Oct 18th, 2008 · The Nature Conservancy and wildlife officials have enlisted the help of postal carriers in the Florida Keys to defend against the invasive Burmese Python. Mail carrier Marsha Fletcher-Shew talks about these "python patrols," and Kristina Serbesoff-King, invasive species program manager for the Conservancy, explains why the snakes are such a problem.
Keywords: manager · Florida · wildlife · species · carrier · postal · Florida Keys · Python · Nature Conservancy · Conservancy · Burmese Python · Marsha Fletcher Shew
Jul 6th, 2006 · The Nature Conservancy, long known for its habit of buying environmentally sensitive lands and putting them off limits to development, has thrown itself into the ocean. The Conservancy is buying fishing permits owned by California fishermen; it then either retires the permits or leases them out.
Keywords: naturalized · California · Calif · ocean · fishermen · Nature Conservancy · Conservancy
Apr 29th, 2005 · Phillip Hoose explains the importance of the ivory-billed woodpecker sighting. Hoose is author of The Race to Save the Lord God Bird and senior conservation planner for the Nature Conservancy's Canada-U.S. Partnership.
Keywords: senior · Conservation · Sights · Ivory · planner · Woodpecker · partnership · Phillip Hoose · Hoose · The Race · Save the Lord God Bird · Nature Conservancy