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...New maps document big-game migrations across the western United States
For the first time, state and federal wildlife biologists have come together to map the migrations of ungulates across America’s West. The maps will help land managers and conservationists pinpoint…
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...Appropriators side with Trump on sage grouse, horses
Federal protections for greater sage grouse and wild horses could become major points of contention for Senate and House appropriators working to finalize fiscal 2021 funding legislation in the lame-duck…
Read More...Conservationists say Oregon dam blocks struggling salmon
A coalition of environmental and fishing groups are suing a water district in southern Oregon over an aging, privately owned dam that they say hinders the passage of struggling salmon…
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...Light pollution affects animals around the globe
Artificial light should be treated like other forms of pollution because its impact on the natural world has widened to the point of systemic disruption, research says. Hormone levels, breeding…
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...Infographic: A patchwork of lands fragments wildlife migration
For generations, elk and mule deer in the remote South San Juan Mountains along the Colorado-New Mexico border have migrated from summer’s alpine meadows down to the grassy lowlands where they…
Read More...Idaho’s sockeye salmon run falters again; experts perplexed
A meager return of sockeye salmon to central Idaho this year despite high hopes and a new fish hatchery intended to help save the species from extinction has fisheries managers…
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