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California's Tule River tribe had not had beavers on its southern Sierra Nevada lands for decades; now a family of seven is back in the South Fork Tule River watershedIn a historic move, the Tule River Tribe has embraced ancient pictographs to spearhead their beaver restoration project. Reintroducing thes...- In 1857, a carpenter given six months to live moved into Yosemite; he survived 53 more years and spent five decades protecting its giant sequoiasGalen Clark moved to Yosemite seeking health and found a new purpose. He discovered the Mariposa Grove of giant sequoias and began protecti...
- In 1942, America completed Friant Dam and diverted most of the San Joaquin River into farms; a salmon run once numbering nearly 50,000 adults collapsedFriant Dam construction in California significantly altered the San Joaquin River's flow. This action disconnected salmon from their spawni...
- Meet Hulda Crooks, the Canadian-born 'Grandma Whitney' who climbed Mount Fuji at 91, conquered Mount Whitney 23 times and had a mountain named after herHulda Crooks, a Canadian-born American mountaineer, achieved extraordinary climbing feats in her nineties. Crooks climbed Mount Whitney 23 ...
- In the 1950s, US scientists planned to use nuclear bombs to blast a harbor on the Alaskan coast: Project Chariot, a Cold War scheme to reshape the map with atomic blastsIn 1958, the US proposed Project Chariot to blast a harbor in Alaska. This plan was part of Operation Plowshare, seeking peaceful nuclear e...
- Scientists thought the world's tallest trees would be the first to die in drought; New study reveals astonishing survival secret hidden inside their trunksA new study has revealed that giant dipterocarp trees have evolved highly efficient water transport systems that help them move water throu...
- Final dive for glory: Sajan Prakash targets Commonwealth Games medalAce Indian swimmer Sajan Prakash eyes a podium finish and a personal best in his final Commonwealth Games appearance. After a break, he's i...
- A giant lake vanished for 130 years, then returned and flooded 120,000 acres overnightA massive lake in California, Tulare Lake, vanished over a century ago. Recent extreme storms brought it back, submerging farmland. This ev...
- Deadly Sierra Nevada avalanche kills eight backcountry skiers, leaves one missing as severe storm hinders rescue near TruckeeEight skiers have died and one remains missing after a powerful avalanche struck a group near Truckee, California. The group, returning fro...
- Ten skiers missing in California avalanche, six strandedAn avalanche near Lake Tahoe in California's Sierra Nevada mountains swept through the Castle Peak area, leaving ten skiers missing and six...
- Blue Origin, Boeing chart course for 'business park' in spaceOrbital Reef will be operated as a "mixed use business park", and plans to provide the infrastructure needed to scale economic activity and...
- Wendy's partners with Rebel Foods to open 250 cloud kitchens in IndiaRebel Foods will partner with Sierra Nevada Restaurants, which holds India master franchisee for Wendy's, to develop and operate the US-bas...
- Localised menu, entry-level pricing, highway outlets to be focus areas: Wendy’sThe quick service restaurant company and domestic firms Rebel Foods and Sierra Nevada Restaurants have signed a strategic partnership to ex...
- Wendy’s dealer buys out Amtek unit in JV, to push for growthRollatainers held half the stake in Sierra Nevada Restaurants, an equally owned joint venture with International Market Management (IMM), a...
- Driving Tesla on Autopilot for 8 hours - and living to tell the taleAutopilot was engaged during a horrific broadside accident made public in June, and it’s no exaggeration to say that it has changed the way...
- Elon Musk's SpaceX, Orbital ATK split $14-billion pact with newcomerElon Musk faces a fresh challenge from a newcomer with a reusable spacecraft after Nasa split a cargo pact valued at as much as $14 bn betw...
- Carnation Hospitality to invest Rs 250 crore in 5 years“This space is interesting as it generates huge footfalls for the brands,” said Sanjay Chhabra, managing director of Carnation Hospitality."
- US burger chain Wendy's to open first outlet in GurgaonAmerican fast food restaurant chain Wendy's is all set to make its India debut tomorrow, it was officially announced here today.
- US hamburger chain Wendy's to make India debut in 2015, ties up with Sierra NevadaThe third largest hamburger chain in the US Wendy's will make India debut in Q1 of 2015 with 8-10 outlets in first year.
- Monster storm sweeps through CaliforniaA dangerous layer of heavy snow covered the Northern California mountains, and a levee break flooded hundreds of homes in Nevada on Saturda...
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