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Sensory ecology in conservation breeding programmes: an overlooked, but vital, consideration

The Applied Ecologist

In a recent paper, Chris Freelance and colleagues explored differences in sensory organ morphology between wild and captive-bred populations of a critically endangered insect. Captive breeding programmes are a well-established part of threatened species conservation strategies.

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Shedding sentence deadweight to help science stories soar

Environmental News Bits

Now, as a time-crunched freelancer, I find myself turning to my favorite words and go-to phrases. Read the full story at The Open Notebook. Under deadline pressure, science journalists often stick to what works. As a novice writer, I often experimented with my prose.

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Planting a 'Buffet' to Help Bring Beavers Back to TNC's Ellsworth Preserve

Washington Nature

Oliver, Freelance Writer (Quinault / Isleta Pueblo) The Nature Conservancy’s Ellsworth Creek Preserve, which occupies the ancestral homelands of the Willapa and Lower Chinook people has and continues to be a host of hundreds of teachers. Plants and animals are landscape informers. At Ellsworth, we learn the cyclical teachings of salmon.

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The Practice and Perspective of Stewardship

Washington Nature

Oliver, Freelance Writer, (Quinault / Isleta Pueblo) At The Nature Conservancy in Washington, we’re re-examining what it means to steward the lands and waters that we depend on, and how people and nature are intertwined. For centuries the term ‘conservation’ was characterized by separating people from nature.

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Listening Sessions with a Marsh: Port Susan Bay Preserve’s Estuary Restoration

Washington Nature

by Sara Adams, freelance writer Estuaries—where a river meets the ocean—are some of Washington’s most ecologically and culturally important ecosystems. They provide habitat for a range of plant and animal species throughout their life cycles, including the threatened Chinook salmon.

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Traveling Chinook Lands and Waters

Washington Nature

Oliver, Freelance Writer (Quinault / Isleta Pueblo) The Nature Conservancy’s Ellsworth Creek Preserve in southwest Washington state is situated on the traditional and current territories of the Chinook People — specifically the Willapa, which is one of the five bands that make up the Chinook Indian Nation.

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Sheena Talma – Marine Science is not always rainbows and butterflies 

Frontiers

Sheena Talma , a marine scientist and deep-sea enthusiast from the Seychelles, is a freelance consultant currently working as a science & knowledge exchange program manager at Nekton and D’Arros experience co-ordinator at Save Our Seas Foundation. Author: Thimedi Hetti.

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