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Trust offers to save bison from Biden-backed trophy hunt in Grand Canyon

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Phoenix restaurants committed to going green while in 'survival mode'

With so many restaurants suddenly serving food to-go, the pandemic caused a shortage of products including cardboard boxes, plastic gloves and takeout containers. In Arizona, paper bags have been hard to get and black foam containers are almost impossible to find, one Arizona distributor says. Prior to COVID-19, takeout orders made up about 4% of sales for national brunch chain Snooze, which has locations in Phoenix, Scottsdale, Tempe, Gilbert and Tucson. At points during 2020, takeout orders were the only way the restaurant could serve customers. Sustainability is one of the company s core focuses and Snooze was on track to announce carbon neutrality goals prior to the pandemic, says Senior Brand Manager Becky Fairchild. Instead, the pandemic forced the company to focus mainly on survival.

Wild Bison Return To Colorado's Great Plains | Colorado Public Radio

Rosmarino said the refuge is one of the best remaining intact shortgrass prairie habitats in the southern plains. “It s not flat. These are rolling grasslands, with a lot of topography, and therefore a lot of different microhabitats,” she said. The area is home to rare species, some which are found nowhere else on the planet, such as a flower called the Colorado green gentian. Rosmarino said bringing the bison back to this part of their historic range will help the ecosystem and support the area’s flora and fauna. The new conservation herd will be kept separate from a herd established in 2015 at the refuge known as the sanctuary herd, which is not a breeding herd, according to Rosmarino. The sanctuary herd is not considered a pure genetic source.