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Around the globe, across the pond: New Zealand destinations that feel like a world tour Kate Shuttleworth © Provided by The Guardian Photograph: Armin Puschmann/Alamy The world hasn’t been Australia’s oyster for awhile, but with the trans-Tasman bubble officially open, a small glimpse of international travel can feel like a whole new world. New Zealand is often talked about for having some of the world’s most spectacular scenery - Lord of the Rings’ legacy lives on �...

Fossil Fuel Phase Out Must Begin Where the Industry Has Hurt People the Most A man walks past the Scattergood Generating Station on February 12, 2019, in El Segundo, California. Mario Tama / Getty Images This story is part of Covering Climate Now, a global journalism collaboration strengthening coverage of the climate story. Without warning, on the most bitter winter days, or the hottest of summer, smoke stacks that sit idle much of the year switch online, spewing trails of climate-altering, co...

9 New Deal Infrastructure Projects That Changed America The Hoover Dam, LaGuardia Airport and the Bay Bridge were all part of FDRs New Deal investment. Author: Archive Photos/Getty Images The Hoover Dam, LaGuardia Airport and the Bay Bridge were all part of FDRs New Deal investment. The New Deal was a massive effort to lift the United States out of the Great Depression on several fronts. President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s plan created the Social Security Administration to protect older America...

Top 10 Rumored Locations Of Long Lost Treasure Treasure. There is a world of imagination in just that one word. It conjures up a hint of possibility and a whole lot of excitement. Treasure hunting is a popular activity around the world, especially in locations such as Oak Island, Nova Scotia which is rumored to be the place one might find the Ark of the Covenant and the Holy Grail, supposedly buried there by the Knights Templar. Numerous attempts have been made to locate these items, as well as...

Image Credit: Shutterstock In a few weeks, the Adams Lake Indian Band will start fertilizing Adams Lake. It may seem counterintuitive but when April rolls around, fertilizer will flow into the lake from a barge and studies suggest it will help repopulate a space where the salmon population was once robust. “Think of it as a garden. You fertilize a garden based on what the plants need in the soil — you need to adjust the nitrogen and phosphorus,” Don Holmes said of the four-year plan. ...

Historically speaking, getting elected in Montana requires politicians at least pay respect to sportsmen and -women. Accordingly, each election cycle we see state legislators drape themselves in blaze orange and

Maritime Activity Reports, Inc. (Image: JMS Naval Architects) JMS Naval Architects informs conversion work is nearly completed of the former oil spill response vessel OSRV Maine Responder to a pilot station vessel for Sandy Hook Pilots Association of Staten Island, N.Y. The conversion work contract was competitively awarded to Feeney Shipyard of Kingston, N.Y. The Sandy Hook pilots have been piloting ships in the New York harbor for more than 300 years. They operate a pilot station boat by Ambr...

Sx͏ʷix͏ʷ͏uytis Smx̣e: With CSKT blessing, Higgins bridge to become Bear Tracks Bridge Martin Kidston/Missoula Current The new $17 million bridge is scheduled for completion this year, which also marks the 130th anniversary of the forced removal of the indigenous people that occupied the valley prior to the arrival of European settlers. and last updated 2021-02-24 18:27:28-05 MISSOULA — After winning the support from the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes, the Missou...

GRANTS PASS, Ore. — Hellgate Jetboat Excursions is currently booking tours for its upcoming season beginning in May, despite uncertainty around the pandemic. Hellgate President, Travis Hamlyn, says as vaccines are distributed there’s been an increase in tours being booked. He says safety precautions and social distancing are top priorities on the tours. “For now it’s the same as last year, things change in a moment’s notice. We’ll adapt to those conditions as necessary, certainly we...

Every NYC borough has a Main Street and a Broadway. In Manhattan, Broadway runs north from Bowling Green and, under a variety of names, runs north in NY State almost all the way to the Canadian border. Other than a few other aboriginal roads such as the Bowery and St. Nicholas Ave., it’s one of the few roads that predated the colonial era that’s still in use on Manhattan Island; it was used by the Lenape Indians before the Dutch arrived, and was probably in use by the buffalo before the Nat...