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Producers in South Dakota Encouraged to Apply Now For Conservation Programs
NATURAL RESOURCES CONSERVATION SERVICE, Huron, S.D., October 26, 2023 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is encouraging agricultural producers and forest landowners in South Dakota to participate in voluntary conservation programs and adopt climate-smart practices in fiscal year (FY) 2024 as part of President Biden’s Investing in America agenda. USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS)…
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Local students invited to take part in annual Conservation Contest
For the Tomahawk Leader LINCOLN COUNTY – The Lincoln County Conservation Program is inviting public, private and homeschooled students in the county to take part in its annual Conservation Contest. The Conservation Contest encourages students to submit posters or write and perform speeches that illustrate the conservation theme of the year. For 2024, the Conservation…
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Conserve Sauk Film Festival to focus on land conservation, environmental protection
John Gittings A group of Sauk County institutions and organizations are coming together for the third time in four years to bring awareness of the county’s landscape and environment through film. The Conserve Sauk Film Festival will air 22 environmental-themed films, most of them locally produced, in five rooms at the Umhoefer Building at UW-Platteville…
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New House Speaker Champions Fossil Fuels and Dismisses Climate Concerns
Representative Mike Johnson comes from Louisiana oil country and has said he does not believe burning fossil fuels is changing the climate. Representative Mike Johnson of Louisiana, the newly elected House speaker, has questioned climate science, opposed clean energy and received more campaign contributions from oil and gas companies than from any other industry last…
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Signify supports biodiversity conservation research in Yunnan
Yao Mengming, general manager of the Lighting Design and Application Department of Signify Greater China (second from right), Hu Jiaojiao, co-founder of Tianjin-based Polar Hub (first from right), together with industry experts in lighting, botany and zoology, join a round table for a discussion on promoting China’s biodiversity conservation in Beijing in October. [Photo provided…
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The American Climate Corps Trains for Conservation Jobs
The American Climate Corps Trains for Conservation Jobs Lorrie Boyer Reporter The American Climate Corps is an interagency partnership between America the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and the Departments of Labor, interior agriculture, and Energy. And according to america.gov, through partnerships, labor organizations, apprentice-ready programs, educational institutions, and other organizations. The American Climate Corps…
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Set up your future with a sustainability course
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Newsletter 2023-10-26
FEATURED Nepal’s tiger conservation gets tech boost with AI-powered deer tracking by Abhaya Raj Joshi — October 23, 2023 – Endangered tigers in Nepal heavily rely on spotted deer as their primary prey, making their conservation crucial.– Researchers in Nepal are using vertical cameras and AI technology to track and profile individual spotted deer (Axis axis), similar to…
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State marks first orphan well plugged with federal aid
HOLLAND — State officials lauded the first gas well to be plugged with money from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law on Wednesday. Gov. Kathy Hochul said the state received $25 million in the law for the work thanks to a federal grant, and efforts are on to plug more abandoned oil and gas wells. The goal,…
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Subsistence poaching found to have little impact on biodiversity in the Amazon’s environmental protection areas
The researchers installed 720 camera traps in 100 human communities inside and outside nine sustainable-use protected areas. Credit: Ricardo Sampaio The presence of Indigenous communities and traditional river dwellers in extractive reserves located in Legal Amazonia is not a threat to birds and mammals considered subsistence poaching targets, according to a study reported in the…