White House proposal cuts funding for DOI, wildlife programs
The president’s recently released Fiscal Year 2020 budget proposal would decrease funding for many important wildlife management and conservation programs. Overall ...
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House subcommittee examines the state of wildlife
The Water, Oceans and Wildlife subcommittee of the House Natural Resources Committee held a hearing on the State of Wildlife last week. The hearing was the third ...
Unpredictable climate impacts may await migrating birds
Looking toward the future, researchers found migrating birds in the Western Hemisphere will likely face challenges as a result of a changing climate in the next 40 ...
Invasives are the primary cause of global extinctions in past five centuries
Invasive species are either the culprits or the accomplice in the extinction of some 300 species across the planet, according to new research. “It tells us ...
Trump administration requests refuge funding increase
The Trump administration recently requested an increase in funding for national wildlife refuges for the Fiscal Year 2020 federal budget. This comes just weeks ...
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announces gray wolf recovery
Last week, during the North American Wildlife and Natural Resources Conference, acting Interior Secretary David Bernhardt announced that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife ...
Balloons play an outsize role in seabird deaths
Parents may want to think twice before allowing their children to let balloons fly off into the atmosphere. When seemingly harmless latex balloons end up in the ...
Climate change has birds migrating earlier
Climate change has pushed migratory birds to take their spring trips a week earlier than they did six decades ago. According to a large-scale analysis of data ...
USDA begins implementing Farm Bill
Implementation of the 2018 Farm Bill, passed in December, is now underway. The $867 billion package funds many programs, from producer subsidies to food stamps, ...