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Towns Built on Land That's Slowly Sinking
18+ hour, 30+ min ago (1224+ words) Towns are built on the stability and solidarity of the people around them and the earth below. Unfortunately, that is not the reality for many town in America and across the world. Unfortunately, this is not the reality for many…...
The Highest-Elevation National Forest In America
21+ hour ago (492+ words) The highest-elevation national forest in the United States, Inyo National Forest, spans nearly two million acres along the eastern edge of the Sierra Nevada. Within the forest, elevation climbs dramatically from about 3,900 feet near Owens Lake to 14,505 feet at the…...
Opinion | Deforestation in the Pir Panjal: An Unspoken Ecological Catastrophe
1+ day, 2+ hour ago (1100+ words) The Global Kashmir Opinion | Deforestation in the Pir Panjal: An Unspoken Ecological Catastrophe By: Mohammad Muslim Bhat For Nazir Ahmad Lone, a man who waited for seventeen years for darkness to fall before riding his horse into the forests of…...
How the Chatsworth Cascade dating back to the 1690s is finally being fixed
19+ hour, 42+ min ago (479+ words) The 23 steps that make up the cascade at Chatsworth House have been the centrepiece of the stately home's garden for more than 325 years. But over the centuries, leakage through its stones began to impact the tunnels underneath it and put…...
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2+ day, 6+ hour ago (22+ words) Explore the National Park Service National Park Service (.gov) Official websites use.gov Secure.gov websites use HTTPS Return to Previous Page...
'Long overdue': Northampton County park renamed for pair of land conservation advocates
2+ day, 11+ hour ago (278+ words) Mostly clear, cool, and comfortable.. WILLIAMS TWP., Pa.- Northampton County will rename one of its parks in honor of two open space preservation pioneers. Fry's Run Park in Williams Township will be known as the Mineo Conservation Area, recognizing the…...
A forward-thinking Agriculture secretary gifted us a wonder 100 years ago
3+ day, 3+ hour ago (506+ words) This week marks the 100th anniversary of the policy directive by U.S. Agriculture Secretary William Jardine that 640,000 acres of forests and waters in northern Minnesota be managed as a roadless wilderness area. "It will be the policy of the Department (of Agriculture)…...
Sumter National Forest Adds 1,950 Acres in Laurens County
3+ day, 13+ hour ago (349+ words) Dale Threatt-Taylor said development moving south along the I-26 corridor is putting natural spaces under significant pressure, per the Greenville News report. The newly transferred acreage adjoins a 335-acre Laurens County park, and the Enoree Ranger District already offers hiking, horseback…...
North Carolina acquired more than 342 acres without using local purchase money; the mountain property is now moving toward becoming Buncombe County's largest public park
4+ day, 4+ hour ago (570+ words) A 342-acre mountain property west of Asheville has moved another step closer to becoming a public park, with Buncombe County now developing the master plan for what it says will be the largest park in its portfolio. The county completed…...
In 1976, Minnesota residents fought plans for landfills and development along their river valley; 50 years later, the refuge they helped create protects more than 15,000 acres
4+ day, 6+ hour ago (356+ words) Half a century ago, a stretch of Minnesota river country faced a very different future. Plans for landfills and development threatened the Minnesota River bottoms, prompting local residents to push back against a transformation they believed would erase one of…...