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Liberty Gold Announces Approval of Plan of Operations Amendment, Black Pine Project, Great .
Liberty Gold Corp.February 18, 2021 GMT
Permit Amendment adds an Additional 4.6 km2 to the Project Area, Amalgamating and Increasing Access to 11.9 km2 of High Priority Drill Targets
VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Feb. 18, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) Liberty Gold Corp. (LGD-TSX) (“Liberty Gold” or the “Company”) is pleased to announce the receipt of approval of an amendment to its Plan of Operations at the Black Pine Project. Located in southern Idaho, Black Pine is a past-producing, run-of-mine, oxide-heap leach gold mine that contains a large, shallow, district-scale, Carlin-style sedimentary rock-hosted gold system.
Oil drilling on sensitive New Mexico public lands puts drinking water, rare caves at risk
A National Geographic investigation has found that Permian Basin energy exploration could taint residential aquifers with pollutants as well as Carlsbad Caverns and other cave systems.
The Chihuahuan Desert in the Guadalupe Mountains of southern New Mexico is one place where sensitive public lands are being drilled for oil.Photograph by Robbie Shone, Nat Geo Image Collection
ByJennifer Oldham
Email
At 4.3 miles long, Parks Ranch Cave in southeastern New Mexico is the second longest gypsum cave in the Western Hemisphere. The cave and its multiple branches are among 550 that crisscross a fragile, sinkhole-prone geologic region renowned for Carlsbad Caverns.
At the state level, New Mexico’s Energy, Minerals and Natural Resources Department praised Biden for working to curb climate change. In contrast, the Texas General Land Office sought to fight in defense of continued extraction.
Courtesy AVLT
Wildlife movement and cattle grazing would benefit from the latest private land conservation easement coordinated through efforts of the Carbondale-based Aspen Valley Land Trust.
Sylvia and Matthew Ringer, owners of the White Owl Ranch in the Garfield Creek area south of New Castle, have donated a conservation easement to the AVLT for their 240-acre ranch property.
The ranch is defined by its rolling hills, covered with shrublands and meadows used for seasonal cattle grazing. It’s also prime wildlife habitat year round, according to an AVLT press release announcing the deal. the Stout and Triple J ranches the White Owl Ranch easement will help create corridors for wildlife to move freely.
Melissa Hemken
Certain guardian dogs at 7K Ranch in Wyoming do not get along. When the bands are on the range, the dogs keep their distance. During the trail drive, the close quarters caused quarrels between the dogs. Science helps you select the right livestock guardian dog breeds for your ranch.
Around the world, large dogs work to protect domesticated livestock from predators. New research documents that three breeds currently underutilized in the U.S. Turkish Kangal, Bulgarian Karakachan, and Portuguese Cão de Gado Transmontano may protect livestock more than other breeds.
A USDA Wildlife Services and Utah State University study tested these breeds to evaluate how they protect livestock from larger carnivores.