New Breed of Ranchers Restores Landscape, Learns to Live With Predators
"This Montana cattle ranch is trying to ensure its operations benefit wildlife—and yes, that means wolves, too."
Source: Pacific Standard, 07/09/2015
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"Thousands of Birds Abandon Eggs, Nests on Florida Island"
"The din created by thousands of nesting birds is usually the first thing you notice about Seahorse Key, a 150-acre mangrove-covered dune off Florida's Gulf Coast. But in May, the key fell eerily quiet all at once."
Source: AP, 07/07/2015
Managers Eye More Hunting, Fishing at U.S. Wildlife Refuges
"U.S. wildlife managers proposed on Tuesday allowing the first migratory bird hunt at a wildlife refuge in Oregon and opening or expanding sport fishing and hunting at other protected sites in states including California and North Dakota."
Source: Reuters, 06/10/2015
"U.S. to Limit Petroleum Drilling on Habitat of Greater Sage Grouse"
"The Obama administration, aiming to keep a finicky, chickenlike bird called the greater sage grouse off the endangered species list, moved on Thursday to limit petroleum drilling and other activities on some of its wide-ranging habitat in the American West."
Source: NY Times, 05/29/2015
"Feds on Brink of Make-Or-Break Sage Grouse Decision"
"In September, the Obama administration will make what is arguably the biggest Endangered Species Act decision in history."
Source: Greenwire, 05/27/2015
"Population of North American Sage-Grouse Sharply Declining: Study"
"The number of breeding males in the greater sage-grouse population of the United States and part of Canada has declined by 56 percent in recent years, in a sign of trouble for the ground-dwelling bird, a study released on Friday showed."
Source: Reuters, 04/27/2015
"Minnesota Declares State of Emergency Over Bird Flu in Poultry"
"Minnesota declared a state of emergency on Thursday over a fast-spreading strain of avian flu that has led to the extermination of more than 7.3 million birds in the country. It followed Wisconsin's action on Monday."
Source: Reuters, 04/24/2015
Bird Flu Hits Iowa Poultry Again
"As many as 5.3 million hens will be euthanized at a commercial laying facility in northwest Iowa as a result of the presence of H5N2. The United States Department of Agriculture confirmed the presence this highly pathogenic strain avian flu Monday."
Source: Iowa Public Radio, 04/21/2015
"More Protections Possible for Spotted Owl"
"Federal biologists will consider increasing Endangered Species Act protections for the northern spotted owl, reflecting the bird’s continued slide toward extinction despite steep logging cutbacks in the Northwest. The United States Fish and Wildlife Service said Wednesday that there was enough new information in a conservation group’s petition to warrant looking at changing the owl’s listing from threatened to endangered."
Source: NY Times, 04/10/2015
"Unprecedented Sage Grouse Protection Deal Signed in Nevada"
"An unprecedented attempt to protect sage grouse habitat across parts of more than 900 square miles of privately owned land in Nevada began under a deal Thursday involving the federal government, an environmental group and the world's largest gold mining company."
Source: AP, 03/30/2015
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