Tag: Natural resource management
US wildlife managers propose protections for rare chicken
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — U.S. wildlife managers on Wednesday proposed federal protections for the lesser prairie chicken, saying its habitat across five states is in...
Luplow’s catch preserves Indians’ 6-5 win over Tigers
DETROIT — Jordan Luplow made a diving catch on Eric Haase's sinking liner to right field with the bases loaded, preserving a 6-5 victory...
Carolina Tiger Rescue takes in big cats from Tiger King Park
PITTSBORO, N.C. — A North Carolina big cat sanctuary will temporarily care for four animals seized from the private zoo in Oklahoma featured in...
Wolves scare deer and reduce auto collisions 24%, study says
WASHINGTON — Ecologist Rolf Peterson remembers driving remote stretches of road in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula and seeing areas strewn with deer carcasses. But that...
As drought intensifies, California seeing more wildfires
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — As California sinks deeper into drought it already has had more than 900 additional wildfires than at this point in 2020,...
Last cat out of the Tiger King Park bag as seizure completed
THACKERVILLE, Okla. — Federal officials have removed the last of the 68 big cats from the private zoo in Oklahoma that had been the...
3 Indiana communities get EPA grants to address brownfields
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — Three Indiana communities are getting a share of $1.4 million in federal grants to help clean up or assess pollution at...
Carbon storage offers hope for climate, cash for farmers
<p>ORIENT, Ohio — The rye and rapeseed that Rick Clifton cultivated in central Ohio were coming along nicely — until his tractor rumbled over...
Greek firefighters battle major forest fire for 2nd day
<p>ATHENS, Greece — Greek firefighters were battling a major forest fire in the Corinth region west of Athens for a second day Friday, with...
Carbon storage offers hope for climate, cash for farmers
ORIENT, Ohio — The rye and rapeseed that Rick Clifton cultivated in central Ohio were coming along nicely — until his tractor rumbled over...