Use of a Wetland Index to Evaluate Changes in Riparian Vegetation After Livestock Exclusion1
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By Coles-Ritchie, Marc C Roberts, David W; Kershner, Jeffrey L; Henderson, Richard C  ABSTRACT: A method was developed to characterize ecological integrity of riparian sites based on the abundance of hydric species.
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A five-year survey of outdoor recreation finds a sharp drop in the number of Americans who cast a rod and reelâand a lesser decline in hunting. But that doesnât mean weâre spending less time with animals in nature.
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CONCEPCIÃÂN, Argentina -- From a flat patch of tree-studded savannah, the gaze stretches for miles: across a small pond where a marsh deer stops to drink, and over swampy wetlands where herons gingerly high-step.
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By Alex Breitler, The Record, Stockton, Calif.  Feb. 15--STOCKTON -- Levees channeling water through the web-like Delta are nothing like the riverbanks of old, where salmon swam in the shade of native cottonwoods and tangled brush crowded the shores.
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By Cara Solomon, Seattle Times  Feb. 17--Only a few nest now in the wetlands at the edge of downtown. But great blue herons once lived here in legion, long-legged, long-necked creatures wandering a wide expanse of land.
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A new study finds more than a thousand types of plant, bird, mammal and invertebrate are now endangered.
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By Natalie P. Mcneal, The Miami Herald  Jun. 24--Picture a South Florida rarely seen except on postcards.   Blue herons daintily picking their way through lush foliage. A water lily pond with its own pavilion. An unspoiled dirt path leading to an enchanted forest.
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By Larry Porter, Omaha World-Herald, Neb.  Feb. 25--LINCOLN -- This has not been a good year for fish that live in farm ponds.   Drought conditions have lowered water levels in ponds throughout Nebraska.
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By Pandey, C; Shukla, S  A two-year study was conducted in 2002-2003 (season one) and 2003- 2004 (season two) at a seepage irrigated vegetable farm in south Florida to investigate the effects of soil organic amendment (composted yard waste) on movement of water in a sandy soil.
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By Elizabeth Nash  The morning is cold and damp and the mist has barely risen from the Doana marshes. But, at Vicente Gonzalez's strawberry farm in a pine forest bordering Europe's most important protected wetlands, they've been picking strawberries since daybreak.
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NISQUALLY NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE, Wash. - A 15-year plan would restore salt marshes and mudflats for migrating salmon at the Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge, more than 100 years after the farmland was drained and diked.
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Science & environment: New survey warns six plant and animal species are facing extinction as lowland heath is being lost
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Ecology SNP backs controversial reintroduction of keystone species at three small lochs
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To: ENVIRONMENTAL EDITORS  Contact: Tony Iallonardo of the National Audubon Society, +1-202- 861-2242 ext.
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Wildlife agencies are re-examining some longstanding approaches to cultivating waterfowl populations.
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By Elizabeth Bluemink, Anchorage Daily News, Alaska  Dec. 8--The Army Corps of Engineers this week suspended a wetlands permit for the Rock Creek and Big Hurrah gold mines under construction near Nome.
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By Kristen Wyatt Associated Press  BLACKWATER NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE, Md. -- There's no golf course or hotel coming to the quiet marshes around this refuge, a spot prized by birdwatchers for its bustling waterfowl and bald eagle populations.