The Minneapolis Park Board is poised to extend a program that generates funding for trees by selling carbon offset credits to private companies that want to claim they are “offsetting” their greenhouse gas emissions without reducing them. The offset program partnership with local nonprofit Green Cities Accord provides a much needed revenue stream for the […]
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ISU to take part in public lands stewardship program
Apr. 1—Indiana State University on Monday announced it is one of more than a dozen members of the American Association of State Colleges and Universities selected to participate in the association’s Stewardship of Public Lands program, an initiative of AASCU’s American Democracy Project. The program aims to foster innovative regional collaborations, responsible stewardship practices and […]
Longmont awarded forest stewardship grant
Dec. 28—Longmont recently received a Great Outdoors Colorado Youth Corps Association grant that will help the city protect its watershed through forest stewardship and wildfire risk reduction. Although not technically a monetary award, the grant will fund eight weeks of work by the Larimer County Conservation Corps on the St. Vrain Forest Health Project. Great […]
Downtown Ocala restaurant closes after nine years. ‘My stewardship for this place is over.’
A fixture eatery and nightspot in downtown Ocala has permanently shuttered. Molly Maguire’s Eatery of Ocala, 17 SW First Ave., was opened on Oct. 14, 2014 by local businessman George Carrasco. The eatery closed on Dec. 19. “It’s not bittersweet. My stewardship for this space is over,” Carrasco said during a Dec. 22 interview. The eatery […]