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ESA Policy News: August 30, 2021

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New Mexico governor signs executive order creating a “30 by 30” conservation committee. Sams holds a bachelor’s of science degree in Business Administration from Concordia University-Portland and a master’s of legal studies in Indigenous Peoples Law from the University of Oklahoma. land conservation committee – KRQE.

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Policy News: July 12, 2021

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The bill report includes language supporting establishing a Civilian Conservation Corps and directing the BLM, USGS and BLM to discuss the potential to collaborate on efforts to better understand the potential carbon capture and geological storage on federal lands and the possibility of using this information in land management plans.

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Deserts as Ecosystems and Why They Need Protecting

Environmental Science

A Brief History of the Use, Study, and Conservation, of Deserts. The birth of the science of eremology (the study of the desert biome) began in the mid-20 th century and with the dawning of the understanding of such environmental concepts as human geography, ecology, and, of course, conservation. Sponsored Content.

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ESA Policy News: August 16, 2021

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Top Priorities : Conservation; drought and forest management to reduce carbon emissions and prevent wildfires. Opportunities for Public Comment and Nominations: APHIS – Notice of Availability of an Environmental Assessment for Release of Ganaspis brasiliensis for Biological Control of Spotted-Wing Drosophila in the Continental United States.

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The Trump War on Science: Daring blindness, Denying climate change, Destroying the EPA and other daily disasters

Science Blogs

Trump attacks wind power in state that gets nearly third of energy from wind. GOP Effort To Make Environmental Science 'Transparent' Worries Scientists. Trump officially nominates climate-denying conservative talk radio host as USDA’s top scientist. Has the Moment for Environmental Justice Been Lost? .