The Corps Network’s Post

🎉 Today is our 17th birthday! As the only nonprofit organization dedicated to protecting, restoring, and expanding America’s National Conservation Lands, we're so grateful for your ongoing support. National Conservation Lands are among the most essential and spectacular natural, cultural, and archaeological places in the country. They include National Monuments, National Conservation Areas, Wilderness and Wilderness Study Areas, Wild and Scenic Rivers, and National Scenic and Historic Trails. Here’s how we protect, restore, and expand National Conservation Lands: 🏞️ We harness community passion through our Friends Grassroots Network, which includes over 80 local groups that advocate for National Conservation Lands. 🌻 We secure protections and improve policies by working with presidential administrations, Congress, and the Bureau of Land Management. 🌿 We increase public support by generating greater visibility and funding for enduring protections. As we continue our efforts, join us in safeguarding millions of acres in the U.S. for future generations: visit conservationlands.org. #ProtectWhatMatters #Conservation #PublicLands #NationalConservationLands

Happy #WesternMonarchDay! Here in Utah, the monarch butterflies that we see pass through each summer are typically part of the western monarch population. This population overwinter in the forests of coastal California and stretch across western states on their migratory journeys. This year, 233,394 monarch butterflies were tallied during the Xerces Society’s annual Western Monarch Count. This number is a mere 5% of western monarch population sizes in the 1980s, and is a slight decrease from last year’s tallies. Western monarchs rely on healthy habitat and refuge to survive their migrations and to sustain the next generation of monarchs. Here’s how you can help western monarchs: 🦋 Plant native milkweed & other nectar-rich plants 🐛 Avoid using pesticides in your garden 🔍 Contribute to community science projects like Utah Pollinator Pursuit Head to the link below to read the full report and to learn more about how you can support western monarchs! https://lnkd.in/g3HDrVj5 📸: Sierra Hastings, Sageland Collaborative

Journey North hosts the #MonarchBlitz from July 26-August 4 to help raise awareness and support #Monarch #Butterfly #Conservation The Blitz provides a unique opportunity for individuals and organizations in #Canada, #Mexico and the #UnitedStates to join forces across international borders to safeguard this iconic #NorthAmerican species. Since #monarchbutterflies and #milkweed populations cover such an extensive portion of North America, the participation of #volunteer community #scientists is key for furthering our understanding of these species. In the context of #climatechange, the range of monarchs and milkweed is likely to be impacted, highlighting the need for gathering and analyzing robust, long-term data to better understand #population and #habitat trends. Learn more and participate here: https://lnkd.in/gRSMj2qm #communityscience #citizenscience #

After nearly a century of exclusion from much of the viable habitat in the Elwha River, WA Sea Grant supported researchers were curious what impact the removal of the Elwha River dams in 2012-2014 would have on salmon populations. They found that after an initial lag period, wild coho salmon populations have been increasing in the river since 2018. Last week was #WorldFishMigrationDay, and we celebrate the #FreeFlow of the Elwha River year round! Learn more here: https://lnkd.in/gcB4eS_a trout-after-dam-removal-recolonization-and-the-awakening-of-dormant-life-history-diversity/

If you live in Sussex, please fill in this quick survey. It will help inform priorities for nature recovery across Sussex. I know I want to see an end to the pollution of Chichester harbour and an increase in native hedge planting, among other things! #sussex #nature #localnaturerecoverystrategy

In the News ✍️ Repost Grist “Forests managed by Indigenous nations are severely underfunded. To reach per-acre parity with forests managed by the Bureau of Land Management and the U.S. Forest Service, the federal government would need to increase funding by nearly $96 million every year. That’s according to a new report from the Intertribal Timber Council, a nonprofit consortium consisting primarily of tribes and Alaska Native Corporations. In 2019, the base year for the study, tribal forests represented nearly 19 million acres in the United States, including approximately 10.2 million acres of commercial forests and woodlands. A total of 345 tribal forests are managed across the nation, with 316 of those forests being held in federal trust. “It seems like a fairly straightforward answer that when we look at the disparity in funding between other federal agencies and tribes, that [Congress] would just increase appropriations,” said Cody Desautel, President of the Intertribal Timber Council and member of the Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation. “But that hasn’t been the case…”” Read the full story by Grist: https://ow.ly/JZNR50QFQ2q Thank you for your reporting! #ForestStewardship #SustainableFuture #Indianforests #IFMATIV #IndianCountry #Indigenous #ClimateChange #IndigenousKnowledge #TribalForest #IndigenousNations

There is an urgent need to take collective action to reduce the risk of wildfire to our communities in British Columbia, and to adaptively manage for landscapes that are more resilient to wildfire. While there is growing recognition that fire is an essential ecological and cultural process in BC’s forests, we are dealing with a legacy of fire suppression. This, along with other factors, has resulted in a build-up of fuels across the landscape, leading to the very large, catastrophic fires we have seen in recent years. As we look for solutions, BC’s community forests have emerged as key players in the provincial effort to tackle the growing risk of wildfire. Read the article in the Summer TruckLogger BC Magazine here: https://lnkd.in/gTR4-9nZ

In order to stimulate public awareness, community involvement, and cooperation in order to promote policies that avoid, minimize, and reverse land degradation, June 17th has been designated as the World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought since 1994. This year's theme is: "𝐔𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐋𝐚𝐧𝐝. 𝐎𝐮𝐫 𝐋𝐞𝐠𝐚𝐜𝐲, 𝐎𝐮𝐫 𝐅𝐮𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞." #United4Land #OurLegacy #OurFuture #DayToCombatDesertificationAndDrought2024 #SignificantDay #ELearningEducationAndTrainings

Prescribed burning is the practice of using fire as a management tool to take care of fire-dependent ecosystems like prairies, oak savannas, and other landscapes that need the periodic presence of fire. The use of fire as a management tool is not a new phenomenon either. Native Americans have long used, and continue to use cultural burning to maintain and manage the landscape. Follow along with this Rochester, Minnesota Field Crew as they conduct a prescribed burn with Conservation Corps Minnesota & Iowa, as well as Minnesota DNR staff at Frontenac State Park in southern Minnesota. https://lnkd.in/dXYua7rs #FireFriday #ServeOutdoors #GetThingsDone #ClimateCareers #EnvironmentalCareers #ConservationCareers #ServiceYear #YearOutdoors #CareerExperience

For millennia, Indigenous peoples have used fire as a vital tool for land stewardship, fostering biodiversity, healthy forests, and resilient ecosystems. In 1850, however, California criminalized cultural burning as part of broader efforts to suppress Indigenous practices, and eventually the state practiced a policy of complete fire suppression. The consequences of this history have been devastating and have even contributed to catastrophic wildfires that are now more frequent than ever. In recent years, California has begun to reckon with these wrongdoings and recognize the value of fire on the landscape. Senate Bill 310, sponsored by the Karuk Tribe and currently awaiting the Governor’s signature, aims to break down barriers to cultural burning by acknowledging Tribal sovereignty and fostering collaboration between Tribal governments and state agencies. This legislation is a vital step toward restoring forest health, building resilience, and advancing both cultural and environmental justice.