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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.

Wisconsin
Conservation and Land Use
Rhode Island has lost more than 10,000 acres of farmland and 10,000 acres of forests to suburban sprawl and industrial development since 1989. Wetland loss is also substantial. Continued sprawl and development will cost Rhode Island taxpayers almost $1.5 billion over the next 20 years. Policy makers, citizens, developers and government agencies must work together to keep the nation’s smallest state habitable for its residents.

 

 

Contact Information

Norm Christensen is an expert on forest ecology and sustainable forest management.
 tel: (919) 613-8052  e: normc@duke.edu