This is compounded by an increased agricultural cultivation of crops like wheat. This scarcity makes the wild vegetation along rural pathways an indispensable resource for pollinators such as the ...

Native vegetation not only has environmental benefits but can bolster crop yields as well. Photo by Gregor Heard. Preserving ...

Cal Fire responded to reports of a fast-moving vegetation fire in California Valley on Monday afternoon, according to emergency app Watch Duty. The fire was reported at 12:59 p.m. on Monday ...

The initiative would see rural schools across California raising ... These goats would then be deployed to graze on fire-prone vegetation, reducing the fuel available for potential wildfires.

More information: Molly J. Doruska et al, Modeling how and why aquatic vegetation removal can free rural households from poverty-disease traps, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (2024).

we considered the site's original ecology and made efforts to preserve natural vegetation and water systems to create habitats for wildlife." Li's teammate Lu Xiaoyue said rural vitalization ...