Will Releasing Captive-Raised Sage Grouse Help or Hurt Dwindling Populations?
As wild sage grouse populations decline and the species teeters on the brink of being listed under the Endangered Species Act, the Wyoming House is considering legislation that would extend…
Read More...AZ House passes bill to strip wildlife officials of authority to stop killings of endangered wolves
The Arizona House has passed a bill that would strip state wildlife officials of the authority to stop the killing of Mexican gray wolves in certain circumstances. The Arizona Republic…
Read More...Private Forest Accord passes Senate, clearing way for House vote
The Private Forest Accord passed the Oregon Senate on Wednesday, making its way to a final House vote before the end of the February short session. The bill would change…
Read More...NM Supreme Court throws out stream certification rule
The New Mexico Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed that a Game Commission rule that allows landowners to restrict access to water that flowed through private property is unconstitutional. The ruling…
Read More...Arizona governor outlines plan to boost water supplies
Arizona Governor Ducey and a top leader in the state Legislature recently filled in a key part of a developing plan to boost the desert state’s increasingly strained water supply.…
Read More...Idaho wildlife boss: State’s wolves won’t be wiped out
Ed Schriever, director of the Idaho Department of Fish and Game, does want to significantly reduce the state’s wolf population. But he says those who claim Idaho is marching toward…
Read More...State shuts down wolf hunting and trapping in southwest Montana after threshold is met
The wolf hunting and trapping season ended in the southwest corner of Montana on Thursday after total kills in Region 3 hit the threshold of 82 wolves. An order from…
Read More...Marijuana Bill Spurs Water Rights Debate in Arid New Mexico
Hispanic farmers and rural residents in New Mexico are concerned legislation that would allow small cannabis producers to boost their plant counts lacks a provision to ensure the producers have…
Read More...Bill would bar Idaho’s lands and animals from ‘personhood’
A bill that would prevent animals, natural resources and artificial intelligence from being granted “personhood status” in Idaho was introduced by the House State Affairs Committee. The legislation seeks to…
Read More...Conservation funding essential for state’s well-being
Opinion: It is absolutely critical to New Mexico’s future that significant conservation funding cross the finish line this legislative session. Intensive use has impacted the land’s capacity to support the…
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