantaMonica #Reconnection #WildlifeCorridors #WildlifeConservation #HabitatConservation #PreserveNature

#SouthAmerica’s First Continental #WildlifeCorridor

By: Tompkins Conservation, October 9, 2025

"The #JaguarRiversInitiative is the first multi-country effort to create a massive wildlife corridor in the heart of South America. Uniting successful grassroots nonprofits in #Argentina, #Bolivia, #Brazil, and #Paraguay, the initiative will restore #ecosystems, bring back #KeySpecies, and develop #NatureBasedEconomies in a new cross-border model that addresses the mass #ExtinctionCrisis and climate instability on a global scale.

"In a groundbreaking announcement during #ClimateWeek in September [2025], an alliance of grassroots South American nonprofits launched South America’s largest continental-scale rewilding endeavor. The Jaguar Rivers Initiative plans to reconnect #FragmentedEcosystems across the vast #ParanáBasin using #RiverCorridors as the connective tissue. 'We all know the urgency of the #biodiversity and climate crises,' said Kristine Tompkins of Tompkins Conservation. 'This bold initiative underlines the need for coordinated, large-scale action before it’s too late. I’d call it a lifeline to our planet.'

"South America is in the midst of an unparalleled ecological crisis. #Wildlife populations across the region have declined by 94 percent since 1970—the steepest drop in the world. The drivers of this collapse—#deforestation, river degradation, #fragmentation, fire, and #overexploitation—are intensifying in the face of #ClimateChange.

"The Jaguar Rivers Initiative will restore, protect, and connect #ecosystems throughout the heart of South America, covering nearly one million square miles, an area almost twice the size of Alaska. According to Deli Saavedra, the director of the initiative, 'We’re undertaking a very strategic act to safeguard one of the largest river systems in the world. By restoring its ecological integrity, diverse species and communities currently under threat in four countries have the opportunity to thrive, using a model of nature restoration combined with regenerative economies that has been tested and proven successful in places like the #BrazilianPantanal and the #IberáWetlands of #Argentina.'

The initiative will be centered around four pillars:

• Arks: Large intact ecosystems with keystone species, restored and rewilded to become sources of wildlife dispersal.

• #BufferAreas: Surrounding zones where restorative economies promote coexistence and extend protection.

• Stepping Stones: Smaller wildlife refuges along corridors, often private reserves, that enable safe dispersal and reduce human-wildlife conflicts.

• #Rivers and #Floodplains: Vital corridors for connectivity, requiring healthy ecological flows; safeguarded through citizen guardianship, monitoring, and strong policies."

Learn more:
https://rewilding.org/south-americas-first-continental-wildlife-corridor/

#SolarPunkSunday #RewildingInstitute #LandIsLife #WaterIsLife #EndangeredSpecies #WildlifeConservation #HabitatConservation #PreserveNature

#Florida's #WildlifeCorridor Is Turning Five!

#LiveWildly Celebrates with a New Interactive Map Showing How Greater Conservation Inside the Corridor Can Bring Billions in Benefits

Press Release • Jul 1, 2026

Nearly half-a-million acres of the Corridor's lands and waters have been protected since 2021 - but much more is needed

Excerpt: " 'The story of the Wildlife Corridor is still being written,' said Meredith Budd, Deputy Director of the Live Wildly Foundation. 'In just five years, the impact of the Corridor is already being felt by communities across Florida. But much more can - and must - be done to ensure future generations will continue to benefit from the Corridor's vibrant lands, waters and #wildlife.'

"More than 8 million acres of 'opportunity areas' - healthy lands and waters threatened by #fragmentation and #UnsustainableDevelopment - lie within the #WildlifeCorridor. Through the interactive map, users can identify opportunity areas such as:

- More than 2 million acres of land that recharge aquifers that store and filter water

- Some 3.4 million acres of floodplains that absorb and slow the spread of flood waters, helping shield communities for disasters

- 5 million acres of lakes, rivers and other surface water areas that support communities, wildlife, recreation and businesses

- More than 5 million acres of farms, ranchlands, timberlands and other working lands.

