At the Nexus of Gentrification and Environmentalism

By Pamela Boyce Simms / On July 12th, 2016
Optimism is alive in a new generation of environmentally aware and astute African American young people who “get it.” Over the past four years 40,000 pounds of trash has been removed from Washington DC’s Anacostia River by young, local African American residents.
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Conservation in a world of uncertainty and change

By Charles G. Curtin / On October 20th, 2015
What does it mean to conserve is an era of ever growing rates of cultural, social, and ecological change? One dictionary definition of conservation I found defined it as the act of preserving, guarding, or protecting. But what does one guard or protect when gone is the certainty that even a particular habitat, species, park or preserve will remain viable in the relatively near future (next 100 or so years). What does that mean for how we conceive of conservation?
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Movin' On Up

By Biohabitats / On February 16th, 2015
Loggerhead sea turtle.
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#ForewordFriday: It's Complicated Edition

By Meghan Bartels / On November 21st, 2014
This bear is excited to learn about landscape architecture this weekend from its den outside the Colorado Convention Center.
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The Memory of a Place

By John Rieger / On November 19th, 2014
Ecological restoration is inspirational in the sense that you connect with the earth in a new or different way. I find that I reflect on the history—or what I believe to be the history—of the place I am working. My mind wanders to how this place has gone through changes. Did a stream flow through here, were populations of deer, elk, or bison ever present? Did Native Americans alter the site, use it for supplies, harvest food? Here I am manipulating the site to permit the land to heal. How far should one go in pursuit of the healing process? Where does one stop and why?
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The Value of a Good Checklist

By John Rieger / On November 5th, 2014
The best-laid plans of mice and men may go astray, but a checklist still helps.

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