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Ramps, or wild leeks, are a member of the lily family and resemble scallions with their wide leaves and small, white bulbs tinged a rusty red.

In The Land Of Wild Ramps, It's Festival Time

Springtime in Appalachia means ramp festival season. But as ramp festivals and urban ramp vendors attract record numbers of people, scientists warn that the wild populations of the seasonal greens are being forced into decline.

For Northern Pass Crossing Conservation Land Would Mean A Long And Rocky Legal Road

In 2003 state and federal officials, a private land owner and conservation groups created a conservation easement to protect about 146,000 acres in…

'Fruitvale' Stands Out At Sundance

The Sundance Film Festival is underway in Park City, Utah. Fruitvale is based on an incident in which a young man was shot and killed by a BART police officer. His death triggered riots thorughout Oakland, Calif.

Manhunt For Fired LAPD Officer Appears Over

In Southern California, the week-long manhunt for Christopher Dorner appears to be over. He is the former LAPD officer who is believed to be responsible for four murders.

Trees On Top Of Skyscrapers? Yes! Yes, Say I. No! No, Says Tim

Two residential towers, dense with trees, will have their official opening later this year in downtown Milan. Blogger and critic Tim De Chant thinks it's high-time we stop planting trees on skyscrapers. Krulwich disagrees.

Forest Whitaker stars in <em>The Butler</em>, loosely based on the life of Eugene Allen.

'The Butler': 'It's Not A Movie — It's A Movement'

The new film, starring Forest Whitaker, tells the story of a man who experienced the country's racial tension from one of the most powerful addresses in the world. Director Lee Daniels and journalist Wil Haygood join Tell Me More to discuss the movie, and the man who inspired it.

Northern Pass' New Route Hangs On Eight Miles of Country Roads

After a series of delays PSNH has announced a new route for its Northern Pass project. The route follows a more easterly path than the original 2010 route…

Drought Affects Large Swaths Of U.S.

A devastating drought has taken over areas of the Rocky Mountains and Midwest. Author and conservationist William deBuys tells Renee Montagne that one of the shocking things has been the number of new high temperature records.

Workers use heavy equipment to clear trees and other debris, near Darrington, Wash., on Thursday.

In U.S., Mudslides Common, But Usually Few Deaths

As teams continue digging through the wreckage of the small communities destroyed by the Washington state mudslide, we answer some questions about this natural phenomenon.

Empty Nester In 'The Woods': A Modern Dantean Journey

When writer Lynn Darling found herself at a turning point in her life, she sought solitude and enlightenment in the woods of Vermont. Her new memoir, Out of the Woods, describes that midlife experience. Fresh Air book critic Maureen Corrigan calls it "a compelling story of internal exploration, as well as outward-bound adventure."

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