Tag: Idaho

Wind and solar energy projects can be deadly for birds and bats, but the ones that die can play a role in making these facilities safer for other wildlife. At...

The Idaho Department of Fish and Game has developed a plan, in response to recent legislation, in which the agency will offer payments to hunters and trappers who harvest gray...

Wisconsin’s Department of Natural Resources set the quota for the upcoming wolf hunting season at 130 animals, contravening the state’s Natural Resources Board. The DNR biologists had recommended a quota...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will be completing a comprehensive status review of the gray wolf in the western U.S. after its delisting from the federal Endangered Species Act...

A salmonella outbreak is affecting songbirds throughout the western United States. Affected birds have been reported from the West Coast to Idaho. Residents have reported birds acting strangely. Wildlife officials...

For wolf packs in Idaho and Alberta, immigration from other areas doesn’t compensate for their losses. “There was very little immigration, even though harvest was removing individuals,” said Sarah Bassing,...

Forget about sneaking up on a flock of western grebes. In the Cascade reservoir in western Idaho, the birds sometimes nest on floating patches of vegetation. If they don’t take...

When Sarah Bassing and her colleagues wanted to know what parts of their study areas were occupied by wolves, they asked them. “We would go to these random sites and...

As gray wolf populations rose in Idaho, hunters became concerned about what those predators on the landscape might mean for elk numbers. As researchers looked into it, they found a...

Curlews keen to feather their nests are best served by choosing areas with lots of other curlews — and lots of cow pies. According to new research, long‐billed curlews (Numenius...