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An Alaska expedition uncovers new details about dinosaurs of the …
Sep 20, 2023 · Scientists traveled close to 130 river miles and recorded more than 90 dinosaur track sites this summer. The majority of footprints they identified were left behind by a bipedal species known as ...
The Gadsden flag is a symbol. But whose? - High Country News
May 18, 2020 · Historians point to Christopher Gadsden — a slave-owning South Carolinian — as the namesake for the iconic yellow flag. Gadsden, a colonel in the Continental Army, is believed to have gifted ...
A reality check on Biden’s ‘30 by 30’ conservation plan
by Wufei Yu June 23, 2021January 24, 2024. A week after Joe Biden became president, he signed an executive order that announced his commitment to protecting 30% of U.S. land and water — over 720 ...
How, 150 years ago, the Homestead Act transformed the West
Dec 9, 2012 · This year marks the 150th anniversary of the fruit of Jefferson’s conviction — the 1862 Homestead Act. The federal law changed the West forever by providing a new start for urban emigrants ...
Winter without snow is coming - High Country News
Dec 14, 2021 · Articles Climate Change. Winter without snow is coming. Parts of the Mountain West could be nearly snowless for years at a time in just a few decades. by Sarah Sax December 14, 2021January 24 ...
6 things you should know about the 2021 Native American Voting …
Sep 10, 2021 · 3) It permits tribes to designate buildings to use as addresses for registration. This would allow tribal members without a residential address, stable address or mail delivery to register, pick ...
How solar geoengineering is clouding issues of tribal consent
Feb 1, 2024 · The World Meteorological Association recently warned that the earth is likely to breach the 1.5-degree limit by 2027. Iseman believes solar geoengineering is necessary to save lives. “We’ve ...
Canadian water for California’s drought? - High Country News
Apr 28, 2015 · Fast-forward to the early ‘90s, and California was in the midst of another water shortage. A new wave of export proposals surfaced as Canadian companies looked to cash in on the Golden State’s ...
Indigenous knowledge helps untangle the mystery of Mesa Verde
October 2, 2017: Following Ancient Footsteps History. Indigenous knowledge helps untangle the mystery of Mesa Verde. Pueblo people and archaeologists work to understand the science of human ...