Celebrating Earth Day

The Best of Natural Areas News

Happy Earth Day! With so much negative conservation news in the headlines, we wanted this special issue of Natural Areas News to celebrate some good news. This special issue is an opportunity to remind ourselves that thanks to dedicated land management, progress is still being made.

So, to celebrate Earth Day, we hope you will enjoy these popular stories from Natural Areas News that highlight encouraging developments and hopeful moments for nature over the past year.

Photo courtesy of USFWS, Public Domain

1. New York to Protect Vernal Pools For the First Time

Photo courtesy of USFWS, Public Domain

2. Maryland Protected Nearly a Third of Its Land, and It’s Reaching for More*

Photo courtesy of Terry Seidel/The Nature Conservancy

3. A New Ohio Nature Preserve Protects 3,000 Acres of Appalachian Foothills

4. At Long Last: Governor Murphy Signs New Jersey’s Invasive Species Bill

Photo courtesy of the National Park Service

Photo courtesy of Janet Fryer/USDA Forest Service

5. Western States Step Up to Save Their Wetlands*

6. "I thought, what's that?" Hiker makes extraordinary discovery in Sequoia National Park

7. Illinois becomes first in US to legalize 'rewilding' tactic

8. Historic funding for wildlife passes Oregon Legislature, heads to Gov. Kotek for signature

Graphic courtesy of The Nature Record

9. Federal nature assessment released independently after Trump administration stopped its publication *

10. After decades, rare species discovered in Bay Area park

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