The 20 acres mark the first milestone in a campaign to permanently protect 140 acres of mature hardwood forest bordering Guilford College's campus.

NPR's Rob Schmitz speaks with Russ Schumacher, professor at Colorado State University, about a new government proposal to reallocate water from the Colorado River among Western states who rely on it.

Under a new federal plan out today to manage the Colorado river, Arizona, California and Nevada face potentially steep water cuts over the next decade. The plan by the Interior Department will impact communities and farms across those states. For now, the proposal spares Colorado, Utah, New Mexico and Wyoming from mandatory water cuts. Legal battles are expected.

The Indiana bat is threatened by fungal disease, habitat loss and climate change.

Seven western states will share water from the drought-stricken Colorado River.

The federal government is releasing a plan to intervene, and it could include major curbs for big cities down river.

A water main break this week disrupted service to around 200,000 Forsyth County residents.

Rockport, Massachusetts, residents worried that the new, brighter lights would harm fireflies and other wildlife, which depend on dark skies for survival.

Half a century ago, a series of landmark federal laws started reining in water pollution. As a result, some rivers across the country are bouncing back to life, but threats to clean rivers remain.

Authorities in France and Spain say some of their wildfires are mostly contained, but others are blazing on and a new wave of extreme heat is raising fears of more fires to come.