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THE mega food hub planned to rise inside the Clark Civil Aviation Complex (CCAC) by 2028, along with other flagship projects, are seen to be a “game-changer” for the Philippines’s overall agricultural productivity and the “revitalization” of the country’s exports sector, among others, according to the Clark International Airport Corporation…

President Joe Biden is expected to announce a new national monument around the Grand Canyon later Tuesday. Earlier this year, he named an historic Arizona route a National Historic Trail. It’s called the Butterfield Trail, and before the transcontinental railroad took hold, it was an important link between the eastern and western United States. The Show spoke more about it

"Winter-like weather has finally arrived, bringing the tail end of bird migration season that we’d expect this time of year," writes Ryan Brady, DNR Natural Heritage Conservation Program Biologist.

Saskatoon’s Third Avenue United Church is asking the City for help to repair its building.

"2021 provided another great year of Wisconsin birding, including over 190,000 eBird checklists tallying an incredible 350 species," writes Ryan Brady, DNR Natural Heritage Conservation Program Biologist.

"Following the state’s first documented barn owl nest since 1999, individuals (not nests) were recently documented in both Sheboygan and Crawford counties," writes Ryan Brady, DNR Natural Heritage Conservation Program Biologist. "Other highlights include a varied thrush in Sheboygan and Townsend’s solitaires in Columbia, Marquette, and Sauk. Though the species is not rare, a ruddy turnstone along the Milwaukee lakefront is notable not only for being a late migrant but also sp...

"Tundra swans reached the state in a big way this week, the first major influx coming on Nov. 17 when birders reported hundreds from various sites around the state and over 1,200 in Portage County," writes Ryan Brady, DNR Natural Heritage Conservation Program Biologist. "A total of 18 snowy owls have been reported from 14 counties, the bulk of those arriving this past week.

Eagle-eyed Wisconsinites report dozens of new bald eagle nests February 2, 2021 (Wisconsin DNR) MADISON, Wis. – Wisconsinites reported a number of new bald eagle nests in 2020, while volunteers from Madison Audubon Society monitored known nests from the ground in nine counties. These collective volunteer efforts greatly helped the Wisconsin DNR‘s bald eagle monitoring and protection efforts in 2020 and are expected to do so again as bald eagles soon begin nesting in southern Wisconsin. Doc...

DNR: Eagles making a comeback in Wisconsin February 2, 2021 10:28 AM Jourdan Vian January 22, 2020: Karen R. of West Salem caught this majestic picture of a bald eagle in this file photo. The DNR reported Monday that the bald eagle continues to thrive in Wisconsin. MADISON, Wis. (WKBT) — The bald eagle is making a comeback in southwestern Wisconsin, according to the Department of Natural Resources. Wisconsinites reported dozens of new bald eagle nests in 2020 and volu...

Learn More About Volunteer Efforts And How You Can Contribute Trail cameras are helping reveal American marten behaviors to help inform restoration efforts.. / Photo Credit: Wisconsin DNR MADISON, Wis. – The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) continues to make strides supporting endangered species in 2020. This includes helping threatened turtles, aiding promising field trials for vaccines to save bats from white-nose syndrome and restoring a globally rare bedrock glade in the Ba...