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Dr. Nancy Knowlton

@SeaCitizens

Boomer not doomer. We're ALL citizens of the sea. Fan of #OceanOptimism #EarthOptimism @EarthOptimism @OceanPortal @BlackinMarSci

 Brooksville, Maine USA
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Joined April 2011
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Thank you Florida. My news to me good news for Oct 26 #EarthOptimism happyeconews.com/wildlife-cr…
How Wildlife Crossings in Florida are Saving Panthers from Highway Deaths | Happy Eco News

How Wildlife Crossings in Florida are Saving Panthers from Highway Deaths    | Happy Eco News

Wildlife crossings in Florida are cutting roadway deaths and reconnecting fragmented habitat across South Florida's busiest highways.

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Insects need our help and our help can make a difference. My news to me good news for Oct 25 #EarthOptimism rwpzoo.org/american-burying-…
American Burying Beetle Recovery: A Conservation Success Story

American Burying Beetle Recovery: A Conservation Success Story

Discover the impactful role of The Roger Williams Park Zoo in the recovery program for the American burying beetle and future research.

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91% is a big number, so more please.... My news to me good news for Oct 20 #EarthOptimism theguardian.com/us-news/2026…
Colorado wildlife overpass cut vehicle-animal collisions by 91%, report finds

Colorado wildlife overpass cut vehicle-animal collisions by 91%, report finds

Elk, bear, frogs and other animals have used the overpass, which connects 39,000 acres of habitat, since its completion

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Tiny but mighty and back from the brink. My news to me good news for oct 19 #EarthOptimism popsci.com/environment/pacif…
North America’s tiniest mammals are living at a Marine Corps training area. That’s good.

North America’s tiniest mammals are living at a Marine Corps training area. That’s good.

Pacific pocket mice are about the size of a human thumb.

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Rewilding Patagonia rhea by rhea - my news to me good news for Oct 14 #EarthOptimism news.mongabay.com/video/2026…

Rheas are back to Chilean Patagonia

PATAGONIA NATIONAL PARK — Chile. Mongabay traveled to Chile’s Patagonia National Park to follow a women-led team on a mission to bring 13 Darwin’s rheas back to the wild in April 2026. Working with...

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Turtles are mostly doing better thanks to our efforts, but especially good news from Georgia - 358 loggerhead nest in 2004 and 4174 nests in 2026! My news to me good news for Oct. 13 #OceanOptimism #EarthOptimism washingtonpost.com/nation/20…
Sea turtle nests broke a record this year. Why that’s a good thing.

Sea turtle nests broke a record this year. Why that’s a good thing.

Loggerhead sea turtles laid 4,174 nests on Georgia’s beaches, the most in decades. It continues a slow but steady rebound for the threatened species.

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Community-led is the key concept here (and in many other situations). My news to me good news for Oct 12 #EarthOptimism happyeconews.com/rewilding-v…
Rewilding Visayan Wildlife Brings a Philippine Island's Rarest Species Back Home | Happy Eco News

Rewilding Visayan Wildlife Brings a Philippine Island's Rarest Species Back Home | Happy Eco News

Rewilding Visayan wildlife on Negros Island has returned five endangered species to the wild, from hornbills to bleeding heart doves, through community-led conservation.

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Not a huge amusement park fan (the rides are more scary than amusing for me!) but a solar parking lot at Six Flags that runs the place is my news to me good news for Oct 10 #EarthOptimism people.com/six-flags-makes-h…
This Major Amusement Park Just Made History with a Record-Breaking Solar Power Upgrade

This Major Amusement Park Just Made History with a Record-Breaking Solar Power Upgrade

A California amusement park just made history with a record-breaking solar panel installation that will offset 100% of the property’s annual electricity consumption. At the beginning of October, Six...

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Can't resist this one - world's heaviest insect on road to recovery in New Zealand is my news to me good news for Oct 9. theguardian.com/world/2026/o…
‘The future is bright’: breeding programme brings world’s heaviest insect back from the brink

‘The future is bright’: breeding programme brings world’s heaviest insect back from the brink

Wētāpunga can weigh as much as a mouse and its numbers dwindled across New Zealand due to predators and habitat loss

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With some caveats, the answer seems to be yes. And after so much bad news from #Ethiopia this story is very welcome, and my news to me good news for Oct 8 #EarthOptimism e360.yale.edu/features/ethio…
Fifty Billion Seedlings: Can Ethiopia Replant Its Ravaged Forests?

