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Their stillness makes them almost imperceptible. But I know they are out there, so I cup my hands around my eyes and squint into the late afternoon sunlight, scanning the high desert for any sign of movement.  Suddenly, they appear: Nearly a dozen wild mustangs grazing in scattered groups on the hillside. Lingering beneath a partly cloudy sky, they look painted onto the landscape. The air smells of dirt and sagebrush as I stand by my car parked on the side of Steens Mountain Loop Road, on the western flank of the mountain in southeast Oregon. Around me, the wilderness is silent except for a ...

POLITICO Policy Hackathon: How to get schoolkids back on track Pretty much every student lost ground this year. POLITICO brought together a roundtable of education leaders from across the country to come up with smart strategies for catching them up. Politico illustration; Zoom Link Copied What happens when reading, writing and 'rithmetic all happen in the same room, on the same Zoom, minus breaks for recess or lunch with friends? A year into the coronavirus pandemic, we’re finding out. Most of the results, sadly, aren’t good. Already, educators say they are seeing the damage. By last ...

A pelican rescued from the 2010 oil spill, cleaned of oil and released in Georgia, has returned 700 miles to an island restored last year for pelicans and other seabirds. It was among 5,000 oil-covered birds collected in and off Louisiana during the spill, and among 582 pelicans that were rehabilitated, the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries said in a news release Thursday. Biologists don’t know just when it returned to Queen Bess Island. But a photo taken in March by a department biologist clearly shows the red band marked “33Z” that was put around the bird’s leg after ...

A Louisiana brown pelican, rehabilitated following 2010 Gulf Spill, flew from Georgia Red 33Z, flown to Georgia following the BP oil disaster, was recently photographed on Queen Bess Island, LA, a 700-mile journey. (Source: Casey Wright) By John Snell | April 8, 2021 at 11:12 AM CDT - Updated April 8 at 11:12 AM NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - A Louisiana brown pelican, rescued following the 2010 BP oil disaster in the Gulf of Mexico, seemed determined to find its way home after being released in Georgia. The bird, tagged “Red 33Z,” was found at the Empire Jetties in Barataria Bay on June 14,...