BLM plan eyes 1,000 miles of new fuel breaks in 3 states
A plan to help in the battle against devastating wildfires creates fuel breaks 400 feet wide along 987 miles of roads in southwestern Idaho and southeastern Oregon that will be…
Read More...Fact vs. fiction: The effect wolves have on Yellowstone’s game animals, ecology
This is the second in a series of articles looking at the impact of reintroducing wolves in Yellowstone National Park 25 years ago. In an effort to separate fact from…
Read More...Yellowstone’s wolves 25 years after reintroduction: Separating fact from fiction
A group of wolves from Jasper National Park in Alberta, Canada, arrived at Yellowstone National Park on Jan. 12, 1995. The wolves were penned and given time to acclimate to…
Read More...Fight over jaguar habitat in Southwest heads back to court
A federal appeals court is ordering a U.S. district judge in New Mexico to reconsider a case involving a fight over critical habitat for the endangered jaguar in the American…
Read More...Safe Passages
As the climate changes, altering where animals graze and find suitable habitats, migration corridors are more important than ever to their survival. In this Washington Post feature story, Ben Guarino and…
Read More...Judge asked to force decision on wolverine protections
Wildlife advocates yesterday asked a U.S. judge to force the government into deciding whether the snow-loving wolverine should be federally protected as the rare predator becomes vulnerable to a warming…
Read More...Idaho board gets $400K to kill problem wolves
Legislation sending just under $400,000 to a state board to use to kill problem wolves in Idaho headed to the governor’s desk yesterday. The state Senate voted 26-4 to approve…
Read More...Stanford researchers uncover benefits of diversified farms for protecting wildlife
The researchers found that farms with diverse crops planted together provide more secure, stable habitats for wildlife and are more resilient to climate change than the single-crop standard that dominates…
Read More...Court rejects critical habitat for jaguar
A federal appeals court yesterday rejected the Fish and Wildlife Service’s designation of critical habitat for the endangered jaguar. Reversing a trial judge’s 2017 opinion that had been hailed by…
Read More...U.S. Department of the Interior approves paintballs to haze grizzly bears
According to a Facebook post from Montana FWP Prairie Bear Monitor, people may now legally shoot grizzly bears with paintballs if they come too close to homes or other possible…
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