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June 3, 2016

Report from conservation groups to guide next administration

The American Wildlife Conservation Partners (AWCP) has released a series of recommendations for the next U.S. Presidential administration regarding national wildlife conservation and sportsmen’s issues. The report represents the collective...

June 3, 2016

Country-wide surveillance efforts help prevent salamander fungus

For more than a decade, Evan Grant has traveled to vernal pools, streams and forests in different national parks and wildlife refuges in the northeastern United States to sample amphibians....

June 2, 2016

Improvements to fladry

At the edge of a field, a wolf stops to study movement in the distance. Bright red flags blow gently in the breeze, just enough to make the nearby fence...

June 1, 2016

Interior funding bill moves forward in Congress

The Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Subcommittee passed their annual funding bill, which includes a decrease in overall appropriations, through committee last week. The bill appropriates $32.1 billion to agencies...

May 27, 2016

Missing seabirds spell trouble for snakes

On Seahorse Key, an island on Florida’s Gulf Coast, seabirds used to swoop into the water to pick up fish, and fly away while inadvertently dropping some on the ground...

May 27, 2016

Threatened whale species given strict habitat protections

The Canadian federal government is moving to support beluga whale (Delphinapterus leucus) populations in the St. Lawrence Estuary. Pollution and human disturbances are thought to contribute to ongoing population declines....

May 24, 2016

Report shows steep declines for North American birds

One-third of all bird species in North America are in need of urgent conservation action, according to a report released by an international coalition of bird biologists and conservationists from...

May 23, 2016

Celebrating turtles on World Turtle Day

With all six turtle species in the United States listed as either federally threatened or endangered, it’s important to think about human actions and lifestyle changes that can help conserve...

May 23, 2016

Whooping cranes hatch in Louisiana for first time since 1930s

A few years ago, biologists in Louisiana — covered from head to toe in white whooping crane costumes — released juvenile whoopers into the White Lake Wetlands Conservation Area in...

May 18, 2016

Wolf hunting quota increase being considered in Montana

Montana state wildlife managers suggested tripling gray wolf (Canis lupus) hunting quota — from two to six individuals — in an area just outside Yellowstone National Park. That suggestion was...