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Saving West's iconic landscapes from wildfires, one steppe at a time

2015-07-03 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Christian Science Monitor: The landscape is quintessentially western vast expanses of sage-covered steppe punctuated by plateaus and mesas etched with canyons. Known as the Greater Sheldon-Hart Mountain landscape, the tract is billed as one of the few remaining large parcels of sage-steppe habitat in the United States. Now, it's one of 10 pilot projects in a new US Interior Department program aimed at improving the resilience of iconic, ecologically important landscapes to wildfires. The fire resilience concept isn't...

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Worth saving: landscapes threatened by climate change - gallery

2015-06-30 16:45:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Guardian: We asked you for photos of places you want to save from rising tides, changing temperatures and natural disasters.

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Urban Landscapes Transformed by New Lifestyles

2015-06-10 15:00:00| National Real Estate Investor

The adoption of such things as mobile banking, 24/7 connectivity, new shopping habits and other factors are influencing the ways businesses operate and how cities and suburbs are being built. read more

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Learning Landscapes

2015-02-06 18:50:11| PortlandOnline

PP&R Urban Forestry's Education and Outreach Coordinator helps school children plant trees at their elementary schools through the Learning Landscape program

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