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March 10, 2025

DEADLINE: Waterman Fund Essay Contest for Emerging Writers

This annual contest is for writers who have not published a major work of fiction or narrative nonfiction on topics of wilderness, wildness or the ethics and ecology of environmental issues. $3,000 for the first-place essay selection and $1,000 for a runner-up. Deadline: Mar 10, 2025.

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Tracking the Trackers in the Trump 2.0 Onslaught

Keeping up with the Trump administration is tricky, given the speed and volume with which the action is unfolding. But the new Reporter’s Toolbox has a handy list of more than a dozen Trump trackers, watching everything from campaign promises and executive orders to litigation launched against the administration. There’s even a tracker watching his time spent on the golf links.

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"Over-Planting Of GM Corn Costing Farmers Billions, Study Finds"

"A new study adds to evidence that farmers in the US corn belt have over-planted a type of genetically modified (GM) corn, leading to estimated losses of more than $1 billion as the pests the corn was designed to repel have grown resistant over time."

Source: The New Lede, 03/03/2025

Media Spar With Trump Over ‘Viewpoint Discrimination’" and Press Freedom

"President Donald Trump’s executive order was clear: The Gulf of Mexico was out after hundreds of years. The Gulf of America was its name now. But The Associated Press decided to keep the original name for its style and also note that Trump changed it. Trump limited the global news outlet’s access to some presidential events. The AP sued."

Source: AP, 03/03/2025

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