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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...

The following is an excerpt from the Alaska Chapter of The Wildlife Society’s February 2018 newsletter. You may read the full article, located on pages 10-13 of the newsletter, here....

In 1892, U.S. Revenue Marine Capt. C.L. Hooper provided information to the U.S. Senate about the seal fur trade. After traveling to the Aleutian Islands and speaking to the indigenous...

While Idaho and Wyoming may offer limited grizzly hunts this year, Montana officials are postponing any decision to allow hunts there, citing ongoing court battles. The three states are permitted...

Members of Florida’s congressional delegation have moved to codify Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke’s promise to exempt the state from proposed offshore oil and gas exploration. In January, Zinke proposed opening...

A U.S. District Court has overturned its 2016 ruling that directed the state of Idaho to modify trapping regulations in northern regions of the state to protect Canada lynx (Lynx...

Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke has signed an agreement to move forward with a land swap in order to build a gravel road through Alaska’s Izembek National Wildlife Refuge, including portions...

The Wildlife Society has written a letter to Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke, urging him to protect important wildlife habitat on lands in the National Petroleum Reserve—Alaska (NPR-A)  as the Bureau of...

With temperatures expected to rise over the coming decades, some bird species could find it difficult to cope and suffer declines. But researchers in the Pacific Northwest found that old-growth...

Montana Sen. Jon Tester has introduced legislation to direct $60 million toward efforts to combat chronic wasting disease across the country. The Great Falls Tribune reports that Tester, a Democrat,...