FUNDING AVAILABLE … Grant program available to support and empower local farmers to build climate resilience throughout the Granite State PUBLISHED ON November 1, 2023 The mission of the NH Conservation Districts Climate Resilience Grant is to support and empower local farmers to build climate resilience throughout the Granite State. (Stock photo: USDA NRCS Montana,…

Thousands of feet above northwest Montana’s Yaak Valley, a six-seater EcoFlight airplane soared through cloudy skies. As passengers pressed camera lenses up to the vehicle’s port-hole shaped windows to photograph the dense forest below, Anthony South, Headwaters Director for the Yaak Valley Forest Council, narrated the journey.  “We’ll be going over the Kootenai River in…

Water is a precious resource that plays a vital role in sustaining the diverse industries and residents of Texas. As the second-largest state in the United States (in square miles), Texas is known for its rich and varied landscape, including vast agricultural regions, a thriving energy sector, and rapidly growing urban areas. Understanding the multifaceted…

Dozens of environmental organizations and advocates are urging the Ford government to follow through on a key recommendation out of a 2021 report to protect 30 per cent of the province’s lands and waters for the environment. The Ford government established the Protected Area Working Group in 2021, composed of environmental experts from the private sector,…

The Ellen DeGeneres Campus of the Fossey Gorilla Fund was purpose-built to save gorillas – and inspire a new generation of environmental advocates In association with Habitat loss, poaching and disease threaten the populations of eastern and western lowland gorillas in Central Africa. Credit: Papa Bravo/Shutterstock This is an edited excerpt from an article that…

A constant and stable environment with consistent temperatures year-round, and no one is telling you how to get there. Caves are entirely void of light; they are mazelike and claustrophobic. People die every year in caves. There is nothing in a cave worth going in for, yet caving is a hobby for many. Despite every…

MARQUETTE — Northern Michigan University alumnus and renowned eagle researcher William Bowerman (’91 MA) was among three innovators to receive the 2023 Lowell Thomas Award from The Explorers Club, an international professional society dedicated to the advancement of field research, scientific exploration and resource conservation. The ceremony was held recently in Oslo, Norway. The Munising…

Editor’s Note: This fact sheet is reposted from the White House Briefing Room and details more than $5 billion in investments across five U.S. Department of Agriculture initiatives that are helping farmers adopt new climate-smart agricultural practices, supporting community infrastructure, and increasing economic development in rural towns and communities. These initiatives include: WASHINGTON, November 1,…

Today, President Biden will travel to Northfield, Minnesota to visit Dutch Creek Farms to lead his Administration’s Investing in Rural America Event Series and highlight investments from the Biden Administration in Rural America. During the visit, President Biden will announce over $5 billion in new investments from his Investing in America agenda – including the…