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Anti-deforestation Deforestation in Colombia falls to lowest level in 23 years https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/colombia-deforestation-fell-23-year-low-2023-2024-07-08/ Biodiversity ‘Cause for shellebration’: OKC Zoo announces birth of rare giant tortoises https://kfor.com/news/local/okc-zoo-announces-birth-of-rare-giant-tortoises/ Decades of conservation efforts lead to 'landmark' hatching of 60 nearly extinct crocodiles https://www.yahoo.com/news/decades-conservation-efforts-lead-landmark-000000063.html Drawdown California experiences its 100th day of renewable energy sources meeting 100% of electricity demand https://environmentamerica.org/california/media-center/release-100-days-renewable/ Marathon Oil Agrees to Record Penalty for Alleged Clean Air Act Violations https://www.cbsnews.com/news/marathon-oil-record-penalty-oil-and-gas-pollution/

In this episode of Conservation Conversations we continue our mini series Conservation on Fire! We talked with Lenya Quinn-Davidson of the UCANR Fire extension. Join us as we delve into the world of prescribed fire, diversity in fire management, traditional cultural fire practices, and more. Lenya's insights are invaluable, and we're incredibly grateful to have had this enlightening conversation with her. Enjoy! Please check out their websites: https://ucanr.edu/sites/fire/ https://calpba.org/ https://firenetworks.org/wtrex/ and get involved with them, or wherever you can. Also check out @womenstrex, @lenyaqd, and @ucanr on social media Host and producer is Austin Parker Music was provided by A Picture Book studio Don't forget to like comment and subscribe if you want to help We’ll talk to you next time! This episode is brought to you by our sponsor Tidal Influence, a Californian ecological consulting firm who proudly supports environmental education and all of the diverse conservation efforts that Pe

Drawdown Heirloom to build two Direct Air Capture facilities in Northwest Louisiana https://finance.yahoo.com/news/heirloom-build-two-direct-air-120000823.html Water California adopts statewide water conservation framework https://www.yahoo.com/news/california-adopts-sweeping-statewide-water-213447587.html Rewilding First North African Ostrich nest in the wild in Morocco https://magornitho.org/2024/07/north-african-ostrich-nests-morocco/ Sea otters spotted off Oregon coast, a rare sight after a century of near-extinction https://www.opb.org/article/2024/07/03/sea-otters-spotted-off-oregon-coast-a-rare-sight-after-a-century-of-near-extinction/ History made as critically endangered baby western lowland gorilla born at Columbus Zoo https://abcnews.go.com/US/history-made-critically-endangered-baby-western-lowland-gorilla/story?id=111667871 Rare white rhino born in Chilean zoo, boosting the near-endangered species https://time.com/6994693/white-rhino-born-chilean-zoo-endangered-species/

Indigenous California to return ancestral land to Shasta Indian Nation https://www.gov.ca.gov/2024/06/18/governor-newsom-announces-historic-land-return-effort-on-the-5th-anniversary-of-californias-apology-to-native-americans/ Biodiversity Iberian lynx rebounds from brink of extinction, hailed as the "greatest recovery of a cat species ever achieved" https://www.cbsnews.com/news/iberian-lynx-no-longer-endangered-greatest-recovery-cat-species-ever/ ‘A momentous day for nature’: EU approves first-of-its-kind law that could bring back biodiversity https://www.euronews.com/green/2024/06/17/what-is-the-nature-restoration-law-inside-the-first-of-its-kind-regulation-approved-in-eur Drawdown Bill Gates-backed startup creates Lego-like brick that can store air pollution for centuries: 'A milestone for affordably removing carbon dioxide from the air https://www.yahoo.com/tech/bill-gates-backed-startup-creates-020000741.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZWNvc2lhLm9yZy8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAJ9vDCng51Yw

On this episode of Conservation Conversations we are starting a new mini series called Conservation on Fire! To kick things off we’ve got a living legend. We talk with Tim Inglasbee of FUSEE (firefighters united for safety, ethics and ecology). FUSEE educates and advocates for the use of safe and sound ecological fire management practices that promote ecosystem resilience, support cultural burn traditions, and mitigate the impacts of climate change. Enjoy our conversation with Tim! Thank you again to Tim for talking all about what FUSEE is doing to help create a better world in Fire through all of the means they can. Please check out their website and get involved with them, or wherever you can. Check out all of their programs here: https://fusee.org/ and https://www.firegencollab.org/ Follow and engage with them on social media as well! Instagram: @fuseefire Facebook: facebook.com/fuseefire Hosts is Austin Parker Producers are Austin and Taylor Parker Music was provided by A Picture Book studio Don't fo

