A near-tragic hunting hunting accident gave John Wydner a new mission in life: to design an easy-to-use safety harness.
As a maintenance supervisor for GM, John Wydner was constantly reminding employees to wear their safety harnesses when they had to climb ladders or scaffoling. Ironically, though, he didn’t always apply the same safety rules when he was hunting — at least not until after a fateful hunt in 2000. More >
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Growing bigtooth maples and other natives leads to a thriving business for a Texas nursery.
This year was a tough year to be in the tree nursery business in Texas. Sweltering temperatures and a severe drought damaged or killed vegetation across the Southwest. But Sam Watson’s trees came through the summer showing only minimal stress, thanks largely to compost, mulch and drip irrigation. More >
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Farmers and ranchers in most of Texas and eastern New Mexico have endured the driest year in memory. Last spring, some farmers along the Mississippi River experienced serious flooding, and in Alabama and northeastern Mississippi, pockets of farmland were flattened by tornadoes. More >
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