Big South Fork: An Undiscovered Gem
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The Big South Fork National Park and Recreational area currently protects 25,000 acres on top of the Cumberland Plateau.
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SNOQUALMIE, Wash. -- The forested view from Snoqualmie Falls, one of the state&#39;s top tourist destinations and an area sacred to the Snoqualmie Indians, has been preserved in a complex deal.
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By John Stark, The Bellingham Herald, Wash.  Jun. 9--The final cleanup of a dump along the Nooksack River's south fork could cost a half million dollars or more, but no source for that money is immediately available.
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NEW YORK - A new fossil discovery from China sh
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This Behind the Scenes article was provided to LiveScience in partnership with the National Science Foundation. Chris Austin&rsquo;s fieldwork takes him to some of the most inaccessible places on Earth in the pursuit of knowledge about the diversity of the world&rsquo;s amphibians and reptiles. He serves as assistant curator of Herpetology and assistant professor of Biological Science at the Louisiana State University Museum of Natural Science and Department of Biological Science. This story relates some of the trials, tribulations, and triumphs of field work in remote New Guinea.
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The Southern chorus frog has been found in southeastern Virginia, far outside its previously known range. The animal had never before been reported north of Beaufort County, N.C., about 125 miles to the south.
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An astonishing collection of fossil animals from southern Australia is reported by scientists.
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Nearly 200 years ago, a Mississippi River town experienced some of the most powerful earthquakes in U.S. history. Today, scientists say it's hard convincing people that major shakers can hit anywhere but the West Coast. Michelle Delio reports from New Madrid, Missouri.
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By Copyright  2007 Albuquerque Journal BY JOHN FLECK Journal Staff Writer  GALLUP -- Gallup is running out of water.   Nearby parts of the eastern Navajo Nation never had much water to begin with.
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By Clint Cooper, Chattanooga Times/Free Press, Tenn.  May 29--Helen Poole Lillard of Ooltewah said the computer has helped her family expand.   In researching her Rhea County roots online, she found "lots of cousins" and two years ago came across an even closer relative.
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RANGE CREEK CANYON, Utah - The newly discovered ruins of an ancient civilization in this remote eastern Utah canyon could reveal secrets about the descendants of the continent's original Paleo-Indians who showed up before the time of Christ to settle much of present-day Utah.    Archaeologists estimate as many as 250 households occupied this canyon over a span of centuries ending about 750 years ago...
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By JUSTIN CARINCI  A path winds past ponds and under cone-bearing and leafy trees at Columbia Springs Environmental Education Center.  On a bleak April day, a fish hatchery squeezed between state Highway 14 and Southeast Evergreen Highway seems an unlikely place for natural beauty.
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Join the Fool to look for stock ideas south of the equator.
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By Sarah Watson, The News & Advance, Lynchburg, Va.  Feb.
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By GILLIAN FLACCUS BALLARAT, Calif. - Whoever named Surprise Canyon got it right. Mere miles from bone-dry Death Valley, the canyon cradles two unexpected jewels: a gushing mountain stream and what's left of a once-bustling silver mining town.
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By Chiarappa, Michael J  Fishing for Gold: The Story of Alabama's Catfish Industry. By Karni R. Perez. Tuscaloosa: University of Alabama Press, 2006. xv+263 pp. Bibliographical references, index. Paper $22.95.
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By The Sun News, Myrtle Beach, S.C.  Feb. 23--Little River and Murrells Inlet used to be sleepy villages with glorious waterfront locations. But because of their beauty, both villages attracted the commercial and residential developers, and grew exponentially as a result.