How do you protect wildlife from sprawl? - High Country News
WEBAug 1, 2024 · The herd’s passage takes it through Eagle Mountain — 50 square miles of sprawling exurb, composed mostly of subdivisions layered atop former ranchlands. Since its incorporation in 1996, Eagle ...
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Federal, state and local agencies reach agreement to address …
WEBDec 1, 2022 · The Colorado River Board of California responded by pledging to conserve 1.6 million acre-feet of water by 2026. The Imperial Irrigation District agreed to take the biggest cut —1 million acre ...
How Indigenous voters swung the 2020 election - High Country …
WEBNov 6, 2020 · As of Nov. 9, the three counties that overlap with the Hopi Tribe and Navajo Nation went for Biden at a rate of 57%, as opposed to 51% statewide. Voter precincts on the Navajo Nation ranged from ...
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A reality check on Biden’s ‘30 by 30’ conservation plan
WEBJun 23, 2021 · A week after Joe Biden became president, he signed an executive order that announced his commitment to protecting 30% of U.S. land and water — over 720 million acres — by 2030. The move ...
The Klamath River now has the legal rights of a person
WEBSep 24, 2019 · In December 2018, the White Earth Band of Ojibwe and the 1855 Treaty Authority, an organization that upholds treaty rights for Chippewa bands, established legal personhood for wild rice.
How a rare butterfly returned - High Country News
WEBNov 1, 2022 · After the butterfly’s rediscovery in 1989, researchers began searching for Kincaid’s lupine. Like the insect, the plant was exceedingly rare. It grows in upland prairies, ecosystems comprised ...
Study finds surprising source of Colorado River water supply
WEBJun 20, 2016 · Now, a new study, released last month by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), helps quantify just how much: more than half the flow of rivers in the upper part of the Colorado River Basin is ...
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