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‘Red List’ Is Among Top Data Resources on Threatened Species [1]

When it comes to rare species, good news can be equally rare. But that makes their stories all the more compelling to tell. And that’s why our latest Reporter’s Toolbox details a leading database, soon to be updated, called Red List. Plus, other species databases for reporters.

SEJ Publication Types: 
Reporters Toolbox [2]
Topics on the Beat: 
Biodiversity [3]
Environmental Health [4]
Environmental Studies [5]
Journalism & Media [6]
Laws & Regulations [7]
Science [8]
Wildlife [9]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [10]
International [11]
Visibility: 
Public [12]

"Will Whale Hunting Return to the Pacific Northwest?" [13]

"The Makah are the only Native Americans with a treaty right to hunt whales, but they have not been allowed to do so for 20 years. A recent proposal could change that."

Biodiversity [3]
Environmental Politics [14]
Fish & Fisheries [15]
Laws & Regulations [7]
People & Population [16]
Water & Oceans [17]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [10]
Source: NY Times [18], 11/15/2019

"Environmental Groups Challenge Border Wall on Multiple Fronts" [19]

"The Sierra Club faced off with government lawyers in court this week to fight the U.S.-Mexico border wall backed by President Donald Trump, the latest in a lineup of lawsuits over the issue."

Biodiversity [3]
Environmental Politics [14]
Laws & Regulations [7]
Natural Resources [20]
Wildlife [9]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [10]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [21], 11/15/2019
September 16, 2020 to September 30, 2020

SEJ's 30th Anniversary Conference (Part 1), Virtual, Sept 2020 [22]

Registration is now open for part one of SEJ's 30th Anniversary Conference:
#SEJ2020 Virtual Conference, September 16, 17, 23 and 30, will convene the SEJ community to investigate environmental angles on the 2020 elections and other timely events, celebrate the winners of the SEJ Awards for Reporting on the Environment, and preview workshops, tours and panels coming in June. Part two, the in-person conference in Boise, takes place June 2-6 (#SEJ2021). Special thanks to our partners at Boise State University and the city of Boise for graciously adapting to these changes necessary to protect everyone's health. Go to the conference website. [23]

SEJ Annual Conferences [24]
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Public [12]
Topics on the Beat: 
Agriculture [25]
Biodiversity [3]
Climate Change [26]
Energy & Fuel [27]
Environmental Health [4]
Environmental Politics [14]
Forests [28]
Journalism & Media [6]
Natural Resources [20]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [29]
Planning & Growth [30]
Water & Oceans [17]
Wildlife [9]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [10]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [31]
International [11]

SEJ's 30th Anniversary Conference, Sept. 2020 [32]

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#SEJ2020, our first-ever virtual conference, took place September 16, 17, 23 and 30. Registered attendees can watch recordings of #SEJ2020 in the Whova app.

Topics on the Beat: 
Agriculture [25]
Biodiversity [3]
Climate Change [26]
Energy & Fuel [27]
Environmental Health [4]
Environmental Politics [14]
Forests [28]
Journalism & Media [6]
Natural Resources [20]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [29]
Planning & Growth [30]
Water & Oceans [17]
Wildlife [9]
Initiatives: 
SEJ Annual Conferences [33]
Visibility: 
Public [12]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [10]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [31]
International [11]

Delving Into Drones [34]

Veteran National Geographic photojournalist Peter Essick offers practical advice on learning to fly your own drone. Plus, he shares insights [35] and photos [36] from his most recent drone project, capturing the restoration of the Great Lakes, and explains why he sees the combination of drone photography and environmental journalism as a match made in heaven.

SEJ Publication Types: 
EJ InSight [37]
Topics on the Beat: 
Biodiversity [3]
Chemicals [38]
Environmental Health [4]
Fish & Fisheries [15]
Government [39]
Journalism & Media [6]
Natural Resources [20]
Pollution [40]
Water & Oceans [17]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [10]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [41]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [42]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [43]
Visibility: 
Public [12]

Drones and Photojournalism — Elevating the Craft to New Heights [35]

A match made in heaven — that’s how veteran National Geographic photojournalist Peter Essick sees the combination of drone photography and environmental journalism. In the latest EJ InSight, Essick shares insights and photos [36] from his most recent drone project, capturing the restoration of the Great Lakes. Plus, in a sidebar, Essick gives practical advice on learning to fly your own drone [34].

SEJ Publication Types: 
EJ InSight [37]
Topics on the Beat: 
Biodiversity [3]
Chemicals [38]
Environmental Health [4]
Fish & Fisheries [15]
Government [39]
Journalism & Media [6]
Natural Resources [20]
Pollution [40]
Water & Oceans [17]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [10]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [41]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [42]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [43]
Visibility: 
Public [12]

"Drought-Hit Zimbabwe Readies Mass Wildlife Migration" [44]

"Zimbabwe is planning an enforced mass migration of wildlife away from a park in the country’s south, where thousands of animals are at risk of death due to drought-induced starvation."

Biodiversity [3]
Climate Change [26]
Wildlife [9]
Public [12]
Africa [45]
Source: Reuters [46], 11/12/2019

"Can The Long-Lost Abalone Make A Comeback In California?" [47]

"Hunched over a tank inside the Bodega Marine Laboratory, alongside bubbling vats of seaweed and greenhouses filled with algae, Kristin Aquilino coaxed a baby white abalone onto her hand."

Biodiversity [3]
Fish & Fisheries [15]
Science [8]
Water & Oceans [17]
Public [12]
California [48]
Northwest (OR WA) [49]
Mexico [50]
Source: LA Times [51], 11/08/2019

"High-Tech Chestnuts: US To Consider Genetically Altered Tree" [52]

"Chestnuts harvested from high branches on a chilly fall morning look typical: they’re marble sized, russet colored and nestled in prickly burs. But many are like no other nuts in nature. In a feat of genetic engineering, about half the chestnuts collected at this college experiment station feature a gene that provides resistance to blight that virtually wiped out the American chestnut tree generations ago."

Biodiversity [3]
Forests [28]
Technology [53]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [10]
Source: AP [54], 11/07/2019

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