Two male snakes were seen struggling as they fought for dominance in a Georgia swamp. A video posted to YouTube shows the slender bodies of the reptiles tangling in the recent confrontation in a stream in Bulloch County. “This is basically a fight for the right to mate with a local female,” Matthew Moore,...
Read MoreOn Friday, a new stretch of Bowling Green park will officially debut. West Wintergarden Prairie, in Wintergarden / St. John’s Nature Preserve, will be officially presented at 4 p.m. According to a statement, the city and the Parks and Recreation Department announced the development of trails through the most recent land acquisition in. The...
Read MoreMountain View, California –– Today, Google.org announced $ 3 million in grants to BlueConduit Charitable fund, NRDC (Natural Resources Defense Council) and WE ACT for environmental justice to support the equitable replacement of lead service lines. The grants will fund the development of BlueConduit’s open source machine learning technologies, which will allow cities of...
Read MoreImportance Sustainable use protected areas (PAs) have contributed to the conservation of tropical biodiversity by discouraging deforestation in many countries, but their social and economic benefits for local stakeholders remain poorly understood. The Amazon is home to the largest tropical PA system on Earth, which aims to safeguard its rich biological and cultural diversity....
Read MoreANNAPOLIS, Maryland (WJZ) – Governor Larry Hogan announced the creation of the Ofoffice of Outside Recreation within the department of Maryland of Natural Resources (MRN). Newly hired J. Daryl Anthony will be its first executive director. “A of the hallmark of our state is stewardship of our lands and waters by the Marylanders who...
Read MoreWhen the dams were completed in the early 1940s, creating Lakes Marion and Moultrie – Santee Cooper Lakes – no major fishing was expected. The construction of dams on rivers was expected to create jobs and generate cheap electricity. Fishing, boating and hunting were by-products. But the striped bass, an anadromous fish found along...
Read MoreAt AKS Engineering and Forestry, business is personal. “We want our clients to know that with every job, we feel like it’s our money at stake,” says Blair Carlson, Owner and Senior Project Manager. This type of service ethic is what has helped AKS grow steadily. AKS started with three founders in 1996, offering...
Read MorePosted September 24, 2021. Close up view of the face of a lake sturgeon. Michigan Department of Natural Resources photo. by Jennifer Johnson and Darren Kramer, Michigan Department of Natural Resources Lake sturgeon are long-lived fish species that were once common in the Great Lakes. However, over the past two centuries, lake sturgeon populations...
Read MoreBNRF says ready to help new ministry NASSAU, BAHAMAS – The Bahamas Natural Resources Foundation (BNRF) praised the Davis-led administration for what it called a “visionary position” in creating the first Ministry of the Environment and Natural Resources. After Golden Isles MP Vaughn Miller was sworn in as Minister of Environment and Natural Resources,...
Read MoreSalem currently does not have a plan to preserve the city’s waterways and other natural resources, despite a state planning target to do so. Watershed advocates say the recent approval of a planned subdivision shows the limits of this system as Salem projects tens of thousands of new residents. A sign in front of...
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