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- Future of Grizzly Bear Study Group in Dire Straits
" width="224" height="168" align="right" hspace="10" alt="'Someone to watch over me': Grizzly 399 and Spirit look to the future" title="'Someone to watch over me': Grizzly 399 and Spirit look to the future" />As Interior Secretary Doug Burgum touts successful dire wolf revival, IGBST fights for survival.Read More
- Considering Grizzlies, Judge Stalls Grazing Plan North of Yellowstone
" width="224" height="168" align="right" hspace="10" alt="High ground in Paradise above grazelands" title="High ground in Paradise above grazelands" />In a win for environmental coalition, wildlife agencies ordered to review livestock grazing impacts on grizzly bears.Read More
- Enviro Groups Petition DEQ to Limit Nutrient Pollution on Big Hole River
" width="224" height="168" align="right" hspace="10" alt="Algae blooms in the Big Hole River" title="Algae blooms in the Big Hole River" />Petitioners say pollution-related algal blooms are threatening the Big Hole’s famed trout fishery.Read More
- Idaho DEQ Presses Pause on Proposed Stibnite Gold Mine
" width="224" height="168" align="right" hspace="10" alt="A proposed gold mine would be located near the "Glory Hole" on the East Fork of the South Fork Salmon River in Idaho" title="A proposed gold mine would be located near the "Glory Hole" on the East Fork of the South Fork Salmon River in Idaho" />Agency requires mining company to revise water quality plan related to a gold mine that would process 120 million tons of tailings over 15 years. Read More
- Whitebark Pine: An Education in Trees
" width="224" height="168" align="right" hspace="10" alt="Ecologist Nancy Diamond in her element: the Teton backcountry with whitebark pine" title="Ecologist Nancy Diamond in her element: the Teton backcountry with whitebark pine" />Mountain ski guides frequent the high alpine where whitebark pine grows. Two are using their time in the backcountry to educate others on the power and grace of this endangered tree.Read More
Daily Yonder
- Education Leaders Urge Congress to Pass Secure Rural Schools Act, But Warn It’s an Unsustainable Funding Solution
When students in rural Trinity County, California, gaze out their classroom windows, they see the tree-filled landscape of Shasta-Trinity National Forest, which spans more than 2 million acres in the northeast corner of the state. The expansive forest might inspire dreams of outdoor adventure for locals, but for Trinity County and other rural forest communities The post Education Leaders Urge Congress to Pass Secure Rural Schools Act, But Warn It’s an Unsustainable Funding Solution appeared first on The Daily Yonder.
- USDA Cuts Hit Small Farms as Trump Showers Billions on Big Farms
This story was originally published by Stateline. Anna Pesek saw a federal program supporting local food purchases as much more than a boost to her Iowa pork and poultry farm. The U.S. Department of Agriculture grant program that allowed schools and food banks to buy fresh products from small farms helped her forge new business The post USDA Cuts Hit Small Farms as Trump Showers Billions on Big Farms appeared first on The Daily Yonder.
- Review: “Homestand” Makes Compelling Case for Small Town Baseball
In American towns, before air conditioning and television turned suburban homes into social coffins, minor league baseball anchored the evenings of summer. For most of the 20th century, the best place to be on a hot July night was the local ballyard. There was a cool breeze there, and at home no baseball to see The post Review: “Homestand” Makes Compelling Case for Small Town Baseball appeared first on The Daily Yonder.
