Feral cattle in Gila Wilderness will once again be shot down from helicopters

For the second year in a row, shooters in helicopters will gun down an estimated 150 feral cattle that are trampling habitats in the Gila Wilderness, a sprawling undeveloped area of more than a half million acres within the Gila National Forest in New Mexico.

The aerial shooting is scheduled to begin on Thursday and continue through Sunday, the U.S. Forest Service said in a statement. The plan is being carried out in conjunction with the Agriculture Department and the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service’s Wildlife Services program.

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/22/us/cattle-shooting-new-mexico-helicopter.html

USNPS to create museum underneath Lincoln Memorial

Beneath the Lincoln Memorial is its "undercroft," a cavernous area filled with rows of tall concrete columns and large expanses of open space that has long been hidden from the public — and soon, it will be the site of a new immersive museum.

On Monday, the National Park Service announced plans to create 15,000 square feet of exhibit space that will explore the history of President Abraham Lincoln and the memorial that honors him.

https://www.npr.org/2023/02/20/1158292427/lincoln-memorial-museum-undercroft

Bangladesh | Government critics say Ramsar designation for large wetland won't ensure protection

DHAKA — As Bangladesh authorities prepare to declare the country’s largest freshwater wetland a Ramsar site, its two other designated wetlands of international importance, including the Sundarbans, continue to come under increasing threat.

The Ramsar Convention calls for the protection and sustainable use of wetlands, and designates internationally important ones as Ramsar sites. Bangladesh signed up to the convention in 1992, and that same year the Sundarbans, the world’s largest mangrove forest, was designated a Ramsar site. Tanguar Haor, an inland freshwater wetland, followed in 2000.

https://news.mongabay.com/2023/02/for-key-bangladesh-wetland-bid-for-ramsar-status-is-no-guarantee-of-protection/