Driving down Mace Chasm Road in Keeseville, Sand River Community Farm is easy to miss. A small wrought-iron sign marks the entrance, leading down a dirt road to an old farmhouse tucked among black ...
Sand is the most mined resource worldwide, yet not many are aware of the global environmental crisis stemming from over-extraction. River sand is the main ingredient of concrete — a core resource in ...
Historic low flows turned the Mississippi River into a construction area in 2023, as the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers dredged huge quantities of sand to keep the channel open for barge traffic.