In 2023, more than 9 million visitors traveled to Hawai’i, contributing to a record-breaking $20.66 billion in visitor spending. Amid this sur…
The Amazon rainforest staggered through another difficult year in 2024. A second year of record drought contributed to wildfires that worsened deforestation across the massive forest, which spans Brazil, Peru, Colombia and other Latin American nations and is a critical counterweight to climate change. There were some bright spots. Both Brazil and Colombia reported lower levels of deforestation compared to prior years. Experts say Amazon countries need to do more to strengthen cross-border collaboration and that the global community who reap the benefits of commodities from the rainforest also need to pitch in.
Peyote, a cactus that contains mescaline, a hallucinogen, grows naturally in South Texas and northern Mexico. It is sacred to many Indigenous people, playing a central role in their ceremonies, spiritual practice and medicine. Peyote is being threatened by overharvesting, drug decriminalization laws and a resurgence in psychedelic use. Some Native American Church leaders have purchased a 605-acre ranch in southern Texas using funding from a philanthropic foundation with the goal of conserving and propagating peyote while teaching the younger generation their way of life. Some in the Native American Church are suspicious of eager investors and say the responsibility to protect and preserve peyote lies with the federal government.
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The Yurok Tribe will receive $5 million from the Bureau of Reclamation to restore four streams that feed the Klamath River.
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Beavers, whose pelts in the days of yore fueled the fur-trade business, are Oregon’s mascot, appearing on the state flag and giving Oregon the…
LIBERTY LAKE, Wash., Dec. 18, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Itron, Inc. (NASDAQ: ITRI), which is innovating new ways for utilities and cities to ma…
Colorful seasonal populations of monarch butterflies that visit a broad range of the Klamath Basin are being proposed as threatened under the …
