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AMHERST — An emerging disease that is known to weaken and contribute to the decline of beech trees has been confirmed in some trees in Amherst and other communities in Hampshire and Franklin counties.The malady, beech leaf disease, causes damage to a...

Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation’s Bureau of Forest Fire Control and Forestry plans to execute a prescribed burn over a 200 acre section of the Manuel Correllus State Forest on Saturday, April 30. The area to be burned is adjacent to Dodgers Hole in Edgartown. Edgartown Fire Chief Alex Schaeffer said the state is […]

VASSALBORO - George H. Bourassa, of South Central Vassalboro died peacefully surrounded by his family on Monday, Nov. 15, at the ...

Wildfire in Berkshires burns nearly 950 acres in 5 days, now 90% controlled Updated May 18, 2021; Firefighters have contained about 90% of the state’s largest wildfire in two decades and are now switching to “mop up” operations to ensure it does not spread farther. The fire has burned about 947 acres of remote woods stretching across Williamstown, Clarksburg and North Adams, making it the largest in the state since 1999 when about 1,100 acres of land was scorched on Takoa Mountain in Rus...

Wicked Local The Concord Land Conservation Trust reported on Feb. 18 it found the emerald ash borer (EAB) on a dozen trees in the Upper Spencer Brook Valley. The sightings were confirmed by the state Department of Agriculture (MDAR) to be the emerald ash borer. The emerald ash borer is a destructive pest from Asia that targets and feeds on native ash tree species. The species has been confirmed in 169 Massachusetts communities. The beetle arrived in the U.S. from Asia in the early 1990s and ...

Newsflare/AP The one-month-old jumbo was knocked to the ground and crying in pain after a rider crashed into it in Chanthaburi province on December 19. As the baby elephant was starting to lose consciousness and had a faint pulse, one of the volunteers began performing CPR on the animal. Its pulse slowly returned, but it still could not stand up properly while the other medics carried the injured rider on a stretcher. The baby elephant was seen able to stand after a few moments although it st...

Baby elephant given CPR after being hit by passing motorbike in Thailand Duration: 03:46 This is the dramatic moment paramedics performed CPR on a baby elephant after it was hit by a motorbike in Thailand. The one-month-old jumbo was knocked to the ground and crying in pain after a rider crashed into it in Chanthaburi province on December 19. The elephant was injured while the motorcyclist, Anan Cherdsoongnern, 53, was flung through the air and hit the ground some 20ft away. The baby elephant...

Share The baby elephant was lying on its side while crying loudly. Staff at the nearby Forest Fire Control office heard the elephants cries and rushed to the scene.       As the animal was starting to lose consciousness and had a faint pulse, one of the volunteers began performing a CPR on the youngster. Its pulse slowly returned, but it still could not stand up properly while paramedics called to the scene carried the injured motorcyclist on a stretcher.   The one-month-old jumbo was k...