August 13, 2026

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

In 1964, Elizabeth Hird and her husband bought Connecticut's Outer Island; in 1995 she donated it in his memory so it could remain protected for wildlife, research and education

In 1964, Elizabeth Hird and her husband bought Connecticut’s Outer Island; in 1995 she donated it in his memory so it could remain protected for wildlife, research and education

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Connecticut’s Outer Island (Image Credit: outerisland.org) In 1964, Elizabeth Hird and her husband, Basil Rauch, purchased Outer Island as a summer retreat in Connecticut’s Thimble Islands. More than three decades later, Hird made a decision that transformed the island’s future: in 1995, she donated it to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in memory of…

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Oregon's Siletz Bay is restoring 37 acres of tidal wetland this summer, digging new channels where more than a century of diking turned marsh into pasture

Oregon’s Siletz Bay is restoring 37 acres of tidal wetland this summer, digging new channels where more than a century of diking turned marsh into pasture

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Drift Creek Unit of Siletz Bay National Wildlife (Image Credit: Wikipedia) Oregon’s Siletz Bay is undergoing a major wetland restoration effort this summer, with crews working to bring back natural tidal flows to land that was dramatically altered by more than a century of diking and land conversion. According to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife…

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