Record Numbers of Steelhead Trout Running in Columbia River
After decades of decline in salmon and steelhead runs, this year the largest steelhead run in the history of dam counts is crossing Bonneville Dam on its way up the Columbia River.
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Cruise Ships End Reckless Polluting
As of July 1, cruise ships belonging to the International Council of Cruise Lines (ICCL) will implement a new set of dumping standards that includes zero discharge of some of the most hazardous chemicals used aboard luxury liners.
Africa's Last Eden Spared by Logging Company
A Congo Republic rain forest full of rare animals and trees, one of the most pristine left in Africa, will be protected from all logging thanks to the voluntary actions of a timber company to forfeit its harvesting rights.
Whooping It Up! Cranes Return to the East
For the first time in more than a century, whooping cranes will migrate across the skies of eastern North America this fall.
Disabled Man Breaks up Robbery with Knife, Awarded Carnegie Hero Award
Duane James, of Fairhaven, Massachusetts, was driving past the parking lot of a drugstore on May 19, 2000, when he saw a woman being robbed and he decided to intervene although the man weilded a knife.
Rescued Baby Possum's Favorite Nurse? A Stuffed Kangaroo (Here's Why)
This stuffed kangaroo may not be her real mama, but it's a pretty great surrogate for this baby possum rescued by an Australian wildlife group.
College Student's Device Can Turn Polluted Air into Printer Ink
This device doesn't just suck soot out of the air-it repurposes the stuff as printer toner.
Malala is Inspiration for Her Mother To Go Back To School
Malala Yousafzai has inspired millions of women and girls to stand up for their right to an education. Her mother turned out to be one of them
Woman Donates Part of her Liver to a Child She Didn't Even Know
Kimberly Springer, a near-stranger in North Carolina was donating a part of her liver to an infant with a rare liver disease whose last hope was a transplant.
Moscow; A Happy Place to Visit
Moscow is now a place where even old guard Communists are laughing in the streets. Where once there were dismal shops with bare shelves, there are now elegant hotels and chic boutiques. Shoppers stooped with packages find bargains in a vast underground shopping mall. The financial crash of ‘98 is a thing of the past.
Europe's Last Dictator Toppled
For the first time in history the Serbian people have a president chosen by themselves in free elections. Vojislav Kostunica, 56, defeated Slobodan Milosevic by a wide margin and, despite Milosevic's attempts to circumvent the election results, was sworn in as president on September 30, 2000.
38 Year-old First to Ski Down Mt. Everest Without Stopping
Davo Karnicar, of Slovenia, became the first person ever to make an uninterrupted ski descent from the top of the world's highest mountain, Mount Everest (29,035 ft).