IUCN unveils Green Status to gauge recovery success
The International Union for Conservation of Species has created a new Green Status of Species, intended to measure how close a species is to being fully ...
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Mike Phillips first Aldo Leopold winner to hold office
When Michael Phillips was 12 years old in 1970, he recalls flipping through the four channels on his parents’ black and white television and stopping when he got ...
Index details wildlife values across the U.S.
Why do voters in Colorado back reintroducing the gray wolf while Montana and Idaho legislators are seeking to reduce wolf populations? It’s not a surprise to ...
Billions of birds, but most species are rare
The world has 50 billion birds, a team of Australian researchers has concluded, but most species are rare and in need of greater conservation efforts. In a study ...
Could a ‘Bison Management System’ address climate effects?
After surveying managers and conservationists, a researcher who has documented bison shrinking due to climate change is proposing a network for bison stakeholders ...
Can the right picture inspire people to conserve bats?
A picture can be worth a thousand words when finding imagery to promote the conservation of animals that aren’t the most charismatic. Researchers recently found ...
WWF outlines drone guidelines for conservation
Being precautionary, following ethical rules set by institutions and using the right drone for the job are among some of the “best practice” guidelines the ...
‘Twenty years of conservation success’
States have long been able to count on federal funding for game management. But 20 years ago, Congress realized, it was a different story for thousands of ...
Is conservation even more expensive than we thought?
When Christoph Nolte created a high-resolution map of land value in the U.S., he wasn’t interested in buying and selling real estate. He was interested in ...
Interior announces $130 million toward wetlands
The Migratory Bird Conservation Commission approved a total of $130 million in federal grants and matching funds this month to advance wetlands conservation. The ...