Representative Image of Mexican free-tailed bats emerging from ancient lava tubes at Armendaris Ranch during a…
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A South Carolina family raised cattle and horses on its farm for generations; in 2025, it permanently protected 2,000 acres from development in the largest such deal in Laurens County’s history
A South Carolina family has permanently protected 2,000 acres of farmland, forests and waterways that had…
In 2021, Pennsylvania removed a failing 128-year-old dam; beneath the drained reservoir, Sterry Creek’s original channel was still intact after more than a century underwater
In 2021, Pennsylvania removed a failing 128-year-old dam; beneath the drained reservoir The restoration project, led…
In 1862, heirs sold Colorado’s Baca land for 30 cents an acre; 140 years later its 97,000-acre ranch sold for $31.28 million and helped create a national park nearly four times the monument’s original size
Photo: Baca Ranch House (clicked in 1920)Photo credit: Denver Public Library Collection via NPS A piece…