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The Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas has partnered with the Woody L. Hunt College of Business at the University of Texas at El Paso to bring bank supervision content to the school. The initiative connects the Fed's regulatory work with students and faculty in the El Paso region, highlighting how central bank oversight of banks is being introduced to business audiences.

Wilco frontman Jeff Tweedy has written a New York Times opinion piece exploring what folk legend Woody Guthrie understood about the American character. The essay connects Guthrie's songs and politics to the present moment, arguing his writings still speak to the country's divisions and shared identity.

The Great Plains of North America are being discussed for an unexpected environmental problem: an overabundance of trees. Woody encroachment, driven by fire suppression and changing land use, is spreading trees into grasslands, threatening native prairie ecosystems, grazing land, and wildlife that depend on open plains, prompting debate over how to manage the shift.

The US Fish and Wildlife Service plans to burn woody debris piles on military training lands in Interior Alaska. The controlled burns are aimed at clearing accumulated brush and reducing wildfire risk on training areas. Details on timing and scale of the burns have not been released, and reaction beyond the initial report is limited so far.

Across the Great Plains, woody encroachment — the spread of trees and shrubs into native grassland — is crowding out prairie ecosystems, according to a new report from Grist. While trees are typically celebrated as climate allies, their spread here threatens grassland birds, biodiversity and grazing land, prompting experts to call for active management to preserve the Plains' remaining prairies.

Art collector Beth Rudin DeWoody has put her Upper East Side co-op apartment on the market, according to Curbed. The apartment sits in Manhattan's Gracie Square/Yorkville area, and news of the sale is drawing attention given DeWoody's prominence in the art world and the appeal of high-end Upper East Side real estate listings.

Rage Against the Machine guitarist Tom Morello performed Woody Guthrie's 'This Land Is Your Land' and included the verse often omitted from the song: 'In the squares of the city, in the shadow of the steeple, by the relief office I saw my people... Is this land made for you and me?' The lesser-known verses carry pointed social commentary about hunger and inequality, and are frequently left out of school and public performances.