"Florida's Wildlife Corridor is a network of connected lands and waters that spans 18 million acres from the #Panhandle to the #Everglades. It supports 114,000 jobs and generates $30 billion in annual revenue through recreation, tourism, agriculture, forestry, and other industries. The Corridor also is home to nearly half of Florida's species - including #manatees, #GopherTortoise, #BurrowingOwl, and the #FloridaPanther."

Read more:
https://www.newswire.com/news/floridas-wildlife-corridor-is-turning-five-live-wildly-celebrates-with-22814828

#SolarPunkSunday #LandIsLife #WaterIsLife #EndangeredSpecies #WildlifeConservation #HabitatConservation #PreserveNature

Reconnecting the Wild #Midwest

Explore how #TNC is rebuilding connections between habitats to help #MidwestWildlife—and people—thrive in a changing climate

Published March 02, 2026

"Wildlife needs room to roam, and the Midwest is full of amazing habitats—such as forests, prairies, wetlands and rivers—that aren’t connected, leaving wildlife stuck and struggling. That's why TNC is linking forests, prairies, wetlands and rivers across the Midwest so wildlife can move, adapt and thrive.

"What Is a Wildlife Corridor? Why Are They Important?

"#Habitat Crridors can be interconnected land-based environments, such as #forests and #prairies, as well as #rivers and other freshwater passages that allow aquatic species to move freely. These healthy, #biodiverse areas are beneficial for people too, as they can help reduce flood risk to communities and provide more recreational opportunities in nature.

"However, the Midwest region is highly fragmented. #Habitats are subdivided across different landowners, and many are highly degraded.

"To address this, TNC serves as our own type of corridor, coordinating protection and #stewardship efforts across properties owned by many different partners. Through these collaborations, we help secure funding to connect science with #conservation on the ground and in the water.

"Our work includes large-scale #HabitatRestoration projects that create and improve pathways, like our #CoastalRepair efforts in #SanduskyBay, #DamRemoval efforts in Southern #Indiana and our prescribed fire work in Southern #Illinois."

Learn more:
https://www.nature.org/en-us/about-us/where-we-work/priority-landscapes/midwest/stories-in-the-midwest/wildlife-corridors/

#SolarPunkSunday #ConnectedHabitats
#Wildlife #WildlifeHighways #WildlifeCorridors #MidwesternUS #TheNatureConservancy #Biodiversity #WildlifeConservation

Reconnecting the Wild #Midwest

Explore how #TNC is rebuilding connections between habitats to help #MidwestWildlife—and people—thrive in a changing climate

Published March 02, 2026

"Wildlife needs room to roam, and the Midwest is full of amazing habitats—such as forests, prairies, wetlands and rivers—that aren’t connected, leaving wildlife stuck and struggling. That's why TNC is linking forests, prairies, wetlands and rivers across the Midwest so wildlife can move, adapt and thrive.

"What Is a Wildlife Corridor? Why Are They Important?

"#Habitat Crridors can be interconnected land-based environments, such as #forests and #prairies, as well as #rivers and other freshwater passages that allow aquatic species to move freely. These healthy, #biodiverse areas are beneficial for people too, as they can help reduce flood risk to communities and provide more recreational opportunities in nature.

"However, the Midwest region is highly fragmented. #Habitats are subdivided across different landowners, and many are highly degraded.

"To address this, TNC serves as our own type of corridor, coordinating protection and #stewardship efforts across properties owned by many different partners. Through these collaborations, we help secure funding to connect science with #conservation on the ground and in the water.

"Our work includes large-scale #HabitatRestoration projects that create and improve pathways, like our #CoastalRepair efforts in #SanduskyBay, #DamRemoval efforts in Southern #Indiana and our prescribed fire work in Southern #Illinois."

Learn more:
https://www.nature.org/en-us/about-us/where-we-work/priority-landscapes/midwest/stories-in-the-midwest/wildlife-corridors/

#SolarPunkSunday #ConnectedHabitats
#Wildlife #WildlifeHighways #WildlifeCorridors #MidwesternUS #TheNatureConservancy #Biodiversity #WildlifeConservation

Reconnecting the Wild #Midwest

Explore how #TNC is rebuilding connections between habitats to help #MidwestWildlife—and people—thrive in a changing climate

Published March 02, 2026

"Wildlife needs room to roam, and the Midwest is full of amazing habitats—such as forests, prairies, wetlands and rivers—that aren’t connected, leaving wildlife stuck and struggling. That's why TNC is linking forests, prairies, wetlands and rivers across the Midwest so wildlife can move, adapt and thrive.

