Booms in Idaho, Utah buck curve of slowing US growth
SALT LAKE CITY â Two Western states known for their rugged landscapes and wide-open spaces are bucking the trend of sluggish U.S. population growth, which dipped to the lowest level since the Great Depression, though different forces are powering the population booms in Utah and Idaho.
In Utah, births largely drove the fastest growth in the country over the past decade. In neighboring Idaho, newcomers from California and other states helped it capture the second spot.
For both states, which have long been lightly populated, the expansion comes with rapid economic growth, sparking concerns about strains on infrastructure, rising housing prices and a sharp increase in the cost of living that could threaten the area s quality of life in the long term.
The 50 Most Popular National Parks in America
By Hannah Lang, Stacker News
On 5/15/21 at 8:00 AM EDT
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Approximately 237 million people visited American national parks in 2020, representing a 28 percent year-over-year decrease attributed to the coronavirus pandemic. To determine the most popular national parks in the United States, Stacker compiled data from the National Park Service on the number of recreational visits each site had in 2020.
President Woodrow Wilson in 1916 signed the act creating the National Park Service to leave natural and historic phenomenons unimpaired for the enjoyment of future generations. Since then, our national parks have welcomed visitors from around the world to experience some of the best the country has to offer and showcase the country s natural beauty and cultural heritage.
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WPM successfully merges science and stewardship to safeguard wild horses and bison.
Whether it is horses, bison or deer, WPM can handle it. It is just a matter of adapting our system to the species.” Roch Hart, CEO Wildlife Protection Management
WASHINGTON, D.C., UNITED STATES, May 13, 2021 /EINPresswire.com/ Wildlife Protection Management, WPM, founded by Roch Hart, is a startup company in Albuquerque, New Mexico that is engaging in beta testing the WPM product on the 22,000 acre ranch he manages. With wild horses living on the ranch Mr. Hart faced, first hand, the need to safeguard and maintain the number of horses living on the property. The result is a science and technology based system for contraceptive delivery, identification, disease monitoring and vaccine care for the horses that can be operated at the ranch or anywhere in the world with the use of solar energy and satellites. The RFID (radio frequency identification) component can track and pinpoint a horse’s ex