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R.I.’s Only Wildlife Clinic Needs Veterinarian to Keep Operating

Climate Change, Drought, Demographics Changing Way Lawn Care is Approached

More Than Just Pretty Faces: Native Plants Gaining Popularity

Push to Protect Pollinators Starts at Home

Garden designer Owen Wormser describes lawns as “something of a national obsession.” In his 2020 book, “Lawns into Meadows,” he writes about the proliferation of lawns in America and the […]

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Cultivating Change: Growing Awareness Impacts Gardening Practices

Invasive Plants Have Rhode Island’s Native Life in Stranglehold

Statewide Search is On for One of R.I.’s Rarest Turtles

NORTH KINGSTOWN, R.I. — The Nature Conservancy and the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management recently built a small wood and fiberglass structure at a fork in the Gilbert Stuart Brook, closing off a costly detour for migrating river herring.

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URI Meadows Serve as Living Pollinator Laboratories

Rhode Island Nature Writer Cultivated His Craft on Streets of New York City

Tree Huggers Work to Find and Map Pockets of Rhode Island’s Hidden Old-Growth Woodlands

Scientists have concluded that small mammals such as mice, voles, shrews, and chipmunks play a vital role in keeping forests healthy by eating and dispersing the spores of mushrooms, truffles, and other fungi to new areas.

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Local Weasel Population Difficult to Assess as National Study Finds Species in Decline

Overeager Photographers Harm Birds’ Health

As Rhode Island Pollinator Species Decline, Pesticide Spraying Moves Into Backyards

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Transforming Lawn into Meadow Benefits Everyone: ‘Your Garden Comes to Life’

Deadly Wrong Turn on Gilbert Stuart Brook Closed to River Herring

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Mice, Voles and Shrews, Oh My: Rodents Key Players in Forest Health

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