Nebraska's water woes offer opportunity to improve practices
Tri-State Neighbor Fri, 17 Dec 2004 6:20 AM PST
LINCOLN, Neb. - Nebraska's continued drought and water problems are challenging but also represent an opportunity to improve irrigation and soil management practices, a University of Nebraska soil scientist said at the Agronomy and Horticulture Highlights program. |
Peña: Urban forest
Sun Star Thu, 16 Dec 2004 8:55 AM PST
FORESTS are more than just flocks of trees. They have a complex, interacting, and coordinated system composed of living and non-living things like trees, soil, insects, birds, and man. Forests support life. They harbor about two-thirds of the known terrestrial species. |
BORDER POINSETTIA DISPUTE: U.S. sells $260M worth of plants
The Tucson Citizen Fri, 17 Dec 2004 6:55 AM PST
But Mexico, home of the nochebuena, has been banned from exporting the plant here for decades. CUERNAVACA, Mexico - In the greenhouses of Mexico, people tell the story of the poinsettia plant with a touch of regret. |
Poinsettia profit purloined?
The Arizona Republic Thu, 16 Dec 2004 11:00 PM PST
Poinsettia profit purloined? CUERNAVACA, Mexico - In the greenhouses of Mexico, people tell the story of the poinsettia plant with a touch of regret. Back in 1825, the first U.S. ambassador to Mexico, Joel Roberts Poinsett, took home a Mexican plant that turned a brilliant red in the winter. |
Angry farmers tell lawmakers to toss chicken litter law
Arkansas News Bureau Fri, 17 Dec 2004 6:45 AM PST
LITTLE ROCK - A committee roomful of angry farmers and ranchers roundly criticized three new "chicken litter" laws aimed at improving Northwest Arkansas' water quality Thursday at the state Capitol. |
Global warming threatens Nebraska sandhill crane migration
Green Island Independent Thu, 16 Dec 2004 10:26 PM PST
The annual spring migration of sandhill cranes along the Platte River could be in jeopardy if global warming trends continue, according to a study released this week by the National Wildlife Federation. |
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