Month: December 2016

Bighorn sheep (Ovis canadensis) populations in North America have suffered great losses from pneumonia after coming in contact with domestic sheep and goats that graze on public lands. Now, a...

Many people are aware of the jaguar nicknamed “El Jefe” that was caught on video by a camera trap just last February, but recently it seems like there’s another boss...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. – Dec. 5, 2016 – Ducks Unlimited (DU), Axalta Coating Systems, ConocoPhillips and Caterpillar Inc., recently conducted a panel discussion on conservation challenges and solutions during the 2016...

It’s been less than two years since the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources launched its Hispanic Outreach Program, but the state is already seeing profound impacts and has gained...

Following litigation by a coalition of wildlife and sportsmens groups, the U.S. Forest Service has dropped changes to a decades-long big game habitat management strategy in a national forest in...

Last week, President Obama issued an executive order that directs member agencies of the National Invasive Species Council (NISC) to consider human and wildlife health, climate change, and innovations in...

On Nov. 29, the U.S. Department of the Interior and Ahtna Intertribal Resource Commission (AITRC) signed a memorandum of agreement (MOA) that elevates AITRC’s role in wildlife management on federal...

In parts of the southeastern U.S. where coyotes prey heavily on white-tailed deer fawns, wildlife managers should restrict adult doe harvest, a recent study suggests. Using data stemming from research...

On Shepherd University’s campus in Shepherdstown, W.V, chimney swifts (Chaetura pelagica) roost in a chimney on Sara Cree Hall before heading south in the fall. Some evenings in the fall,...

On Nov. 29, a group of 18 states filed a lawsuit in opposition to changes made this year to how critical habitat can be designated for federally threatened and endangered...