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conservation

[kon-ser-vey-shuhn] / ˌkɒn sərˈveɪ ʃən /


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“National parks serve as living classrooms for our country, where science and history come to life for visitors,” Alan Spears, senior director of cultural resources at the parks conservation association, said in a February statement.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 13, 2026

These birds, “from Avocet to Woodcock, Bar-tailed Godwit to Yellowhammer,” have all been at one time or another on lists “of conservation concern.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 12, 2026

The charity has said it will work with the Scottish Seabird Centre in North Berwick to deliver a conservation plan for both Bass Rock and Craigleith Island.

From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026

“The decline does not appear to be the product of a formal government conservation campaign,” she added.

From Barron's • Jun. 9, 2026

That request had peeved Dad, who claimed that we Oregonians suffer eight months of rain a year and should be exempt from ever worrying about water conservation.

From "If I Stay" by Gayle Forman




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