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NPR's Martin Kaste reports that in addition to all of the usual problems associated with illegal drug production, the drug trade in Colombia is causing environmental problems. Chemicals such as ammonia and sulfuric acid, used in the production of cocaine, end up in rivers that flow through sensitive ecosystems such as the country's rain forest. Colombian officials have used the environmental argument to obtain a billion dollars of U-S aid money to fight the cocaine industry. They say their efforts to eradicate illegal drug production will save vast areas of rain forest.

Portsmouth will debate the future of a historic waterfront cottage at a meeting Thursday night.Preservationists want to stop the Society for the…

The Folk Show's listing of dances and music events.

The American Kestrel, a tiny, colorful raptor, is declining in the state, and the Harris Center for Conservation Education is installing nest boxes in hopes of bolstering local kestrel populations.

Albino redwoods are white because of a genetic mutation. A researcher in California thinks he might have figured out what purpose the trees serve in the forest.

The Folk Show's listing of music and dance events.

The huge "Rim Fire" in and around Yosemite National Park is close to the Hetch Hetchy Reservoir that serves San Francisco. While falling ash hasn't seriously polluted the waters yet, there's concern that erosion from scorched hillsides will cause problems for the water supply in coming months.

Title/ Artist/ Album/ LabelI Am a Wanderer/ Steve Earle/ I'll Never Get Out of This World Alive/ New West RecordsHand In Hand/ Áine Minogue/ Were You At…

Title/ Artist/ Album/ LabelTime Traveler's Wife/ Kathy Kallick/ Cut to the Chase/ Live Oak RecordsRichmond;Greasy coat ; Starvation at Hell Creek/ Ken…

A fire raged through a popular ski resort south of Istanbul early Tuesday. The deadly fire broke out during a school holiday when the area's hotels are packed.