A pair of beavers in Yellowstone National Park’s Lamar Valley. Photo NPS/Neal Herbert Beaver dams slow water, create wetlands that store rain and snowmelt, recharge groundwater, filter out sediment, and provide critical habitat for Greater Yellowstone’s wildlife. In short, beaver...

This blog was originally posted on the Great Salt Lake Watershed Enhancement Trust website on October 23, 2025. The Trust is co-managed by National Audubon Society and The Nature Conservancy. In 2023, the Great Salt Lake Watershed Enhancement Trust, co-managed...

Parks, Recreation and Conservation staff presented two nomination‑period parcels for environmental bond funding: a 19.6‑acre Jungle Trail parcel adjacent to Captain Forrester Hammock (negotiated price $5,850,000) and a 36.99‑acre Winter Beach (70th Street) parcel (negotiated price $1,590,000). Staff said both properties would be brought back for EL

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Worms, plankton, water fleas, sedges, algae, and cattails—the foundations of the food web in Toronto’s Don River ecosystem, simply woke up again after 130 years of entombment, stunning scientists. The Don River was tamed and turned into a canalized, industrial waterfront at the turn of the century, and was recently the focus of one of […] The post Microscopic Ecosystem Buried for 130 Years Wakes Up After Wetland Restoration in Toronto appeared first on Good News Network.

This is a short summary of activities carried out over several years by a group of individuals and organisations whose goal is the local conservation and restoration of small wetlands on the Murray River floodplain in southeastern Australia. Their aim...

It’s taken a quarter of a century, but He‘eia Fishpond will soon be free of mangrove, thanks to the restoration..

A pillar of the state's coastal restoration plan is dead. Its backers say it would have offered the most effective, natural storm protection.

The Northcoast Regional Land Trust and partners have launched the Wood Creek Phase III – Felt Ranch project to restore tidal wetlands, reroute Wood Creek into a natural channel, and create over 7,500…

A fresh report from SF Estuary Institute and the prospect of major development along the marsh’s borders are putting Suisun back in the news.

Staffordshire Wildlife Trust is working with other organisations to boost habitat in a 12.5 hectare (30.9 acre) area of the historic site known as Duck Covert. A plan showing the wetland restoration work to be carried out Work is set...

In a major conservation win, Sarasota Audubon Society successfully led efforts to block a housing development proposed directly on flood-prone land that drains to the Celery Fields, Sarasota County's iconic, restored wetland and birding destination. On February 7, the Sarasota...

Zimbabwe served as an exceptional host, demonstrating strong commitment to the objectives of the Ramsar Convention. Set against the backdrop of one of the world’s most iconic World Heritage Sites – Victoria Falls, or as it’s called in the Lozi...