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About 40 million people depend on the Colorado River system across the United States and Mexico. From drinking water to municipal needs and even agricultural irrigation, both countries depend on the river and have shared and formally managed its water under a binational agreement for over 80 years. They signed the 1944 Water Treaty, where…
Representative Image (AI-generated) A conservation effort in Ross County, Ohio, could significantly expand protection around a rare wetland complex if funding is secured for a proposed 118-acre land acquisition. The Ross County Park District is seeking to acquire the property, which would provide a buffer around the Kinnikinnick Fen and Herron Downs nature preserve properties…
The ceremony took place at about 3:30pm, only hours after McKinley’s death On September 14, 1901, Theodore Roosevelt arrived in Buffalo after President William McKinley died from injuries suffered in an assassination attempt. Roosevelt reached the city at 1.30pm and was taken to the home of Ansley Wilcox, a friend who would soon provide the…
Texas landowners, ranchers and business owners are taking legal action to stop the Trump administration from building border walls and related infrastructure through the remote Big Bend region, arguing that the area does not face the high levels of illegal crossings used to justify the construction. The Associated Press and ABC News reported that the…
After more than a century of welcoming families through its gates, Clementon Park and Splash World in Camden County, New Jersey, has announced the ‘difficult decision’ to close permanently. The landmark amusement park made the announcement on September 9, marking an end to its 119 years of operation. The property is now up for sale….
Representative Image (AI-generated) An effort in southeast Ohio could turn roughly 850 acres of former coal-company land into a publicly accessible community forest, creating a major connection between existing protected and recreational lands. Local stakeholders are negotiating with the Sugar Creek Coal and Mining Company to acquire the property in Dover Township and establish the…
For generations, cow manure was simply an unavoidable byproduct of running a dairy farm. At Jordan Dairy Farms in Rutland, Massachusetts, however, it became something much more valuable: a source of electricity, heat, fertiliser and even animal bedding. In 2011, the family-run dairy installed what it describes as the first agricultural anaerobic digester in Massachusetts….
Parts of the East Side look rural, with the loss of population creating what it called an “urban prairie” A Cleveland district that once had nearly 100,000 residents in the 1960s now has fewer than 20,000, leaving large areas with open green space that can resemble the countryside. The city is now trying to reverse…
Meera Ramaswami, Founder at CargilityPhoto: Meera Ramaswami/ LinkedIn A fall while getting out of a car changed the direction of Meera Ramaswami’s life. She watched her grandmother lose her balance during a moment that should have been routine, then saw the injury heal while the fear remained. Her grandmother became less willing to travel, and…
For decades, cattle had grazed across large areas of what is now Hakalau Forest National Wildlife Refuge on Hawaii’s Big Island, leaving thousands of acres dominated by pasture grasses instead of native forest. Then, beginning in the 1990s, conservationists began rebuilding the forest one tree at a time. Between 1992 and 1996, American Forests supported…