Fifty Billion Seedlings: Can Ethiopia Replant Its Ravaged Forests?

A legacy of deforestation has left Ethiopia struggling with more intense flooding and drought. The country is trying to restore its native forests through one of the world’s most ambitious and...

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Biodiversity and climate combo is my news to me good news for Oct 6 #EarthOptimism saudigazette.com.sa/article/…
Saudi solar park becomes breeding ground for threatened gazelles in global-first initiative

Saudi solar park becomes breeding ground for threatened gazelles in global-first initiative

Prince Mohammed bin Salman Royal Reserve has introduced 38 Sand gazelles into a 250MW solar park in a global-first initiative combining renewable energy with wildlife conservation.

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Sometimes a tree is more than a tree. My news to me good news for Oct 5 #EarthOptimism nationaltrust.org.uk/service…
Press Release | Media

Press Release | Media

Three years on from the illegal felling of the Sycamore Gap tree, new aerial images reveal how the stump is flourishing, a sure sign the tree is in recovery.

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This story about indigenous recycling made me happy for multiple reasons. My news to me good news for Oct 4 #EarthOptimism thetyee.ca/WhatWorks/2026/10…
The Indigenous-Led Waste Facility That’s Helping the Earth | The Tyee

The Indigenous-Led Waste Facility That’s Helping the Earth | The Tyee

Tk̓emlúps te Secwépemc created a bright future from a hazardous landfill.

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Missed this earlier. When power companies use home back-up batteries to balance the grid, everyone wins. Details are kind of wonky but my news to me good news for Oct 2 #EarthOptimism e360.yale.edu/features/home-…
A Home Battery Revolution Is Reshaping the Power Grid

A Home Battery Revolution Is Reshaping the Power Grid

As residential batteries have become more energy dense, cheaper, and smaller, more households are storing their excess solar power. Now, utilities and energy companies in dozens of countries are...

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Ingenuity -> True recycling: my news to me good news for Sept 29 #EarthOptimism reasonstobecheerful.world/re…

Making a Desk with 10,000 Recycled Chopsticks

A German engineer asked restaurants for their used chopsticks — and a sustainable furnishings business was born.

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This has always seemed logical to me, but the study backing it up is my news to me good news for Sept 28 #EarthOptimism happyeconews.com/personal-cl…
New Study Shows Personal Climate Actions and Collective Change Reinforce Each Other, Not Compete |...

New Study Shows Personal Climate Actions and Collective Change Reinforce Each Other, Not Compete |...

A four-year study of 2,778 Australians found personal climate actions and collective change reinforce rather than compete with each other, challenging fears that individual eco-habits reduce support...

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Salmon recovery from the Klamath Dam removal has surpassed expectations - my news to me good news for Sept 27 #EarthOptimism #OceanOptimism nytimes.com/2026/09/24/clima…
Salmon Are Thriving After Klamath River Dam Removals, Study Finds

Salmon Are Thriving After Klamath River Dam Removals, Study Finds

The first fall runs of chinook salmon since the project in California and Oregon was completed have surpassed researchers’ expectations.

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Rewilding works wonders in parched Britain - my news to me good news for Sept 25 #EarthOptimism theguardian.com/environment/…
Rewilded land remains green amid drought-stricken English countryside, images show

Rewilded land remains green amid drought-stricken English countryside, images show

National Trust’s Holnicote estate says restored wetlands and rivers offer proof of resilience to drought, wildfires and flooding

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Yeah for one of my very favorite birds in my favorite place. A great conservation success story and my news to me good news for Sept 21. #EarthOptimism #OceanOptimism penbaypilot.com/article/seab…

Seabird researchers report good year for razorbills and puffins

  In a cabin on Seal Island, 21 miles off the coast of Rockland, Coco Faber reached for last year’s island report. She opened the book to a chart showing how many active razorbill burrows have been...

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My news to me good news for Sept 13 - lunar energy for Alaska. #OceanOptimism thetyee.ca/WhatWorks/2026/09…
In Alaska, Sitkana Brings Tidal Energy to the People | The Tyee

In Alaska, Sitkana Brings Tidal Energy to the People | The Tyee

The startup’s underwater turbines are designed to power isolated communities along the coast.

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