CHICAGO — Two bald eagles hatchlings were recently spotted in a nest in a Chicago park in what city officials believe is the raptors’ first successful wild breeding in the Windy City in more than a century. Chicago Park District officials announced that bird-watchers observed nesting ...
The discovery of chronic wasting disease on the National Elk Refuge adds urgency to a 2021 plan to reexamine the size of the 11,000-strong Jackson Elk Herd, the nation’s largest migratory herd. The discovery also raises questions about the annual Scouts’ antler collection and auction, ...
HUNTINGDON — Juniata College marked a major milestone in the return of its Collegiate Clay Shooting Club last week, hosting its first home competition, the 2026 Pennsylvania Clay Club Collegiate Clay Championship, at Shenecoy Manor. The club is led by coach Jack Makdad (1985), an ...
Forget the specialty license plates. Oregon’s state legislature passed a bill that offers permanent, dedicated funding for conservation efforts for imperiled wildlife in the state. The bill, which raises the state’s transient lodging tax from 1.5% to 2.75%, was sponsored by Reps. Ken ...
BOSTON — Don’t overfish. Don’t trawl the seabed. Keep aquaculture healthy for the fish as well as the ocean. Some aspects of sustainable seafood are obvious and well-trod, even if the how-to intricacies likely are lost on most consumers. But sustainability today is complicated terrain, as much about business as bycatch, and why, for your next clam chowder, human rights matter as much as healthy habitats. Advocates now want you considering issues of labor abuses, the rights of indigenous populations to use traditional fishing practices, the carbon footprint of a salmon fillet ...
This Mother’s Day would have been my mother’s 101st birthday. Her birthday often fell on Mother’s Day over the years. I was the oldest of five kids and was born on her birthday. That year her birthday fell on the Saturday before Mother’s Day, and I conveniently arrived just in time for her first Mother’s Day. She passed away in 2021 at the age of 96, so Mother’s Day now brings a sense of loss along with many cherished memories and reflections. In that spirit, I would like to share again a tribute I wrote to my mother several years ago. My father was a city kid who never ...
