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  1. ‘This place wanted to be a #wetland’: how a farmer turned his fields into a #WildlifeSanctuary

    Once, Karl Wenner’s #Oregon land leaked pollution into a nearby lake. Now, 70 acres are home to waterfowl, turtles and endangered fish

    by Gabrielle Canon in #KlamathFalls
    Sun 22 Oct 2023

    "#Birdsong hums over the rumble of Karl Wenner’s truck as it bounces along the dusty trails that weave through his property. For almost 100 years, this farm in southern Oregon grew barley, but now, amid the sprawling fields, there lies a wetland teeming with life.

    "Wenner installed the wetland on 70 of the farm’s 400 acres to help deal with phosphorus pollution that leaked into the adjacent Upper #KlamathLake after his land flooded each winter. With support from a team of scientists and advocates, the project has become a welcome sanctuary for migrating and native birds that are disappearing from the area.

    "Today, this corner of #LakesideFarms looks far different from a typical American farm. Waterfowl nest among the vegetation, joining pond turtles and even endangered native fish near rows of sprouting barley.

    "Looking out at the swaying cattails and wocus plants peeking through the water on an afternoon in June, Wenner beams: 'This place wanted to be a wetland.' "

    Learn more:
    theguardian.com/us-news/2023/o

    #SolarPunkSunday #Rewilding #EndangeredSpecies #RestoreNature #Wetlands

  2. ‘This place wanted to be a #wetland’: how a farmer turned his fields into a #WildlifeSanctuary

    Once, Karl Wenner’s #Oregon land leaked pollution into a nearby lake. Now, 70 acres are home to waterfowl, turtles and endangered fish

    by Gabrielle Canon in #KlamathFalls
    Sun 22 Oct 2023

    "#Birdsong hums over the rumble of Karl Wenner’s truck as it bounces along the dusty trails that weave through his property. For almost 100 years, this farm in southern Oregon grew barley, but now, amid the sprawling fields, there lies a wetland teeming with life.

    "Wenner installed the wetland on 70 of the farm’s 400 acres to help deal with phosphorus pollution that leaked into the adjacent Upper #KlamathLake after his land flooded each winter. With support from a team of scientists and advocates, the project has become a welcome sanctuary for migrating and native birds that are disappearing from the area.

    "Today, this corner of #LakesideFarms looks far different from a typical American farm. Waterfowl nest among the vegetation, joining pond turtles and even endangered native fish near rows of sprouting barley.

    "Looking out at the swaying cattails and wocus plants peeking through the water on an afternoon in June, Wenner beams: 'This place wanted to be a wetland.' "

    Learn more:
    theguardian.com/us-news/2023/o

    #SolarPunkSunday #Rewilding #EndangeredSpecies #RestoreNature #Wetlands

  3. ‘This place wanted to be a #wetland’: how a farmer turned his fields into a #WildlifeSanctuary

    Once, Karl Wenner’s #Oregon land leaked pollution into a nearby lake. Now, 70 acres are home to waterfowl, turtles and endangered fish

    by Gabrielle Canon in #KlamathFalls
    Sun 22 Oct 2023

    "#Birdsong hums over the rumble of Karl Wenner’s truck as it bounces along the dusty trails that weave through his property. For almost 100 years, this farm in southern Oregon grew barley, but now, amid the sprawling fields, there lies a wetland teeming with life.

    "Wenner installed the wetland on 70 of the farm’s 400 acres to help deal with phosphorus pollution that leaked into the adjacent Upper #KlamathLake after his land flooded each winter. With support from a team of scientists and advocates, the project has become a welcome sanctuary for migrating and native birds that are disappearing from the area.

    "Today, this corner of #LakesideFarms looks far different from a typical American farm. Waterfowl nest among the vegetation, joining pond turtles and even endangered native fish near rows of sprouting barley.

    "Looking out at the swaying cattails and wocus plants peeking through the water on an afternoon in June, Wenner beams: 'This place wanted to be a wetland.' "

    Learn more:
    theguardian.com/us-news/2023/o

    #SolarPunkSunday #Rewilding #EndangeredSpecies #RestoreNature #Wetlands

  4. ‘This place wanted to be a #wetland’: how a farmer turned his fields into a #WildlifeSanctuary

    Once, Karl Wenner’s #Oregon land leaked pollution into a nearby lake. Now, 70 acres are home to waterfowl, turtles and endangered fish

    by Gabrielle Canon in #KlamathFalls
    Sun 22 Oct 2023

    "#Birdsong hums over the rumble of Karl Wenner’s truck as it bounces along the dusty trails that weave through his property. For almost 100 years, this farm in southern Oregon grew barley, but now, amid the sprawling fields, there lies a wetland teeming with life.

