BLM Approves Unprecedented 5-year Permit to Allow Killing Contests for Wolves, Coyotes, Weasels, Rabbits, Skunks and Others BOISE, Idaho— Conservation groups filed a lawsuit today asking a judge to halt an […]
Endangered Species Act Protection Sought for the Imperiled Yellowstone Bison
MONTANA: Western Watersheds Project and Buffalo Field Campaign petitioned the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) today to list the Yellowstone bison under the Endangered Species Act. Yellowstone bison are […]
Gunnison Sage Grouse Downgraded to “Threatened,” Allowing Oil and Gas Development and Other Threats to Continue
WASHINGTON— Bowing to political pressure, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today designated the Gunnison sage grouse as “threatened” under the Endangered Species Act instead of the more protective “endangered” […]
Burnt Forest Is Recovered From Green Forest
Recently I was wandering through a burnt forest in the aftermath of a wildfire with a mixed group of people as part of a field trip with a forest collaborative. […]
Do you have some interesting wildlife related news? Nov. 7, 2014 edition
It is time for a new page of reader generated wildlife news. Please use “comment” at the bottom to post your news. Do not post entire articles unless you have […]
Mid-term elections set up struggle to remake American life
Outcome for halting adverse climate change, protecting the environment, curbing pollution and toxics was very negative- Republicans scored an across-the-board victory in Tuesday’s mid-term elections. That they did well is […]
Popular Grand Teton grizzly “euthanized” near Clark, Wyoming! (Updated 11-12-14)
A good, but roadside griz, is shot after transplant far to the NE- Grizzly bear 760 was a popular sub-adult male in the Grand Teton NP area. Photographers had followed […]
Wolf shows up at Grand Canyon National Park
Once again incredible migration ability of wolves shows- Photographs were first taken Oct. 4, 2014 near the North Rim of the canyon of what was almost certainly a wild Northern […]