John Moriarty receives Boy Scouts gold medal award
John Moriarty, longtime TWS member and North Central Section Representative to Council, recently was honored with the Boy Scouts of America William T. Hornaday Gold Medal ...
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WSB: Do purple martins face a housing crisis?
The purple martin (Progne subis) is in the midst of a long-term decline, and researchers worry that without humans continuing to put out birdhouses for them, their ...
JWM: Montana elk evade archers without jeopardizing diet
When rifle season arrives in Montana each fall, elk (Cervus canadensis) often move to areas where they perceive a lower harvest risk. But as archery season, which ...
Could some birds benefit from climate change?
When researchers looked at the effects of recent extreme drought in the Sierra Nevada, they expected to find the large-scale death of trees would cause bird numbers ...
JWM: Should more lethal take be allowed for black vultures?
For decades, black vulture (Coragyps atratus) numbers have been on the rise in the United States. As their populations have grown and their range has expanded, ...
25 years after Northwest Forest Plan, birds still declining
In the 25 years since the Northwest Forest Plan was initiated, bird species still are not recovering, researchers found, despite sweeping protections the plan ...