For hundreds of years, or perhaps longer, a peculiar gunsight-like rock formation called Split Rock has provided direction for travelers in central Wyoming’s Sweetwater River Valley, including the historic Oregon, Mormon and California trails.
KATHMANDU On Sept. 28, Nepal’s Supreme Court, in a landmark decision, ordered the government to clear all human-made structures within 65 meters (213 feet) from the banks of Fewa Lake located in Pokhara, in western Nepal. Conservationists say the verdict, passed following years of deliberation, provides some level of protection for the iconic lake […]
Vast quantities of timber from Myanmar continue to enter the United States despite sanctions on the country’s state-controlled timber monopoly, according to a new report from U.K.-based watchdog group the Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA). Following the February 2021 military coup and violent crackdowns on citizens, countries including the U.S., Canada, the European Union, Switzerland, and […]
The village of Rukubji, in Bhutan’s central Wangdue Phodrang district, lies in a valley at the intersection of three rivers, its surrounding hillsides scattered with yak herder tents or swathed in forest. In October 2022, a camera trap set just outside the village recorded a female tiger and her two cubs prowling among the pine […]