July 28 marks World Nature Conservation Day, a global initiative to raise awareness about protecting our natural environment.
Tag: Water Conservation
Forced water-use cuts made California more waterwise
After a drought-stricken California lifted a year of mandatory water-use cuts that were effective in 2015 and 2016, urban water use crept back up somewhat, but the overall lasting effect was a more waterwise Golden State, a University of California, Riverside, study has found.
Where should the water go? A national look at prioritizing water optimization
Symposium features the latest techniques and science on water optimization priorities and methods in various areas of the United States
ESF’s Center for Native Peoples and the Environment and The Nature Conservancy Embark on Transformational Partnership
A new partnership between the SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry’s (ESF) Center for Native Peoples and the Environment (CNPE) and The Nature Conservancy (TNC) will serve as a bridge between traditional ecological knowledge and Western scientific approaches, embracing a “two-eyed” way of seeing and informing conservation.
NAU researchers co-author study that finds water efficiency achievable throughout U.S. without decrease in economic activity
Ben Ruddell and Richard Rushforth, with collaborators throughout the country, looked at how much water conservation can readily and affordably be achieved in each region and industry by looking at what conservation measures were already working and considering how much water is being used.