"What Is a Wildlife Corridor? Why Are They Important?

"#Habitat Crridors can be interconnected land-based environments, such as #forests and #prairies, as well as #rivers and other freshwater passages that allow aquatic species to move freely. These healthy, #biodiverse areas are beneficial for people too, as they can help reduce flood risk to communities and provide more recreational opportunities in nature.

"However, the Midwest region is highly fragmented. #Habitats are subdivided across different landowners, and many are highly degraded.

"To address this, TNC serves as our own type of corridor, coordinating protection and #stewardship efforts across properties owned by many different partners. Through these collaborations, we help secure funding to connect science with #conservation on the ground and in the water.

"Our work includes large-scale #HabitatRestoration projects that create and improve pathways, like our #CoastalRepair efforts in #SanduskyBay, #DamRemoval efforts in Southern #Indiana and our prescribed fire work in Southern #Illinois."

Learn more:
https://www.nature.org/en-us/about-us/where-we-work/priority-landscapes/midwest/stories-in-the-midwest/wildlife-corridors/

#SolarPunkSunday #ConnectedHabitats
#Wildlife #WildlifeHighways #WildlifeCorridors #MidwesternUS #TheNatureConservancy #Biodiversity #WildlifeConservation

Reconnecting the Wild #Midwest

Explore how #TNC is rebuilding connections between habitats to help #MidwestWildlife—and people—thrive in a changing climate

Published March 02, 2026

"Wildlife needs room to roam, and the Midwest is full of amazing habitats—such as forests, prairies, wetlands and rivers—that aren’t connected, leaving wildlife stuck and struggling. That's why TNC is linking forests, prairies, wetlands and rivers across the Midwest so wildlife can move, adapt and thrive.

"What Is a Wildlife Corridor? Why Are They Important?

"#Habitat Crridors can be interconnected land-based environments, such as #forests and #prairies, as well as #rivers and other freshwater passages that allow aquatic species to move freely. These healthy, #biodiverse areas are beneficial for people too, as they can help reduce flood risk to communities and provide more recreational opportunities in nature.

"However, the Midwest region is highly fragmented. #Habitats are subdivided across different landowners, and many are highly degraded.

"To address this, TNC serves as our own type of corridor, coordinating protection and #stewardship efforts across properties owned by many different partners. Through these collaborations, we help secure funding to connect science with #conservation on the ground and in the water.

"Our work includes large-scale #HabitatRestoration projects that create and improve pathways, like our #CoastalRepair efforts in #SanduskyBay, #DamRemoval efforts in Southern #Indiana and our prescribed fire work in Southern #Illinois."

Learn more:
https://www.nature.org/en-us/about-us/where-we-work/priority-landscapes/midwest/stories-in-the-midwest/wildlife-corridors/

#SolarPunkSunday #ConnectedHabitats
#Wildlife #WildlifeHighways #WildlifeCorridors #MidwesternUS #TheNatureConservancy #Biodiversity #WildlifeConservation

Reconnecting the Wild #Midwest

Explore how #TNC is rebuilding connections between habitats to help #MidwestWildlife—and people—thrive in a changing climate

Published March 02, 2026

"Wildlife needs room to roam, and the Midwest is full of amazing habitats—such as forests, prairies, wetlands and rivers—that aren’t connected, leaving wildlife stuck and struggling. That's why TNC is linking forests, prairies, wetlands and rivers across the Midwest so wildlife can move, adapt and thrive.

"What Is a Wildlife Corridor? Why Are They Important?

"#Habitat Crridors can be interconnected land-based environments, such as #forests and #prairies, as well as #rivers and other freshwater passages that allow aquatic species to move freely. These healthy, #biodiverse areas are beneficial for people too, as they can help reduce flood risk to communities and provide more recreational opportunities in nature.

"However, the Midwest region is highly fragmented. #Habitats are subdivided across different landowners, and many are highly degraded.

"To address this, TNC serves as our own type of corridor, coordinating protection and #stewardship efforts across properties owned by many different partners. Through these collaborations, we help secure funding to connect science with #conservation on the ground and in the water.

