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When Mute Swans Become a Menace, What Should Be Done?

By CHRISTINE HEINRICHS

Mute Swans retain a mythic grip on people, touching the hearts of those who glimpse these graceful white birds gliding across a misty lake. Yet many now regard Mute Swans as unwanted invaders that trash fragile wetland and aquatic habitat and chase out other birds.

This dichotomy confounds wetlands managers, who want at least to control growing populations of Mute Swans, if not eliminate them entirely.
SEJ Publication Types:
Features
Topics on the Beat:
Wildlife
Region:
National (U.S.)
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Public
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Scientist's Efforts To "Persuade the Public" Have Professional Costs

SEJ Publication Types:
Features
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Journalism & Media
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National (U.S.)
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Long-Time NYT Reporter Andy Revkin Charts New Future as "Communicator"

SEJ Publication Types:
Features
Topics on the Beat:
Journalism & Media
Region:
National (U.S.)
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Public
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Multimedia Training Smorgasbord Awaits You — Online

SEJ Publication Types:
Reporters Toolbox
Topics on the Beat:
Journalism & Media
Region:
National (U.S.)
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Public
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At Sundance, Filmakers Tackle Everthing from Cane Toads to Climate-Change Victims

SEJ Publication Types:
Features
Topics on the Beat:
Environmental Studies
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Public
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Journalists Use Term "Green" More Often, But What Does It Mean?

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Features
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Journalism & Media
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SEJ Works To Hold Obama Administration to Its Pledge of Transparency

SEJ President Christy George relays her experience of federal agency access shutdown and how SEJ works to reverse the trend.

SEJ Publication Types:
SEJ Presidents Report
Topics on the Beat:
Government
Region:
National (U.S.)
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Public
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Feds Put Data on Contractor Misdeeds Off-Limits to Public

The good news: government for the first time is centralizing data about contractors at all federal agencies who were terminated, disbarred or suspended from a federal contract or grant. The bad news: taxpayers (and investigative reporters!) are not allowed to see it.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet
Topics on the Beat:
Government
Region:
National (U.S.)
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Public
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Maryland Legislature Threatens Law Clinic For Defending Chesapeake Bay

In the face of public outrage (and press coverage), the legislature partially backed down — but kept a requirement that the law clinic report to the legislature on whom it represented.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet
Topics on the Beat:
Laws & Regulations
Water & Oceans
Government
Region:
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV)
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Public
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Federal Anti-SLAPP Bill Could Help Bloggers, Freelancers

A bill to protect journalists and citizens against "Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation" suits has been introduced in Congress but is unlikely to go far unless more members get behind it.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet
Topics on the Beat:
Laws & Regulations
Government
Region:
National (U.S.)
Visibility:
Public
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