Coniah Boda photographed this gray jay at the Grand Mesa National Forest in Colorado.
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World's tallest timber tower to be built in British Columbia
It’s mid-century-modern slab tower made of our favorite 21st century material.
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Plant a tree in Madagascar, just by watching a very short video
Watch a 45 second video and trigger a donation from a private company so that Eden Projects can pay villagers to plant trees – up to 10,000 of them.
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Container is the new black, officially a style now.
Actually, they have been for a while, but it’s catching up in America.
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News Release: U.S. rivers show few signs of improvement from historic nitrate increases
During 1945 to 1980, nitrate levels in large U.S. rivers increased up to fivefold in intensively managed agricultural areas of the Midwest, according to a new U.S. Geological Survey study. … The USGS study, reported in the Journal of the American Water Resources Association, includes rivers flowing into the Great Lakes and coastal waters such as Long Island Sound, Delaware River estuary, Chesapeake Bay, San Francisco Bay, and the Gulf of Mexico.
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Kellogg, PepsiCo leading food & beverage makers in water efficiency, study shows
According to new research conducted by Lux Research, the companies Kellogg and PepsiCo have led food and beverage makers, respectively, in efficiency of water use — an important metric for the long-term profitability and sustainability of resource-intensive businesses.
Source: Industrial Water News
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News Release: Everglades’ alligator numbers drop after dry years
Alligators and the Everglades go hand-in-hand, and as water conditions change in the greater Everglades ecosystem, gators are one of the key species that could be affected. A recent study conducted by researchers from the U.S. Geological Survey, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the University of Florida found the number of American alligators observed in the Arthur R. Marshall Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge dropped following dry years, and then appeared to recover in later non-dry years.
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California officials outline preparations for El Niño flooding
As California braces for torrential downpours this winter from El Niño, authorities have stockpiled extra sandbags across the state while putting hundreds of personnel through flood-control training, officials told state lawmakers on Wednesday.
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After long summer, water pumping resumes
With the harvest ending and demand for water on the decline, senior water-right holders can once more draw from the San Joaquin River, state officials announced this week.
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Water weed strikes again
The Delta’s floating green menace has now forced the city of Stockton to close its largest boat launch, another sign that this year’s water hyacinth invasion is just as nasty — if not more so — than last year’s.
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