"Our work includes large-scale #HabitatRestoration projects that create and improve pathways, like our #CoastalRepair efforts in #SanduskyBay, #DamRemoval efforts in Southern #Indiana and our prescribed fire work in Southern #Illinois."

Learn more:
https://www.nature.org/en-us/about-us/where-we-work/priority-landscapes/midwest/stories-in-the-midwest/wildlife-corridors/

#SolarPunkSunday #ConnectedHabitats
#Wildlife #WildlifeHighways #WildlifeCorridors #MidwesternUS #TheNatureConservancy #Biodiversity #WildlifeConservation

Tajikistan Notes Conservation Success as Markhor Population Grows

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://timesca.com/tajikistan-notes-conservation-success-as-markhor-population-grows/

A Chorus of 4,810 Voices Beneath the Rain.

https://sanjaymohindroo.wordpress.com/2026/06/30/a-chorus-of-4810-voices-beneath-the-rain/

A Chorus of 4,810 Voices Beneath the Rain.

https://skmohindroo5.wordpress.com/2026/06/30/a-chorus-of-4810-voices-beneath-the-rain/

📰 Community-built Habitats are Helping Save a Threatened Frog

🌱 Arizona: Volunteers and agencies construct ponds to restore habitat for the endangered Chiricahua leopard frog.

🌽 These human-made water systems counter drought, disease, and habitat loss that pushed the species toward extinction.

🤝 A collaborative conservation effort showing how local action and simple infrastructure can revive vulnerable species.

🔗 https://insideclimatenews.org/news/27062026/efforts-to-save-threatened-frog-in-arizona/

#SolarPunkSunday
#WildlifeConservation #Wildlife #EcologicalRestoration #Frogs #HabitatRestoration #CommunityAction #Biodiversity #ClimateAdaptation #ClimateResilience

#PSA: A #SpeedLimit is just a Limit; one can _always_ go slower.

What a rush to go fast!
Can you go slow and enjoy this?

#Driving #publichealth #publicsafety #trafficlaw #slogan #bicycling #motorcycle #travel #pedestrian #pedestriansafety #wildlifeconservation #conservation #mindfulness #inthemoment

New review: Boiling over with thought-provoking observations, The Savage Landscape offers a discomfiting yet necessary look at the tensions and contradictions that underlie nature conservation.

https://inquisitivebiologist.com/2026/06/15/book-review-the-savage-landscape-how-we-made-the-wilderness/

#Books #BookReview #Bookstodon #Bookstodon #Scicomm #EnvironmentalHistory #EnvironmentalProtection #WildlifeConservation #NatureConservation @[email protected] @fsgbooks

Cal Flyn has done it again! Candidate for my top 5 this year? Do think so. Review coming soon to https://inquisitivebiologist.com!

#Books #BookReview #Bookstodon #Bookstodon #Scicomm #EnvironmentalHistory #EnvironmentalProtection #WildlifeConservation

WILDLIFE WEDNESDAY

📰 World’s Rarest Wolf Gets Road Crossings

🚸 Safe road crossings are in the design phase for a highway that is known for the deaths of rare red wolves. This is part of a $25M grant from a US Federal Highway Administration effort, the Wildlife Crossings Pilot program.

🐺Red wolves used to roam all over the Southeastern U.S. but became extinct in the wild in 1980. Releases of captive wolves began in 1987 into North Carolina’s Alligator River Wildlife Refuge.

🚗 Once their numbers rose to about 130, they started to reduce again. One reason is that they were being hit by cars, many of which were driven by tourists going back and forth to the Outer Banks on Highway 64.

🔭 Anyone can go to the park to see the red wolves, but they typically remain hidden. At night, though, you can hear them howl.

https://www.sierraclub.org/sierra/new-road-crossings-help-save-world-s-rarest-wolf

@NCConnect

#WildlifeWednesday #RedWolf #EcologicalRestoration #WildlifeConservation #Biodiversity #Conservation #Environment

WILDLIFE WEDNESDAY

📰 World’s Rarest Wolf Gets Road Crossings

🚸 Safe road crossings are in the design phase for a highway that is known for the deaths of rare red wolves. This is part of a $25M grant from a US Federal Highway Administration effort, the Wildlife Crossings Pilot program.

