Members of a wild horse herd in Reno, Nev., with a subdevelopment in the background. gchapel/Getty Images In the remote towns of the Sierra Nevada, a recent spike in bears being struck by cars has raised questions over the coexistence of bears and humans — are there too many bears, or are there too many cars? But … Read more
The essence of lonely is embodied after peeling off Highway 50 into a dusty parking lot at Middlegate Station, a pit stop in the Nevada desert about an hour from any cities in both directions. There’s a small wooden building that appears to have been standing for at least 100 years and near the front … Read more
The bear seen in Tahoe was a local black bear, like this one, shown in the Sierra Nevada in winter. Anna39/Getty Images/iStockphoto It’s no secret that Lake Tahoe and all of the northern Sierra Nevada is bear country, but most people probably assume that bears hibernate as soon as winter begins. Most bears go into … Read more
For the seventh consecutive year, Hawaii’s population has steadily declined, according to the United States Census Bureau’s state population estimates, as residents leave the Islands by the thousands. From July 2021 to July 2022, the state’s population dropped by 0.5%, from 1.447 million to 1.440 million. Last year, Hawaii ranked fifth in the nation for the … Read more
