A new petition published in the journal Nature today from 240 leading conservationists, including UC Santa Cruz faculty, argues that conservation’s impact on the world is being hindered by the field’s ...

The evolving field called compassionate conservation (see also), in which the guiding principle "First do no harm" stresses the importance of individual nonhuman animals (animals), is gaining ...

WANAMINGO, Minn. — Up that hill and east of that barn … there’s two projects that were done for my dad in the 1930s by the Civilian Conservation Corps, Fred Halvorson says. Halvorson, a semi-retired ...

This year marks the Cedar River Watershed's 100th anniversary as Seattle's primary source of drinking water. The Cedar River Watershed Education Center, to open this Saturday, will honor this vital ...

The relationship between being a conservationist and an outdoor recreationist is complicated, even paradoxical. How can someone claim to protect the land while actively using it for adventure and ...

In a year of adversity, many previous years of preparation pay off. In the second driest summer in 107 years of record keeping, the Beel family of Johnstown counted on its long commitment to ...

"Broadly speaking, a posthuman perspective would call into question the anthropocentric notion that humans are to be privileged over all other forms of life. Posthumanism generally aligns with a more ...

ROWLEY, Iowa — Conserving the soil is important to Rowley farmer Dick Sloan, so getting involved with the Lime Creek Watershed Improvement Association in 2006 was a natural progression. The project ...

ARTURO SANDOVAL As a Native New Mexican who is deeply concerned about the future of our state's precious land and water resources, I was buoyed to learn that I was not alone. Last week, my ...

The Clean Power Plan is designed to reduce Montana’s contribution to the carbon pollution now affecting our climate and every person on earth. The steady flow of scientific verification along with ...

A Oklahoma couple is among four ranch families in the Sooner State who are finalists for the Leopold Conservation Award.