New study reframes fence impacts on deer, pronghorn
Pronghorn and mule deer alter their natural movement nearly 40% of the times they encounter fences, according to a Wyoming study that could change how wildlife managers worldwide alleviate the…
Read More...FWS provides $250K for grizzly control
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has allocated $250,000 to protect Montana livestock from grizzly bear depredation in 2021. The money pays for federal Wildlife Services agents to use lethal…
Read More...USFWS authority to finalize recovery plans protected
An environmental group has no legal standing to challenge the specifics of recovery plans for endangered species, a U.S. district judge in Montana has ruled, rejecting the the Center for…
Read More...Officials cull bison to balance conservation strategies and brucellosis risk
Wildlife officials have announced plans to cull between 500 and 700 Yellowstone bison from the population and no longer enroll the animals in a brucellosis quarantine program. The plan attempts…
Read More...Grant to study conflict reduction could have benefits for Colorado wolf reintroduction plan
A large coalition of landowners and conservationists has landed a nearly $900,000 grant from the Natural Resources Conservation Service to study ways to reduce the financial and social burden of…
Read More...WLA leads seven-state coalition that wins USDA award to study conflict reduction techniques
For grizzly bears to survive, farmers and ranchers need nonlethal tools that can reduce conflict before lethal means are required. But financing and educating people about those tools is the…
Read More...Japanese town deploys monster wolf robots to deter bears
To fend off rising bear trouble in rural Japan, farmers and conservationists have teamed up to deploy robots in wolves clothing. Officials say there have been no bear encounters since…
Read More...Grant Aims To Reduce Conflicts Between Predators And People
The $894,000 Conservation Innovation Grant awarded last week comes from the USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service. Half of the 20 groups in the coalition awarded that money are in Montana.…
Read More...Washington to manage wolves within borders after fed action
The state of Washington will take over management of most wolves within its borders early next year, after the U.S. government announced that gray wolves in the Lower 48 states…
Read More...Trump administration returns management and protection of gray wolves to states and tribes following successful recovery efforts
More than 45 years after gray wolves were first listed under the ESA, the Trump Administration and its many conservation partners are announcing the successful recovery of the gray wolf…
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