    "Wenner installed the wetland on 70 of the farm’s 400 acres to help deal with phosphorus pollution that leaked into the adjacent Upper #KlamathLake after his land flooded each winter. With support from a team of scientists and advocates, the project has become a welcome sanctuary for migrating and native birds that are disappearing from the area.

    "Today, this corner of #LakesideFarms looks far different from a typical American farm. Waterfowl nest among the vegetation, joining pond turtles and even endangered native fish near rows of sprouting barley.

    "Looking out at the swaying cattails and wocus plants peeking through the water on an afternoon in June, Wenner beams: 'This place wanted to be a wetland.' "

    Learn more:
    theguardian.com/us-news/2023/o

    #SolarPunkSunday #Rewilding #EndangeredSpecies #RestoreNature #Wetlands

  5. ‘This place wanted to be a #wetland’: how a farmer turned his fields into a #WildlifeSanctuary

    Once, Karl Wenner’s #Oregon land leaked pollution into a nearby lake. Now, 70 acres are home to waterfowl, turtles and endangered fish

    by Gabrielle Canon in #KlamathFalls
    Sun 22 Oct 2023

    "#Birdsong hums over the rumble of Karl Wenner’s truck as it bounces along the dusty trails that weave through his property. For almost 100 years, this farm in southern Oregon grew barley, but now, amid the sprawling fields, there lies a wetland teeming with life.

    "Wenner installed the wetland on 70 of the farm’s 400 acres to help deal with phosphorus pollution that leaked into the adjacent Upper #KlamathLake after his land flooded each winter. With support from a team of scientists and advocates, the project has become a welcome sanctuary for migrating and native birds that are disappearing from the area.

    "Today, this corner of #LakesideFarms looks far different from a typical American farm. Waterfowl nest among the vegetation, joining pond turtles and even endangered native fish near rows of sprouting barley.

    "Looking out at the swaying cattails and wocus plants peeking through the water on an afternoon in June, Wenner beams: 'This place wanted to be a wetland.' "

    Learn more:
    theguardian.com/us-news/2023/o

    #SolarPunkSunday #Rewilding #EndangeredSpecies #RestoreNature #Wetlands

  6. In 1968, a fire destroyed a naturalist’s isolated home and killed his otter; he moved to a tiny island to build a wildlife sanctuary | World News

    Skye Bridge on Eilean Bàn. Image credits: Wikimedia Commons In January 1968, naturalist and author Gavin Maxwell lost…
    #NewsBeep #News #Wildlife #EileanBàn #GavinMaxwell #otterconservation #RingofBrightWater #Science #UK #UnitedKingdom #wildlifesanctuary
    newsbeep.com/uk/743532/

  7. Lion cubs saved from illegal wildlife trade find new home in South Africa

    Two lion cubs, Ben Tzur and Uri, who were rescued last year after being illegally trafficked into Israel,…
    #NewsBeep #News #Wildlife #AU #Australia #israel #IsraelNatureandParksAuthority #Science #SouthAfrica #wildlifesanctuary
    newsbeep.com/au/847920/

  8. Lion cubs saved from illegal wildlife trade find new home in South Africa

    Two lion cubs, Ben Tzur and Uri, who were rescued last year after being illegally trafficked into Israel,…
    #NewsBeep #News #Wildlife #AU #Australia #israel #IsraelNatureandParksAuthority #Science #SouthAfrica #wildlifesanctuary
    newsbeep.com/au/847920/

  9. Lion cubs saved from illegal wildlife trade find new home in South Africa

    Two lion cubs, Ben Tzur and Uri, who were rescued last year after being illegally trafficked into Israel,…
    #NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #Environment #israel #IsraelNatureandParksAuthority #Science #SouthAfrica #Wildlife #Wildlifesanctuary
    newsbeep.com/us/806754/

  10. ‘Easter bilby’ populations quadruple across Australian sanctuaries

    The greater bilby population is booming at multiple sanctuary sites across Australia, with impressive results seen in the…
    #NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #Environment #australianwildlifeconservancy #bettong #bilby #newhavenanimalsanctuary #Science #Wildlifesanctuary
    newsbeep.com/us/567117/

