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  • Italian Divers Revive Centuries-Old Tradition to Help Save European Perch

    Vittoria Traverso

    November 13, 2023 |

    Smithsonian |

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    Response Location: Italy

    Fishermen in Italy are reviving a 17th-century tradition to help the steadily declining population of European perch bounce back. They’re building bundles of tree branches and dropping them underwater to give the fish a safe, effective place to lay their eggs.

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  • Zero Waste Athletics at Georgia Soccer Score Goal

    Sophie Ralph

    November 10, 2023 |

    Grady Newsource |

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    Response Location: United States, Athens, Georgia

    The University of Georgia soccer program held a Journey to Zero Waste Soccer Season in which it aimed for every home game to divert at least 90% of its waste from the landfill. The stadium crew set up recycling and composting bins with explanatory signage, and students volunteered to educate attendees about how to properly dispose of their waste.

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  • Colorado's latest tool to fight forest fires: Mushrooms

    Michael Booth

    October 26, 2023 |

    The Colorado Sun |

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    Response Location: United States, Gold Hill, Colorado

    The Colorado-based mycology center Boulder Mushroom is spreading fungi mycelium — the underground, root-looking part of a mushroom — across forest floors that were thinned to mitigate wildfires. The mushrooms quicken the pace at which sawdust and other potential fire fuel decays and improve soil health.

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  • New data tracking felony domestic violence cases in Winnebago County shows high conviction rates

    Kevin Haas

    October 23, 2023 |

    Rock River Current |

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    Response Location: United States, Rockford, Illinois

    Prosecutors in Winnebago County, Illinois, are using evidence-based prosecution to increase the number of felony domestic violence cases that end in a conviction. This practice relies on physical evidence like phone and medical records instead of testimony from survivors.

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  • See how technology is linking guns used in crimes, helping investigators solve cases

    Jenna Zibton

    October 16, 2023 |

    WSLS-TV |

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    5-15 Minutes

    Response Location: United States

    NIBIN, the National Integrated Ballistic Information Network, uses imaging technology to help law enforcement agencies solve gun-related crimes faster by identifying and linking bullet casings found at different crime scenes. With 280 U.S. agencies using NIBIN, and a traveling van with portable technology that supports high-crime areas, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives estimates NIBIN produced 189,000 investigation leads in 2022.

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  • PFAS Shut Maine Farms Down. Now, Some Are Rebounding.

    Kirsten Lie-Nielsen

    October 02, 2023 |

    Civil Eats |

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    Response Location: The Mi'kmaq Nation, United States, Maine

    Since testing by the Maine Department of Environmental Protection found shockingly high levels of PFAS and PFOS — also known as forever chemicals — on land across the state, researchers and locals have been working on remediation. In one example, the Aroostook Band of the Mi’kmaq found that hemp grown on contaminated land extracts large amounts of the chemicals from the soil.

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  • One of Europe's Most Endangered Birds Is Bouncing Back

    Anne Pinto-Rodrigues

    September 14, 2023 |

    Smithsonian |

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    Response Location: Portugal, São Miguel Island

    For two decades, the Portuguese Society for the Study of Birds has restored native trees on ​​São Miguel Island to increase the food and nesting habitat available for the Azores bullfinch. As a result, the population of the bird increased enough to be downlisted from critically endangered to vulnerable.

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  • The Heat is Killing Us: Climate change & rising temps are increasing gun violence

    Helina Selemon

    August 31, 2023 |

    New York Amsterdam News |

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    Response Location: United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

    A University of Pennsylvania project cleaned up vacant lots and planted greenery, and it made community members feel safer, decreased gun violence, and decreased nuisance calls.

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  • What can harnessing 'positive deviance' methods do for food security?

    Katrina Lane

    August 29, 2023 |

    Devex |

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    Response Location: Niger

    Researchers are helping communities spread the agricultural practices of outlier, high-performing farms amid food security struggles in Niger. Their approach, known as positive deviance, involves identifying what the farmers are doing differently through surveys and encouraging them to teach community members to do the same.

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  • This Network of Regenerative Farmers Is Rethinking Chicken

    Twilight Greenaway

    August 16, 2023 |

    Civil Eats |

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    Response Location: United States, Northfield, Minnesota

    Minnesota-based Tree-Range Farms is teaching farmers to practice regenerative poultry farming. The chickens are raised in two fenced-in plots of land alongside trees and perennial plants, switching locations when the plants in one plot are grazed down. The practice improves soil health and, therefore, water and carbon sequestration.

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