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Lake Tahoe served as both a classroom and a time machine for Western Nevada College geology students recently, as Dr. Winnie ...

Katmai National Park and Preserve is a natural park and wild reserve of the United States in the south of Alaska, known ...

Rainbow Falls at Devils Postpile National Monument is exactly that kind of place – a 101-foot cascade of pure Sierra Nevada snowmelt that plunges dramatically over ancient volcanic cliffs near Mammoth ...

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Josh Green is one of 15 state governors that have joined forces to launch a new alliance to coordinate public health efforts.