BLM considers updating sage-grouse management plans
The U.S. Bureau of Land Management is gathering new information and reviewing recent science on greater sage-grouse as it considers updating management plans for the species. ...
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BLM releases wild horse research plan
The Bureau of Land Management released a research plan that aims to chart a new course for wild horse and burro management, using scientific advances to control the ...
Birds congregate in riparian areas in dry years
When Monte Neate-Clegg was a graduate student managing bird banding stations in riparian areas in Utah, he noticed a lot of fluctuation in the number of birds ...
Mountaintop removal heightens water toxicity
Mountaintop removal mining, a coal mining technique commonly used in the Appalachian Mountains, can result in water quality levels that are toxic to aquatic ...
TWS2021: Disease, predation causing Appalachian spotted skunk decline
The Appalachian subspecies of the eastern spotted skunk is facing large declines, likely due to a combination of predation and canine distemper, a disease fatal to ...
Climate change affects pikas even in unlikely areas
Climate change is driving American pikas upslope throughout much of their range. That appears to be true even in the Northern Rockies, where researchers thought ...
NOAA seeks public input on ‘30 by 30’ conservation goals
The U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has announced two public hearings to solicit input on the agency’s role in meeting the ...
USFWS finalizes increased habitat for northern spotted owls
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will increase critical habitat designated for northern spotted owls under the Endangered Species Act to approximately 9.4 million ...
Adapted to Arctic cold, murres are vulnerable to a warming climate
When researchers heard reports of thick-billed murres dying on their nests on sunny days on the Hudson Bay in Nunavut, Canada, they wondered if the birds were ...