The coronavirus pandemic is at the forefront of daily life, but Earth Day reminds us that environmental stewardship is not to be eclipsed.
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Cuomo’s budget proposal would fund climate, conservation initiatives
Governor Andrew Cuomo’s budget proposal includes a conservation bond act, $9 billion for offshore wind development, and a requirement for transit agencies to electrify their bus fleets.
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‘Black Birder’ says conservation should include all
Nature is relevant in all of our lives. That’s the simple idea that J. Drew Lanham, a wildlife ecology professor at Clemson University, keeps coming back to. Lanham is an accomplished ornithologist, an avid recreational birder, a naturalist, a hunter, and a published author and poet. He’s also black and says that he sees “very […]
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Zoo, state partner on butterfly conservation
The monarch butterfly needs help. Pollinators such as bees and butterflies are struggling, and scientists blame habitat loss and increased pesticide use. But monarchs are in full-on decline. The monarchs migrate to Mexico each fall, but the number wintering there has decreased by 90 percent over the past 20 years. The Seneca Park Zoo has […]
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Gray wolves have a lesson to teach
Gray wolves represent the beauty and brutality of nature in a way that few animals can. With their thick coats, pricked ears, and sharp eyes, they’re visually striking. And the cooperative precision they use to stalk and take down prey — often the weak or the young — is both captivating and horrific. (This clip […]
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Disrupting our disruption
You might consider knowledge of the range of species in a rainforest or a coral reef to be privileged, reserved for scientists and others who study such things. But truth be told, most of us are only vaguely conscious of the minute, diverse scope of life that exists all around us, as we buzz through […]
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Building a better zoo
The Monroe County Parks Department is developing a new master plan — a guide for development and growth — for the Seneca Park Zoo. And this time, there will be no attempt to encroach into Seneca Park. “We don’t need that headache,” says county parks director Larry Staub. “We don’t want it.” The county’s 2001 […]
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Let’s talk turkeys in Brighton
Brighton Supervisor Bill Moehle was tending to town business on Runnymede Road a few months ago when he spied turkeys in a nearby yard. Turkeys are a pretty common sight in the neighborhoods between Elmwood Avenue and Westfall Road, he says. In fact, the birds are well-represented in Brighton as a whole, though nonresidents most […]
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Flight pattern
Local birders have long known about the birding hotspots near Lake Ontario — wisdom gained through long hours on the lens and guided by intuition. Now those assumptions are backed by hard science. A recent study conducted by the Nature Conservancy of Central and Western New York, Audubon New York, and the New York Natural […]
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New Zealand dabbles in personhood for the environment
In the United States, corporations have constitutional rights. It’s a concept known as corporate personhood, and over the years it’s been shaped by court decisions and the occasional law. The US isn’t the only country to recognize corporate personhood. But in some other countries, citizens are using the same legal concepts to protect the environment. […]