  11. ‘Easter bilby’ populations quadruple across Australian sanctuaries

    The greater bilby population is booming at multiple sanctuary sites across Australia, with impressive results seen in the…
    #NewsBeep #News #Australia #AU #AustralianWildlifeConservancy #bettong #bilby #newhavenanimalsanctuary #wildlifesanctuary
    newsbeep.com/au/587890/

  12. ‘Easter bilby’ populations quadruple across Australian sanctuaries

    The greater bilby population is booming at multiple sanctuary sites across Australia, with impressive results seen in the…
    #NewsBeep #News #Australia #AU #AustralianWildlifeConservancy #bettong #bilby #newhavenanimalsanctuary #wildlifesanctuary
    newsbeep.com/au/587890/

  13. Critical discovery after tiny carnivore returns to Aussie forest after 100 years: ‘We’re stoked’

    An elusive carnivore that had been extinct across NSW for over a century is flourishing once more. In…
    #NewsBeep #News #Wildlife #AU #Australia #AustralianWildlifeConservancy #nswnationalparksandwildlifeservice #red-tailedphascogale #Science #wildlifesanctuary
    newsbeep.com/au/515750/

  14. Critical discovery after tiny carnivore returns to Aussie forest after 100 years: ‘We’re stoked’

    An elusive carnivore that had been extinct across NSW for over a century is flourishing once more. In…
    #NewsBeep #News #Wildlife #AU #Australia #AustralianWildlifeConservancy #nswnationalparksandwildlifeservice #red-tailedphascogale #Science #wildlifesanctuary
    newsbeep.com/au/515750/

  15. Gippsland wildlife carer uses dental technique to save injured turtles

    In Victoria’s east, turtles aren’t just crossing roads, they’re crossing the operating table on a farm for a…
    #NewsBeep #News #Wildlife #AU #Australia #Gippsland #injuredwildlife #joshneille #Science #turtleshellrepair #usingdentalequipmentinwildliferescue #wildliferescue #wildlifesanctuary
    newsbeep.com/au/510958/

  16. Experts confirm incredible return of rare predators from 25-year absence: ‘Very positive signs’

    This past December, a wildlife sanctuary in Sehore, India, saw growing numbers of two major predators. Experts explained…
    #NewsBeep #News #Wildlife #AU #Australia #conservationefforts #IndianMasterminds #KheoniWildlifeSanctuary #Masterminds #Predators #Science #wilddogs #wildlifesanctuary #wildlifesigns
    newsbeep.com/au/469894/

  17. 🗓️ New year, new dates to keep track of.
    If you meant to grab a 2026 TCWR calendar and haven’t yet, here’s a friendly reminder!

    The TCWR calendar has been a longtime favorite, featuring rescued cats who call the sanctuary home. It’s one of the ways people enjoy following the cats throughout the year 🐾 shop.turpentinecreek.org/produ

    #TCWR #TurpentineCreek #AnimalSanctuary #WildlifeSanctuary #SanctuaryLife #ShopForTheCats

  18. 🗓️ New year, new dates to keep track of.
    If you meant to grab a 2026 TCWR calendar and haven’t yet, here’s a friendly reminder!

    The TCWR calendar has been a longtime favorite, featuring rescued cats who call the sanctuary home. It’s one of the ways people enjoy following the cats throughout the year 🐾 shop.turpentinecreek.org/produ

    #TCWR #TurpentineCreek #AnimalSanctuary #WildlifeSanctuary #SanctuaryLife #ShopForTheCats

  19. The Canada Lion Rescue throw is one of the items people often ask about 🦁
    Get your blanket today and help support the lions who call TCWR home!

    Grab yours while supply lasts: shop.turpentinecreek.org/colle

    #CanadaLions #LionRescue #TCWR #WildlifeSanctuary #SanctuaryLife

  20. The Canada Lion Rescue throw is one of the items people often ask about 🦁
    Get your blanket today and help support the lions who call TCWR home!