This episode of Conservation Conversations we Talk with Sanjana Ramesh, a Project Dragonfly student and WWF employee. We talk about conservation in India, the organizations she’s started and the work she looks to do this summer while studying in india. Enjoy our conversation with sanjana! Please check out @dc_saeg on instgram to see how you can help. Hosts is Austin Parker Producer is Austin Parker Music was provided by A Picture Book studio Don't forget to like comment and subscribe if you want to help We’ll talk to you next time! This episode is brought to you by our sponsor Tidal Influence, a Californian ecological consulting firm who proudly supports environmental education and all of the diverse conservation efforts that Pelecanus works to highlight. Visit their website at www.tidalinfluence.com to learn more about what they do to conserve our coastal resources and how you can get involved

Drawdown In historic move, Vermont becomes 1st state to pass law requiring fossil fuel companies to pay for climate change damages https://apnews.com/article/vermont-climate-change-superfund-oil-companies-b6565729f23e85eed4d3da44b04ae2e5 Rewilding More Than a Century Ago, Flamingos Disappeared From Florida. Now, They're Coming Home https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/more-than-a-century-ago-flamingos-disappeared-from-florida-now-theyre-coming-home-180984492/ Alfriston: Critically endangered monkeys arrive at Sussex zoo https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cydd8q5jnn7o Check out these awesome headlines from the last few weeks! All podcasts can be found at Pelecanus.org, iTunes, Soundcloud, Spotify, Stitcher, Amazon Podcasts, and Google Podcasts. Long form podcasts including our series with Reverse the Red called "The Possibilists" and Pelecanus Deep Dives can also be found on YouTube!

Check out these awesome headlines from the last few weeks! All podcasts can be found at Pelecanus.org, iTunes, Soundcloud, Spotify, Stitcher, Amazon Podcasts, and Google Podcasts. Long form podcasts including our series with Reverse the Red called "The Possibilists" and Pelecanus Deep Dives can also be found on YouTube! Awards Sylvia Earle and others win Stephen Hawking Medal for Science Communication https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/christopher-nolan-laurie-anderson-sylvia-earle-and-david-attenborough-winners-of-the-stephen-hawking-medal-for-science-communication-302147946.html Wildlife Bhutan and the Tiger Conservation Coalition Commit to Catalysing US$1 billion for tigers https://www.iucn.org/news/202404/bhutan-and-tiger-conservation-coalition-commit-catalysing-us1-billion-tigers Northern California river receives endangered salmon for first time in 80 years https://fox40.com/news/local-news/northern-california-river-receives-endangered-salmon-for-first-time-in-80-years/ Critically endangered whale

Check out these awesome headlines from the last few weeks! All podcasts can be found at Pelecanus.org, iTunes, Soundcloud, Spotify, Stitcher, Amazon Podcasts, and Google Podcasts. Long form podcasts including our series with Reverse the Red called "The Possibilists" and Pelecanus Deep Dives can also be found on YouTube! Biodiversity Rare, critically endangered baby addax antelope born at Disney's Animal Kingdom https://thedisneyblog.com/2024/05/12/walt-disney-world-announces-birth-of-rare-baby-addax-at-disneys-animal-kingdom-lodge/ Rare Kemp's ridley sea turtle nest spotted on St. Augustine Beach https://www.firstcoastnews.com/article/life/animals/kemps-ridley-sea-turtle-makes-rare-nest-on-st-augustine-beach-florida-sea-turtle-nesting-season-micklers-landing-turtle-patrol/77-cf56b522-50e0-4135-bec1-bbe600d78760 Critically endangered wolf pups born at Point Defiance Zoo https://www.msn.com/en-us/lifestyle/pets/critically-endangered-wolf-pups-born-at-point-defiance-zoo/ar-BB1mgrQg Endangered vulture chick born

Check out these awesome headlines from the last few weeks! All podcasts can be found at Pelecanus.org, iTunes, Soundcloud, Spotify, Stitcher, Amazon Podcasts, and Google Podcasts. Long form podcasts including our series with Reverse the Red called "The Possibilists" and Pelecanus Deep Dives can also be found on YouTube! Biodiversity Conservation slowing biodiversity loss, scientists say https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-68897433 Grizzly bears are set to be reintroduced to Washington state, after years of debate https://www.nbcnews.com/science/environment/grizzly-bears-reintroduced-washington-state-rcna149558

