These Maine towns are still fighting to protect their elm trees

Half a century ago, summertime in Blue Hill was shaded by hundreds of American elm trees forming a canopy over its downtown streets. Though hundreds of them are gone now, victims of widespread disease ...

6 South Texas trees that roll out the welcome mat for pollinators

Desert willow, live oak and redbud are among six South Texas trees that draw bees, butterflies and other pollinators.

Long Beach oak trees celebrated for age, size

Two oak trees believed to be more than 200 years old were celebrated Tuesday as live oak specialist Larry Tucei demonstrated ...

How tall and short trees can coexist in old growth forests

Forests are shaped by light competition. The trees that grow the tallest have access to the most sunlight, blocking the rays ...
fox13now

Box Elder County imposes 180-day moratorium on new data centers... with a catch

BRIGHAM CITY, Utah — Following months of outcry over the proposed Stratos Project, the Box Elder County Commission approved an ordinance that will place a 180-day moratorium on new data centers. But ...
Standard-Examiner

State softball playoffs: Box Elder rallies to reach final for first time since 2018

TAYLORSVILLE — No. 2 Box Elder softball lost its first game with No. 3 Spanish Fork on Wednesday but got past the Dons 8-6 in the if-necessary rematch to conclude double-elimination play and send the ...
The Times Leader

Nature Discovery Day held at Nesbitt Park

Students recoil and hold their noses as Lauren Holder from the Luzerne Conservation District offers to let them smell the kind of ‘stinky water’ that she uses to lure mosquitoes into a trap. A ...
KSL

Box Elder County commissioners OK controversial data center proposal

TREMONTON — Box Elder County commissioners on Monday gave the green light to a controversial data center proposal put forward by a Canadian entrepreneur, touting the import of the facility to national ...
KUTV

Box Elder County Commission unanimously approves plan for massive data center amid boos

TREMONTON, Utah (KUTV) — Amid boos and jeers from hundreds of protestors, the Box Elder County Commission unanimously approved a plan to move forward with a massive data center. Following chants of ...
The Salt Lake Tribune

After delaying a decision, Box Elder County is set to vote on a hyperscale data center project. Here’s what we know.

A project billed as one of the biggest deals to ever blow through Utah hinges on a single vote in Box Elder County. On Monday, the county’s three commissioners are set to decide whether to approve a ...
KSL

Cox backs Box Elder County data center proposal, in part, due to national security factors

SALT LAKE CITY — Utah Gov. Spencer Cox favors the controversial data center proposal in Box Elder County and views such facilities as vital to national security. "We have an obligation, I think every ...
Marin Independent Journal

Seeing red? Could be boxelder bugs

If you’ve noticed clusters of red-and-black insects sunning themselves on your house lately, you’re not imagining things; those are probably Western boxelder bugs. Most of us associate boxelder bugs ...