Wildfire smoke disrupts bird migration in the West
Early fall wildfires in the western states and the smoke they generate pose a risk to birds migrating in the Pacific Flyway, according to a new study by the U.S. Geological Survey. GPS…
Read More...The controversial plan to bring jaguars back to the US
Jaguars are federally protected in a portion of southern Arizona and New Mexico. Yet some conservationists say that’s not enough, and that it’s time to bring Panthera onca back to what…
Read More...Idaho reaches deal to reimburse hunters who kill wolves
Idaho officials will make available up to $200,000 to be divided into payments for hunters and trappers who kill wolves in the state through next summer. The Idaho Department of…
Read More...Managing Montana’s elk wealth is causing heartburn for landowners, FWP and hunters
As elk populations have grown and herds have re-established a presence where they weren’t seen for a century, elk have entered Montana’s political crosshairs. The recovery of elk populations has…
Read More...There’s probably only one wolf left in far northwest Colorado. Can the state protect it?
For nearly two years, wolf expert Karin Vardaman has visited the Moffat County rangeland every few months to track wolves for Working Circle, a nonprofit she founded to help ranchers…
Read More...US says ivory-billed woodpecker, 22 other species extinct
The US Fish and Wildlife Service is ready to declare the ivory-billed woodpecker — and 22 others — gone for good, tripling the number of species delisted due to extinction.…
Read More...Enviros aim to eliminate states’ funding over wolf hunting laws
(Subscription) States would lose federal wildlife funding if they “excessively” target predator species like wolves, cougars and grizzly bears, under a new petition to the Interior Department filed by myriad…
Read More...BLM to round up half of Wyoming’s wild horses
The BLM will round up most wild horses in five herd management areas in southwestern Wyoming, beginning as soon as Oct. 7. Removed horses will be “freeze branded, vaccinated, dewormed…
Read More...Grizzly presence increasing in Sublette
Following news of the recent black bear lethally removed from the Big Sandy area and the numerous verified sightings of bears in the Kemmerer area that have dropped off, Wyoming…
Read More...Wyoming to ask US to lift Yellowstone grizzly protections
Wyoming will ask the federal government to remove its protections for grizzly bears in the Yellowstone region and permit the region’s three states to manage and potentially allow hunting of…
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