Restoring Biodiversity - 8/12/2025
Hundreds of thousands of acres will be added to wildlife refuges in Texas. Ernest Hemingway's fishing boat "Pilar." Rising gray wolf numbers In California. And more...
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Articles
Hundreds of Thousands of Acres Will Be Added to Wildlife Refuges in Texas, According to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
The Aransas National Wildlife Refuge and the Big Boggy National Wildlife Refuge along the Gulf Coast are expanding by a combined 150,000 acres to protect the whooping crane, Attwater’s prairie chicken, the threatened Eastern black rail, and other various wintering waterfowl in particular.

Hemingway's Boat: Pilar
"Ernest Hemingway's fishing boat "Pilar" was 38-feet long, displaced 20,600 pounds, had a 75 hp Chrysler engine and could make 12 knots. She is on display in Cuba on his farm's tennis court.
Videos
Rising Gray Wolf Numbers In California
Wolves are great, but anybody who thinks they don't kill livestock is mistaken. They will also kill people.
Church-Affiliated Ranch Balances Agriculture and Conservation in Central Florida
Deseret Cattle and Citrus, owned by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, has been going strong for 65 years. This commercial farming and ranching operation is situated on about 295,000 acres in parts of three Florida counties between Orlando and Melbourne
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