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	<title>Eco-Compass &#187; barbarad</title>
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		<title>Barbara Dean: “Restoration is starting to hit the scene…”</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 May 2008 15:11:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Postcard from high in the Andes Cordillera of southern Ecuador, three degrees south of the equator: “The stakes are high for conservation, indigenous peoples, and sustainable development in this small but oil- and mineral-rich Andean country&#8230;.And, restoration is starting to hit the scene.”
James Aronson, series editor of the Science and Practice of Ecological Restoration book [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Barbara Dean: Large Predators and Wildlife Restoration</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 May 2008 19:05:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[On May 1, eleven conservation groups filed suit in Arizona federal court asking the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) to reclaim leadership for the Mexican wolf reintroduction effort rather than shifting the management to an oversight committee. With only fifty-two Mexican gray wolves remaining in the wild, far below FWS’s goal of one hundred [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Barbara Dean: Bring it on!</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 May 2008 00:21:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The season is turning here in northern California. Although the hills are still colorful and fragrant with spring wildflowers, when I glance below the level of the blooms, I see that the meadow is drying out, from the ground up. In a few more weeks, the green grasses will become golden…and we will start to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Barbara Dean: A New Approach to River Restoration</title>
		<link>http://blog.islandpress.org/19/barbara-dean-a-new-approach-to-river-restoration</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 May 2008 00:14:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Rivers around the globe are in trouble, largely because of human activities. I’m thankful that one of my favorite places, the north fork of the Eel river in northern California (see image below), which is not far from my home office, is designated as a federal “wild and scenic river.” That means no dams or [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Barbara Dean: The Future of Ecological Restoration</title>
		<link>http://blog.islandpress.org/16/the-future-of-ecological-restoration</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 May 2008 00:00:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>barbarad</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Ecological restoration is an increasingly important part of the discussion among all of us who are concerned about the global environment. There is a steady stream of news about restoration initiatives around the world— an inspiring groundswell of interest in the possibilities that restoration can offer.
In June, for example, the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew will [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Barbara Dean: Restoration in the heart of NYC</title>
		<link>http://blog.islandpress.org/15/restoration-in-the-heart-of-nyc</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 11 May 2008 23:58:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[James Aronson, the series editor for our book series &#8220;The Science and Practice of Ecological Restoration,&#8221; lives and works in Montpellier, France, but visited New York City last week. He spent part of his visit admiring one of the city’s biggest restoration success stories:
“Just back from my two walks across the gloriously revitalized Central Park.
It’s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Barbara Dean: Restoration is hard—and rewarding</title>
		<link>http://blog.islandpress.org/14/restoration-is-hard%e2%80%94and-rewarding</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 11 May 2008 23:57:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In last Friday’s Washington Post, William Booth recognized Arbor Day by pointing out the “brutal reality” that “planting a tree is a lot harder than it looks.” Booth’s story, about tree-planting programs in major cities across the country, is a forthright look at the challenges of planting millions of trees in metropolitan areas. Eye-opening, sobering, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Barbara Dean: Conservation and Restoration in Bloom</title>
		<link>http://blog.islandpress.org/9/conservation-and-restoration-in-bloom</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 11 May 2008 23:50:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here in lovely northern California, where I work from a home office, the poppies are finally in bloom, scattering their cheerful yellow flowers generously across the main meadow. These days, the path to the mailbox is a festival of color, as poppies mingle with deep purple lupines, pale yellow buttercups, and new green grass just [...]]]></description>
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