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Seeding effort covers more than 26 000 acres in eastern Nevada / Public News Service

A cooperative effort has seeded more than 26,000 acres in eastern Nevada. It's all in an effort to increase desirable grasses, forbs and shrubs while decreasing the prevalence of invasive annual grasses and weeds that can take root in fire-burned areas. Neil Frakes, emergency stabilization and rehabilitation program manager with the Bureau of Land Management, said the initiative was a joint effort among the BLM, the Nevada Department of Wildlife and the Eastern Nevada Landscape Coalition, and added seeding can help stabilize ecological conditions after a fire, starting with soil. ...

Technically advanced homes to run on batteries and solar power

Energy homes for first time home-buyers under construction

Concerns voiced about language in WV forest management bill

The West Virginia Senate has passed a bill to allow private forest fire management on state lands but environmental groups said they are concerned its "vague" wording could open the door for commercial industries to operate on state-owned property. Angie Rosser, executive director of the West Virginia Rivers Coalition, said lawmakers also rejected an amendment to Senate Bill 688 which would have specifically removed state parks and rail trails from being subject to private management. "We're concerned about the broadness of the application here, and what this could mean for all of our state public lands," Rosser explained. " ...

Invasive Species Week sheds light on ID landscape impact

It is National Invasive Species Awareness Week, and plants and critters not native to the Northwest are wreaking havoc on some landscapes, including in Idaho. A wide variety of species are considered invasive, from insects and amphibians to weeds and mollusks. Nic Zurfluh, bureau chief for the invasive species, noxious weeds and range programs for the Idaho State Department of Agriculture, said such plants and animals can throw the environment out of whack. ...

Affordable housing meets cutting edge energy tech in MDs Fairmount Heights / Public News Service

By Kayla Benjamin for The Washington Informer.Broadcast version by Brett Peveto for Maryland News Connection reporting for the Solutions Journalism Network-Public News Service Collaboration The second-oldest Black community in Prince George's County broke ground last week on a six-home development that centers around new energy technology. A combination of solar panels and energy-storing batteries will power a small subdivision in Fairmount Heights, and the development will run on a microgrid that shares energy between the homes and can continue running even when Pepco's wider system has outages. Spearheaded by nonprofit Housing Initiative Partnership (HIP), Pepco, and renewable energy platform company BlockEnergy, the pilot project broke ground Oct. ...

Block Energy, Utility PNM Collaborating on Residential Microgrid in New Mexico

PNM will own and operate the microgrid, including the solar panels, battery storage and control system in a long-term plan. Customers connected to the grid and microgrid will ...

On a Wing and a Prayer: Funding Microgrids for Low-Income Communities

Interest in community microgrids is growing for low-income communities that want energy independence. But funding obstacles and utilities’ focus on owning microgrids are slowing...

Ned Jilton II: Historic sites come alive with March events

Even though it’s still winter, several of our local historic sites are shaking off the cold and coming back to life in March.