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Why no one knows exactly how much old-growth forest we have left
April 18, 2024
To use older trees to fight climate change, we need to know where they are. But new maps created by the Forest Service aren’t that detailed.
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Whitebark pines are in trouble. That means our water supply is, too
April 11, 2024
A nationwide effort to save the whitebark pine in underway. Much of the story is happening in the Pacific Northwest.
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After Texas’ largest wildfire is contained, a rancher moves on with a single calf
April 11, 2024
In testimony to state lawmakers, Dale Jenkins and his Panhandle peers shared the “hidden cost” of the wildfires.
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Electrifying Democracy in Rural America
April 10, 2024
For this energy policy expert, rural electric co-ops empower communities and strengthen democracy.
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1,100 Pieces Of Testimony Against A Bill Went Missing For Days. The Bill Passed And Then The Opponents’ Letters Showed Up
April 10, 2024
Hundreds of Lahaina fire victims came out strongly against a bill that could allow HECO to impose a new fee on customers to help prevent wildfires.
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Rhinebeck’s Rural and Undeveloped Character Remains Strong, New Report States
April 09, 2024
The habitat map and report marks the first update to the survey of the town’s ecological resources since 2007. Local officials intend to use it to identify the areas of greatest ecological significance, develop conservation goals, examine development trends, and establish conservation policies.
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Trouble in the wood basket: How a global push for renewable energy took advantage of rural Mississippi
April 09, 2024
In the last decade, towns like Gloster turned to what they saw as a new hope: the emerging wood pellet industry. While the industry is now grappling with a variety of environmental objections, the state and local governments have invested millions of dollars through tax exemptions and other incentives, in an attempt to stem rural disinvestment.
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‘One of the most beautiful sights I’ve seen in my lifetime’
April 08, 2024
Awestruck eclipse-watchers in Burlington said the event was like “a sunset or a sunrise on each side” and “like nothing I’ve ever seen.”
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A Displaced Family Finds Their Way Home After Rolling Fork Tornado
April 08, 2024
The town of Rolling Fork (Pop. 1,700) has struggled to rebuild after a deadly tornado struck last year as it charted a merciless path across one of the country’s poorest regions. One family is finding their way home.
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Clouds break just in time for many in Texas to view eclipse
April 08, 2024
In some parts of the state, the skies cleared enough for people to see the total solar eclipse.
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From Porches to Breakfast Counters, Residents Feel the Earth Move and Share their Stories
April 06, 2024
The gyration was an earthquake, measuring 4.8 on the Richter scale and centered about 130 miles southwest of Red Hook and Rhinebeck on the Ramapo fault line near Lebanon, N.J.
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Food and Environment Reporting Network
The ranching industry’s toxic grass problem
March 27, 2024
A quarter of the nation’s cattle eat tall fescue, a non-native grass that slowly poisons them. But ranchers have been hesitant to embrace two very different solutions.
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With advancements, EVs could make more sense for rural North Dakota
March 25, 2024
Infrastructure shortcomings, like the lack of fast-charging stations, will partly be addressed through funding from the federal National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (NEVI) program.
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Mushroom season comes early to Oklahoma
March 19, 2024
Yellow morels are prized for their rich, nutty taste — they sell for $20 a pound. These honeycomb-looking mushrooms usually spring up in forested areas starting in March or April. But this year, Oklahoma foragers started finding morel mushrooms in late February — about a month ahead of schedule.
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It was once his family’s farm — the largest Black-owned farm in Albemarle County — but now we all own part of it
March 14, 2024
Part of the Charlottesville First Person series – in partnership with Charlottesville Inclusive Media – Philip Cobbs tells the story of his birthplace, and why we should all know its history.
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