
Helicopter Helps Marbled Murrelet Habitat
It seems counterintuitive, but selectively thinning trees in a managed forest may create habitat for the threatened marbled murrelet. How can a helicopter help?
Watch a video!

Bat-Tastic News in Puget Sound!
The last known lowland Puget Sound colony of Townsend's big-eared bats disappeared in the 1990s, but a new discovery has bat enthusiasts excited! What did they find?


Gobbling Goats Have an Appetite for Restoration
The Nature Conservancy has employed a unique workforce to restore a forest along the lower Skagit River. We're relying on 30 goats (and one guard llama) to gobble their way through invasive Himalayan blackberries.
Meet the goats in this video!

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Nature picture credits (top to bottom): © Tom Scoggins/TNC (tree thinning); © Michael Durham/TNC (Townsend's big-eared bat); © Jocelyn Ellis/TNC (goat)