KINGSTON, N.Y. – More than 30 street trees have been planted in the city this year with funding provided, in part, by the state Department of Environmental Conservation, according to Mayor Steve Noble. On Thursday, Noble announced that 38 trees were planted throughout the city using funding from the DEC’s Urban and Community Forestry Grant…

The 40 Acre Conservation League, California’s first and only Black-led land conservancy, has recently acquired hundreds of acres of land in Placer County, a significant step towards making outdoor experiences more inclusive.  The league acknowledges a long-standing history of discrimination and racism in the industry, public land and environment. With this new land acquisition, the…

Abstract Despite the study of subterranean biodiversity facing harsh sampling and mapping challenges, the huge diversity of taxa, ecological adaptations and evolutionary trajectories in subterranean environments is gaining increasing attention. Yet, the spatial and environmental factors driving the composition of groundwater communities are still poorly understood. To partially fill this knowledge gap, we collected copepod…

Abstract With the deepening of the concept of sustainable development of the whole society, protecting forest resources has become a crucial task of the current society. The present forestry industrial structure of Heilongjiang state-owned forest areas has undergone significant changes, and the transformation of the forestry industry has become increasingly prominent. How to deepen the…

Did y’all know it was National Mississippi Day? Published 5:16 pm Thursday, November 30, 2023 So, according to the National Day Calendar website, NationalToday.com.  November 30 is National Mississippi Day, honoring those who live in our great state. We who live here know we are great, but it is nice to know we also have…

The tragedy of the infamous Dust Bowl era of the 1930s was repeated in the “mini” dust storm on I-55 in the heart of the U.S. Corn Belt in May 2023. A recent article that I wrote alongside Randall Reeder, Rattan Lal, David R. Montgomery and the late David Brandt, highlighted soil mismanagement that caused…

POTENTIAL IMPACT The process of reclaiming land from sea “would certainly lead to the decline of marine species living in the sea and potentially habitats around it”, said Associate Professor Huang Danwei from the National University of Singapore (NUS). For example, half of coastal wetlands in China have been lost to land reclamation. The deputy head…

TOWN OF GLEN — A family-owned farm in Glen will safeguard its longevity and ensure the spread remains forever farmland following the completion of a conservation project. Glenvue Farm owners, Russ and Judy Kelly, worked with Mohawk Hudson Land Conservancy (MHLC) to secure a state Department of Agriculture and Markets grant funding the purchase of…

Courtesy Elite Long Island Outfitters On October 19, a deer hunter sitting in a tree stand on a tract of farmland in Orient watched as what looked like someone’s dog approached his stand. The hunter took his cell phone out and a shot a video – of a healthy male coyote. “We knew it was…