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23+ min ago (577+ words) HERNANDO COUNTY, Fla. " Running a whiskey distillery in the middle of 40,000 acres presents quite a few challenges. Just ask Natalie Goff. "We've kind of learned to respect nature and embrace it," she said. Watch full report from Erik Waxler Kevin and Natalie Goff have been creating Wild Buck Whiskey at Njoy Spirits Distillery for more than a decade. "You'll notice on the back of our bottles it says distilled and bottled by us, which means we actually make it here, and we like to use our 401 black rye that we grow on this 80-acre farm." The Goffs built their operation in the Chassahowitzka National Wildlife Refuge near Weeki Wachee. Natalie said they are proud to be located in what is known as the Florida Wildlife Corridor. "We love nature, and we get inspiration on how to build things where animals…...

56+ min ago (363+ words) For 35 years, American zoologist Laurie Marker has been collecting and storing specimens in a cheetah sperm bank in Namibia, hoping conservationists never have to use them. But she worries that the world's fastest land animal might be on the brink of extinction one day and need artificial reproduction to save it. Marker says the sperm bank at the Cheetah Conservation Fund she founded in the southern African nation is a "frozen zoo" of cheetahs she's been building since 1990. It would be utilised in a worst-case scenario for the big cats, whose numbers have dropped alarmingly in the wild over the last 50 years. Conservationists mark World Cheetah Day on Thursday with less than 7,000 of them left in the wild, similar numbers to the critically endangered black rhino. There are only around 33 populations of cheetahs spread out in pockets mainly across Africa,…...

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1+ hour, 48+ min ago (371+ words) Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum said the plan will help the federal government "strengthen California's water resilience." It takes effect Friday. But California officials and environmental groups blasted the move, saying sending significantly more water to farmlands could threaten water delivery to the rest of the state and would harm salmon and other fish. It is important for the two systems to work together, Karla Nemeth, director of the California Department of Water Resources, said in a statement. She warned the Trump administration's plan could limit the state's ability to send water to cities and farmers. That is because the state could be required to devote more water to species protection if the federal project sends more to farms. Barbara Barrigan-Parrilla, executive director at Restore the Delta, said pumping more water out would result in more Delta smelt and…...

1+ hour, 53+ min ago (259+ words) Researchers from multiple Indonesian institutions have conducted a study on the densities of Sumatran tigers in the Leuser Ecosystem in Sumatra, Indonesia. The study collected data from locations including Padang and Takengon, involving experts from different organisations. The research team ensured that fieldwork and sampling were completed with appropriate permits. They also took measures to prevent equipment damage from high humidity by using desiccant sheets inside the cameras. No generative AI was utilised in the preparation of the manuscript, according to the authors. The publisher noted that all claims in the article represent only those of the authors, and that any product evaluated or claim made is not guaranteed or endorsed by the publisher, editors, or reviewers. The dataset generated from this study is not readily available to the public. The authors explained, "Data sharing for this critically endangered species…...

1+ hour, 54+ min ago (373+ words) Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum said the plan will help the federal government "strengthen California's water resilience." It takes effect Friday. But California officials and environmental groups blasted the move, saying sending significantly more water to farmlands could threaten water delivery to the rest of the state and would harm salmon and other fish. It is important for the two systems to work together, Karla Nemeth, director of the California Department of Water Resources, said in a statement. She warned the Trump administration's plan could limit the state's ability to send water to cities and farmers. That is because the state could be required to devote more water to species protection if the federal project sends more to farms. Barbara Barrigan-Parrilla, executive director at Restore the Delta, said pumping more water out would result in more Delta smelt and…...

1+ hour, 54+ min ago (395+ words) The Trump administration is making good on a promise to send more water to California farmers in the state's crop-rich Central Valley. Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum said the plan will help the federal government "strengthen California's water resilience." It takes effect Friday. But California officials and environmental groups blasted the move, saying sending significantly more water to farmlands could threaten water delivery to the rest of the state and would harm salmon and other fish. It is important for the two systems to work together, Karla Nemeth, director of the California Department of Water Resources, said in a statement. She warned the Trump administration's plan could limit the state's ability to send water to cities and farmers. That is because the state could be required to devote more water to species protection if the federal project sends more…...

1+ hour, 54+ min ago (371+ words) Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum said the plan will help the federal government "strengthen California's water resilience." It takes effect Friday. But California officials and environmental groups blasted the move, saying sending significantly more water to farmlands could threaten water delivery to the rest of the state and would harm salmon and other fish. It is important for the two systems to work together, Karla Nemeth, director of the California Department of Water Resources, said in a statement. She warned the Trump administration's plan could limit the state's ability to send water to cities and farmers. That is because the state could be required to devote more water to species protection if the federal project sends more to farms. Barbara Barrigan-Parrilla, executive director at Restore the Delta, said pumping more water out would result in more Delta smelt and…...

1+ hour, 59+ min ago (460+ words) Home " Study shows African penguins starving off South Africa coast Endangered penguins living off South Africa's coast have likely starved en masse due to food shortages, a study said Friday, with some populations dropping by 95 percent in just eight years. Fewer than 10 000 breeding pairs of the small, black and white African Penguin are left globally, according to scientists, and the species was listed as critically endangered last year by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). RELATED | Camera traps bolster penguin conservation efforts in Simon's Town Two of the most important breeding colonies near Cape Town had collapsed between 2004 and 2011, with some 62 000 birds estimated to have died, the study by the UK's University of Exeter and the South African Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment said. In those eight years, sardine populations in South African waters " a main…...

2+ hour ago (446+ words) Las manchas lo delataron. Al igual que una huella dactilar en el ser humano, el patr'n de rosetas en cada jaguar es "nico, por lo que los investigadores sab'an que ten'an un nuevo animal en sus manos cuando revisaron las im'genes captadas por una c'mara remota en el sur de Arizona. El Centro de Investigaci'n y Conservaci'n de Felinos Silvestres de la Universidad de Arizona asegura que se trata del quinto ejemplar de la especie que ha sido avistado en los "ltimos 15 a'os en la zona despu's de cruzar la frontera desde M'xico. El animal fue captado por la c'mara en noviembre mientras visitaba un abrevadero, y sus distintivas manchas lo diferenciaron de avistamientos anteriores. "Estamos muy emocionados. Esto significa que esta poblaci'n marginal de jaguares sigue viniendo aqu' porque est'n encontrando lo que necesitan, se'al' el jueves Susan Malusa,…...