Portsmouth’s Paradise Creek Nature Park broke ground April 12 for the expansion of the Fred W. Beazley River Academy.

Farmer helps herd of cows swim across the River Shannon for pastures new “There’s significant danger in swimming the cows, particularly their calves. You could lose a calf very simply here.

River Bend Nature Center has a new executive director. Jennica Lambert has been named to the post following the retirement of Liz Martin. Lambert has been with the organization for 14 years.

At least, that’s the premise of a new legal movement called Rights of Nature. The Dan River and the Mountain Valley Pipeline were the subjects of a different kind of tribunal last weekend.