Imperial Valley News Center
Two of Three Wild-Hatched Condors Have Fledged
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Zion National Park, Utah - Program biologists from The Peregrine Fund and Zion National Park have confirmed that two California condor chicks have left their nests and taken flight in northern Arizona, but hopes of a third chick successfully reaching the fledgling milestone in southern Utah have been dashed by a lack of visual observation. The third chick was Utah's first wild-hatched condor chick.
President Obama Grants Commutations and Pardons
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Washington, DC - Today President Barack Obama granted clemency to twenty individuals, consisting of eight commutations and twelve pardons.
Charting a New Course on Cuba
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Washington, DC - Today, the United States is taking historic steps to chart a new course in our relations with Cuba and to further engage and empower the Cuban people. We are separated by 90 miles of water, but brought together through the relationships between the two million Cubans and Americans of Cuban descent that live in the United States, and the 11 million Cubans who share similar hopes for a more positive future for Cuba.
Not Your Average Nursery Sized Baby: Greater One-Horned Rhino Calf Being Hand-Raised at San Diego Zoo Safari Park
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Escondido, California - A 3-week-old greater one-horned rhino calf received a morning bottle feeding at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park. After his feeding, he ventured out of his nursery stall for some fresh air and exercise with his keepers. The male calf, yet to be named, was born on Nov. 27 to first-time mother Kaya in the Safari Park’s Asian Plains exhibit.
Culvert repairs pose environmental risks, require safeguards
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West Lafayette, Indiana - A new report recommends that states require standardized testing to safeguard against environmental contamination caused by a widely used method for rehabilitating aging drainage culverts.
Cuba Policy Changes
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Washington, DC - Secretary of State John Kerry: "I was a seventeen year old kid watching on a black and white television set when I first heard an American President talk of Cuba as an "imprisoned island.”
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