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Academy Gift Guide for 2022 Holidays

Academy of Natural Sciences

Happy Holidays from the Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University! Check out our great gift ideas for that special bookworm, young environmentalist or nature enthusiast in your life. This season, give your family a sustainable feel-good gift that lasts all year — a membership to the Academy of Natural Sciences.

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Stroud Water Research Center, Academy Of Natural Sciences, Shippensburg University: Quantifying The Value Of Forest Protection For Clean Water, Impact Of Remote Working

PA Environment Daily

It builds upon OSI’s 2019 research, which shows that programs that fund land protection for water quality either skip evaluation altogether or use “avoided development” models — i.e., what would have happened had the land not been conserved — as the primary measure of success. Posted: April 25, 2022] PA Environment Digest

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Lights Out Kicks Off for Spring 2022

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led by the Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University, Delaware Valley Ornithological Club, Audubon Mid-Atlantic, and two local Audubon Society chapters, Valley Forge and Wyncote. during peak spring migration period, April 1–May 31. Time lapse of Lights Out Philly. By Mike Fernandez.

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Willistown Conservation Trust Publishes Comprehensive State Of Our Streams Report In Chester, Delaware Counties

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By Lauren McGrath & Anna Willig, Willistown Conservation Trust The focus area of Willistown Conservation Trust includes over 190 miles of headwater streams in the Darby Creek, Crum Creek, and Ridley Creek watersheds, which are all tributaries to the Delaware River. Posted: September 5, 2022] PA Environment Digest

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Allegheny Land Trust Establishes Churchill Valley Greenway Conservation Internship, Applications Open In March

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MacKay Conservation Internship at Churchill Valley Greenway conservation area in Churchill and Penn Hills, Allegheny County. The intern may also lead other special conservation-related projects as deemed appropriate during their internship at the Greenway.

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The Unexpected Diversity of Philadelphia’s Bees

Academy of Natural Sciences

I am an environmental science senior in the Biodiversity, Earth and Environmental Science Department at Drexel and work in the Entomology Department at the Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University. However, bee populations are declining worldwide, so we have to know what exactly we are working to conserve.

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Help Us Restore the Drama of the Diorama on #GivingTuesday

Academy of Natural Sciences

Each of the 37 incredible dioramas on display at the Academy of Natural Sciences is a valuable tool to engage our visitors and spark a lasting connection to the natural world. This experience sparked a passion for the natural sciences that has lasted a lifetime.