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Wildlife For Everyone Foundation Announces College Scholarship Recipients

PA Environment Daily

The Wildlife For Everyone Foundation has selected five Pennsylvania students as recipients of their 2023 annual scholarship. These students were chosen based on demonstration of exemplary academic achievement and commitment to furthering the conservation of wildlife and natural resources in Pennsylvania.

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If You Do Something You Love, You are Bound to Succeed

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Dr. Vidya Athreya is an ecologist who works for the Wildlife Conservation Society and Centre for Wildlife Studies in India and focuses mainly on human-wildlife interaction. We discussed how India’s patriarchal society has influenced her career, as well as the trials and tribulations of being a mother and a scientist.

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Thomas E. Lovejoy, III (1941-2021)

Academy of Natural Sciences

After leaving the Academy, he went to work with the World Wildlife Fund, of which he became Executive Vice President, and then to serve as Assistant Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, working closely with the Smithsonian’s Secretary, S. Dillon Ripley, who also had strong ties to the Academy. Read more about Tom Lovejoy.

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A Visit to a Remote Maine Island Finds Puffins and Terns are Having a Good Year Despite Climate Change

Union of Concerned Scientists

The title of supervisory wildlife biologist for the United States Fish and Wildlife Service does little justice to Linda Welch (pictured above). Petit Manan is located about 20 miles east of Acadia National Park and is part of the Maine Coastal Islands National Wildlife Refuge. He set about to recreate that spectacle.

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Dr Krithi K. Karanth – Finding your Passion and Having an Impact #WomeninScience

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Karanth, the Chief Conservation Scientist and Chief Executive at the Centre for Wildlife Studies in Bangalore, India. We discuss the inspiring programmes she has built in India to manage human-wildlife conflict, motherhood, and how her team is contributing to Covid-relief in rural India. Could you explain your current role? “I

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Restoring Asia’s Roar: Our plan to see tigers flourish again in historic locations

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By Dr Thomas Gray, WWF Tigers Alive Initiative Image: Shutterstock.com Dr Thomas Gray is a conservation biologist and Tiger Recovery Lead at the WWF Tigers Alive Initiative. His current research focuses on the active recovery of threatened Asian species and sustainable financing for landscape-scale conservation.

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Wednesday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips - 11.15.23

PA Environment Daily

‘We Do Not Trust Foxes To Guard Henhouses’ -- PennDOT To Open Next Round Of Federal Electric Vehicle Charging Application Period Dec. 11; Sets Nov. 1 [PaEN] -- Keep PA Beautiful Local Affiliates Make Nov.