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Oregon Sen. Ron Wyden joined by West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin and Washington Sen. Maria Cantwell have introduced Senate Bill 4625 â the National Prescribed Fire Act of 2020 â to support the United States Department of Agriculture and Interior in conducting more prescribed fires throughout the United States.
A statement from Wydenâs Oregon Press Sec. Hank Stern, botes that Wyden introduced the legislation to provide a different approach for agencies to reduce hazardous fuels.
In a press release Wyden said that the United States Forest Service conducted a review in 2018 and the agency determined that 234 million acres of forest were at risk for dangerous wildfires, though only three million acres had been treated annually over the last decade.
As Companies Build Thousands of Cell Towers, Indigenous Nations are Faced with Difficult Choices
In Texas, a tiny staff of tribal officials field hundreds of requests each day to build 5G towers in areas of cultural and historic importance.
The construction of cell towers in Indigenous territories has long been an issue. Ish Ishwar
In Texas, a tiny staff of tribal officials field hundreds of requests each day to build 5G towers in areas of cultural and historic importance.
The construction of cell towers in Indigenous territories has long been an issue. Ish Ishwar
Pauly Denetclaw
Dec 21, 2020, 8:00 am CST
Every day, Bryant Celestine opens his email to find around 80 messages that require immediate responses. Most of those emails come from the Tower Construction Notification System (TCNS) that alerts the Alabama-Coushatta Tribe of Texas of a new proposal to build a 5G cell tower on ancestral territories. As the Tribal Historic Preservation Officer (THPO) for the nation, Celest
Excellon Expands Kilgore Property and Provides Exploration Update
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TORONTO, Dec. 21, 2020 /CNW/ -
Excellon Resources Inc. (TSX: EXN) (TSX: EXN.WT) (NYSE: EXN) (FRA: E4X2)
( Excellon or the Company ) is pleased to provide an update on ongoing exploration efforts on the Kilgore Property in Clark County, Idaho and announce the staking of 175 claims increasing the property size by approximately 28%.
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Staked 175 new claims, enlarging the Kilgore Property by approximately 28%
Identified multiple new promising regional targets through sampling and prospecting, returning visible gold in sediments and outcrop
LiDAR maps carbon emissions from Amazon deforestation
NASA, in partnership with Brazil’s INPE, is mapping tree mortality in the Amazon using LiDAR. Digital reconstruction of tree canopies makes it possible to analyse the biomass loss. Copyright: NASA Scientific Visualization Studio / Veronika Leitold
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LiDAR maps tree height, reveals edge effects
Forest height ‘intimately related to carbon stocks’
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