Horses have been of great importance to the American continents since even before the founding of the United States. It is believed that horses once roamed these lands between eight and ten thousand years ago, before becoming extinct. In the late fifteenth century they were reintroduced to the Western Hemisphere, and to Florida in 1538. The horses that came at this time have come to be known as Colonial Spanish Horses, and were prevalent in the southeastern and western United States.... Native Americans acquired horses in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. One of the first tribes to get them were the Comanches, followed by the Crow and Blackfoot. Horses were particularly important to Native Americans of the Great Plains. National Day of the Horse was created through a Senate resolution in 2004.
Environmental groups announce appeal after approval of final permit in Tacoma LNG project
Environmental groups in Tacoma say they're planning a swift appeal against the decision from the Puget Sound Clean Air Agency approving a permit for the liquefied natural gas facility that's being built in the city's tideflats.
DNR adopts plan for marbled murrelet
The state Board of Natural Resources on Tuesday adopted a long-term conservation plan for the marbled murrelet, a threatened seabird that has been protected under a controversial interim plan for almost two decades.
Seattle Aquarium plans $113 million pavilion with sharks, sting rays for new waterfront promenade
The cars that until recently whizzed past downtown Seattle on the Alaskan Way Viaduct may soon be replaced by tropical sharks cruising through a huge tank shaped like a martini glass, with viewing portals for people above and below.
Climate change: Oceans running out of oxygen as temperatures rise
Climate change and nutrient pollution are driving the oxygen from our oceans, and threatening many species of fish.
Bellingham looking for 100% renewable energy by 2035. Here’s the plan
Bellingham officials are getting ready to take their “moon shot” — an ambitious and controversial plan for the city to do its part to conserve energy and reduce pollution in the face of global climate change.
Pressure on to move rocks the size of ‘houses and cars’ at Big Bar
The team trying to clear the landslide at Big Bar on the Fraser River is consulting dozens of experts, including private industry and the military, in an effort to remove boulders the size of “houses and cars.”
Keeping watch on seabird health
Scientists are still trying to understand what caused the deaths of thousands of rhinoceros auklets in the Salish Sea in 2016.
Wild Olympics Act clears committee, headed to House floor
Congressman Derek Kilmer’s Wild Olympics Wilderness and Wild and Scenic Rivers Act has passed out of the U.S. House of Representatives Natural Resources Committee for possible consideration on the House floor.
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