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August 12, 2015

Land and Water Conservation Fund Expiration Nears

A program vital to the conservation of public lands and waterways is set to expire in less than 50 days. This program, known as the Land and Water Conservation Fund...

Bats
August 11, 2015

Bats Need Natural Habitat for Food Reservoirs

Bats eat so many insects that surround crops during the summer that they can act as natural pesticides for farmers, but researchers recently examined what bats consume later in those...

Woodcock
August 11, 2015

Agency Aids Ongoing Woodcock Research in Arkansas

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service recently awarded nearly $50,000 to biologists in Arkansas for an ongoing American woodcock (Scolopax minor) monitoring program. Since 2013, FWS has been working with...

Maori bird harvesters
August 10, 2015

Managing a Burrowing Bird Population the Maori Way

The sustainable management of a bird population for food is all about mathematics, at least the way the Maori have always approached it. New research tracking how these indigenous people...

Wild dog
August 7, 2015

Efforts Renewed for Rare Cats and Canids Conservation Fund

Congressman Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), the Ranking Member of the House Natural Resources Committee, introduced the Rare Cats and Canids Act of 2015 (H.R. 2697) on June 9 2015, stating in...

Blue-winged teal.
August 7, 2015

Habitat Conservation and Sportsmen’s Bill Introduced in House

The “Sportsmen’s Conservation and Outdoor Recreation Enhancement Act,” or “SCORE Act” is a recently introduced package of legislation that works to conserve wildlife and fish habitat as well as improve...

Mountian lion
August 4, 2015

Habitat Fragmentation Leads to Mountain Lion Deaths

Only one mountain lion has been known to successfully make it across California’s Interstate 15 from the east side to the west since 2001. The sole male animal, known as...

Condor
August 4, 2015

Congressional Efforts to Modify the Endangered Species Act

Over the past five years, legislation introduced by Congress regarding the Endangered Species Act (ESA) has increased by 600%. Revising the 40-year-old ESA has become a priority for Chairman Rob...

Space
August 4, 2015

Space Agencies and Conservation Scientists Collaboration Necessary

If publicly funded space agencies such as NASA and the European Space Agency (ESA) collaborated with conservation scientists, they would probably be able to globally monitor biodiversity and help stop...

Badgers
August 3, 2015

A Black and White Affair? – From The Wildlife Professional

How Britain Tackles Tuberculosis in Badgers Contentious, difficult and expensive: words often used to describe a teenager. But, these words are equally, if not more, applicable to the problem of...