Slow Lanes Help Save a Dwindling Orca Population Reducing speeds can help killer whales navigate an increasingly louder sea By Jennifer Cole August 21, 2025 In this story: whales, endangered species, saving wild places, conservation, marine ecosystems
A Path for Restoration at Bear River How the Northwestern Band of the Shoshone Nation is breathing new life into their ancestral Idaho lands By Alisha McDarris August 15, 2025 In this story: indigenous communities, saving wild places, conservation, invasive species
Forest Experts Warn Spending Bill Sets Up US Forest Service to Fail The recently passed spending bill sets logging targets that federal officials don’t have the capacity to meet By John Dillon August 11, 2025 In this story: forests, national forests, logging, illegal logging, saving wild places
Cracking the Case of the Missing Roseate Terns How disappearing birds led to an unlikely partnership between researchers and fishermen By Jill Langlois August 4, 2025 In this story: birds, saving wild places, conservation, wildlife, animals
States Step In After the Supreme Court Puts Wetlands at Risk A patchwork of protections emerges as only some states pursue them By Ethan Freedman July 20, 2025 In this story: wetlands, Policy, marine ecosystems, saving wild places
Illegal Grazing Is Destroying This National Park Controlling livestock in Big Bend National Park means rethinking the culture of ranger work By Margret Grebowicz June 16, 2025 In this story: America's National Parks, grazing, ecosystems, saving wild places
What Drives People to Pursue Creatures That Slither and Slide? One herpetologist embarks on a journey to find out why people are drawn to reptiles and amphibians By Don Lyman June 2, 2025 In this story: animals, wildlife, saving wild places
Can America’s Only Endemic Whale Survive the Next Four Years? There are only 50 Rice’s whales in the world, but the current administration is putting conservation efforts at risk By Ethan Freedman May 21, 2025 In this story: whales, endangered species, wildlife, saving wild places, federal policy
New Border Wall Sections Threaten Remaining Wildlife Corridors President Trump’s plan to finish his wall along US-Mexico border puts wildlife conservation at risk By April Reese May 18, 2025 In this story: wildlife, saving wild places, borderlands, endangered species, Trump
Public Lands Sales on the Table as Congress Looks for Ways to Raise Revenue Americans could be locked out of thousands of acres of public lands if this proposal is signed into law By Lindsey Botts May 8, 2025 In this story: public lands, saving wild places, wilderness, federal policy, wildlands