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In 2021, Ted Turner transferred nearly 80,000 acres of Nebraska prairie to his ecoagriculture institute; the ranch became a research site for wetlands

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In 2021, Ted Turner transferred nearly 80,000 prairie acres to his ecoagriculture institute. (REUTERS)

What if one of the best ways to protect nature is to treat the land like a classroom? In 2021, Ted Turner created exactly that kind of place. He transferred almost 80,000 acres of prairie land to the Turner Institute of Ecoagriculture, which became a laboratory for wetlands and bison. One of the projects of … Read more

A 2,600-acre South Carolina timber property at the rivers where Revolutionary War commander Francis Marion hid from British forces has been transferred to the state, advancing a 7,600-acre conservation project with 60+ miles of riverfront

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A 2,600-acre South Carolina timber property at the rivers where Revolutionary War commander Francis Marion hid from British forces has been transferred to the state, advancing a 7,600-acre conservation project with 60+ miles of riverfront

During the American Revolutionary War, Marion and his militia used the area’s remote swamps as a base for military operations A 2,600-acre timber property in South Carolina, located near the rivers where Revolutionary War commander Francis Marion once hid from British forces, has been transferred to the state’s Department of Natural Resources. The land, known … Read more

A conservation group bought nearly 2,000 acres of South Carolina forest before development could reach it; the land has now been transferred to the US government and permanently added to Sumter National Forest

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A conservation group bought nearly 2,000 acres of South Carolina forest before development could reach it; the land has now been transferred to the US government and permanently added to Sumter National Forest

Representative image from Canva In a quiet but decisive win for conservation, a 1,950-acre tract of South Carolina forest that once faced the threat of development has been permanently protected as part of Sumter National Forest. The Nature Conservancy purchased the land in 2023, held it while paperwork and funding were finalised, and has now … Read more

In 2024, a Colorado county paid $34 million for a 650-acre ranch privately owned for more than a century; 2 years later, 530 acres are being transferred into the Maroon Bells-Snowmass Wilderness

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In 2024, a Colorado county paid $34 million for a 650-acre ranch privately owned for more than a century; 2 years later, 530 acres are being transferred into the Maroon Bells-Snowmass Wilderness

In 2024, a Colorado county paid $34 million for a 650-acre ranch privately owned for more than a century In a major expansion of protected public land, 530 acres of a historic Colorado mountain ranch are being formally added to the Maroon Bells-Snowmass Wilderness, two years after local officials secured the property in a record … Read more

Bangladesh’s net voter deletion rate is 10.9%, ranking fifth among 12 states and union territories

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Bangladesh’s net voter deletion rate is 10.9%, ranking fifth among 12 states and union territories

NEW DELHI: West Bengal, which has been the most vocal against SIR, ranks fifth in terms of net deletion (10.9 per cent) and third in absolute deletion of absentee, transferred, dead and double-registered (ASDD) voters among the 12 states/Union Territories where the second phase of SIR was completed. The state is second only to Uttar … Read more