Tuesday - June 30, 2026

Tipoffs for Asheville, North Carolina (State)

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Catawba College's Jacobson Co-Authors Study on Wilderness Areas
SALISBURY, North Carolina, Dec. 7 (TNSjou) -- Catawba College issued the following news: The expansion of agriculture to feed a growing global population of more than 8 billion people will shrink the world's remaining wilderness areas by the end of the century, according to projections reported in a new study published this month in the peer-reviewed, scientific journal Biological Conservation. The study showed that wild areas could be lost at a rate of more than 130 square kilometers (or more  more