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An Interior Department proposal would cancel BLM grazing leases for American Prairie’s buffalo in Montana, but it could affect tribal and private herds across the West.

PHILLIPS COUNTY, Mont.—The American buffalo—those ornery, hairy prairie beasts that reign as the official mammal of the United States—have joined wind turbines, electric cars and climate researchers in the cross hairs of the Trump administration.

Trump Administration Targets Bison on Federal Grazing Lands

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Mass Sloth Deaths in Florida Show Why the Wildlife Trade Is a Pandemic Risk

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Necropsy reports from sloths imported by a planned Orlando tourist attraction document stressed animals riddled with bacteria, parasites and viruses. Scientists say the situation is a warning about the threat the booming wildlife trade poses to human health.

When pathologists cut open dead sloths from a planned Florida tourist attraction, they found a plethora of pathogens.

Mass Sloth Deaths in Florida Show Why the Wildlife Trade Is a Pandemic Risk

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A Water Crisis Has The ‘Poster Boys’ of Iowa Farming Ready to Talk Regulation

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More than a decade of voluntary farm conservation programs hasn’t gotten the state far enough on water quality, the Lobe Rangers say.

ROCKWELL CITY, Iowa—James Hepp is sick of excuses.

A Water Crisis Has The ‘Poster Boys’ of Iowa Farming Ready to Talk Regulation

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The Terrible Combined With the Good

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Go behind the scenes with executive editor Vernon Loeb and North Carolina reporter Lisa Sorg as they explain how a new N.C. ratepayer bill would put the brakes on data centers while incentivizing the use of fossil fuels.

The Ratepayer Protection Act, making its way through the North Carolina legislature, conjoins two opposing ideas.

The Terrible Combined With the Good

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