RALEIGH, North Carolina, Nov. 28 -- The Defenders of Wildlife issued the following news: * * * "North Carolina's funding to support wildlife safe passage across roads will help provide habitat connectivity essential for the persistence of healthy wildlife populations, especially in the face of environmental changes that are increasingly transforming and fragmenting the landscape." -Ben Prater, Southeast Program Director for Defenders of Wildlife * * * In honor of Road Safety Week, the Safe P  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 30 -- The Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Subcommittee on Tourism, Trade and Export Promotion issued the following testimony by the Made By Mountains Partnership Director Amy Allison involving a hearing on Nov. 7, 2023, entitled "Sustainable Tourism for a Thriving Economy": * * * The Made By Mountains Partnership is a grant funded organization based in Western North Carolina, supporting 25 counties and the Qualla Boundary. The Partnership works to expand the outdoo  more