Overgrazing
Overgrazing is one of the most critical environmental problems facing the western United States. Rangelands have been mismanaged for over a hundred years, mainly due to cattle grazing. I...
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Colorado's top wildlife officer would rather not see the burgeoning elk herd in Rocky Mountain National Park thinned by park employees hunting at night with rifles and silencers.Instead, licensed h...
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China is forcing nomadic Tibetan herders to settle in towns to clear land for development, leaving many unable to earn a living, a human rights group said in a report issued Sunday.Herders have bee...
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Twisting out of the hot sand of the Arabian Peninsula is one of nature's toughest trees. Known for its coarse bark and green canopy that provides rare shade from the sweltering sun, the ghaf tree h...
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Each fall, a classic scene from the Old West comes thundering across a ridge.Hundreds of buffalo are herded into corrals at Custer State Park as part of an annual roundup, kicking up clouds of dust...
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BEIJING, Jan 24 (Reuters) - There is little cause for
optimism in China's fight to turn back the spreading deserts,
with efforts so far failing to live up to expectations, a
senior government offi...
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An environmental group said Thursday some of the world's greatest natural treasures are threatened with destruction because of global warming _ from the Great Barrier Reef to the Amazon rain forest...
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Desertification represents one of the "greatest environmental challenge of our times" and could set off mass migrations of people fleeing degraded homelands, a United Nations report warned Thursday...
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EASTTRENTON, N.J. (AP) _ State residents who live under homeowner associations forfeit certain freedoms, the state Supreme Court said. In an unanimous ruling, the justices said the associations can...
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Overgrazing
Colo. looks to thin elk herd in park
