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A person paddles a canoe on the Buffalo River as trees display fall colors. (Photo courtesy of National Park Service)

Arkansas group floats idea of Buffalo National River into national park preserve

BY: - October 16, 2023

This article was first published in The Madison County Record in Huntsville, Arkansas, and is republished here by permission. A coalition floating the idea of making federal lands near the Buffalo National River a national park preserve says the designation would make the area the “most active-use National Park in the country for outdoor recreation.” […]

Wind turbines in Hardin County, Ohio, on Feb. 3, 2023. (Photo by Robert Zullo/ States Newsroom)

Across the country, a big backlash to new renewables is mounting 

BY: - February 16, 2023

BUCYRUS, Ohio — In four terms as a county elected official in northern Ohio, it was the most contentious issue Doug Weisenauer had ever seen. The state legislature had newly empowered county governments to drastically restrict wind and solar power development, a process formerly overseen by the Ohio Power Siting Board, and the meetings of […]