Check out these awesome headlines from the last few weeks! All podcasts can be found at Pelecanus.org, iTunes, Soundcloud, Spotify, Stitcher, Amazon Podcasts, and Google Podcasts. Long form podcasts including our series with Reverse the Red called "The Possibilists" and Pelecanus Deep Dives can also be found on YouTube! Rewilding Critically endangered parrot bounces back in huge conservation victory https://www.sciencealert.com/critically-endangered-parrot-bounces-back-in-huge-conservation-victory How the Saudi rewilding scheme is bringing the Arabian leopard back from the brink of extinction https://www.arabnews.com/node/2457286/saudi-arabia Drawdown US now has world’s largest solar and energy storage project https://interestingengineering.com/energy/us-now-has-worlds-largest-solar-and-battery-energy-storage-project Chicago sues fossil fuel companies for role in climate crisis https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/feb/21/chicago-sues-bp-chevron-fossil-fuel-climate-change Satellite beamed power from space

Check out these awesome headlines from the last few weeks! All podcasts can be found at Pelecanus.org, iTunes, Soundcloud, Spotify, Stitcher, Amazon Podcasts, and Google Podcasts. Long form podcasts including our series with Reverse the Red called "The Possibilists" and Pelecanus Deep Dives can also be found on YouTube! Protected Areas Inuit protected area in Torngat Mountains coastal waters advances https://thenarwhal.ca/torngats-inuit-marine-conservation-feasibility/ Rewilding Feds toast recovery of a once-endangered Colorado plant https://www.eenews.net/articles/feds-toast-recovery-of-a-once-endangered-colorado-plant/ Albuquerque's zoo welcomes second tiger, hopes to save endangered species https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/albuquerque-s-zoo-welcomes-second-tiger-hopes-to-save-endangered-species/ar-BB1jWYlt Drawdown Chevron Agrees to Pay Significant Fines to California for Oil Pollution https://resources.ca.gov/Newsroom/Page-Content/News-List/Chevron-Agrees-to-Pay-California-Significant-Fines-for-Oil-Po

Check out these awesome headlines from the last few weeks! All podcasts can be found at Pelecanus.org, iTunes, Soundcloud, Spotify, Stitcher, Amazon Podcasts, and Google Podcasts. Long form podcasts including our series with Reverse the Red called "The Possibilists" and Pelecanus Deep Dives can also be found on YouTube! Drawdown Air Force partners with startup to tap virtually limitless power source: '[As] close to the holy grail as you can get' https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/air-force-partners-with-startup-to-tap-virtually-limitless-power-source-as-close-to-the-holy-grail-as-you-can-get/ar-BB1jEZyn Oceans Canada Bans Bottom Trawling Near its Only Pacific Coral Reef https://maritime-executive.com/article/canada-bans-bottom-trawling-near-its-only-pacific-coral-reef Study finds 'full recovery' of reef growth within four years https://phys.org/news/2024-03-good-news-coral-reef-efforts.html Habitat protection Critical Habitat Protected for 12 Endangered Species on Hawai'i's Big Island https://biologica

Check out these awesome headlines from the last few weeks! All podcasts can be found at Pelecanus.org, iTunes, Soundcloud, Spotify, Stitcher, Amazon Podcasts, and Google Podcasts. Long form podcasts including our series with Reverse the Red called "The Possibilists" and Pelecanus Deep Dives can also be found on YouTube! Biodiversity Africa's Atlantic Humpback Dolphins Win U.S. Endangered Species Protection https://biologicaldiversity.org/w/news/press-releases/africas-atlantic-humpback-dolphins-win-us-endangered-species-protection-2024-02-20/ Legislation Bolivian Town Protects 1 Million Acres of Amazon Rainforest–Building a ‘Conservation Mosaic’ of 90% Forests https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/bolivian-town-protects-1-million-acres-of-amazon-rainforest-building-a-conservation-mosaic-of-90-forests/ European Union takes historic step with Nature Restoration Law pioneering Europe restoration efforts https://www.ser.org/news/666023/ This podcast is sponsored by Project Dragonfly, a master’s degree program offere

Looks like this podcast wasn't ever released due to a technical difficulty... Here's the NEWS from February 1st! All podcasts can be found at Pelecanus.org, iTunes, Soundcloud, Spotify, Stitcher, Amazon Podcasts, and Google Podcasts. Long form podcasts including our series with Reverse the Red called "The Possibilists" and Pelecanus Deep Dives can also be found on YouTube! Rewilding "Scientific Breakthrough May Save Northern White Rhino Through Surrogacy" https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/01/24/white-rhino-embryo-surrogacy/ Critically Endangered Javan Lorises Released In Indonesian Jungle https://www.manilatimes.net/2024/01/25/videos/endangered-javan-lorises-released-in-indonesian-jungle/1929632 In Bhutan, the endangered Bengal tiger is making a comeback https://www.unep.org/news-and-stories/story/bhutan-endangered-bengal-tiger-making-comeback This podcast is sponsored by Project Dragonfly, a master’s degree program offered by Miami University dedicated to ecological and social change. Project D

