DES MOINES, Iowa, May 12 -- The Iowa Department of Natural Resources issued the following news release: * * * 4 Invasive Species You Can Eat in Iowa According to the National Invasive Species Information Center, invasive species are plants or wildlife that thrive and spread aggressively outside their native habitat and cause economic or environmental harm. Many are quite tasty, and eating them helps reduce further proliferation in the environment. As always, learn to identify wild edibles fro  more

WASHINGTON, May 12 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release: * * * Environmental Crimes Bulletin - April 2025 View All Environmental Crimes Bulletins In This Issue: * Cases by District/Circuit * Recently Charged * Guilty Pleas * Sentencings Cases by District/Circuit District/Circuit Case Name Conduct/Statute(s) District of Alaska United States v. Jason Christenson Tampering with a Monitoring Device/Clean Air Act United States v. Matanuska Die  more

WASHINGTON, May 8 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of the Interior Geological Survey issued the following abstract of an article entitled "Marginalizing time in habitat selection and species distribution models improves inference." Here are excerpts: * * * Marginalizing time in habitat selection and species distribution models improves inference Aim Recent methodological advances for studying how animals move and use space with telemetry data have focused on fine-scale, more mechanistic infe  more

WASHINGTON, May 13 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior National Park Service issued the following news release: * * * Off road Vehicle (ORV) Permits Available Through Online Process COPPER CENTER, ALASKA - Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve is processing online applications for FREE Recreation and Subsistence Off Road Vehicle (ORV) permits. For information on how to apply see the Recreational ORV Use or Subsistence ORV Use pages online at (www.nps.gov/WRST) or call Jan Maslen,   more