Could Biden use private land to reach 30×30 goals?
The idea isn’t simply to buy up private property or establish traditional easements. Instead, groups like the Western Landowners Alliance, which represents 15 million acres across the western United States…
Read More...The Surge in Gun and Ammo Sales Has Created a Boom in Wildlife Conservation Funding
New gun owners and ammunition panic-buyers have turbo-charged the firearms industry. They’re also helping generate extra money for wildlife habitat, hunter recruitment, and much more.
Read More...Grizzlies are coming back. But can we make room for them?
We call them “attacks;” bears see them as defense. Either way, human-grizzly interactions are on the rise.
Read More...Poll: Montanans back protection of big game migration routes
A recent poll of 500 registered voters in Montana shows widespread backing for the conservation of wildlife, including protection of migration corridors for big game species. Large majorities favor highway crossings,…
Read More...Salmonella outbreak is killing Western finches
An outbreak of salmonella is killing finches across the western United States. The deaths are believed to be related to an outbreak of salmonellosis, a common and often fatal bird…
Read More...GOP congressman pitches $34 billion plan to breach Lower Snake River dams in new vision for Northwest
Idaho Congressman Mike Simpson unveiled an energy and infrastructure proposal that would end litigation over endangered salmon in the Northwest, authorizing the removal of four dams on the Snake River in Washington beginning in 2030.…
Read More...Biden Administration delays rollback of migratory bird protections
The Biden administration delayed a ruling finalized in the Trump administration’s last days that would significantly weaken bird protection under the Migratory Bird Treaty Act. The Biden administration’s one-month delay of the new rule…
Read More...Feds defend gray wolf delisting
The Biden administration is sticking with a decision to remove the gray wolf from Endangered Species Act protections, at least for now. In a brief letter to an environmental attorney…
Read More...Monarch butterfly population moves closer to extinction
The number of western monarch butterflies wintering along the California coast has plummeted precipitously to a record low, putting the orange-and-black insects closer to extinction. An annual winter count by…
Read More...Fatal disease looms large over elk feeding grounds
The discovery of an elk with chronice wasting disease (CWD), an inevitably fatal disease, in Grand Teton National Park last month could be a harbinger of trouble in the Yellowstone…
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