ARCATA, California, Aug. 18 (TNSjou) -- The California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt issued the following news: The trees in Northern California's Klamath Mountains are not keeping up with climate change. Instead, many tree species are in decline, losing the race due to climate warming and decades of fire suppression. A new study by researchers at Cal Poly Humboldt, the University of Wyoming, and the U.S. Forest Service and published in Ecological Monographs found that trees in an extr  more

LARAMIE, Wyoming, Aug. 16 (TNSres) -- The University of Wyoming issued the following news release: Two University of Wyoming researchers will receive Thomas Jefferson Fund grants to collaborate with French scientists on separate research projects that assess water storage capacity in mountain watersheds and enhance crop production worldwide to ensure future food security. Dario Grana, a professor and Wyoming Excellence Chair in the UW Department of Geology and Geophysics, and Carmela Guadagno,  more

TUCSON, Arizona, Aug. 16 (TNStalk) -- The University of Arizona issued the following news release: Water levels in Lake Mead and Lake Powell continue to dip to historic lows as the Aug. 16 deadline approaches for the seven Colorado River Basin states of Arizona, California, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, Colorado and Wyoming to announce dramatic water usage cuts. The deadline for the western states was set in June during a federal hearing before the U.S. Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resou  more

LARAMIE, Wyoming, Aug. 16 (TNSper) -- The University of Wyoming issued the following news release: The University of Wyoming American Heritage Center (AHC) recently hired a project archivist focused on a collaborative effort among the AHC, the Wyoming State Archives and the Wyoming State Historical Records Advisory Board (SHRAB). The position is funded through the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC). The one-year grant award funds a part-time archivist to build an i  more

LARAMIE, Wyoming, Aug. 16 (TNSres) -- The University of Wyoming issued the following news release: Researchers at the University of Wyoming and seven other top universities have been selected by the National Science Foundation (NSF) to lay the groundwork for models that more accurately predict the spread of infectious diseases. The $1 million research project comes on the heels of the COVID-19 pandemic, which revealed that current epidemiological models do not adequately account for the human   more

LARAMIE, Wyoming, Aug. 18 (TNSpar) -- The University of Wyoming issued the following news release: Representatives of the University of Wyoming School of Energy Resources (SER), Wood PLC and Atlas Carbon LLC will hold a groundbreaking ceremony at 10 a.m. Friday, Sept. 2, to launch the site of a coal refinery field demonstration project near Gillette. SER Executive Director Holly Krutka, along with Richard Horner, SER's senior adviser to UW's Center for Carbon Capture and Conversion (CCCC), and  more

LARAMIE, Wyoming, Aug. 19 (TNSawa) -- The University of Wyoming issued the following news release: University of Wyoming animal science Professor Peter Nathanielsz is the 2022 recipient of the Barker Medal of the International Society for the Developmental Origins of Health and Disease. He will receive the award from the association in Vancouver, British Columbia, later this month. Nathanielsz, a Distinguished Research Professor of Life Course Studies within the UW College of Agriculture, Life  more

RICHMOND, Virginia, Aug. 17 -- The Virginia Democratic Party issued the following news release: Governor Youngkin will be leaving Virginia once again to join known 2020 election conspiracy theorist Tudor Dixon in Michigan as his Presidential aspirations outweigh his duties as Governor. Like Youngkin, Tudor Dixon is a danger to women across the country and backs an extreme anti-abortion agenda. Governor Youngkin has made a habit of leaving Virginia for any other state. Most recently he returned  more

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, Aug. 18 -- Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro issued the following news release on Aug. 17, 2022: Attorney General Josh Shapiro today announced that Wyoming County has joined the Law Enforcement Treatment Initiative (LETI), a program launched by Attorney General Shapiro in collaboration with law enforcement that provides assistance to Pennsylvanians suffering from substance use disorder in enrolling in treatment services. Sixteen counties across the Commonwealt  more