/tags/conservation Conservation en-US Copyright © 2024 ÍâÍøÌìÌà Mon, 20 Jan 2025 10:00:00 GMT /2025-01-20/swampbuster-wetlands-farmland-lawsuit Under a 40-year-old law, the U.S. Department of Agriculture can withhold subsidies, like crop insurance and disaster payments, from farmers who clear, drain or convert wetlands. A company that owns farmland in the Midwest says it’s unconstitutional. Mon, 20 Jan 2025 10:00:00 GMT /2025-01-20/swampbuster-wetlands-farmland-lawsuit Rachel Cramer /health-science-environment/2024-11-11/missouri-botanical-gardens-first-woman-president-focus-climate-change Dr. Lúcia Lohmann is a world-renowned botanist. She’s coming back to her second home, St. Louis, to tackle the climate crisis and lead a community institution as the Missouri Botanical Garden’s first woman president. Mon, 11 Nov 2024 11:00:00 GMT /health-science-environment/2024-11-11/missouri-botanical-gardens-first-woman-president-focus-climate-change Kate Grumke /show/st-louis-on-the-air/2024-10-10/the-secret-lives-of-st-louis-copperhead-snakes Scientists have uncovered surprisingly little about copperhead snakes. Until now. Thu, 10 Oct 2024 21:30:18 GMT /show/st-louis-on-the-air/2024-10-10/the-secret-lives-of-st-louis-copperhead-snakes Emily Woodbury /show/st-louis-on-the-air/2024-10-08/monarch-and-firefly-populations-are-in-decline-heres-what-you-can-do-to-help Monarchs are migrating through the St. Louis region now, but residents are seeing fewer of them than ever before. Tue, 08 Oct 2024 22:57:29 GMT /show/st-louis-on-the-air/2024-10-08/monarch-and-firefly-populations-are-in-decline-heres-what-you-can-do-to-help Emily Woodbury /health-science-environment/2024-10-04/mehlville-oakville-elementary-school-backyard-biodiversity A grant from the state helped local educators create a grassland prairie for students to learn about conservation at an Oakville elementary school. Fri, 04 Oct 2024 10:00:00 GMT /health-science-environment/2024-10-04/mehlville-oakville-elementary-school-backyard-biodiversity Kate Grumke /show/st-louis-on-the-air/2024-10-01/a-snail-species-went-extinct-the-st-louis-zoo-helped-bring-it-back-to-the-wild Since 1990, the St. Louis Zoo has played an instrumental role in bringing Tahitian snails back from the brink of extinction. Tue, 01 Oct 2024 20:44:50 GMT /show/st-louis-on-the-air/2024-10-01/a-snail-species-went-extinct-the-st-louis-zoo-helped-bring-it-back-to-the-wild Miya Norfleet, Emily Woodbury /health-science-environment/2024-09-09/st-louisans-monarch-butterflies-endangered-status The number of monarchs migrating through St. Louis seems low this year, which has entomologists worrying about the population. Mon, 09 Sep 2024 10:00:00 GMT /health-science-environment/2024-09-09/st-louisans-monarch-butterflies-endangered-status Kate Grumke /economy-business/2024-06-14/st-louis-zoo-wildcare-park-660-million-expected-10-years The 425-acre plot sits in Spanish Lake, near Ferguson at the junction of the Mississippi and Missouri rivers. Fri, 14 Jun 2024 17:25:53 GMT /economy-business/2024-06-14/st-louis-zoo-wildcare-park-660-million-expected-10-years Lauren Brennecke /government-politics-issues/2024-06-07/new-missouri-conservation-head-faces-evolving-nature-preservation-challenges Missouri Department of Conservation Director Jason Sumners sees engaging with a community that is technologically more disconnected with nature as a challenge to the goals of conservation. Fri, 07 Jun 2024 10:00:00 GMT /government-politics-issues/2024-06-07/new-missouri-conservation-head-faces-evolving-nature-preservation-challenges Sarah Kellogg /health-science-environment/2024-05-13/missouri-bee-populations-interstate-highways New findings from a St. Louis pilot study show bee pollinator habitats along highway corridors can potentially increase bee populations and improve food sustainability efforts. Mon, 13 May 2024 10:00:00 GMT /health-science-environment/2024-05-13/missouri-bee-populations-interstate-highways Marissanne Lewis-Thompson