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August 23, 1968 the Youth International Party nominates their candidate for President

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Yes, Pigaus the Infamous was a Yorkshire, 🐷 which was and still is number one in the pork 🥩 industry although that's changing at least on small farms with the growth in popularity of the many heritage pigs that have unique characteristics like the ability to forage for a greater portion of their feed ration 🌾 or produce more lard and better tasting more fatty bacon 🥓. 

Friday August 21, 2020 — Hogs

Dixie Fire – August 8, 2021

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The Dixie Fire has already destroyed nearly all of the historic Gold Rush town of Greenville and authorities warn it could take weeks to contain.

There are currently 11 major wildfires burning in the state.

Rescue workers are bracing for higher temperatures of 38C (100F) in the coming days.

The Dixie Fire started on 13 July and has since ravaged more than 489,000 acres (198,000 hectares). Just 21% of the blaze is contained, according to officials.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-58141340

It has burned 480,000 acres, which is more then all of Albany County which is 523 square miles or 334,720 acres.

Bootleg Fire Ravages Sycan Forest Estates in Oregon

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PHOTOS: Bootleg Fire Ravages Sycan Forest Estates in Oregon

KLAMATH FALLS, Oregon — Sayyid Bey has his right arm over the slumped shoulders of his son Nicolas, 11, as they use the tips of their shoes to kick through the burned and blackened debris that was once their three-room home in Sycan Forest Estates in the mountains north of Bly, Oregon.

In the ash are pieces of broken kitchen pottery, the vacant remains of picture frames, and a slightly ajar freezer filled with spoiled deer meat. Nicolas bends down and picks up his sister’s singed baby doll and shows his father before placing it gently back on the ground.

Agricultural Easements In NYS

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Yesterday I posted a map of conservation easements in the Adirondacks. Most of them are timber easements which by definition are quite large. Agricultural easements, which focus on preventing farm land development are much smaller typically as individual farm patcels are much smaller in New York State. Many of the easements are in high development, high tax areas like the Hudson Valley, especially the Taconics but also development rights have been purchased for areas with particularly high quality soils like the Genesee Valley.

Data Source:USGS Protected Areas Database. https://www.usgs.gov/core-science-systems/science-analytics-and-synthesis/gap/science/pad-us-data-overview?qt-science_center_objects=4#