What Can Be Saved

Author Marjory Stoneman Douglas, 83, poses with a copy of her book, "The Everglades: River of Grass, April 19, 1973. Stoneman Douglas, who has long been fascinated by the Everglades, is working to insure its survival. She is a prime mover of the Friends of the Everglades, an environmental group organized to protect the area. Exact location is unknown. (AP Photo/Jim Kerlin)

To save Everglades, guardians fight time - and climate

FLAMINGO, Florida (AP) — Grabbing a clump of vegetation to steady herself, Tiffany Troxler gingerly slides her feet along the makeshift boardwalk as she ventures out into the marsh.

These two maps compare the annual total hours of fishing activity in 0.25 by 0.25 degree grid cells for 2014 and 2015.

How a small stretch of ocean stirred a conservation movement

A St. Francis Satyr butterfly rests on a leaf in a swamp at Fort Bragg in North Carolina. Its wing was marked for identification by a biologist studying the rare insect. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)

Butterfly on a bomb range: Endangered Species Act at work

China aims to build its own Yellowstone on Tibetan plateau

Prairie potholes are scattered among crops in a field in east central North Dakota on Thursday, June 20, 2019. A few hours of heavy rain in North Dakota are all it takes to transform the dry, cracked earth of the U.S. prairie into thousands upon thousands of pocket-sized wetlands. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)

Bringing the world’s buried wetlands back from the dead

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To save Everglades, guardians fight time -- and climate

To save Everglades, guardians fight time -- and climate

Safeguarding the seas, 1 protected area at a time

Butterfly on a bomb range: Endangered Species Act at work

China aims to build its own Yellowstone on Tibetan plateau

In Kinigi, Rwanda, Monday, Sept. 2, 2019. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)

Intense monitoring and care lift mountain gorilla numbers

How do you help endangered gorillas? With lots of human help

How do you help endangered gorillas? With lots of human help

In this June 19, 2019 photo, Jorgji Ilia, 71, a retired schoolteacher, sits with his wife, Vito, 64, inside their home in the village of Kanikol, Albania. "There is nothing else better than the river," he says. "The Vjosa gives beauty to our village." (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)

One of Europe’s last untamed rivers is threatened by dams

Wildlife technician Jordan Hazan places an identification tag on a male barred owl he shot earlier in the night. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

Owl vs. owl: Should humans intervene to save a species?

Owl killings spur moral questions about human intervention

Owl killings spur moral questions about human intervention

Lion patrol: Learning to share the savannah with big animals

Lions kill cattle, so people kill lions. Can the cycle end?

In this Aug. 26, 2019 photo, x in Monongahela National Forest, W.Va. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Difficult but rewarding work: Planting trees to aid climate

Restoring forests 1 tree at a time, to help repair climate

Restoring forests 1 tree at a time, to help repair climate

Hardy scientists trek to Venezuela’s last glacier amid chaos

Intrepid scientists witness final days of Venezuelan glacier

White River Fish Sanctuary warden Donald Anderson shines a spotlight on the coast looking for illegal fishermen while patrolling the no-take zone under moonlight in Ocho Rios, Jamaica, Friday, Feb. 15, 2019. The patrols carry no weapons, so they must master the art of persuasion. And they often meet resistance. "They threaten us and they give you trouble in the reef," Anderson said. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

AP Photos: Night fishing in moonlit sea in eerie silence

Spearfisherman Rick Walker, 35, sells his catch to a buyer at a fish market in White River, Jamaica, Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2019. Walker remembers the early opposition to the fish sanctuary, with many people saying, “No, they’re trying to stop our livelihood.” Two years later, Walker, who is not involved in running the sanctuary but supports its boundary, says he can see the benefits. “It’s easier to catch snapper and barracuda,” he says. “At least my great grandkids will get to see some fish.” (AP Photo/David Goldman)

Coral gardeners bring back Jamaica’s reefs, piece by piece

Diver Everton Simpson plants staghorn coral harvested from a coral nursery inside the the White River Fish Sanctuary Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2019, in Ocho Rios, Jamaica. The energetic 68-year-old has reinvented himself several times, but always made a living from the ocean. Once a spear fisherman and later a scuba-diving instructor, Simpson started working as a "coral gardener" two years ago, part of grassroots efforts to bring Jamaica's coral reefs back from the brink. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

AP Photos: Saving Jamaica’s coral, an undersea labor of love