In 1906, five railroad bridges carried coal through West Virginia’s New River Gorge; 120 years later an $11.8 million project is rebuilding them for hikers
The project began on September 1, 2026, with a ceremonial groundbreaking at the Minden Trailhead. Five railroad bridges built in 1906 to carry coal through West Virginia’s New River Gorge are getting a new purpose more than a century later. An $11.8…
A man bought 51,000 acres of degraded land in Florida; decades later, it became the largest private restoration project east of the Mississippi
He is 85, known as the father of sociobiology, has been at Harvard for 60 years, and has won a hundred scientific awards, including two Pulitzer Prizes. Yet what E.O. Wilson, an evolutionary biologist, is focused on is a new conservation approach, a new…
In 2024, a 192,560 sq ft industrial project won approval on 22 acres beside New Jersey’s Monmouth battlefield; two years later the state paid $15 million to preserve the former strawberry farm as part of the park
In 2024, Monmouth County officials approved a massive 192,560-square-foot industrial development on 22 acres of farmland directly adjacent to Monmouth Battlefield State Park in Manalapan, New Jersey. The site, once a strawberry farm, sat along Route 33…
In 2011, Myanmar suspended a giant China-backed dam after public outrage; it now plans to restart a project that could flood an area the size of Singapore
Ethnic Kachin people visit Myitsone, the confluence of the Mali and Nmai rivers, outside Myitkyina, capital city of Kachin state, Myanmar Fourteen years after public protests forced construction to stop, Myanmar is preparing to restart the $3.6 billion…
79-year-old UK grandmother refuses to sell part of her garden for $60m road project to protect a 500-year-old oak tree and local wildlife
A 79-year-old grandmother in Herefordshire, UK, is refusing to sell part of her garden for a major road project that could bring a 60mph route close to her home. Jean Harris, a retired school secretary and piano teacher, has point-blank refused to…
Michigan’s historic Ford House is replacing concrete shoreline with natural habitat; the $7 million project will restore 1 mile of shore and 17.5 acres of aquatic and wetland habitat
Excavator installing a fish lunker on Ford Cove. Credit: Ford House A major environmental restoration project is removing decades of artificial concrete shoreline defences along Michigan’s Lake St. Clair and replacing them with natural wetlands, living…
A 112-acre New Jersey restoration project is planting about 50,000 native trees and shrubs, creating vernal pools and rebuilding Raritan River floodplain habitat
Trees laid out at the site for planting (FWS photos) A 112-acre restoration project has begun along the Raritan River in New Jersey, with the aim of bringing back forest and wetland habitat that was affected by contamination linked to the American…
In June 2026, Washington began restoring 270 acres across two river islands; the project will reconnect the South Fork Skagit estuary to natural tides and hundreds more acres for endangered Chinook salmon
Construction begins on project to restore estuary habitat in South Fork Skagit River (Photo by: WDFW) Heavy earth-moving equipment began work in June 2026 on a major coastal restoration project in Skagit County, Washington. The project will remove old…
American studying engineering in Bangalore seeks advice on how to find a job abroad
A third-year engineering student in Bengaluru has sparked a detailed discussion on social media after sharing the unique challenges of being an engineering student. American Citizens who live and study entirely in India. Despite holding a U.S. passport,…