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Wildfires Are Killing California's Ancient Giants. Can Seedlings Save Them? [1]

"On a late autumn day, a team of forestry workers spreads out among the burned trunks of giant sequoia trees. The 1,000-year-old trees in the grove are dead but still standing, killed in an extreme wildfire that raced through Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks."

Biodiversity [2]
Climate Change [3]
Disasters [4]
Forests [5]
Natural Resources [6]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
California [9]
Source: NPR [10], 02/28/2024
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Ohio Awards Bids To Frack Oil And Gas Under State Parks, Wildlife Areas [11]

"An Ohio commission awarded bids to frack oil and gas under state parks Monday, despite statewide backlash and an ongoing investigation into possibly fraudulent support."

Biodiversity [2]
Chemicals [12]
Energy & Fuel [13]
Environmental Politics [14]
Forests [5]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Natural Resources [6]
Pollution [16]
Water & Oceans [17]
Public [7]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [18]
Source: AP [19], 02/27/2024
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"These Wildfires Never Went Out — They Just Moved Underground" [20]

"Under the ground, even under the snow, zombie fires are burning. The remnants of the most extraordinary wildfire season in recent Canadian history are still smoldering on a scale that experts say is unprecedented."

Air [21]
Climate Change [3]
Disasters [4]
Forests [5]
Natural Resources [6]
Pollution [16]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Canada [22]
Source: Washington Post [23], 02/26/2024
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"Private Landowners Are the Missing Link for Prescribed Burns" [24]

"Community organizations teach individuals to manage their land with fire in states like Georgia, where 93 percent of the land is privately owned".

Forests [5]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [25]
Source: Sierra [26], 02/21/2024
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Very Cool: Trees Stalling Effects Of Global Heating In Eastern US - Study [27]

"Trees provide innumerable benefits to the world, from food to shelter to oxygen, but researchers have now found their dramatic rebound in the eastern US has delivered a further, stunning feat – the curtailing of the soaring temperatures caused by the climate crisis."

Climate Change [3]
Forests [5]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: Guardian [28], 02/19/2024
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In Their Own Words — Story Insights From SEJ’s 2023 Award Winners [29]

When Inside Story co-editor Rocky Kistner reviewed video statements from first-place winners of the Society of Environmental Journalists 2023 reporting awards, he found a series of striking insights into the work of environmental journalism. From environment as a true crime story and going beyond the headlines, to covering communities at risk and through powerful interests, a look at nine highly effective approaches to telling environmental stories.

SEJ Publication Types: 
Inside Story [30]
Topics on the Beat: 
Biodiversity [2]
Chemicals [12]
Climate Change [3]
Economy & Business [31]
Energy & Fuel [13]
Environmental Health [32]
Environmental Justice [33]
Environmental Politics [14]
Forests [5]
Government [34]
Health [35]
Infrastructure [36]
Journalism & Media [37]
Natural Resources [6]
People & Population [38]
Policy [39]
Pollution [16]
Waste [40]
Water & Oceans [17]
Wildlife [41]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [8]
California [9]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [18]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [42]
International [43]
Africa [44]
South America [45]
Visibility: 
Public [7]
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"A Collapse of the Amazon Could Be Coming ‘Faster Than We Thought’" [46]

"Up to half of the Amazon rainforest could transform into grasslands or weakened ecosystems in the coming decades, a new study found, as climate change, deforestation and severe droughts like the one the region is currently experiencing damage huge areas beyond their ability to recover."

Biodiversity [2]
Climate Change [3]
Disasters [4]
Forests [5]
Natural Resources [6]
Water & Oceans [17]
Wildlife [41]
Public [7]
South America [45]
Source: NYTimes [47], 02/15/2024
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"Oregon’s Aspiring Tree Climbers Reach New Heights" [48]

"Students at Cottage Grove-based national tree climbing school push themselves to the limit to become professional pine cone collectors".

Forests [5]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Northwest (OR WA) [49]
Source: OPB [50], 02/14/2024
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"Pinyon-Juniper Woodlands Are A Growing Biofuel Battleground" [51]

"When Varlin Higbee eyes the scrubby forest of pinyon pines and juniper trees that fill the high desert outside this old Union Pacific Railroad town, there’s just one thought that crosses his mind: “They’re just a wildfire waiting to happen,” the Lincoln County commissioner says of the low, bushy trees."

Climate Change [3]
Disasters [4]
Forests [5]
Public [7]
California [9]
Source: LA Times [52], 02/12/2024
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Chile President Laments 'Tragedy' As Wildfires Kill More Than 100 [53]

"Fires devastating parts of central Chile have killed at least 64 people and the country faces a "tragedy of very great magnitude," President Gabriel Boric said on Sunday, as he warned that the death toll likely will surge in coming days."

Climate Change [3]
Disasters [4]
Forests [5]
Public [7]
South America [45]
Source: Reuters [54], 02/05/2024
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