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A monarch butterfly rest on goldenrod, basking in the sun.

Monarch Butterfly Migration in Crisis

animal rights, animals, endangered species, insects, saving wild places
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Author Dustin Solberg and his son harvest wild sockeye salmon every summer in Alaska’s Tuxedni Bay. They’re part of a community of commercial fishing families working from small boats in a fishery certified sustainable by the non-profit Marine Stewardship Council. | Photo by Hamish Laird

Where the Tide Is the Loudest Sound

Alaska, marine ecosystems, public lands, saving wild places, wildlife
SIERRA Article
President Joe Biden talks with Ed Keable, superintendent of Grand Canyon National Park in Grand Canyon Village, Ariz., Tuesday, Aug. 8, 2023, as he views the South Rim of the canyon at Yaki Point. | Photo by Alex Brandon/AP

Environmentalists Have a Wish List for the Lame Duck Session

congress, public lands, saving wild places, wildlife
SIERRA Article
Illustration shows a desert with a tree, redrock, and solar panels simulating a sparkling oasis or sea on the ground

A Desert Meditation on the Future of Solar

saving wild places
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In this undated photo provided by Grand Teton National Park a grizzly bear known as No. 399 stands alongside a cub. | Photo by C. Adams/Grand Teton National Park via AP

The Death of Grizzly 399 Could Have Been Prevented

endangered species, grizzlies, saving wild places
SIERRA Article
Long-earned owl perched atop a cross-shaped tombstone in a cemetery blanketed in snow.

The Complicated Ecology of Cemeteries

ecosystems, Halloween, saving wild places, wildlife
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Northward View from Point Conception Lighthouse. | Photo by Robert Schwemmer/NOAA

Biden–Harris Administration Creates a New National Marine Sanctuary off the California Coast

indigenous communities, marine ecosystems, public lands, saving wild places, wildlife
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A group of young steelhead rescued from further up the Carmel River swim free after being released in a lagoon further down. Had CRSA not moved these fish, they would have died from heat or suffocation.

Volunteer Trout Wranglers Save Central California’s Steelhead

endangered species, fish, saving wild places, wildlife
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A researcher inspects buckets containing transported freshwater mussels in a clear stream.

Could a Little Bit of Mussel Fix Our Polluted Streams?

animals, endangered species, marine ecosystems, nature, saving wild places
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A Louisiana Black Bear, subspecies of the black bear rests in a water oak tree in a neighborhood in Marksville, La

A Planned Black Bear Hunt Could Destroy Nearly 40 Years of Conservation

animal rights, bears, endangered species, saving wild places, wildlife
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