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Changing How We Farm Might Protect Wild Mammals—and Fight Climate Change

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They disperse seeds, pollinate, and transfer nutrients across landscapes, supporting healthy plant populations, and they alter their environments in ways that enhance biodiversity. In addition to every species’ inherent value, mammals are vital in the natural order. They even mitigate climate change.

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As Saltwater Encroaches on Farms, Solutions Emerge from the Marshes

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John Zander’s family has owned a stretch of land along New Jersey’s southern coast for 30 years, but he only recently dubbed the farm “Cohansey Meadows.” Meadows for the term that residents of the region use to refer to the vast marshes that create a fluid transition between solid ground and the water of the Delaware Bay.

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