Grand Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve
by Erika Zambello
Established in 1999, the Grand Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve (GB NERR) now stretches across 18,000 acres. In addition to the estuary’s salt marshes, the reserve also covers rare pine savannas,…
Read more- Jun 01, 2017
How Biodiversity is Helping to Revitalize Coal Country
by Wally Smith
It's a cold November morning as I drive from my home in rural Wise County, Virginia, to the town of Tazewell, some 80 miles away. My journey takes me across the edge of the Virginia coalfields and through…
Read more- Apr 30, 2017
The Economic Value of Nature
by Massimiliano Morelli
In recent years there has been an effort to determine the economic value of nature by national governments and international committees. Although this utilitarian view applied to the complexity of nature…
Read more- Feb 01, 2015
