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Re: Climate (2020.12)

This hasn't exactly been the best year ever.

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By: Kelly Watkinson
December 14, 2020
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Conservation

Climate change trainings this fall

This fall, the Land Trust Alliance's Land and Climate Program is providing new trainings for land trusts to learn to adapt to and mitigate climate change.

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By: Kelly Watkinson
October 07, 2020
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Education

Re: Climate (2020.08)

For many of us, stay-at-home orders have resulted in more time with our children and a renewed focus on the natural world. That makes now the perfect time to talk to your kids about climate change.

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Photo by DJ Glisson, II
By: Kelly Watkinson
August 31, 2020
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Education

Re: Climate (2020.06)

Earlier this month, a small Siberian town in Russia hit a temperature of 100 degrees Fahrenheit. The average high temperature there in June is 68 degrees Fahrenheit.

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By: Kelly Watkinson
June 26, 2020
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Conservation

Re: Climate (2020.04)

While they might seem unrelated, the COVID-19 pandemic and the climate crisis share many key similarities.

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By: Kelly Watkinson
April 20, 2020
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Conservation

Re: Climate (2020.02)

The most recent U.S. Sea-Level Report Card from the Virginia Institute of Marine Science shows the pace of sea-level rise is accelerating. Of the 32 included tide-gauge stations along the U.S. coastline, 25 showed water levels rising at a faster rate in 2019 than in 2018.

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By: Kelly Watkinson
February 12, 2020
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Science & Tech

Re: Climate (2019.12)

National Geographic posted a blog over the weekend titled The Decade We Finally Woke Up to Climate Change. Is that an accurate headline? I think so.

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By: Kelly Watkinson
December 18, 2019
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Re: Climate (2019.10)

Rally 2019: The National Land Conservation Conference was explicitly framed by two important and intertwined themes: inclusion and climate change.

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Vanessa Hauc, a senior correspondent for Noticias Telemundo and co-founder of Sachamama, a nonprofit organization that works to inspire, empower and educate the Latino community on climate issues, spoke at Rally 2019. / Photo by DJ Glisson, II
By: Kelly Watkinson
October 29, 2019
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Conservation

Re: Climate (2019.08)

It's official: Last month was the Earth's hottest month on record.

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By: Kelly Watkinson
August 21, 2019
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Re: Climate (2019.06)

If you're concerned about climate change and your own carbon footprint — but you aren't quite ready to give up that summer flight away — I have some good news.

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By: Kelly Watkinson
June 20, 2019
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Re: Climate (2019.04)

My position with the Land Trust Alliance's Land and Climate Program affords me opportunities to talk about climate change with many different audiences. But even with all the experience under my belt, I struggle to discuss the issue with my children.

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By: Kelly Watkinson
April 25, 2019
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Re: Climate (2019.02)

Is 2019 the year for climate action?

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By: Kelly Watkinson
February 25, 2019
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Re: Climate (2018.12)

With so many new climate reports generating headlines, it will be harder for common climate myths to persist. But some myths die hard deaths.

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By: Kelly Watkinson
December 19, 2018
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Re: Climate (2018.11)

Climate change is a big and complicated topic — so it's no wonder that many people find it difficult to discuss.

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By: Kelly Watkinson
November 21, 2018
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Re: Climate (2018.10)

Rally is always a busy time for me and the land conservation community, but this year it was even more so. Because it came just days after the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's special report.

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By: Kelly Watkinson
October 29, 2018
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Science & Tech

Re: Climate (2018.09)

In the aftermath of Hurricane Florence, I'm struck by another challenge being exacerbated by the impacts of climate change. How do we connect people with nature when what it means to experience nature is changing before our eyes?

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By: Kelly Watkinson
September 17, 2018
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Science & Tech

Re: Climate (2018.06)

As summer heats up, so do our energy needs. And according to the Farmers' Almanac, this summer will be hot and steamy for most of the nation.

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By: Kelly Watkinson
June 26, 2018
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Re: Climate (2018.05)

As the world's attention shifts Saturday to the royal wedding of the United Kingdom's Prince Harry and American actress Meghan Markle, I wanted to focus this column on the royal family!

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By: Kelly Watkinson
May 16, 2018
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Re: Climate (2018.04)

Flooding and sea-level rise are among the most visible and disruptive impacts of climate change.

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In Norfolk, Virginia, waters are projected to rise between 4.5 and 6.9 feet by the end of this century. / Photo by pixabay.com/12019
By: Kelly Watkinson
April 18, 2018
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Conservation

Re: Climate (2018.03)

Time and time again, I am reminded that the decisions we make regarding the land can make or break our fight against climate change. In the United States, we're fortunate to have the freedom to both make and influence those decisions.

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Marin Agricultural Land Trust (accredited) Stewardship Manager Jim Jensen (right) and former Stewardship Manager Patricia Hickey (left) visit the ranch of a local producer to assess indicators of rangeland health as part of the carbon farm and conservation planning process/Photo by Michael Woolsey
By: Kelly Watkinson
March 16, 2018
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Education

Re: Climate (2018.02)

With the Olympic Winter Games in full swing, it's hard not to think about our changing climate.

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With the Olympic Winter Games in full swing, it's hard not to think about our changing climate. / Photo by pixabay.com/skeeze
By: Kelly Watkinson
February 16, 2018
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Education

Re: Climate (2018.01)

Extreme weather. Our delicate ecosystem. Cause for hope.

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By: Kelly Watkinson
January 18, 2018
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Education

Addressing climate-related challenges

Land trusts are in the business of protecting and managing land. That's what makes them ideally positioned to take on a larger role in mitigating — as well as preparing for the effects of — a changing climate.

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By: Kelly Watkinson
September 12, 2017
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