Could past mistakes guide future reintroductions?
In some wildlife reintroductions, every animal returned to the wild dies. In others, predators released into a nature reserves move to adjacent cattle ranches and prey on ...
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JWM: Ban doesn’t halt cervid feeding in Norway
After deadly chronic wasting disease appeared amid cervids in Norway in 2016, government officials decided to implement a supplemental feeding ban throughout the ...
JWM: Bat colonies relocate when trees fall
Bat maternity colonies will pick up and change forest areas when the quality of their home trees deteriorate, according to new research. This discovery, the first ...
WSB: China’s new wildlife shows imperfect progress
Despite some shortcomings, China’s recent Wildlife Protection Law provides a step in the right direction toward protecting species commonly poached for wildlife ...
In a UND class, rocket nets, night vision and explosives
In September, University of North Dakota students in Susan Felege’s wildlife management class — many of them TWS student chapter members — attended an ...
Continuing resolution passes as lawmakers hammer out funding bills
The Senate sent the president a continuing resolution to fund the government through Nov. 21 as the Sept. 30 end of the federal fiscal year approached. While the ...
Wildlife Subcommittee discusses conservation bills
The House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Water, Oceans and Wildlife considered several conservation bills last week, including one that would reauthorize the ...
For shorebirds, hurricanes aren’t the biggest threat
Shorebirds can weather destructive hurricanes, according to new research. A far bigger threat may be the gradual rise in sea levels. “It’s tempting to focus on ...
Department of the Interior transfers land along border to Army
Last month, the Department of the Interior announced the transfer of 560 acres of federal land along the United States-Mexico border to the Department of the Army, ...