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When petroleum geologist Wallace Pratt first visited McKittrick Canyon in 1921, he had been sent to West Texas on a trip with oil brokers to acquire leases for Humble Oil and Refining Company. Local land brokers offered to show him what they called the most beautiful spot in Texas, a hidden oasis of clear streams,…

Many Indian Green Card applicants see a sudden status change pertaining to their case. Several Indian Green Card applicants reported an unexpected change in their status online which says their case “requires USCIS to send a notice”. Immigration attorney Rahul Reddy said this has led to a great deal of anxiety but this is most…

The Wyoming property sits at about 8,500 feet and covers a landscape surrounded by mountain ranges. Photo: WyoFile Tim Delaney had no family history of ranching when he bought Rolling Thunder Ranch in Wyoming in 2010. He and his wife had spent years visiting Colorado, but they wanted a property of their own where they…

In 1980, Paul Newman and his friend A.E. Hotchner were not setting out to build a food company. They were making salad dressing at home and handing bottles to friends as Christmas presents. The dressing proved popular enough that people began asking where they could get more. Two years later, the experiment became Newman’s Own,…

An electoral poster reads “No war, Yes to Swiss neutrality” is posted along a road in Epagny, Switzerland (AP) Switzerland has voted against a proposal aimed at tightening the country’s long-standing policy of neutrality, with 70 per cent of voters rejecting the measure in a nationwide referendum on Sunday.The proposal was backed by the right-wing…

On a 3,500-acre estate in Sussex, the decision to stop farming conventionally did not mean simply leaving the land untouched. Isabella Tree and her husband, Charlie Burrell, began changing the way the Knepp Estate was managed, allowing large grazing animals to move across areas of the farm while reducing the interventions that had shaped the…

Thirty-three years after scientists began an ambitious effort to reconnect wild areas across North America, a cross-border conservation project stretching from Wyoming to northern Canada has been named a finalist for Prince William’s Earthshot Prize. The Yellowstone to Yukon Conservation Initiative, launched in 1993, has helped establish 204 wildlife crossings and protect about 24 million…

California state officials have completed the purchase of 640 acres of desert land near Pioneertown, securing a large area that researchers say is highly likely to remain suitable for western Joshua trees as the climate changes. The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) completed the purchase on August 24, 2026. The land is northwest…

(Representative image): Detroit police chief Todd Bettison said officers responding to the shooting found three men who had been fatally shot. The four injured victims, two men and two women, were taken to area hospitals in private cars. Three people were killed and four others injured after an argument escalated into gunfire at an after-hours…