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Global warming clouds our future. Pollution degrades our air, soil and water. Environmental toxins compromise the health of our children. Misuse threatens the sustainability of our forests, fisheries, wetlands and coasts, and the health of species that live there.

But there is reason for hope.

Through sound science and policy research, we're finding answers to these problems. Airborne lead and acid rain have been dramatically reduced. Industrial water pollution has decreased. Habitats are being preserved.

Faculty members from the Nicholas School of the Environment and Earth Sciences at Duke University are part of the effort to help find these answers and establish new environmental practices and policies to safeguard our natural resources for generations to come.

To contact our experts or learn more about what we're doing in states across the nation, click on the state you're interested in.

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Wisconsin
Wildlife & Threatened Species
Twenty-six plant or animal species native to Maryland are now threatened or endangered. These include six species of sea turtles, three species of whales, three bird species, and seven species of once-common wetland or coastal plants whose habitats have been degraded or disturbed by nonsustainable development.

 

 

Contact Information

Larry Crowder is an expert on marine ecology, depletion of marine species due to overfishing and fisheries bycatch, and the use of technology to track and monitor marine wildlife, including sea turtles and marine mammals.
 tel:(252) 504-7637 : e: lcrowder@duke.edu