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By Mar 05, 2021
Environment

The fight to save America’s most endangered mammal

Black-footed ferrets could come back from near extinction, but some ranchers don’t want them on public lands.

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By Jun 29, 2017
Environment

Commercial agriculture is preventing wildfires—and that’s not good news

We need more scorched earth.

By Aug 02, 2016
Environment

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A new tool to help save the Great Plains

UNL Graduate student Christina Bielski recorded data during a high intensity prescribed fire burning through juniper-invaded grassland on private property.
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