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Conservation groups are working with Central Valley farmers to restore critical habitat for wetland birds struggling to subsist on a fraction of their historic wintering grounds. But finding the right spots is challenging.

ARBUCKLE, Calif.—On a misty December morning, a few dozen sandhill cranes stood in shallow water in the middle of a flooded rice field in the Sacramento Valley, about 90 miles north of San Francisco. The cranes, statuesque wading birds with a long, elegant neck and broad wings, appeared remarkably still for a gregarious species known for their dramatic dance moves.

California Rice Fields Offer Threatened Migratory Waterbirds a Lifeline

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Tracking Oil and Gas Waste in Pennsylvania Is Still a ‘Logistical Mess’

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More than a decade after regulators promised to improve reporting standards for this waste, an Inside Climate News investigation found huge discrepancies in state records.

Fracking’s Forever Problem: Sixth in a series about the gas industry’s radioactive waste.

Tracking Oil and Gas Waste in Pennsylvania Is Still a ‘Logistical Mess’

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Maine’s Once Abundant Kelp Forests Face an Array of Growing Threats

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These breeding grounds for fish are under siege from red turf algae, sea urchins, storm surges, warming waters and climate change.

Shane Farrell has spent the better part of the last three years underwater, diving off the coast of Maine. The University of Maine Ph.D. student and his team at the Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences are surveying the rapid decline of kelp forests in the warming waters.

Maine’s Once Abundant Kelp Forests Face an Array of Growing Threats

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A Long Wait for Flooding Help in Chicago May Be Nearing an End

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The city’s pending budget is expected to unlock more assistance for West Side residents, more than two years after summer flooding damaged their homes.

CHICAGO—Two-and-a-half years after Dorothy Rosenthal’s home on the West Side flooded, she is still dealing with financial pain.

A Long Wait for Flooding Help in Chicago May Be Nearing an End

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