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A rare fish gets a second chance
November 17, 2023Restoring stream habitat in Pennsylvania and Maryland is helping save the Chesapeake logperch
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Wildlife managers race against the clock to protect centuries-old trees
December 2, 2021The hemlock woolly adelgid threatens the future of hemlock trees in the Bay watershed and beyond.
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Maple farmer plants trees for the next generation
April 8, 2021850 new trees bring sweet environmental benefits
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The first farm on the left
September 17, 2020As Northern Virginia suburbs boom, Roundabout Meadows stands on the front line of encroaching development
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Planting buffers for the future
April 14, 2020Multifunctional buffers are a win-win for the environment and economy
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What’s in a tree? Oxygen, food, clean water and money
March 9, 2020A new study shows riparian buffers offer social, environmental and economic benefits
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A woman and her woods
March 22, 2017Pennsylvania forest ecologist Nancy Baker helps connect women forest owners to their land
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Striking a balance between farming and wildlife habitat
October 31, 2016Improving water quality and bringing back quail populations is a win-win with the Natural Lands Project
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Forest buffer plantings make progress, fall short of annual target
September 7, 2016Watershed states restored 64 miles of buffers along rivers, streams in 2015
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