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Kansas releases giant snapping turtles into waterways in effort to bring back the endangered speciesKansas is among several states releasing alligator snapping turtles. The prehistoric-looking, river-dwelling creatures’ population has been shrinking for the last several decades.
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Farmers along the Missouri River and its tributaries are still assessing damage from recent flooding. But beyond the farms in parts of Iowa, Nebraska,...
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The University of Kansas geology department bought 600 acres of land in Colorado to ensure geology students continue to take a class there each summer.The…
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Expect challenges in the Midwest to so-called “ag-gag” laws, laws that criminalize certain forms of data collection and recording on farms and ranches,...
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As the former editor for the Berthoud Weekly Surveyor, Rick Padden knows a good story when he reads one. When the newspaper ran a story about Camp 202 --…
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Standing on a platform above the eastern bank of the Missouri River at the Kansas City, Missouri, Water Services’ intake plant is like being on the deck…
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The Western Farm Show in Kansas City, Mo., is a long way from Silicon Valley.But here in a huge arena, set in what used to be the Kansas City Stockyards,…
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Blake Hurst rides ten feet above his soybean field in northern Missouri, looking more like he’s playing a video game than driving a $350,000 high-tech…
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A patchwork of bamboo and paper tubes, with diameters no bigger than a nickel, are stacked artfully inside a 4-by-4 wooden frame near the edge of a public…
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June is the start of outdoor recreation season for many Coloradans, and it also marks the start of the peak season for powerful storms and lightning.…