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A Ranch, Rewilded: The Transformation of California's Next State Park

Elizabeth Hewitt

January 25, 2024 |

Reasons to be Cheerful |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, California

A floodplain restoration project in California’s Central Valley is preventing flooding, replenishing groundwater, and providing habitat for wildlife. Most of the restoration work involved rewilding the land after removing the berms that protected the area from flooding when it was an agricultural field.

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An Overdose Antidote Goes Viral

Elizabeth Hewitt

January 04, 2024 |

Reasons to be Cheerful |

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Over 3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Middletown, New York

Studies show that people who received at least one dose of naloxone following an opioid overdose are 11 times more likely to survive. In response, state policies and community-level programs and organizations are working to make naloxone accessible to those who need it. Today, naloxone can be found in grocery stores, gas stations, provided at events like concerts and community spaces like libraries.

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How Farmers Used California's Floods to Revive Underground Aquifers

Elizabeth Hewitt

July 27, 2023 |

Reasons to be Cheerful |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, California

Tulare Irrigation District in California encourages farmers to flood their fields with water during the wet season, so it can slowly seep underground and recharge the groundwater aquifers. Those who do so earn credit that can be redeemed during the dry season to extract more water than they would otherwise be allowed.

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To Restore Watersheds, Think Like a Beaver

Elizabeth Hewitt

May 19, 2023 |

Reasons to be Cheerful |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Crested Butte, Colorado

Volunteers of the National Forest Foundation’s Colorado Rivershed project mimic beavers by foraging for materials to make dam-like structures that slow the flow of the waterways leading into the larger river. This strategy is a form of low-tech, process-based restoration meant to hold water in the upper basin for longer to reinvigorate the habitat and benefit the local ecosystem.

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Fortified with Coconuts, 'Living' Shorelines Are Stopping Coastal Erosion

Elizabeth Hewitt

May 05, 2023 |

Reasons to be Cheerful |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States

Shredded coconut husk, known as Coir, is becoming a popular material for shoreline restoration projects. It’s typically used to trap sediment while protecting vegetation and wildlife from the force of waves. Once the vegetation has several years to flourish, the natural coconut fibers will have decomposed.

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The Flashlight-Wielding, Frog-Taxiing Guardians of Spring's 'Big Night'

Elizabeth Hewitt

April 03, 2023 |

Reasons to be Cheerful |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, New Hampshire

Volunteers from the Harris Center for Conservation Education in New Hampshire spend spring nights helping amphibians cross the road safely. The volunteers work during mass amphibian migration periods and collect data on the species they see for conservation efforts.

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Is There Anything 'Solar Meadows' Can't Do?

Elizabeth Hewitt

March 31, 2023 |

Reasons to be Cheerful |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Ramsey, Minnesota

Pollinator-friendly solar arrays, also called solar meadows, feature meadows of native flowers around the solar panels instead of turf or gravel to support pollinators.

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The Wollemi Pine's Survival Proves We Can Save More Trees

Elizabeth Hewitt

March 06, 2023 |

Reasons to be Cheerful |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: Australia, New South Wales

Conservation efforts in Australia are saving the Wollemi pine tree from extinction. The Wollemi Pine Recovery Team works with a variety of experts to study and repopulate the plant while saving the remaining wild pines from disease and fire. The team also gets some help from the public who buy pines to care for at home.

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How a Country Embraced the River It Feared

Elizabeth Hewitt

January 02, 2023 |

Reasons to be Cheerful |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Netherlands

To combat flooding risk, the Netherlands reconfigured riverside locations to make more room for water instead of using dikes. These projects also improved citizens’ relationships with the rivers by creating parks and recreation opportunities.

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A Site That Safeguards Migrants' Educational Credentials

Elizabeth Hewitt

December 09, 2022 |

Yes! Magazine |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, California

Article 26 Backpack is an online storage platform refugees can upload academic transcripts, diplomas, and other important documents to. The platform safeguards the copies in case the originals cannot be kept and allows users to share them with universities and employers.

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