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This spring, a changing environment for Rock Creek Park’s songbirds
Sophie Kahler

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Playing and painting to promote science: Board games and art teach conservation
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Northwestern University

Playing and painting to promote science: Board games and art teach conservation
(In)vironmental Justice: Relationships to water in the Chesapeake Bay
Hannah Loder

George Washington University

(In)vironmental Justice: Relationships to water in the Chesapeake Bay
Revival in a refuge: A 55-year labor of love
Harrison R Watson

Jackson State University, Princeton University

Revival in a refuge: A 55-year labor of love
Policy Perspectives | Give a dam(n): Reviving steelhead trout populations
Kristen Caldwell

George Washington University

Policy Perspectives | Give a dam(n): Reviving steelhead trout populations
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Threatened emperor penguins a global issue as New Zealand Prime Minister visits Antarctica
Emma Ricketts

Northwestern University, Medill News Service

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Essay | Can I make it back to my beach?
Hannah Krantz

Planet Forward Correspondent | George Washington University

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Cleanup Club Chicago tackles pollution after COVID pandemic increases single-use plastics litter
Astry Rodriguez

Northwestern University

Reinventing a sustainable crab fishery
Sachi Kitajima Mulkey

Planet Forward Correspondent | University of California, Berkeley

An illustration showing a whale entangled by a crab fishing rope, with a small orange crab on the whale's underside, helping by snipping the rope.
Bite me: Fighting back against invasive species one course at a time
Katie Perkins

Planet Forward Correspondent | Texas Tech University

How Australia’s Royal National Park helps preserve Aboriginal culture
Joshua Rosenstein

Planet Forward Correspondent | Middlebury College

Two years after historic oil spill, Mauritian youth continue to grapple with the consequences
Zoey England

University of Connecticut

A small white boat rests buoyed on clear, blue-green waters under a cloudy blue sky with a gentle mountain in the distance.
Bees and chili peppers: A solution to human-wildlife conflict in Zimbabwe
Beverly Ndifoin

Mandela Washington Fellow | Planet Forward Alumnus

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Conservation, protection, economics: Land management practices butt heads in Michigan
Medill News Service

Northwestern University

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How one trip to a birding hotspot helped me overcome my fear
Medill News Service

Northwestern University

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