The recent news regarding trade has been a mixed bag. On the positive side President Trump yesterday signed the USMCA triangular trade agreement between the U.S., Mexico and Canada. Mexico has already ratified the agreement, but Canada has not done so yet. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is expected to have little trouble receiving parliamentary approval although there may be some grousing over the cracks in the heretofore tight restrictions on dairy and poultry imports that the USMCA provides. In fact, it is U.S. dairy and poultry interests that will benefit from increased export opportunities. The USMCA will not lead to an increase in U.S. grain or soy exports to Mexico and Canada beyond what would have happened anyway. But it is...
Kiwengwa/Pongwe Forest Reserve Kiwengwa/Pongwe Forest Reserve is located on the northeast coast of Unguja, 20 kilometres (12 mi) from the Town. The reserve is an important biodiversity spot in the coral rag zone. The forest reserve is rich both in faunal and floral species. The faunal species r...
Fabiana is a genus of flowering plants in the nightshade family, native to dry slopes in western South America.[1] They are evergreen shrubs or subshrubs,[1] with needle-like leaves and profuse tiny tubular flowers in summer. The common name is false heath because the leaves superficially resem...
An Ankylosaurus lumbers along the shore of what’s now eastern Montana. Walking low to the ground, the dino uses its flat, leaf-shaped teeth to tear at ferns lining the water. Suddenly, a shadow looms over the herbivore—a Tyrannosaurus rex is hungry. But Ankylosaurus won’t be a...
From WPI Consulting
Like all marmots
An adult Vancouver Island marmot typically measures 65 to 70 centimetres (26 to 28 in) from the tip of its nose to the tip of its tail.