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In Search of the Hidden Cooper River

Academy of Natural Sciences

The Cooper River, a 16-mile tributary of the Delaware River in southwestern New Jersey, was once heavily polluted and nearly half sewage. That is, until Don Baugh, president and founder of Upstream Alliance, went in search of answers. . Students on the expedition investigating fish with Academy scientist Colin Rohrback.

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Perspective | Giant Catch in the Mekong Reveals Mysteries of Biodiversity Hot Spot

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Fish tracking project builds the case for international conservation cooperation. The stingray was tagged with a tracking device and returned to the Mekong River, where its movements are informing conservation planning. In June 2022, fishers in Cambodia caught a giant freshwater stingray weighing 661 pounds (300 kilos).

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April 8 PA Environment Digest Now Available

PA Environment Daily

Centre County Recycling & Refuse Authority Announces Mimi Joy Cooper As Recycling Coordinator CleanWater Conservancy: Volunteers Needed For 28th Annual Watershed Cleanup Day April 20 In Centre County Allegheny County Conservation District Offering Gardeners Free Soil Lead Screening PA Resources Council Launches New What's Up Watershed?

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December 25 PA Environment Digest Now Available

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22 Take Five Fridays With Pam, PA Parks & Forests Foundation Susquehanna River Basin Commission Invites Comments On Cooperative Fish Nursery General Permit; Hearing Set For Feb. Click Here to search back issues of the Digest. 8 Hearing On RACT 3 Air Quality Permit For Magnesita Refractories Facility In York County Dept.

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Port Susan Bay Preserve: Where have all the Chinook Gone? (Part 1)

Washington Nature

by Grace Lee Kang While out in the waters of the Stillaguamish Estuary, the marsh where the Stillaguamish River meets Port Susan Bay, Nature Conservancy Aquatic Ecologist Dr. Emily Howe and Skagit River System Cooperative Lead Field Biologist Brian Henrichs witnessed something they had never seen before. Photo: Emily HoweTNC.

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What Happens If Glen Canyon Dam’s Power Shuts Off?

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Critics of the Bureau of Reclamation had a favored slur for the concrete and earthen walls that the federal agency raised across magnificent canyons of the Colorado River watershed: cash register dams. Water users in the Colorado River basin are already feeling the effects of depleted reservoirs. It is out of the danger zone, for now.

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March 25 PA Environment Digest Now Available

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Click Here to search back issues of the Digest. Industrial Project In Northampton County DEP Will Hold May 2 Hearing On Stormwater Permit For Maiden Creek Warehouse Project In Berks County Allegheny National Forest Partnership Projects Improve Stream Health Using Federal Inflation Reduction Act Funds Insurance Dept.:

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