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 ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. The darker corners of YouTube document state-sanctioned conservation efforts with video compilations of feral pig hunting. Legal, lethal control of ...

The award honors farmers who go above and beyond in their management of soil health, water quality and wildlife habitat on ...

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 ...

As we mark the 75th anniversary of Aldo Leopold’s “A Sand County Almanac” and approach the 30th anniversary of the founding of the Colorado Cattlemen’s Agricultural Land Trust, we find ourselves at a ...

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 ...

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 ...

To these ends, a posthuman conservation ethic would be guided not by hierarchical mechanisms of control or transcendent systems of values but rather by a mode of thinking and acting steeped in ...

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 ...

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 ...