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Research has shown that chemicals in everyday plastics are driving a global health crisis, linked to hundreds of thousands of deaths and diseases from heart conditions to cancer.
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The monthly National Interagency Fire Center outlooks are typically staid documents, providing just-the-facts analysis. But the latest is superlative-laden as it describes record-low snowpacks, record-early snow melt and record-high temperatures.
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As wildfires continue to pose a risk, many are coming together to share lessons they've learned and build our state's response to this growing threat.
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Proposed legislation would protect nearly 450 miles of waterways from dams and mining amid the Trump administration’s push for more development.
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The Mountain West News Bureau’s Rachel Cohen reported from an event where Denver donated bison to several tribes and nonprofits. Our Living Lands Producer Daniel Spaulding talked to Cohen about the experience.
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Volunteers from the Challis Community Trails Alliance work tirelessly to groom and maintain the Big Hill Nordic ski trails, keeping the system up-to-date now that season is over.
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A decade after the closure of Les Boise Park racetrack, Ada County is moving forward with plans to restore the site, breathing new life into wetlands and wildlife along the Boise River.
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Today, tribes are working to bring back bison, which once roamed Indigenous lands by the millions. Some are getting help to rebuild their herds from the city of Denver, which manages two herds.
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With the warmer weather here in Boise, you may start thinking of getting out on the Greenbelt: as a form of exercise, leisurely walking or as a way to get to work. The Boise River Greenbelt stretches 29 miles on the north and south sides of the river, passing through the city and a series of parks.
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As spring approaches, the Ada Soil & Water Conservation District is encouraging Treasure Valley residents to plant shrubs and create pollinator friendly habitats.
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Sarah Ortegon, a visual artist, actor and dancer has a new body of work being featured in an exhibition at the Ucross Foundation ranch in Wyoming where she is a Native American Artist fellow. Wyoming Public Radio’s Hannah Habermann spoke with Ortegon to talk craft, creativity and politics.
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Using new data, a team of scientists has assembled one of the first comprehensive analyses of emissions from homes burned in wildfires. What they found is that such pollution is serious, and in some cases can exceed emissions from all other human sources.