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The Genesis of Modern Collaborative Conservation
Leo Miranda-Castro: Envisioning Conservation without Conflict for a Sustainable Future
State and Territorial Agencies Play a Lead Role in Conservation Culture Change
By working together, we not only build a robust and diverse conservation community but also maximize our limited resources for the conservation and recovery of species requiring ESA protection.
As we move into the next fifty or even one hundred years, we will continue to innovate and enhance the way we implement conservation. The future
By working together, we not only build a robust and diverse conservation community but also maximize our limited resources for the conservation and recovery of species requiring ESA protection.
As we move into the next fifty or even one hundred years, we will continue to innovate and enhance the way we implement conservation. The future of conservation envisions a cultural shift from confrontation-first to an ethos of collaboration always.
State and Territorial Agencies Play a Lead Role in Conservation Culture Change
Leo Miranda-Castro: Envisioning Conservation without Conflict for a Sustainable Future
State and Territorial Agencies Play a Lead Role in Conservation Culture Change
As we continue to face unprecedented environmental challenges, recognizing and supporting the vital role of state wildlife agencies is essential for the successful conservation of all species and the preservation of our natural heritage. With appropriate funding, there is both the interest and the ability in state agencies to manage all
As we continue to face unprecedented environmental challenges, recognizing and supporting the vital role of state wildlife agencies is essential for the successful conservation of all species and the preservation of our natural heritage. With appropriate funding, there is both the interest and the ability in state agencies to manage all species for all people. Together, we are changing the fish and wildlife conservation culture, from confrontation first to collaboration, always.
Leo Miranda-Castro: Envisioning Conservation without Conflict for a Sustainable Future
Leo Miranda-Castro: Envisioning Conservation without Conflict for a Sustainable Future
Leo Miranda-Castro: Envisioning Conservation without Conflict for a Sustainable Future
Grounded in sound scientific principles, the coalition employs proactive and collaborative conservation strategies to recover federally listed species and safeguard at-risk fish, wildlife, and plants. By doing so, they aim to reduce the need for Endangered Species Act (ESA) protections. However, the coalition acknowledges that certain sp
Grounded in sound scientific principles, the coalition employs proactive and collaborative conservation strategies to recover federally listed species and safeguard at-risk fish, wildlife, and plants. By doing so, they aim to reduce the need for Endangered Species Act (ESA) protections. However, the coalition acknowledges that certain species may still require ESA listing. In such cases, they creatively leverage the flexibility offered by the ESA to devise collaborative incentives that provide regulatory predictability and assurances for private landowners, corporations, and other conservation initiatives.
Restoring Alligator Snapping Turtles
Conservation without Conflict: A Persuasive Step-by-Step Guide
Shade-Coffee as a Beacon for Sustainability
The “dinosaur-like” alligator snapping turtles (Macrochelys temminckii) are among the largest freshwater turtles in the world and are the largest in North America. They can weigh up to 200 pounds and can live to be 100 years! The project to restore Alligator Snapping Turtles (ASTs) to their natural habitat was initiated as a response t
The “dinosaur-like” alligator snapping turtles (Macrochelys temminckii) are among the largest freshwater turtles in the world and are the largest in North America. They can weigh up to 200 pounds and can live to be 100 years! The project to restore Alligator Snapping Turtles (ASTs) to their natural habitat was initiated as a response to a poaching sting operation conducted by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) law enforcement. Approximately 30 live ASTs were confiscated during the operation and held at the Natchitoches National Fish Hatchery in Louisiana while the case was prosecuted.
Shade-Coffee as a Beacon for Sustainability
Conservation without Conflict: A Persuasive Step-by-Step Guide
Shade-Coffee as a Beacon for Sustainability
Recognizing their immense value, many coffee growers are reverting from monocultures to this traditional shade-grown model. Collaborating with entities like the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the Natural Resources Conservation Service, and esteemed NGOs such as EnviroSurvey Inc. and Protectores de Cuencas, the Puerto Rican Center for La
Recognizing their immense value, many coffee growers are reverting from monocultures to this traditional shade-grown model. Collaborating with entities like the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the Natural Resources Conservation Service, and esteemed NGOs such as EnviroSurvey Inc. and Protectores de Cuencas, the Puerto Rican Center for Landscape Conservation, and North Carolina State University, coffee producers are leading the charge towards a more sustainable future.
Conservation without Conflict: A Persuasive Step-by-Step Guide
Conservation without Conflict: A Persuasive Step-by-Step Guide
Conservation without Conflict: A Persuasive Step-by-Step Guide
Conservation efforts are critical to preserving our planet’s precious biodiversity, especially listed and at-risk species. However, different approaches to conservation practices often impede progress, inadvertently create conflict, and hinder the achievement of our shared environmental goals. This persuasive step-by-step guide aims to i
Conservation efforts are critical to preserving our planet’s precious biodiversity, especially listed and at-risk species. However, different approaches to conservation practices often impede progress, inadvertently create conflict, and hinder the achievement of our shared environmental goals. This persuasive step-by-step guide aims to inspire and empower readers to embrace voluntary, collaborative conservation practices. Doing so will foster understanding, cooperation, and realization of mutual benefits for all stakeholders, ensuring working lands continue working and species conservation goals are achieved.
Archipiélago Histórico Interview
Episodio 39 (In Spanish): Cultivo de café a la sombra, ecosistemas, y conservación, con el Biólogo Leopoldo Miranda Castro.
Un podcast sobre la historia del archipiélago de Puerto Rico y el Caribe para el público general. Acompaña al historiador público Ramón A. González-Arango López a tener conversaciones con expertos y personalidades de interés.
Mississippi National Guard Award
CAMP SHELBY, Miss. – Maj. Gen. Janson D. Boyles, the adjutant general of Mississippi, received the 2021 Military Conservation Partner Award from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
Leopoldo “Leo” Miranda-Castro, Southeast regional director for the Fish and Wildlife Service, presented the award for excellence and exceptional leadership in natural resource conservation at the Grand Gallery of the Mississippi Armed Forces Museum, Camp Shelby Joint Forces Training Center, Nov. 2. Read more...
Garden & Gun Magazine
The Tortoises of Camp Shelby
A Mississippi military base is giving baby gopher tortoises a head start.
"Off Highway 98 between Mobile, Alabama, and Hattiesburg, Mississippi, sits Camp Shelby Joint Forces Training Center, a sprawling, 135,000-acre military base that hosts some 100,000 personnel annually. And among the barracks, training fields, and office buildings sits one small, squat building—little more than a shed—that holds 186 young and fast-growing gopher tortoises." Read more...