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December 20, 2016

Student Poster winner: Wildlife threats over the years

Have threats to plants and wildlife changed over time? Some curious wildlife students wanted to know. Seven undergraduate students — three at Millersville University in Pennsylvania, advised by assistant professor...

December 20, 2016

President-elect nominates Rep. Zinke for Interior Secretary

On Dec. 16, President-elect Donald Trump announced his intent to nominate Montana Congressman Ryan Zinke for Secretary of the Interior. A hunter and fisherman, Zinke has often supported sportsmen issues...

December 19, 2016

Endangered vireo population rebounds

On Dec. 15, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service proposed removing the black-capped vireo (Vireo atricapilla) from the Federal List of Threatened and Endangered Species because “[it] has recovered so...

December 16, 2016

Close encounters of a raptor kind

In mid-November, the Wildlife Services-Missouri program gave Jefferson City Boys and Girls Club an up-close and personal experience with common raptors.  With assistance from the Wildlife Club of Lincoln University,...

December 14, 2016

DU, partners host panel at WHC Conservation Conference

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...

December 14, 2016

Lawsuit halts changes to big game habitat management

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...

December 12, 2016

Not only Santa needs his chimneys

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,...

December 9, 2016

States file suit over new critical habitat rules

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...

December 9, 2016

It’s a win-win for bluebirds and vineyards

Putting up nest boxes in vineyards can help provide habitat for bluebirds while simultaneously helping growers keep pests off their grapes. In a new study published in The Auk: Ornithological...

December 8, 2016

Virginia Tech students host Annual Wild Game Dinner

Students returned to the Virginia Tech campus after Thanksgiving break ready to whip up favorite recipes for the Annual Wild Game Dinner, hosted by The Student Chapter of The Wildlife...