Video: NASA Helps Survey Bald Eagles
Three times a year, NASA aircraft operations use one of NASA’s helicopters to conduct eagle flights with environmental ecologists to keep tabs on eagle nests. Although the bald eagle population...
Nebraska Game and Parks Tracks Mountain Lions
The Nebraska Game and Parks Commission field staff recently started a four-year research project to place GPS tracking collars on mountain lions. As part of the effort, biologists will track...
TWS Backs Effort Demanding Halt on Old Growth Logging
The Wildlife Society has joined with six other scientific societies on a campaign to prompt the Obama administration to halt old-growth forest logging in the Tongass National Forest in Alaska....
Northwest Territories Mobile Conservation Area
The Northwest Territories has banned hunting in a new, mobile conservation area with changing borders to protect the vulnerable Bathurst caribou herd. Radio collars and reconnaissance flights will be used...
Wildlife Damage Program Helps Prevent Conflicts
Wildlife damage specialists with the South Dakota Game, Fish, and Parks Department work with nearly 2,000 landowners to manage potential wildlife conflicts on their land. The damage specialists help prevent...
Indiana Courts Rule on High-Fence Deer Hunting
The Indiana Court of Appeals ruled that the Indiana Department of Natural Resources (IDNR) does not have the authority to ban high-fence deer hunting. Conservation groups cite concerns about the...
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Spring Bear Hunt in Ontario Yields Lower Numbers
The Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry decided to reinitiate a spring bear hunt due to growing public safety concerns about the large population in the province – estimated...
Bill Would Limit Regulation on Lead Ammunition
Two senators from South Dakota and Minnesota introduced a bill that would prevent the Environmental Protection Agency from issuing regulation on lead ammunition and fishing tackle under the Toxic Substances...
British Columbia Aims to Boost Caribou Populations
British Columbia’s provincial government contracted individuals to cull wolves via helicopters in an effort to assist in the recovery of endangered caribou herds, which have experienced massive population decline in...
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