On this episode of our Conservation Conversations series with the Aquarium of the Pacific in Long Beach CA, we’re moving a bit inland… we talk to Erin Lundy of the Aquarium about their programs to conserve the Mountain Yellow Legged Frog! Erin shares her experience working on recovering this important southern California amphibian and also why they are so important. Thank you to Erin for talking all about what the Aquarium of the Pacific is doing to help the Mountain Yellow Legged Frog and so much more. This concludes our series with the Aquarium of the Pacific. We can’t thank them enough for letting us into their facilities and showing us the amazing work they do. Please either visit AoP when you’re in town or consider donating to help them recover local wildlife and habitats. Visit them at https://www.aquariumofpacific.org/ to see how you can help. Hosts is Austin Parker Producers are Austin and Taylor Parker and Madeline Walden Music was provided by A Picture Book studio Don't forget to like comment a

For this episode of The Possibilists, as part of our Year of Action, the theme is Plants and Fungi! We talk with Jason Ligon and Dr. Grant Morton of the Atlanta botanical garden. We wanted to learn everything they do to conserve and restore the flora and fungi in the US southeast and beyond! Enjoy our conversation with Jason and Grant, ABG does some great work! Please check out their website https://atlantabg.org/ and follow them on social media @atlbotanical and @atlantabgconservation Hosts and producers are Austin and Taylor Parker Producer - Megan Joyce Images provided by Jason Ligon, Grant Morton, and Ian Sabo Music - A picture book studios Thank you for tuning in, we’ll talk to you next time!

Check out these awesome headlines from the last few weeks! All podcasts can be found at Pelecanus.org, iTunes, Soundcloud, Spotify, Stitcher, Amazon Podcasts, and Google Podcasts. Long form podcasts including our series with Reverse the Red called "The Possibilists" and Pelecanus Deep Dives can also be found on YouTube! Drawdown US Carbon emissions fell in 2023 as coal use tumbled to new lows https://www.cnn.com/2024/01/10/climate/us-emissions-down-in-2023-rhodium/index.html Wild Rivers Water is freely flowing down the Klamath River for the first time in 100 years https://www.iflscience.com/water-is-freely-flowing-down-the-klamath-river-for-first-time-in-100-years-72520 Rewilding Giant tortoises have returned to Madagascar 600 years after they were wiped out https://theconversation.com/madagascar-giant-tortoises-have-returned-600-years-after-they-were-wiped-out-221615 Zoo welcomes newest addition to rare, endangered species: a baby pygmy slow loris https://www.wafb.com/2024/01/31/zoo-welcomes-newest-addi

On this episode of Conservation Conversations we talk to Lauren Samarov of the Aquarium of the Pacific in Long Beach CA about their programs to conserve White Abalone! Lauren shares so many stories of working on recovering this important marine snail population. Enjoy our conversation with Lauren! Thank you to Lauren for talking all about what AOP is doing to help the white abalone and so much more. Please either visit AoP when you’re in town or consider donating to help them recover local wildlife and habitats. Visit them at https://www.aquariumofpacific.org/ to see how you can help. Hosts and Producers are Austin and Taylor Parker Producer is Madeline Walden Music was provided by A Picture Book studio This episode is brought to you by our sponsor Tidal Influence, a Californian ecological consulting firm who proudly supports environmental education and all of the diverse conservation efforts that Pelecanus works to highlight. Visit their website at www.tidalinfluence.com to learn more about what they do

Check out these awesome headlines from the last few weeks! All podcasts can be found at Pelecanus.org, iTunes, Soundcloud, Spotify, Stitcher, Amazon Podcasts, and Google Podcasts. Long form podcasts including our series with Reverse the Red called "The Possibilists" and Pelecanus Deep Dives can also be found on YouTube! Drawdown Two Large Offshore Wind Sites Sending Power To Us Grid For The First Time https://apnews.com/article/offshore-wind-farm-vineyard-wind-massachusetts-climate-3c0bcd680bfa5c5bea7d8136a003cf6c EPA announces $1 billion in grant funding for electric school buses https://electrek.co/2024/01/08/epa-announces-1-billion-in-grant-funding-electric-school-buses/ Wildlife "Seagrass Resurgence Offers Ray Of Hope For Florida’s Hard-Hit Manatees" https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/jan/04/manatees-florida-seagrass-endangered?ref=upstract.com Humpbacks Rebound in 20th-Century Whaling Hotspot https://hakaimagazine.com/news/humpbacks-rebound-in-20th-century-whaling-hotspot/ Legal Supreme Court r