    Grab yours while supply lasts: shop.turpentinecreek.org/colle

    #CanadaLions #LionRescue #TCWR #WildlifeSanctuary #SanctuaryLife

  21. On a related note, @MaQuest ...

    In #Thailand, a cheap bottle crate hack gives #tree #saplings a fighting chance

    Ruth Kamnitzer
    21 Nov 2025

    Excerpt: "Elliott and colleagues had seen examples of air pruning systems while touring nurseries in Australia, and previous studies have shown that air pruning can be beneficial for a number of tropical tree species. However, in Thailand, specialized air pruning equipment has to be imported and is prohibitively expensive.

    "So instead, the researchers cast around for a local solution. The answer was in plain sight.

    " 'If you go to a bar in the countryside, you know, a little restaurant, out the back there’ll be a rubbish pile full of disused bottle crates,' Elliott says. 'You can [also] go down to the #recycling shop and buy them really cheaply.'

    "Each bottle crate fits about 12 bags with saplings, and the structure creates a gap of 2 centimeters (nearly an inch) at the bottom. The researchers wondered if this gap would be enough to create air circulation for air pruning.

    "To test the idea, they raised saplings of five native tree species using three different methods: in crates placed directly on the ground; in crates placed on wire benches (for improved air flow); and the conventional method of a polyurethane bag on the ground. They then planted the saplings in a deforested site within #PraBangKhram #WildlifeSanctuary in southern Thailand."

    news.mongabay.com/2025/11/in-t

    #SolarPunkSunday #Reforesting #Rewilding #ReusingPlastic

  22. On a related note, @MaQuest ...

    In #Thailand, a cheap bottle crate hack gives #tree #saplings a fighting chance

    Ruth Kamnitzer
    21 Nov 2025

    Excerpt: "Elliott and colleagues had seen examples of air pruning systems while touring nurseries in Australia, and previous studies have shown that air pruning can be beneficial for a number of tropical tree species. However, in Thailand, specialized air pruning equipment has to be imported and is prohibitively expensive.

    "So instead, the researchers cast around for a local solution. The answer was in plain sight.

    " 'If you go to a bar in the countryside, you know, a little restaurant, out the back there’ll be a rubbish pile full of disused bottle crates,' Elliott says. 'You can [also] go down to the #recycling shop and buy them really cheaply.'

    "Each bottle crate fits about 12 bags with saplings, and the structure creates a gap of 2 centimeters (nearly an inch) at the bottom. The researchers wondered if this gap would be enough to create air circulation for air pruning.

    "To test the idea, they raised saplings of five native tree species using three different methods: in crates placed directly on the ground; in crates placed on wire benches (for improved air flow); and the conventional method of a polyurethane bag on the ground. They then planted the saplings in a deforested site within #PraBangKhram #WildlifeSanctuary in southern Thailand."

    news.mongabay.com/2025/11/in-t

    #SolarPunkSunday #Reforesting #Rewilding #ReusingPlastic

  23. On a related note, @MaQuest ...

    In #Thailand, a cheap bottle crate hack gives #tree #saplings a fighting chance

    Ruth Kamnitzer
    21 Nov 2025

    Excerpt: "Elliott and colleagues had seen examples of air pruning systems while touring nurseries in Australia, and previous studies have shown that air pruning can be beneficial for a number of tropical tree species. However, in Thailand, specialized air pruning equipment has to be imported and is prohibitively expensive.

    "So instead, the researchers cast around for a local solution. The answer was in plain sight.

    " 'If you go to a bar in the countryside, you know, a little restaurant, out the back there’ll be a rubbish pile full of disused bottle crates,' Elliott says. 'You can [also] go down to the #recycling shop and buy them really cheaply.'

    "Each bottle crate fits about 12 bags with saplings, and the structure creates a gap of 2 centimeters (nearly an inch) at the bottom. The researchers wondered if this gap would be enough to create air circulation for air pruning.

    "To test the idea, they raised saplings of five native tree species using three different methods: in crates placed directly on the ground; in crates placed on wire benches (for improved air flow); and the conventional method of a polyurethane bag on the ground. They then planted the saplings in a deforested site within #PraBangKhram #WildlifeSanctuary in southern Thailand."

    news.mongabay.com/2025/11/in-t

    #SolarPunkSunday #Reforesting #Rewilding #ReusingPlastic

  24. On a related note, @MaQuest ...

    In #Thailand, a cheap bottle crate hack gives #tree #saplings a fighting chance

    Ruth Kamnitzer
    21 Nov 2025

    Excerpt: "Elliott and colleagues had seen examples of air pruning systems while touring nurseries in Australia, and previous studies have shown that air pruning can be beneficial for a number of tropical tree species. However, in Thailand, specialized air pruning equipment has to be imported and is prohibitively expensive.

