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Friday, July 09, 2021

Quick hits: Appalachian man rescues over 1,000 'lost' apple varieties; Purdue Pharma closer to settlement...

Here's a roundup of stories with rural resonance; if you do or see similar work that should be shared on The Rural Blog, email heather.chapman@uky.edu.

As many as one-third of Wisconsin's gray wolves likely died from hunting and poaching in the months since the federal government ended legal protections for the species, according to a newly published study. Read more here.

Climate change has worsened flooding across the Midwest, and is linked to a rise in rare crop diseases. Read more here and here.

Purdue Pharma is moving closer to a $4.5 billion court settlement as the attorneys general in 15 states drop their objections to the proposal. Read more here.

A new report highlights the best practices for building and maintaining more environmentally sustainable rural road infrastructure (a particularly timely consideration, since infrastructure spending is on deck in Washington). Read more here.

A retired North Carolina man has rescued and catalogued more than 1,000 "lost" apple varieties. Read more here.

One reason rural areas face health-care professional shortages: many general surgeons in rural America are getting older and retiring, and not enough younger ones are taking their places. Read more here.

It's sometimes difficult to be young and LGBTQ+ in rural areas; teens and experts offer ideas on ways to make it easier. Read more here.

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