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Rhett Ayers Butler
butlernature.com > 04/04/2026 > mitchell-byrd-helped-bald-eagles-bounce-back

Mitchell Byrd helped bald eagles bounce back

12+ hour, 13+ min ago  (522+ words) In the long arc of conservation, recovery is often slow enough to be mistaken for stasis. Populations dwindle, habitats shrink, and reversal depends less on moments of triumph than on decades of patient observation, persuasion, and persistence. Progress is recorded…...

Rhett Ayers Butler
butlernature.com > 04/03/2026 > what-jane-goodall-day-reveals-about-her-legacy

What Jane Goodall Day reveals about her legacy

1+ day, 12+ hour ago  (435+ words) April 3 now carries a different kind of weight. It was always Jane Goodall's birthday. Now it is also a marker'a point in the year when people are asked not just to remember her, but to do something with what she…...

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butlernature.com > 04/01/2026 > the-hidden-cost-of-conservation-work

The hidden cost of conservation work

3+ day, 1+ hour ago  (440+ words) The gunfire began just before six in the morning. At first, Christine Lain thought it might be a drill. Upemba National Park had prepared for attacks before. But the sound did not stop. It intensified. By the end of the…...

Rhett Ayers Butler
butlernature.com > 03/08/2026 > pascale-moehrle-a-life-spent-pushing-europe-to-protect-the-ocean

Pascale Moehrle: A life spent pushing Europe to protect the ocean

3+ week, 5+ day ago  (286+ words) Among those who devoted much of their professional life to that effort was Pascale Moehrle, executive director and vice-president in Europe of Oceana from 2019 to 2025. Her death was announced by the organization on March 4, 2026. Over a career in conservation that…...

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butlernature.com > 03/02/2026 > many-u-s-national-parks-may-never-look-the-same-again

Many U.S. national parks may never look the same again

1+ mon, 1+ day ago  (239+ words) America's national parks were conceived as refuges from the forces reshaping the continent. Climate change is breaching that boundary. A study in Conservation Letters suggests many parks are not merely warming but being pushed toward ecological states unlike those they…...

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butlernature.com > 02/20/2026 > a-basic-question-with-no-consensus-where-are-the-forests

A basic question with no consensus: Where are the forests?

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (451+ words) A deceptively simple question underlies many global environmental policies: where, exactly, are the world's forests? A new study suggests the answer depends heavily on which map one consults'and that the differences are large enough to reshape climate targets, conservation priorities,…...

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butlernature.com > 02/23/2026 > is-forest-thinning-just-logging-by-another-name

Is “forest thinning” just logging by another name?

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (223+ words) In the wake of Australia's 201920 "Black Summer" bushfires, few questions have proved as persistent as how to coexist with fire on a warming continent. Governments promise resilience, communities demand safety, and industries facing shrinking markets search for new roles. Out…...

Rhett Ayers Butler
butlernature.com > 02/09/2026 > biodiversity-is-global-the-work-is-local

Biodiversity is global. The work is local.

1+ mon, 3+ week ago  (208+ words) Lisa Miller did not come to biodiversity finance through markets or models. She came through animals. By 2019, the question shifted. It was no longer what could be built, but what should be done. Wedgetail's work in Tasmania reflects Miller's core…...

Rhett Ayers Butler
butlernature.com > 02/08/2026 > an-unlikely-truce-with-the-great-whales-40-years-on

An unlikely truce with the great whales, 40 years on

1+ mon, 3+ week ago  (214+ words) An unlikely truce with the great whales, 40 years on'Butler Nature For most of the 20th century, the fate of whales was treated as an industrial question. How many could be taken, how fast, and by whom. Biology entered the discussion late....

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butlernature.com > 01/31/2026 > the-world-is-running-out-of-turtles-a-center-is-trying-to-save-the-rarest-species

The world is running out of turtles. A center is trying to save the rarest species.

2+ mon, 4+ day ago  (354+ words) The Turtle Survival Center sits far from the places where most turtles are lost. That distance is part of its purpose. The facility, run by the Turtle Survival Alliance, exists to buy time for species that no longer have much…...