For decades, overfishing and trawling - dragging the ocean bottom with heavy nets - had been devastating parts of an underwater mountain range in the Pacific Ocean near Hawaii, wrecking deep-sea corals and destroying much of their ecological community. But now, after years of … [Read more...] about Damaged seamounts in Hawaii make incredible comeback after decades of protection
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Hundreds of bird species will benefit from new land-protection bill
Last week, the US Senate passed the most significant land-protection legislation in a decade touching every state in the country and protecting more than 1.3 million acres of wilderness from any damaging human intervention. Among other provisions, the legislation extends an … [Read more...] about Hundreds of bird species will benefit from new land-protection bill