In September 2024 SBP gave a grant to Sabrina Tse (Project Director) and her teacher Seth Brady (Project Manager) of Naperville Central High School / Naperville Community Unit School District 203. Under their leadership students planned to construct a 625 square foot tiny forest in accordance with the Miyawaki method of afforestation. The resulting “NCHS Tiny […]
On January 8, 2026 The Society for Biodiversity Preservation provided comments to U.S. Army Corps of Engineers on the Proposed Defense Training Facility (Permit Application No. NAB-2025-60845-M52). SBP made the case that the proposed facility would cause devastating and permanent damage to critical wetland and stream ecosystems. Specifically, the project would permanently destroy 149,390 square
On January 5, 2026 The Society for Biodiversity Preservation provided comments to US EPA on the Proposed Rule Revising the Definition of “Waters of the United States” (Docket Id: EPA-HQ-OW-2025-0322).The Society for Biodiversity Preservation argued that this proposed WOTUS rule would significantly weaken national water safeguards in direct contradiction to the Clean Water Act’s objective
SBP is pleased to announce that Dr. Shyamala Rajan, one of its co-founders, became a Certified Maryland Master Naturalist Volunteer. She achieved the certification after completing a rigorous program administered by the University of Maryland Extension (UME). Dr. Rajan completed 60 hours of training as well as volunteering 40 hours per year. More information on
Today, SBP member Shyamala Rajan, Ph.D., participated in a virtual public hearing held by EPA on August 19-22, 2025 for interested persons and entities to provide oral presentation of data, views, or arguments on “Proposed Rule: Reconsideration of 2009 Endangerment Finding and Greenhouse Gas Vehicle Standards.” Dr. Rajan said that “Climate change is a health
They are on the move northwards! Grab your cellphone or camera, dust off those field glasses and binoculars and head out to your backyard, local parks, woods, trails, open grasslands, creeks, rivers, ponds or any natural area. Want to know when and where migrant birds are headed? Track them using this tool: BirdCast – which
Just as we humans follow environmental signals like calendars, clocks & weather to go through our daily lives and carry out various activities, plants and animals respond to cues from the changing seasons by altering their physiology and/or behaviors to enter new phases of their lives. These cyclical changes are driven primarily by the availability
SBP gave away numerous native plants during the “Native Plant Giveaway” between June 20 and June 26, 2021. Many gardeners picked up Jack in the Pulpit (Arisaema triphyllum), Bloodroot (Sanguinaria canadensis), and other plants.
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And the Colorado rocky mountain high / I’ve seen it rainin’ fire in the sky / I know he’d be a poorer man if he never saw an eagle fly / Rocky mountain high John Denver Since March, the Midwestern United States has been pummeled with heavy rainstorms which, coupled with melting snow, caused rivers