Sustainability is rarely as simple as a yes or no question, and that’s especially true with seafood. Seafood is the last major source of wild-harvested food in our diets, which is comes with some complications: there are hundreds of edible species, and each has its own role in marine ecosystems. And because fish populations vary …
Wild deer populations have increased tenfold over the past two decades, with their numbers now too high to be managed by recreational hunting or other recent control measures. The number of invasive species is now so large in parts of the east coast that a new national strategy by the federal and state governments proposes …
STATEN ISLAND, NY — An upcoming meeting between city and state agencies and local elected officials has one goal: to devise a plan to deal with “harmful” wildlife on Staten Island. And one of the main topics of discussion will be the borough’s wild turkeys. Mid-Island Councilman David Carr, Borough Chairman Vito Fossella, the city’s …
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Although many Americans still associate the winter holidays with chestnuts, the tree that once produced them – the American chestnut – no longer does, except in rare cases. During the first half of the 20th century, billions of chestnut trees died due to an exotic fungus, which was introduced into this country on Japanese chestnut. …
