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With 25% of state land protected, California nears its ‘30x30’ conservation goal*

Four years after unveiling an ambitious plan to conserve 30% of California’s lands and coastal waters by 2030, state officials announced that they are closing in on that target. Since the start of the 30x30 Initiative, California has added nearly 1.5 million acres of conserved lands, according to a new progress report.

Photo courtesy of Jared Green/USFWS, Public Domain

No basis for claim that 80% of biodiversity is found in Indigenous territories

Indigenous Peoples and their territories are key to safeguarding biodiversity for future generations, but a much-cited statistic that much of the world’s biodiversity is under Indigenous stewardship is unsupported. This incorrect claim could actually harm the cause it is meant to support.

Ecologists and economists come together to make nature count during IUCN meeting

A recent side event at the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) World Conservation Congress made the case for greater integration between Ecologists and conservationists, along with macroeconomists and statisticians. “Incorporating Nature in Development Planning through Natural Capital Accounting" focused on the groundbreaking new System of Environmental-Economic Accounting (SEEA) Ecosystem Accounting.

Photo courtesy of Christopher Tracey, NatureServe

Rediscovery of Photuris potomaca Barber (Coleoptera: Lampyridae) with an Update on Morphology, Flash Pattern, and Habitat Associations*

Natural Areas Journal's Riverscour Ecosystems of Eastern Unglaciated North America: A Review inspired researchers to explore Photuris potomaca Barber, a rare firefly species for which few accounts exist in scientific literature. Learn about their efforts to determine whether the species is still in existence.

In Other News

Biodiversity and Climate Change Assessment: Engagement Opportunities from The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)

Sage grouse, other wildlife get $5 million for restoration and conservation

Scientists are migrating nearly extinct species to new location s to save them*

Cincinnati Zoo, Kentucky Nature Preserves working to preserve rare, endangered Kentucky Clover (Trifolium kentuckiense)

Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources launches new web tool to support conservation efforts

Volunteers help save rare plants across Minnesota

Opinion | We Have Taken a Monumental Step to Protect America’s Public Lands

Colorado's fragile prairie ecosystem is at risk as Front Range development spills into the plains

North Carolina town works to protect rare plant, designates Natural Heritage Area*

Some thought it was extinct, but researchers rediscover plant last seen in Channel Islands in 1965

Pending West Tennessee land conservation deal could create a state forest, protect Memphis water supply

Expanding plant materials capacity for national parks and refuges in the Southern California/Northern Baja Coast Ecoregion for post fire recovery

Researcher makes 'very positive' discovery while surveying for newts in wetland: 'That's when we got very excited'

Michigan State University scientists working to understand distribution of Michigan’s native, invasive aquatic plants

Record year for permanent conservation of restored native prairie and wetlands in Minnesota town*

'Innovations in Invasive Species Management Training' to take place in Tennessee this December

Colorado's Larimer County Offers First Public Tours of New Canyon Edge Open Space

More trees die after wildfire than initially thought

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' Chief of Engineers signs Chief’s Report recommending vital Memphis District ecosystem restoration study to Congress

Are Colorado’s natural areas being loved to death?

Coastal ranch land returned to tribal hands for stewardship

Nature Conservancy Releases Innovative Emerald Edge Carbon Map

Identifying new invasive plants in the face of climate change: a focus on sleeper species

Ventenata dubia projected to expand in the western United States despite future novel conditions

Systematic conservation prioritization with the prioritizr R package

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Recent YouTube Releases

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Funding Opportunities

Joint Fire Science Program Announces Funding for Wildland Fire Research

Deadline: September 19, 2024

Hawaii's Legacy Land Conservation Program Seeks Applications for Fiscal Year 2025 Land Acquisition Grants

Deadline: October 11, 2024

MassWildlife's Habitat Management Grant Program is accepting applications for projects that improve habitat on lands open to outdoor recreation

Deadline: October 17, 2024

City of Fort Collins Announces Opening of 2025 Dream It Up Planning Grants

Deadline: October 20, 2024

$12 Million Available for Great Lakes Habitat Restoration

Deadline: October 28, 2024

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