🐺Red wolves used to roam all over the Southeastern U.S. but became extinct in the wild in 1980. Releases of captive wolves began in 1987 into North Carolina’s Alligator River Wildlife Refuge.

🚗 Once their numbers rose to about 130, they started to reduce again. One reason is that they were being hit by cars, many of which were driven by tourists going back and forth to the Outer Banks on Highway 64.

🔭 Anyone can go to the park to see the red wolves, but they typically remain hidden. At night, though, you can hear them howl.

https://www.sierraclub.org/sierra/new-road-crossings-help-save-world-s-rarest-wolf

@NCConnect

#WildlifeWednesday #RedWolf #EcologicalRestoration #WildlifeConservation #Biodiversity #Conservation #Environment

WILDLIFE WEDNESDAY

📰 World’s Rarest Wolf Gets Road Crossings

🚸 Safe road crossings are in the design phase for a highway that is known for the deaths of rare red wolves. This is part of a $25M grant from a US Federal Highway Administration effort, the Wildlife Crossings Pilot program.

🐺Red wolves used to roam all over the Southeastern U.S. but became extinct in the wild in 1980. Releases of captive wolves began in 1987 into North Carolina’s Alligator River Wildlife Refuge.

🚗 Once their numbers rose to about 130, they started to reduce again. One reason is that they were being hit by cars, many of which were driven by tourists going back and forth to the Outer Banks on Highway 64.

🔭 Anyone can go to the park to see the red wolves, but they typically remain hidden. At night, though, you can hear them howl.

https://www.sierraclub.org/sierra/new-road-crossings-help-save-world-s-rarest-wolf

@NCConnect

#WildlifeWednesday #RedWolf #EcologicalRestoration #WildlifeConservation #Biodiversity #Conservation #Environment

World Turtle Day 🐢

Ogni anno, il 23 maggio, il mondo si ferma (idealmente…) per celebrare la Giornata Mondiale delle Tartarughe, un appuntamento che nel 2026 compie ben 26 anni di storia ufficiale. Un compleanno importante per una ricorrenza che non è solo “carina e social-friendly”, ma sempre più urgente e necessaria.

Se vuoi approfondire la storia della ricorrenza e le curiosità già raccontate, puoi leggere l’articolo precedente

Giornata Mondiale🌍delle Tartarughe🐢

Ma cosa sta succedendo nel 2026? Spoiler: tra buone notizie e campanelli d’allarme, le tartarughe stanno vivendo uno dei loro momenti più delicati di sempre.

🐢 2026: l’anno della “svolta fragile” per le tartarughe

Le tartarughe sono tra le creature più antiche del pianeta: esistono da oltre 200 milioni di anni, praticamente hanno visto passare dinosauri, ere glaciali e cambiamenti climatici estremi. Eppure oggi, nel 2026, si trovano davanti a sfide tutte “umane”:

• 🌊 cambiamento climatico
• 🧴 inquinamento da plastica
• 🎣 pesca accidentale
• 🐢 traffico illegale di specie
• 🏝️ perdita degli habitat costieri

Secondo le stime più recenti, circa il 60% delle specie di tartarughe è minacciato o già a rischio estinzione.

🌱 Buone notizie dal 2026 (sì, ce ne sono!)

Non tutto è negativo: il 2026 porta anche segnali di speranza.

✨ Alcune popolazioni di tartarughe marine, come la tartaruga verde, stanno mostrando segni di recupero grazie a decenni di protezione internazionale.
In alcuni programmi di conservazione globali, questa specie è stata addirittura rivalutata come meno a rischio rispetto al passato.

In Italia e nel Mediterraneo, inoltre, progetti locali stanno diventando sempre più attivi, soprattutto in regioni come la Puglia, dove il monitoraggio delle nidificazioni è cresciuto negli ultimi anni.

Focus Italia 2026: la Puglia sempre più “turtle friendly”

Il 2026 conferma un trend interessante: il Mediterraneo è sempre più casa delle tartarughe Caretta caretta. Le spiagge italiane, e in particolare quelle pugliesi, stanno diventando punti cruciali per:

• 🥚 nidificazione
• 🛟 salvataggi di esemplari feriti
• 🌊 protezione dei nidi dai turisti inconsapevoli

In parallelo, cresce anche il turismo sostenibile, con iniziative che uniscono natura, educazione e rispetto dell’ambiente marino.

