{"id":1359,"date":"2025-07-09T14:09:04","date_gmt":"2025-07-09T18:09:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/conservationscience\/?page_id=1359"},"modified":"2025-07-09T15:39:08","modified_gmt":"2025-07-09T19:39:08","slug":"newsarchive","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/conservationscience\/newsarchive\/","title":{"rendered":"Conservation Science News Archive"},"content":{"rendered":"<style>.kb-row-layout-id1359_1c4794-70 > .kt-row-column-wrap{align-content:start;}:where(.kb-row-layout-id1359_1c4794-70 > .kt-row-column-wrap) > .wp-block-kadence-column{justify-content:start;}.kb-row-layout-id1359_1c4794-70 > .kt-row-column-wrap{column-gap:60px;row-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-md, 2rem);max-width:1400px;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto;padding-top:75px;padding-right:75px;padding-bottom:75px;padding-left:75px;grid-template-columns:minmax(0, calc(50% - ((60px * 1 )\/2)))minmax(0, calc(50% - ((60px * 1 )\/2)));}.kb-row-layout-id1359_1c4794-70 > 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