The JW Marriott Resort and Spa in Las Vegas, Nev., may seem an inauspicious place to shape the future of conservation on public land. But in mid-November, some 320 sportsmen, ranchers, Native American ...

Three decades after President Carter added 47 million acres of Alaska to the National Park System, managing those lands remains a complex and highly political effort. For countless millennia, the ...

Expand your understanding of food systems as a Civil Eats member. Enjoy unlimited access to our groundbreaking reporting, engage with experts, and connect with a community of changemakers. On a dry, ...

FRISCO – When a solar pod was donated to the High Country Conservation Center in June, the green organization’s staff started planting – growing food for fun and for sustenance. The grant for the pod ...

It was 1933. Giles Carr, a recent graduate in civil engineering from the University of Illinois, was looking for a job. However, 1933 was no ordinary year for young job seekers. It was in the middle ...

Julia P G Jones was funded by The Leverhulme Trust to conduct her research on the Watershared Randomized Control Trial. All over the world, countless conservation projects are taking place, attempting ...

In the shallows of Raja Ampat, Indonesia, a bold conservation experiment is underway—one that blends marine biology, local stewardship, and international collaboration in an effort to bring a species ...

Tigabu island, presently home to around 30 families, is one of the communities the WWF supports, encouraging alternative income sources like farming sea cucumbers. Credit: Ben Blackledge Subscribe for ...

Connecting means and ends in the study of place / Herman E. Daly -- The cornerstones of conservation / Ross S. Whaley, Jon D. Erickson, and William F. Porter -- A dark spot in a sea of lights / ...

In April 2015, Gov. Jerry Brown called on the people of the most populous state to reduce their water use by 25% in response to a punishing four-year drought. It was an audacious goal, and ...