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Summer Expedition to Explore Species, Environmental Impacts in Northwestern Hawaiian Archipelago

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The National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF) and its Papahānaumokuākea Research and Conservation Fund is awarding a $900,000 grant to support research and conservation of Hawaii’s unique resources in Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument. A research expedition is planned for the summer of 2018. Papahānaumokuākea is a remote archipelago of islands, reefs and atolls in the northwestern sector of the Hawaiian

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Nature Conservancy Receives $165M to Preserve Coastal California

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The Nature Conservancy purchased eight miles of coastal habitat in Santa Barbara County in California with a $165 million gift from the founders of the mapping software Esri. The donation, the largest in The Nature Conservancy’s history, will allow the organization to protect 24,000 acres of the Cojo/Jalama Ranch at Point Conception in Santa Barbara County, which is home to

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