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“I have always admired The Nature Conservancy for its effectiveness,” she said. Both Livermore and Chis Montague, another retiree of the organization with an esteemed legacy in preservation, were ...

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The heat and rhythmic intensity of the collection of dancers spinning, stopping, flinging legs had Liam Beebe of Washington sweating in his orange regalia as he walked from the powwow floor, the drum ...

The Trump administration's proposal to change the definition of the word “harm” in the Endangered Species Act could bring ...

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Research on microplastics is still ongoing — but what we know so far is deeply troubling. Researchers uncover alarming issue ...

USA TODAY readers reaffirmed what we already knew and recognized Naples as having one of the best small town food scenes.