Fireflies at risk as urban sprawl dims Thailand glow
Tour boat operator in Ban Lomtuan recalls once glowing Mae Klong River banks now lit by hotels and highways. Experts warn firefly numbers may have fallen about 70 percent in three years, amid pollution, light pollution, and habitat loss, prompting a global symposium on diversity and conservation.
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Switzerland
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Stonybrook University
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Boston
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Satellite phones guard remote Idaho ranches from wildfire risk
In Owyhee County Idaho ranchers like Paul Nettleton now carry Iridium satellite phones provided by the BLM and Idaho Homeland Security to speed fire reporting. The program aims to cut response times in a drought scarred region where dry lightning and summer storms threaten sagebrush, juniper hills and historic mining towns. Local agencies expect better coordination, with fire planes ready from Boise and costs shared by the disaster office.
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Bethesda
Iridium Satellite LLC
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Jim Hyslop
Rhode Island
BLM
Janet Peterson
Boise
Iridium
U.S. Department of Defense
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