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A vibrant installation at todays SHINE St. Petersburg Mural Festival is designed to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Endangered Species Act while spreading awareness about the listed smalltooth sawfish. Imagine a fish with the back end of a shark, the midsection flattened and broad like a stingray, and the front looking like a gnarly hedge trimmer in your garage; thats what a smalltooth sawfish looks like. ...

Free buses may soon become a basic city service in Albuquerque. A vote to make a pilot "Zero Fares" rider program permanent is set to come before the City Council. Tammy Fiebelkorn, a city councilor, said the program has had benefits for all transit riders, but especially transit-dependent riders, youth, seniors, essential workers, families and people with disabilities. ...

"As leaves begin to blanket yards across the country this fall, many might be tempted to clear away the crunchy foliage. Not so fast, experts say." "Fallen leaves can provide critical wildlife habitat and benefit soil health".

Reprinted from Keystone State News

Fallen leaves provide habitat for wildlife and can benefit soil health.

Arkansas is part of an international collaboration that uses automated radio signals to track the migration of birds, bats and insects. Its called the Motus Wildlife Tracking System, and one Motus tower is on the property of the Little Rock Audubon Center. Dan Scheiman, manager of the Plants for Birds Program at Audubon Delta, a regional office of the National Audubon Society, said researchers place radio tags on birds and, when they fly near the antenna, it picks up their signal. ...

The Montana Department of Environmental Quality wants to know what people think the states next Environmental Policy Act should include. Critics claim the state is using the public input process as a stall tactic to avoid implementing important environmental rules now. The DEQs move is a response to a judges high-profile decision earlier this year supporting young climate activists who claimed Montanas fossil-fuels policy violates their constitutional right to a clean and healthy environment. ...

A film festival created to help close the gap in storytelling for people of color is offering free, virtual showings as part of Hispanic Heritage Month. Through Friday, the Hispanic Access Foundation is hosting the third annual "Our Heritage, Our Planet Film Week" to honor the storytelling traditions of Latino, Black, Indigenous and other people of color. A Conservation Program Associate with the Foundations, Brenda Gallegos, said the festival allows BIPOC communities to co...

While it might feel natural to rake the leaves in your yard this fall, the leaves might play a more natural role in your garden or lawn. A new survey from the National Wildlife Federation revealed most people know leaf layers provide a home to butterflies, moths and insects which birds need to survive, and yet they continue to bag them up and send them to a landfill. Peter Grimaldi, vice president of gardens and facilities at Cheekwood Estate and Gardens in Nashville, said leaving the leaves f...

Electric vehicles are being called the "cars of the future." But how quickly are Indiana residents willing to drive into that future by buying one? Environmentalists see EVs as a way to combat climate change - and motorists see them as a break from paying high gas prices. According to the Indiana Office of Energy Development Dashboard, nearly 116,000 electric and hybrid vehicles are registered statewide. Mo McReynolds, senior product manager in the City of Indianapolis Of...