Obama Bans Drilling in Bristol Bay
President Obama banned oil and gas development in Alaska’s Bristol Bay last week. The President’s memorandum removes approximately 32.5 million acres from development. This is the third time a President...
Reindeer Populations Are In Trouble Worldwide
Reindeer populations around the world are declining. Currently, these ungulates live in Finland, Sweden, Norway, Alaska, Canada, Russia, Mongolia, and China, where the population has declined about 28 percent. Read...
Future Unknown for Isolated White Deer
Citizens express concern for the future of 200 white deer, not albino, fenced in a 10,000-acre area around the Seneca Army base in the Finger Lakes District of New York....
Comment Period for Farm Bill Program Now Open
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) has released a rule for the implementation of the Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP). EQIP is a farm bill program...
Trash Talk
In a recent study, researchers estimate 5.25 trillion pieces of plastic are polluting the world’s oceans. Read about their findings in the National Geographic News.
Tougher Legislation For Poachers in Saskatchewan
Environmental Minister Scott Moe announced last month that Saskatchewan hunting legislation will be updated for the first time in sixteen years. The Wildlife Amendment Act, 2014 would increase the severity...
California Bans Prizes for Hunting Competitions
The California Fish and Game Commission voted last week to prohibit rewards for hunting contests involving species such as coyotes and foxes, classified by the state as non-game species or...
A Long Awaited Homecoming for Wood Bison
Wood bison (Bison bison athabascae), the larger cousins of the more common plains bison, are being released back into the Alaska wild. Alaska has been housing wood bison in captivity...
Mexican Wolf Recovery Program Revised
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service proposed revisions to its Mexican wolf (Canis lupus baileyi) recovery program. With the completion of a final Environmental Impact Statement, FWS proposes to expand...
