Jack Nicholson gave 60 acres of undeveloped land in Coldwater Canyon to the Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy in January 1994 | Wikimedia Commons Jack Nicholson gave 60 acres of undeveloped land in Coldwater Canyon to the Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy in January 1994. The land was in the hills above Studio City, and frontage was…

A road in western Oahu looks much like any other stretch of asphalt. Cars pass over it, tyres wear against its surface and, from the driver’s seat, there is little to suggest that recycled plastic is part of the pavement underneath. Yet in 2022, the Hawaii Department of Transportation (HDOT) began testing exactly that idea…

Eucalyptus cladocalyx ‘nana’. Image Credit: ERA Nurseries Australia planted eucalyptus trees to fight rising soil salinity, hoping that thirsty, deep-rooted vegetation could help control the groundwater processes behind the problem. A long-running experiment in south-western Australia later showed that the effects of such plantations were more complicated than simply planting trees and waiting for the…

Idaho buried nearly 300 tons of crushed waste glass beneath Highway 75 Transport authorities in Idaho turned nearly 300 tonnes of discarded glass into road foundation material under Highway 75, creating a durable structural base while solving a local landfill crisis. The engineering trial, executed along a 200-foot stretch of highway near Ketchum, placed an…

The two friends, who were hunting partners, decided to change how the land was managed. When Jim Willis and John Webb bought a 225-acre ranch near the San Bernard River in Texas in 2000, the land had little wildlife left. Years of overgrazing had left the property in poor condition, and the pasture could support…