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![Climate change driving ‘firmageddon’ in Pacific Northwest forests](http://townsquare.media/site/1098/files/2022/12/attachment-Forest-oregon.jpg?w=980&q=75)
Climate change driving ‘firmageddon’ in Pacific Northwest forests
A startling die-off of fir trees across Oregon and Washington state has prompted the U.S. Forest Service to reevaluate which tree species to plant in a bid to weather climate change.
![Canadian caribou species wins Endangered Species Act protection](http://townsquare.media/site/1098/files/2022/12/attachment-caribou-endangered.jpg?w=980&q=75)
Canadian caribou species wins Endangered Species Act protection
Just in time for Christmas, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service on Monday added two species of caribou or “reindeer” to its list of federally protected species under the Endangered Species Act.
![Seeking authentic in Mexican town that introduced world to magic mushrooms](http://townsquare.media/site/1098/files/2022/12/attachment-Mexico-Mushrooms-4.jpg?w=980&q=75)
Seeking authentic in Mexican town that introduced world to magic mushrooms
Nearly 65 years have passed since the world outside of Huautla de Jiménez, in the southern Mexican state of Oaxaca, became aware of the hallucinogenic effects of certain fungi thanks to a pair of magazine articles in 1957 written by amateur mycologist.
![Colorado releases first draft of plan to reintroduce gray wolf](http://townsquare.media/site/1098/files/2017/05/wolves-crop.jpg?w=980&q=75)
Colorado releases first draft of plan to reintroduce gray wolf
The gray wolf, Canis lupus, was endemic to Colorado until it was hunted to extinction in the middle of the 20th century.
![Boaters flock to meeting over plunging Lake Mead levels](http://townsquare.media/site/1098/files/2022/12/attachment-Lake-Mead-Nevada.jpg?w=980&q=75)
Boaters flock to meeting over plunging Lake Mead levels
An overflow crowd of more than 400 people descended on the Bureau of Reclamation Conference and Training Center in Boulder City, Nevada, this week seeking answers to their questions regarding the dropping lake level at Lake Mead and the inability to launch their boats.
![Native Americans managed wildfire risk with controlled burns for thousands of years](http://townsquare.media/site/1098/files/2021/08/Finley-Fire.jpg?w=980&q=75)
Native Americans managed wildfire risk with controlled burns for thousands of years
Roos and a team of researchers studied nearly 5,000 fire-scarred trees in Arizona and New Mexico, in areas inhabited by the Apache, Navajo and Jemez tribes over the course of 400 years, between roughly 1500 and 1900.
![Trump Organization guilty on all counts in criminal tax scheme](http://townsquare.media/site/1098/files/2022/12/attachment-Trump-Taxes.jpg?w=980&q=75)
Trump Organization guilty on all counts in criminal tax scheme
Jurors spent just 10 hours deliberating in what has been the only proceeding to arise from a three-year probe of former President Donald Trump and his business practices.
![Company wins bid to unlock secrets of 1875 SS Pacific steamboat disaster](http://townsquare.media/site/1098/files/2022/12/attachment-Pacific-Ocean.jpg?w=980&q=75)
Company wins bid to unlock secrets of 1875 SS Pacific steamboat disaster
Court documents unsealed Friday revealed exploration company Rockfish has located the remains of the S.S. Pacific, a steamboat that sank off the Washington state coast nearly 150 years ago.
![Downtown Vegas adds splashy resort to revitalized mix](http://townsquare.media/site/1098/files/2022/12/attachment-Vegas-Casino.jpg?w=980&q=75)
Downtown Vegas adds splashy resort to revitalized mix
Circa Resort & Casino, the tallest building north of the Strip at 35 stories and 458 feet, broke ground in February 2019.
![In sign of resilience, US labor market adds 263,000 jobs](http://townsquare.media/site/1098/files/2021/04/Employment.jpg?w=980&q=75)
In sign of resilience, US labor market adds 263,000 jobs
Job growth in the U.S. once again beat expectations in November, as the economy added 263,000 jobs while the unemployment rate stayed at a low 3.7%.