{"id":1420,"date":"2023-12-28T18:39:49","date_gmt":"2023-12-28T18:39:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/walteroutdoors.com\/?page_id=1420"},"modified":"2025-12-05T17:17:29","modified_gmt":"2025-12-05T17:17:29","slug":"natural-resources-conservation-science","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/walteroutdoors.com\/index.php\/natural-resources-conservation-science\/","title":{"rendered":"Natural Resources, Conservation &#038; Science"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"1420\" class=\"elementor elementor-1420\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-83c7d05 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"83c7d05\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3a930bb\" data-id=\"3a930bb\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2ec6d2d elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2ec6d2d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Writing<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-53c2fc0 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"53c2fc0\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-d7ede35\" data-id=\"d7ede35\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-665357d elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"665357d\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-0727b18\" data-id=\"0727b18\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-aa2f85f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"aa2f85f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/knowyourwaternews.com\/invisible-hands-in-the-desert-how-one-room-operates-cap\/\">Invisible hands in the desert: How one room operates CAP<\/a><\/strong><br \/>Central Arizona Project<\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/knowyourwaternews.com\/monsoon-season-is-here-5-engineering-features-that-protect-the-cap\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>Monsoon season is here: 5 engineering features that protect the CAP<\/b><\/a><br \/>Central Arizona Project<\/p><p><span style=\"font-size: 1em;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/knowyourwaternews.com\/3-facts-of-cap-efficiency-seepage-and-evaporation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>3 facts of CAP efficiency: seepage and evaporation<\/b><\/a><br \/><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 1em;\">Central Arizona Project\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-size: 1em;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mcclatchydc.com\/news\/nation-world\/national\/article24549862.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>Python sightings keep Florida residents jittery<\/b><\/a><br \/><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 1em;\">McClatchy Herald via Bradenton (Fla.) 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