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At the Native Plant Conference at Western Carolina University on Saturday, the conference will be open to the public and have a plant sale. This is the 39th year of the conference.
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Carolina Public Press’s Jack Ingelman talked to BPR’s Lilly Knoepp about his five-part series investigating how climate change fits into the balance of land management in Western North Carolina.
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2018 was the wettest year on record in North Carolina. Now a new report finds during that very wet year, a spot in Western North Carolina broke a rainfall…
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You’ve probably heard about the movement to reduce the use of plastic straws, which can’t be recycled and end up in landfills and in the environment. As…
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If you visit a National Park, there’s a good chance you’ll cross the path of a ranger who was trained right here in Western North Carolina. Southwestern…
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“Adopt, honor, and uphold”—this is what some 359 mayors from across the U.S. have pledged to do for their municipalities. It’s a commitment made by…
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Wednesday, March 22, 2017 President Trump’s budget proposes funding cuts to regulatory and research-based agencies and would also impact state programs....
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The U.S. military has joined forces with environmental groups to preserve natural habitats. More than 400 threatened and endangered species are...
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If you're on a North Carolina mountaintop on a sunny day this summer, expect a great view… maybe the clearest in decades. State environmental officials...
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embers of the North Carolina House and Senate will form a committee to tackle numerous proposed changes to the state's environmental regulations in hopes…