Climate change helping invasive plants spread

My own field observations, recorded in field notebooks for three decades, bear this out. Read about the invasive species onslaught and how our changing climate is helping them spread. This purple loosestrife photo was taken right down the street from my home.

Turtles saved from death by human development

That's the news angle explored in this article I just found on the Portland Oregonian's Web site. But it's a safe bet that other turtle populations in other wetlands across the country have not been as fortunate, their habitat succumbing to destruction by bulldozer.

Federal agencies seek to clarify wetlands protections

As usual it's the land rapists, aka developers, who don't like the regulations. Larry Schweiger, president of the National Wildlife Federation, is quoted in this article. He's on the mark.

Mich. sues sprawl developer over alleged wetland destruction

The McMansion development in the Flint, Mich., area is called "Liberty Shore," according to this article about the pending lawsuit. The sprawl machine keeps on chewing up America's natural landscape, and this is just one result.

How to protect the Gulf of Mexico from future oil spills?

Buy and protect, as public land, the remaining coastal marshes and wetlands, as this excellent op-ed I just read makes the case for doing.

Monitoring frogs/toads for conservation

This is a good piece. And for someone - me - who has rescued hundreds of herps from strips of asphalt (roads) over the years, it's particularly noteworthy.