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Audubon Connecticut •

Saltmarsh Sparrow research expands at Great Meadows Marsh

Stratford, CT – Restoration along Connecticut’s coastline is showing exciting progress: Since Audubon Connecticut and its partners broke ground on a major restoration project at Great Meadows Marsh in late 2021, the area has seen notable improvements in habitat conditions for native plants and wildlife.

A driving force behind the restoration at Great Meadows Marsh is protecting the rapidly declining Saltmarsh Sparrow species. Encroaching development, disposal of dredged soils, abundance of non-...
Audubon New York •

Pop Stars: Honeysuckle Popping Volunteers Make Way for Native Species at Montezuma

Deep in the forest of the Montezuma Wetlands Complex in Savannah, NY, volunteers plant the pointed blade of a specialized extraction tool into the soil. With a forceful downward push, the tool’s long metal handle becomes a giant lever, prying stubborn roots from the ground. These volunteers are “honeysuckle popping”—a deceptively funny name for the hard work they’ve been putting in.

The bush honeysuckle these volunteers are removing is an invasive shrub species that originated in Europe. If lef...
Audubon New York •

Pride Takes Flight at our New York and Connecticut Centers

Last month, as rainbow flags waved from apartment balconies, store windows, and parade floats, a different type of Pride parade was taking place elsewhere. With binoculars in hand, birders across the country set out down winding, tree-lined trails to celebrate Pride—the birdy way.  

Since 2018, the National Audubon Society has celebrated Pride Month with “Let's Go Birding Together” bird walks at Audubon Centers across the country. When Jason St. Sauver from the Spring Creek Prairie Audubon Cent...
Arlington Sentinel •

Police respond to great goat escape in Arlington

ARLINGTON, Texas – You’ve goat to be kidding me!

Arlington police officers found themselves hoofing it through neighborhood streets Tuesday morning as they worked to corral a herd of escaped goats near the Crystal Canyon Natural Area.

Officers responded to the call around 7:30 a.m. when the herd was seen wandering in a neighborhood near Brown Boulevard and Winding Hollow Lane. A section of Brown Boulevard was closed temporarily while the team worked to return the goats to their enclosure.
Sara Ross
Arlington Sentinel •

🔔 AUDIO 🔔 River Legacy naturalist opens the door to the next generation of nature lovers

ARLINGTON, Texas — Ever since he was a kid, Jorge Garcia thought he wanted to be a doctor. But now, as an adult, you won’t find him in a hospital or clinic. Instead, Garcia spends his workdays surrounded by scaly, furry and hard-shelled coworkers.

Garcia is a naturalist at River Legacy Park and Nature Center, where he leads nature education programs for groups of all ages and helps care for River Legacy’s wildlife ambassadors, including rats Alfredo and Linguini, Buttons the opossum and a three
Sara Ross
Arlington Sentinel •

Second annual Breast Cancer Awareness Health Fair paints the town pink

ARLINGTON, Texas — Arlington residents and healthcare organizations gathered at the Bob Duncan Center on Oct. 13 for the second annual Breast Cancer Awareness Health Fair.

The fair, hosted by City Council District 3 Rep. Nikkie Hunter, offered free mammograms, well-woman exams, flu shots and prostate screenings on-site.

The event also gave residents a chance to connect with local hospitals and public health groups that were distributing information about a wide variety of topics like diabetes,
Sara Ross
Arlington Sentinel •

Breast Cancer Awareness Health Fair offers free mammograms to Arlington residents

ARLINGTON, Texas — Arlington’s second annual Breast Cancer Awareness Health Fair is scheduled to take place Friday from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Bob Duncan Center.

The event is free and open to the public, and mobile health clinics will be providing mammograms, well-woman exams and prostate screenings on-site.

City Council District 3 Rep. Nikkie Hunter, whose background is in healthcare management, said she was inspired to host the first health fair last year when she realized how many women we
The Daily Texan •

Sexual assault is not just a Greek life issue: Spirit groups are failing to address it.

“Diet Greek life”: That’s the running joke about spirit groups in some circles on campus — pockets of us who became disillusioned after years of membership in these organizations and time spent on their executive boards. On paper, spirit groups seem to be the solution to so many issues Greek life is often lambasted for: racist recruitment practices, homophobia and transphobia, dangerous hazing, extreme financial
The Daily Texan •

DeVos’ new Title IX regulations are an attack on student survivors

For student organizers and survivor-advocates across the country, August 14, 2020 marked a climax in the tensions between university administrations, Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos and Title IX reform groups. This was the day Secretary DeVos’ hotly contested new Title IX rule went into effect, rolling back protections for survivors and allowing academic institutions to shirk accountability for sexual