Tag: Environmental conservation and preservation
Epic Games CEO saves old growth forests in North Carolina
ASHEVILLE, N.C. — The founder of Epic Games is donating a large stretch of North Carolina's Appalachian highlands to be preserved as a haven...
Biden taps Montana environmentalist for US public lands boss
<p>BILLINGS, Mont. — President Joe Biden has nominated a longtime environmental advocate and Democratic aide to oversee the vast expanses of federally-owned land in...
AP PHOTOS: Dubai-bred baby sharks released into Persian Gulf
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — The baby sharks, bred at a gargantuan luxury resort on Dubai’s artificial palm-shaped island, had never before encountered the...
Earth Day: Rehabilitated sea turtle released in Florida Keys
<p>MARATHON, Fla. — Staff from the Florida Keys-based Turtle Hospital released a rehabilitated loggerhead sea turtle back to the ocean on Thursday to mark...
DeSantis, Army Corps reach deal on major Everglades project.
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Gov. Ron DeSantis signed an agreement Thursday with the Army Corps of Engineers that will continue work on a key...
Biden taps Montana environmentalist for US public lands boss
BILLINGS, Mont. — President Joe Biden has nominated a longtime environmental advocate and Democratic aide to oversee the vast expanses of federally-owned land in...
Judge sets deadline for rare Nevada plant-listing decision
RENO, Nev. — A federal judge has given the Fish and Wildlife Service just 30 more days to make an overdue decision on whether...
Earth Day: Rehabilitated sea turtle released in Florida Keys
MARATHON, Fla. — Staff from the Florida Keys-based Turtle Hospital released a rehabilitated loggerhead sea turtle back to the ocean on Thursday to mark...
AP PHOTOS: Dubai-bred baby sharks released into Persian Gulf
<p>DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — The baby sharks, bred at a gargantuan luxury resort on Dubai’s artificial palm-shaped island, had never before encountered the...
DeSantis, Army Corps reach deal on major Everglades project.
<p>ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Gov. Ron DeSantis signed an agreement Thursday with the Army Corps of Engineers that will continue work on a key...