🧡 Il messaggio del 2026: “proteggere è un gesto quotidiano”

La Giornata Mondiale delle Tartarughe 2026 non è solo una celebrazione simbolica, ma un invito concreto:

👉 ridurre la plastica monouso
👉 rispettare le spiagge e i nidi
👉 sostenere le associazioni di recupero fauna marina
👉 sensibilizzare i più giovani

Perché le tartarughe non hanno bisogno solo di ammirazione… ma di azioni reali.

🌊 Una lezione lenta (ma di impatto!!)

Le tartarughe ci insegnano qualcosa che il mondo moderno tende a dimenticare: la lentezza non è debolezza, è resistenza. E forse è proprio questo il messaggio più attuale del 2026:💚 andare più piano per far durare di più il pianeta.

🐢 Perché ogni tartaruga salvata è un pezzo di futuro che resta in equilibrio tra terra e mare.

Autore: Lynda Di Natale
Fonte: web
Immagine: AI

#Signs by the nature house & along boardwalk at #SwanLakeNatureSanctuary.

#ConservingWater - #MicroIrrigation
#NativePlantGarden - #PreservingHabitats
#WesternPaintedTurtle - citizens' monitoring & reporting information.

#Saanich #VictoriaBC #NatureEducation #LearnAboutNature #WildlifeConservation #CommunityEducation #nonprofit #NatureConservation #stewardship #ProtectNature #VancouverIsland #VanIsle #VisitAndLearn #NaturePark #BirdsEstuary #NoDogsAllowed #WaterConservation

How Many Days are Needed for an Indian Wildlife Safari?

https://indiasafaristrends.wordpress.com/2026/05/07/how-many-days-are-needed-for-an-indian-wildlife-safari/

WETLAND SCIENCE WORKS TO SAVE ROSEATE SPOONBILLS

🐦 A "combination of cutting-edge research, strategic habitat restoration, and collaborative conservation efforts" made the difference.

👉 Example of record-breaking investment in restoration

🐦These Florida birds are unique early indicators of climate change impacts - and now effective responses.

https://discoverwildscience.com/floridas-roseate-spoonbills-are-thriving-again-thanks-to-wetland-science-2-364851

#SolarPunkSunday #WildlifeConservation
#Conservation #Environment #Biodiversity #EnvironmentalConservation #Wetlands #EnvironmentalRestoration #HabitatRestoration

Beavers return to Scotland's Glen Affric after 400 years

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.upworthy.com/beavers-scotland-reintroduction

Beavers return to Scotland's Glen Affric after 400 years

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.upworthy.com/beavers-scotland-reintroduction

#Florida #WildlifeCorridor linking #StateParks would thwart #development

#LoxaLucie Headwaters Initiative aims to buy #HobeSound land for conservation.

by Timothy O'Hara, Jan. 2, 2026

"At a time when development pressure is pushing north into rural Martin County, conservation groups want to protect a wildlife corridor between two state parks in Hobe Sound.

"The Loxa-Lucie Headwaters Initiative was founded to protect the ecologically important corridor between #AtlanticRidgePreserve State Park and #JonathanDickinson State Park and connect the #LoxahatcheeRiver and #SaintLucie rivers. That would create a preserve for #NativePlants and #wildlife species that would span about 70,000 acres.

"The public owns #Hapatiokee and #PalMar regional parks, but there are thousands of acres of privately owned land in natural conditions that are ripe for development, said Guardians of Martin County Executive Director Greg Braun, whose group is part of the initiative.

" 'If they can connect the 2,100-mile Appalachian Trail from Maine to Georgia, we should be able to connect Jonathan Dickinson State Park to Atlantic Ridge Preserve State Park,' Braun told TCPalm."

Learn more:
https://www.tcpalm.com/story/news/local/indian-river-lagoon/2026/01/02/florida-wildlife-corridor-state-parks-martin-county-jonathan-dickinson-atlantic-ridge-hobe-sound/87397089007/

Archived version:
https://archive.ph/nARjr

#SolarPunkSunday #WildlifeConservation #Florida #Nature #Wildlife #UrbanSprawl #InvasivePlants #NativeSpecies #ProtectingWildlife