Geographical Location: Northwest

Conservationists have long called for restoring landscapes as much as possible to the way they were before humans altered them, but they’ve started embracing the idea that nonnative plants can...

The National Park Service has proposed a rule that would change hunting and trapping regulations for national preserves in Alaska. The rule would reverse NPS regulations approved in 2015 that...

In the 1990s, researchers at Alaska’s Denali National Park began noticing something strange. Many of the adult female grizzly bears (Ursus arctos) emerging from dens in the springtime on the...

What would you do if a volcanic eruption blew up your home? It’s not just a question for residents of the island of Hawaii watching Kilauea erupt. It’s a situation...

A limited grizzly bear (Ursus arctos horribilis) hunt near Yellowstone National Park was recently approved by the Idaho Fish and Game Commission. The state will provide one randomly-selected Idaho resident...

As any wildlife manager can attest, managing species can be difficult when it involves groups of people who come to the table with conflicting interests. But tools are available to...

Kids and adults were packed into a small, light-green room where Jessi Knudsen Castaneda from Animal Wonders Inc., held Wilbur, a hog-nosed snake. The crowd of kids close to the...

While the Oregon coast has seen an increase in ecotourism, including boaters hoping to spot gray whales (Eschrichtius robustus), the state had no regulations or guidelines in place to protect...

Early last month, a strain of bacteria known to cause pneumonia in wild sheep and mountain goats in the continental United States was found in Alaska. This pathogen has the...

The Environmental Protection Agency posted the Bureau of Land Management’s draft Environmental Impact Statement  and maps for oil and gas developments within the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska (NPR-A) in...