Native American environmental leader Billy Frank Jr. helped win Washington tribes’ their right to half the state’s harvestable fish. Now, a piece of his tribe’s native homeland will bear his name.
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Kazakh capital renamed again as ex-leader's legacy fades
In 2019, when Nazarbayev resigned after three decades in power, his successor Kassym-Jomart Tokayev renamed Astana to Nur-Sultan in honour of the ex-leader, who retained sweeping powers after his ...
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Kazakh Capital Renamed Again as Ex-Leader's Legacy Fades
Kazakh Capital Renamed Again as Ex-Leader's Legacy Fades ALMATY (Reuters) - Kazakhstan's parliament renamed the Central Asian nation's capital from Nur-Sultan to Astana on Friday, the latest move ...
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2 Maine wildlife refuges opened to limited hunting
The Merriland River is seen from an outlook Carson Trail on July 3, 2016, at Rachel Carson National Wildlife Refuge in Wells. Credit: Aislinn Sarnacki / BDN Two areas designated as Wildlife Refuge ...
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California, tribal leaders announce new tourism initiative
(AP) — In a state with the second-most federally recognized Indigenous tribes in the country, California officials and tribal leaders announced ... in the Pacific Northwest is Stereotactic ...
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Anti-Taliban tribal leader among 5 killed in northwest Pakistan bombing
Five people were killed in a blast in northwestern Pakistan on Tuesday, including an influential anti-Taliban tribal leader, police said, in the fist major bombing in over a decade in an area that ...
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Anti-Taliban tribal leader among 5 killed in northwest Pakistan bombing
PESHAWAR, Pakistan, Sept 13 (Reuters) - Five people were killed in a blast in northwestern Pakistan on Tuesday, including an influential anti-Taliban tribal leader, police said, in the fist major ...
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Anti-Taliban Tribal Leader Among 5 Killed in Northwest Pakistan Bombing
Anti-Taliban Tribal Leader Among 5 Killed in Northwest Pakistan Bombing By Jibran Ahmad PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) - Five people were killed in a blast in northwestern Pakistan on Tuesday ...
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Valle de Oro Wildlife Refuge celebrates 10 years, new visitor center
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – A local wildlife center is celebrating ... it was the first urban wildlife refuge established in the Southwest. During the event, leaders from across the state ...
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People in Northwest Florida are 'rescuing' fawns they think are abandoned. It's a bad idea
White-tailed deer fawning is in full swing in the Florida Panhandle, which means wildlife ... refuge spike amid fawning season Melissa Smith, public information director for the FWC's Northwest ...
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Idaho Panhandle wildfires grow to 7,000 acres; fire near Little Pend Oreille National Wildlife Refuge still at 1,000 acres
A handful of wildfires that has burned thousands of acres across the Inland Northwest remained completely ... of the Little Pend Oreille National Wildlife Refuge. Size estimates remained unchanged ...
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Wyoming Wildlife Refuge to Use Mobile 33-Ton Crematorium to Dispose of CWD-Infected Elk
A 24,700-acre elk refuge in Jackson, Wyoming has received a new piece of equipment. A famed wintering ground for a herd more than 11,000 elk strong, the National Elk Refuge (NER) recently received ...