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...ultimately Pearson triumphed; having won local council approval, his Aniane vineyard awaits the green light from national authorities. Today Mondavi's man in southern France can sip pastis with the hunters who were among his staunchest opponents, fearing that Mondavi would destroy the habitat of their favorite prey, the wild boar. It's a tribute to the 38-year-old's soft-spoken perseverance. "If he were an Indian, he'd be called Crafty Fox," says local winemaker Pierre Clavel with a smile...
...particular, though, Noah's arrival will hearten the scientists at ACT, who recently signed a deal with Spanish officials to attempt to clone the bucardo, an extinct mountain goat native to the Pyrenees. The last bucardo died a year ago, struck by a falling tree in its final habitat, northern Spain's Ordesa National Park. Scientists had already preserved a quantity of its cells, and ACT hopes to transfer them into other goats' eggs, perhaps later this year...
...Jerry's, a company whose mission statement includes dedication to philanthropy, has only recently combined forces with the Habitat community...
According to Delatorre, the tour has signed up hundreds of new Habitat volunteers at other college campuses including 600 at Rutgers University alone...
...festivities continue outside the Science Center today from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., where Habitat will host an empty-pint quarter toss. Anyone who lands a coin in the middle container will win a free pint of Ben & Jerry...