By GRANT SCHULTEMay 5, 2021 GMT
FILE - In this Feb. 26, 2021, file photo, Nebraska Governor Pete Ricketts speaks during a news conference at the Nebraska State Capitol in Lincoln, Neb. Ricketts is ramping up his crusade for the meat industry Wednesday, April 5, 2021, by endorsing a new beef passport program to promote meat eating, a few weeks after he blasted Colorado s governor for a resolution encouraging its residents to eat less. (Kenneth Ferriera/Lincoln Journal Star via AP, File)
FILE - In this Feb. 26, 2021, file photo, Nebraska Governor Pete Ricketts speaks during a news conference at the Nebraska State Capitol in Lincoln, Neb. Ricketts is ramping up his crusade for the meat industry Wednesday, April 5, 2021, by endorsing a new beef passport program to promote meat eating, a few weeks after he blasted Colorado s governor for a resolution encouraging its residents to eat less. (Kenneth Ferriera/Lincoln Journal Star via AP, File)
WARSAW, Poland (AP) Two endangered Mexican beaded lizards have hatched at the Wroclaw Zoo in Poland, boosting the population of the venomous lizards. The zoo said the lizards, which are difficult to breed in captivity, hatched in late February at the zoo’s terrarium, where the eggs had been kept in an incubator since an adult female laid them in August. Zoo spokeswoman Joanna Kij said Monday that they are still being kept from the public’s view and keepers have not yet determined their sex.
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) Wildlife officials in Montana have confirmed the presence of a grizzly bear in the Big Snowy Mountains, a first for the region. The Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks said the adult bear was photographed last Friday by a landowner who set up the camera next to a dead cow carcass, The Billings Gazette <a href="https://billingsgazette.
Wind energy firm using buoys to study conditions, animals
By WAYNE PARRYApril 23, 2021 GMT
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) A company planning a wind energy farm off New Jersey’s southern coast will deploy two research buoys to study conditions in the area envisioned for its development.
The devices from Atlantic Shores Offshore Wind will collect atmospheric and weather data in the area, and track the migration of birds, fish, turtles and other animals that live there. The data will be shared with researchers at Rutgers University.
The buoys are due to be deployed next month.
The research comes as activity ramps up off New Jersey’s coastline to establish wind-powered energy sources.
RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) A Canadian corporation looking to open a uranium mine in South Dakota is resuming the permit process with the state, while opponents say the project will ruin the area. Powertech Industries Inc., a subsidiary of Azarga Uranium based in British Columbia, Canada, first began applying for permits and licensing for the project in the southwestern part of the state in 2013, the Rapid City Journal reported Saturday. The proposed project would use a mining process similar to fracking in which injection wells are used to pump groundwater fortified with oxygen and carbon dioxide into the ore deposits to dissolve uranium. That type of mining, known as in situ, requires large amounts of water, which Powertech needs permission from the state to use.