Tag: development

September 15, 2021

Florida panthers, bears may lose protected habitat by 2070

Urban development and sea level rise will lead to increasing habitat fragmentation for panthers and bears in in coming decades—unless efforts are made to set aside key movement corridors for...

March 28, 2018

For burrowing owls, city parks offer scant protection

More and more burrowing owls are settling into cities, but how do built environments affect their movement and survival? Scientists in New Mexico found that burrowing owls — a state...

February 17, 2017

Deregulatory measures advance in Congress

Congress continues to utilize its authority under the Congressional Review Act to overturn federal environmental rules issued late during the Obama administration. President Trump signed H.J. Res. 38 on Feb....

June 16, 2016

JWM Study: Suburban pumas eat more raccoons, house cats

There’s no shortage of deer in the residential neighborhoods of California’s Santa Cruz Mountains. Nevertheless, the closer pumas (Puma concolor) come to human dwellings, the more likely they are to...