Long-term noise pollution affects seedling recruitment and community composition, with negative effects persisting after removal
A recent study shows that noise pollution can affect plant species’ behaviours and distributions and may hold significant consequences for natural communities. Loud noises from surrounding industry could be affecting…
Read More...Counties push for more input in wolf reintro
Gray wolves are being reintroduced to Colorado, but the counties affected have a slim chance of winning a seat at the table of the stakeholder advisory group being established to…
Read More...New CA Pollinator Coalition Pledges to Increase Pollinator Habitat on Working Lands
The California Pollinator Coalition is broadening its collaboration between agriculture and conservation groups to improve the health, diversity and number of pollinators on working lands. Spearheaded by the almond industry, a new…
Read More...Habitat reserves set up to help lesser prairie chicken
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service must decide by May 26 whether to relist the bird under the Endangered Species Act to comply with a court order spurred by three…
Read More...Wolves and livestock: Can they live in harmony in Germany?
Germany’s wolf population has risen sharply in recent years — as has the amount of farm animals killed. Wolves are a protected species, but farmers are fed up. Agriculture Minister…
Read More...Feds recommend grizzly bears remain listed
In a five-year status review, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has recommended that grizzly bears in the lower 48 states remain protected under the Endangered Species Act — drawing…
Read More...Montezuma County commissioners assert opposition to wolves
The Montezuma County Board of County Commissioners continues to oppose gray wolf reintroduction into the Western Slope, a plan narrowly approved by Colorado voters in November. Commissioners passed a resolution…
Read More...Principles outlined to guide new elk management plan
Proposed roundups target 3,500 wild horses in Wyoming
The U.S. Bureau of Management is accepting public comments through the end of April on plans to remove some 3,500 wild horses from public land in southwestern Wyoming. The federal…
Read More...Advocates sue to protect monarchs, Northern spotted owls
Wildlife advocates recently sued federal officials in a bid for greater protections for monarch butterflies, northern spotted owls and eight other species. The lawsuit comes after federal officials said the…
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