    "So instead, the researchers cast around for a local solution. The answer was in plain sight.

    " 'If you go to a bar in the countryside, you know, a little restaurant, out the back there’ll be a rubbish pile full of disused bottle crates,' Elliott says. 'You can [also] go down to the #recycling shop and buy them really cheaply.'

    "Each bottle crate fits about 12 bags with saplings, and the structure creates a gap of 2 centimeters (nearly an inch) at the bottom. The researchers wondered if this gap would be enough to create air circulation for air pruning.

    "To test the idea, they raised saplings of five native tree species using three different methods: in crates placed directly on the ground; in crates placed on wire benches (for improved air flow); and the conventional method of a polyurethane bag on the ground. They then planted the saplings in a deforested site within #PraBangKhram #WildlifeSanctuary in southern Thailand."

    news.mongabay.com/2025/11/in-t

    #SolarPunkSunday #Reforesting #Rewilding #ReusingPlastic

  25. On a related note, @MaQuest ...

    In #Thailand, a cheap bottle crate hack gives #tree #saplings a fighting chance

    Ruth Kamnitzer
    21 Nov 2025

    Excerpt: "Elliott and colleagues had seen examples of air pruning systems while touring nurseries in Australia, and previous studies have shown that air pruning can be beneficial for a number of tropical tree species. However, in Thailand, specialized air pruning equipment has to be imported and is prohibitively expensive.

    "So instead, the researchers cast around for a local solution. The answer was in plain sight.

    " 'If you go to a bar in the countryside, you know, a little restaurant, out the back there’ll be a rubbish pile full of disused bottle crates,' Elliott says. 'You can [also] go down to the #recycling shop and buy them really cheaply.'

    "Each bottle crate fits about 12 bags with saplings, and the structure creates a gap of 2 centimeters (nearly an inch) at the bottom. The researchers wondered if this gap would be enough to create air circulation for air pruning.

    "To test the idea, they raised saplings of five native tree species using three different methods: in crates placed directly on the ground; in crates placed on wire benches (for improved air flow); and the conventional method of a polyurethane bag on the ground. They then planted the saplings in a deforested site within #PraBangKhram #WildlifeSanctuary in southern Thailand."

    news.mongabay.com/2025/11/in-t

    #SolarPunkSunday #Reforesting #Rewilding #ReusingPlastic

  26. What happened when a wildlife photographer woke up with a curled up cheetah beside him |

    The unexpected experience can make a lasting impression in the wild, even for people who are close to…
    #NewsBeep #News #Wildlife #cheetahexperience #CheetahExperiencesanctuary #DolphVolker #human-wildlifeconflict #Science #UK #UnitedKingdom #WildlifePhotographer #wildlifesanctuary
    newsbeep.com/uk/325210/

  27. What happened when a wildlife photographer woke up with a curled up cheetah beside him |

    The unexpected experience can make a lasting impression in the wild, even for people who are close to…
    #NewsBeep #News #Wildlife #cheetahexperience #CheetahExperiencesanctuary #DolphVolker #human-wildlifeconflict #Science #UK #UnitedKingdom #WildlifePhotographer #wildlifesanctuary
    newsbeep.com/uk/325210/

  28. What happened when a wildlife photographer woke up with a curled up cheetah beside him |

    The unexpected experience can make a lasting impression in the wild, even for people who are close to…
    #NewsBeep #News #Wildlife #cheetahexperience #CheetahExperiencesanctuary #DolphVolker #human-wildlifeconflict #Science #UK #UnitedKingdom #WildlifePhotographer #wildlifesanctuary
    newsbeep.com/uk/325210/

  29. 7 lions to be euthanized at wildlife park: “No real options left”

    A New Zealand wildlife park says it will be forced to euthanize seven elderly lions after running into…
    #NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #Wildlife #financialdifficulties #Science #Wildlifesanctuary
    newsbeep.com/us/273419/

  30. Public outcry as zoo has ‘no real option’ but to euthanise seven famous lions

    A wildlife park has revealed it may have no option but to euthanise its last seven remaining lions.…
    #NewsBeep #News #Entertainment #AU #Australia #BoltonEquities #lions #wildlifesanctuary
    newsbeep.com/au/263494/