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Group sues EPA over invasive species regulations

TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. – An environmental group is suing the federal government, seeking tougher rules dealing with ballast water discharges from ships to prevent more invasive species from re...

Hormones help make new plants from cuttings

Take a look at new shoots growing on a favorite shrub or vine and you’ll see that the bases of these shoots may be beginning to toughen up, their once soft, green outer layer turning brown a...

Agency denies ribbon seal endangered species listing

ANCHORAGE, Alaska – The federal government has rejected an endangered species listing for a seal species that relies on sea ice for molting and reproducing. The National Marine Fi...

Herbs increasingly used in home canning

Culinary herbs are among the hottest trends in gardening. They also are popular among families who preserve fresh foods for later use. Nearly 70 percent of home canners are growin...

Colorado’s moose population grows

Elsewhere, herds head for decline

Lake gets a break

Researchers go high-tech to save N.Y.’s Lake George

Earth briefs

Durango Nature Studies announces programs Durango Nature Studies will host these programs: Weekly Wee Walk Abouts, preschool nature walks, will be held from 10 to 11 a....

Earth Briefs

Cattle Growers to host convention The Colorado Independent Cattle Growers Association will host its eighth annual convention July 19-20 in Sterling. The convention wil...

Marijuana crops in California seen as deadly threat to forests, wildlife

ARCATA, Calif. – It took the death of a small, rare member of the weasel family to focus the attention of Northern California’s marijuana growers on the effect that their huge and expanding ...

Methane bubbles up in drinking water

Contamination from fracking in Pennsylvania ‘not epidemic’

Invasive species get the ax

Durango removing nonnative trees from riverside property

Fruits may need thinning for growth, flavor

Fruit trees that were so full of blossoms this spring that they looked like giant snowballs foretell a heavy crop of fruit later this year. Too heavy. Too much, perha...