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Yvon Chouinard attended 2017 Chile land donation signing; a year later, the deal added 10 million acres to national parklandsYvon Chouinard joined a significant conservation effort in Chile which led to the creation of new national parks. In March 2017, an agreeme...- He spent 50 years protecting Yosemite, then dug his own grave and planted Sequoias around itGalen Clark arrived in Yosemite seeking health benefits and became its first guardian while promoting conservation efforts. He measured the...
- Boston Light has stood since 1716 and was automated in 1998, but Congress kept a keeper on it; when Sally Snowman retired in 2023, the US lost its last oneBoston Light, located in Boston Harbor, was the last manually operated lighthouse in the United States. The light became automated in 1998,...
- PepsiCo, DHL among customers as Tesla kicks off Semi electric truck deliveriesTesla is starting deliveries of its Semi trucks, which are designed for long-haul freight transportation. Customers like PepsiCo and DHL re...
- Why Wyoming’s Yellowstone Park stop feeding bears? How garbage dumps once became an attractionYellowstone National Park experienced significant challenges in managing bear-human interactions due to improper waste management. In the l...
- Who is Timothy J Kelly? Federal judge appointed by Trump overturns his ban on journalists, orders White House to immediately reinstate accessThis isn’t Federal judge Timothy J Kelly’s first high-profile case involving Trump and White House press access. In 2018, he temporarily re...
- A Utah parking lot exposed 150-million-year-old dinosaur fossils. Bones and surrounding rock weighing 3,000 pounds were removed.3,000 pounds of fossils and rock were removed from a Utah parking lot construction site. Paleontologists assessed the excavated remains, an...
- US to fund $7 billion of Argentina mineral, energy projects, document showsThe US Export-Import Bank plans to provide up to $7 billion in financing for critical minerals and energy projects in Argentina, as Washing...
- India, Chile working towards CEPA, top official saysIndia and Chile are pursuing a Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement to enhance trade. Bilateral trade between the two nations surpa...
- Florida doesn't know where invasive giant Burmese pythons are hiding in the Everglades. So scientists are following the malesIn Florida, scientists are cleverly using male Burmese pythons equipped with transmitters to track down their breeding groups. These males ...
- In 1906, John Otto, a trail builder fell in love with Colorado’s red-rock canyons; five years later, they became a national monument and he became their custodian for $1 a monthIn 1906, John Otto, a trail builder fell in love with Colorado’s red-rock canyons; five years later, they became a national monument and he...
- Gaurav, 10-year-old Namibian cheetah, dies at Kuno National Park: Rescued from the wild after showing weakness, muscle wasting and dehydrationTen-year-old Namibian cheetah Gaurav died at Madhya Pradesh's Kuno National Park on Monday while undergoing treatment after being rescued f...
- She lives in Yellowstone, but once had a corporate job earning $75,000 in Chicago: 26-year-old learns why sometimes earning less still makes financial senseA 26-year-old woman walked away from a $75,000 corporate job in Chicago and moved to Yellowstone National Park to work as a seamstress. Her...
- PE investments in flex office spaces rise to USD 30.9 mn in H1 2026: Knight Frank IndiaPrivate equity investment in India's flex office sector hit USD 30.9 million across two deals in H1 2026, already above the USD 24.3 millio...
- Meet Tom Hodgdon, a California rancher who built a two-story cabin in 1879; 81 years later, the National Park Service moved it to Wawona’s Pioneer Yosemite History CenterThe Hodgdon Homestead Cabin, constructed in 1879, found its new home in Yosemite National Park after being meticulously disassembled. This ...
- Franklin D. Roosevelt’s father bought this 110-acre New York property for $40,000 in 1867; the estate kept expanding until it covered nearly 1,600 acres when the president died in 1945Franklin D. Roosevelt estate: Franklin D. Roosevelt’s family estate in Hyde Park, New York, began with his father’s purchase of the propert...
- Before the 1960s, Yellowstone’s Morning Glory Pool was deep blue. Visitors threw in pennies, rocks and garbage, and its color changedYellowstone National Park is grappling with an escalating issue of litter left by visitors. This debris often contaminates the park's delic...
- In 1903, America’s first Black national park superintendent took charge at Sequoia; his troops completed more improvements that summer than the previous three years combinedCaptain Charles Young became the first Black acting superintendent of national parks in 1903. He oversaw significant road and trail improve...
- Meet Jack Johnson, the Hawaii-born musician who turned his success into environmental action, co-founding a foundation that supports school gardens, recycling, sustainable food systems and environmental education across HawaiiJack Johnson is known around the world for his music, but his connection to Hawaii has always run deeper than his songs. He and his wife, K...
- A national park larger than Yosemite was born after Ohio-born fashion moghul donated 725,000 acres in 1990 to save wildlife and forestOhio-born fashion mogul Douglas Tompkins shifted from business to conservation, beginning work to protect Chilean forests in 1992. His Tomp...
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