Natural resource management
Editorial Roundup: Texas

By The Associated Press Jun. 28, 2021 10:00 AM EDT
Dallas Morning News. June 25, 2021. Editorial: ERCOT shouldn’t be exempt from laws of open government The Electric...

Carl Goodwin, manager of Seattle Sausage, takes a water break while selling bottles of water to baseball fans leaving the Mariners game on a warm Wednesday afternoon, June 23, 2021, in the SoDo neighborhood of Seattle. Forecasts say extreme heat will roast the Puget Sound region from Saturday through Monday. (Amanda Snyder/The Seattle Times via AP)
Portland records hottest day ever amid Northwest scorcher

By Sara Cline And Rebecca Boone Jun. 25, 2021 06:35 PM EDT

FILE - In this June 13, 2020, file photo, Silver Dollar City employee takes the temperature of guests before they are allowed to enter the park on just west of Branson, Mo. As the U.S. emerges from the COVID-19 crisis, Missouri is becoming a cautionary tale for the rest of the country: It is seeing an alarming rise in cases because of a combination of the fast-spreading delta variant and stubborn resistance among many people to getting vaccinated. (Nathan Papes/The Springfield News-Leader via AP, File)
COVID variant first gained foothold in rural Missouri

By Heather Hollingsworth Jun. 24, 2021 05:32 PM EDT

Editorial Roundup: Florida

By The Associated Press Jun. 23, 2021 05:06 PM EDT
South Florida Sun Sentinel. June 18, 2021. Editorial: Florida election supervisors must keep asking hard questions ...

Editorial Roundup: U.S.

By The Associated Press Jun. 23, 2021 11:53 AM EDT
Excerpts from recent editorials in the United States and abroad: June 22 The Kansas City Star on hubris and COVID...

Editorial Roundup: Iowa

By The Associated Press Jun. 21, 2021 10:00 AM EDT
Des Moines Register. June 17, 2021. Editorial: Please stop watering established grass in central Iowa. Your lawn will be fine ...

A dead fish is seen floating in the water as palm trees are reflected Thursday, June 17, 2021 in the intracoastal waters between Clearwater and Dunedin, Fla. Pinellas County had small boats retrieving dead fish in Dunedin and around Clearwater Harbor Thursday. The fish kill is attributed to the recent Red Tide bloom. (Chris Urso /Tampa Bay Times via AP)
Amid red tide outbreak, Florida beckons visitors to beaches

By Bobby Caina Calvan Jun. 17, 2021 02:21 PM EDT

Editorial Roundup: South Carolina

By The Associated Press Jun. 16, 2021 01:30 PM EDT
(Charleston) Post and Courier. June 13, 2021. Editorial: The court has spoken. Now it’s time to conserve Captain Sam’s Spit for all of us...

Editorial Roundup: U.S.

By The Associated Press Jun. 16, 2021 12:16 PM EDT
Excerpts from recent editorials in the United States and abroad: June 15 The Guardian on U.S. President Joe Biden,...

Florida horse rescue center cares for wild mustangs

By Christopher Spata Jun. 06, 2021 06:45 AM EDT
Webster, Fla. (AP) — The white hieroglyphs running down the mustang’s big, brown neck, and the necks of all the horses like him, tell some of the story — if...

Maine's spring turkey hunt wraps up for the year

Jun. 05, 2021 10:51 AM EDT
AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — The spring season's turkey hunt in Maine is ending. Maine is home to spring and fall turkey hunts. The spring hunt,...

Boston Public Library to reopen next month

May. 27, 2021 09:21 AM EDT
BOSTON (AP) — The Boston Public Library is scheduled to reopen next month after being closed to the public for more than a year because of the coronavirus...

California Gov. Gavin Newsom highlights new firefighting equipment and his proposed $2 billion investment in wildfire and emergency preparedness at a press conference at Cal Fire's airbase in McClellan Park in Sacramento County on Monday, May 24, 2021. (Renee C. Byer/The Sacramento Bee via AP)
As drought intensifies, California seeing more wildfires

By Don Thompson May. 24, 2021 07:29 PM EDT

Anti-government activist Ammon Bundy runs for Idaho governor

May. 21, 2021 07:22 PM EDT
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Anti-government activist Ammon Bundy is running to be Idaho's next governor, according to documents filed Friday with the Secretary of...

FILE - In this June 30, 2016 file photo firefighters respond to a wildfire near the Morningside Heights neighborhood near Table Rock in east Boise, Idaho. With a potential ferocious wildfire season ready to ignite across the western U.S., the push is on to persuade state and federal wildland firefighters to get vaccinated against COVID-19. Republican Idaho Gov. Brad Little said Tuesday, May 18, 2021, that lives could be lost if frontline firefighters get sidelined with the illness. (Joe Jaszewski/Idaho Statesman via AP, File)
US wildland firefighting force urged to get vaccinated

By Keith Ridler May. 18, 2021 06:09 PM EDT

Giants claim running back Ryquell Armstead off waivers

May. 18, 2021 05:53 PM EDT
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — The New York Giants added their second running back in three days on Tuesday when they claimed Ryquell Armstead off waivers. ...

Kyle Pfau, an oysterman with Fat Dog Shellfish Co., dumps out a tray of adult "Uglie" oysters from Maine onto a relocation area at Great Bay, Monday, May 3, 2021, in Durham, N.H. Thousands of Uglies from Maine, which were left to grow due to lack of retail demand of more than a year because of the virus outbreak, were relocated to Great Bay to enhance the shellfish species in New Hampshire coastal waters. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
Pandemic-hit oyster farmers turn to conservation to survive

By Michael Casey May. 13, 2021 08:45 AM EDT

Georgia Republican legislative leaders on Wednesday March 31, 2021 sign a report at the capitol in Atlanta agreeing to a budget for the year beginning July 1 that spends $27.3 billion in state tax money in Atlanta. On the left are House Majority Leader Jon Burns, House Appropriations Committee Chairman Terry England and House Speaker Pro Tem Jan Jones. On the right are Senate Majority Leader Mike Dugan, Senate Appropriations Committee Chairman Blake Tillery and Senate President Pro Tem Butch Miller. (AP Photo/Jeff Amy)
Kemp signs $27.3B state budget, will block police raises

By Jeff Amy May. 10, 2021 08:00 PM EDT

FILE - In this May 6, 2015, file photo, professional spa remover Juan Alexander empties a spa for permanent removal at a residence in which the owner considered it "a waste of water," in Garden Grove, Calif. Gov. Gavin Newsom on Monday, May 10, 2021, declared a drought emergency for most of California, extending a previous order that affected two counties to 41 counties throughout much of the state. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, File)
California expands drought emergency to large swath of state

By Don Thompson May. 10, 2021 05:49 PM EDT

Editorial Roundup: Nebraska

By The Associated Press May. 10, 2021 10:00 AM EDT
Omaha World-Herald. May 6, 2021. Editorial: Biden administration must reach out to ag producers on 30x30 plan Climate...