Reasons to be Cheerful: The beauty of lining a river with willow
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The Beauty of Lining a River With Willow
By: Mark Oprea
By: Mark Oprea
Greener than concrete and cheaper than stone, willow trees are finding new purpose as a stabilizing force along the banks of Midwestern rivers.
The Ecological Havens Flourishing Beneath Power Lines
By: Jennifer Cole
By: Jennifer Cole
Initiatives to foster native wildflowers, grasses and shrubs are turning utility corridors into wildlife corridors.
Meet The Women Preserving Asia’s Ancient Mangrove Forest
By: Geetanjali Krishna
By: Geetanjali Krishna
Local collectives in the Sundarbans are leading the charge to restore a vital marine ecosystem.
A Movement to Ban Something That Doesn’t Exist
See what stories recently caught our attention, including a push to ban octopus farms and a green infrastructure makeover for Brooklyn’s Prospect Park.
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By: Kaja Šeruga
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What Happened When Tennessee Unleashed Its River
By: Aimee Rawlins
By: Aimee Rawlins
A daring experiment in free-range ecology demonstrates how virtually everything changes for the better when water is left to do what it does naturally.