WASHINGTON, June 1 -- Archaeology Southwest issued a 19-page report in March 2024 entitled "Orphaned and Abandoned Oil-Gas Wells in the Southwest." The report was written by Paul Reed. Here is the introduction: Over the last 170 years of oil and gas production in the US, it is estimated that more than 12 million holes of varying depths have been drilled, including dry holes, producing wells, and orphaned or abandoned locations (Kusnetz 2011). Abandoned wells are those with no recent productio  more

WASHINGTON, June 1 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior National Park Service has issued a notice, published in the Federal Register for June 3, 2024, entitled "Inventory Completion: Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA." The notice was issued by Melanie O'Brien, Manager, National NAGPRA Program. * * * SUMMARY: In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Ha  more

URBANA, Illinois, June 1 -- The University of Illinois System issued the following news: University of Illinois System leaders expressed their appreciation for Gov. JB Pritzker's and the Illinois General Assembly's continued support of higher education in the 2025 fiscal year budget approved early Wednesday. The General Assembly approved an operating budget of $710.6 million for the system in the fiscal year that begins July 1, a 1.8% increase from the current year. "We greatly appreciate the  more