Tag: military

July 21, 2020

Air Force vies for more control of a Nevada refuge

A controversial provision in the Fiscal Year 2021 National Defense Authorization Act would grant the U.S. Air Force control over an additional 840,000 acres of the Desert National Wildlife Refuge...

January 2, 2020

Military bases can help protect marsh birds

A handful of military bases around the United States could play an outsized role in marsh bird conservation. “Our models provide some tangible predictions for which sites are the most...

July 15, 2019

A whooping crane win in Wisconsin

Balancing human health and safety with recovery of threatened and endangered species is a rewarding aspect of Wildlife Services operations across the country. In May, Wildlife Services in Wisconsin addressed...

May 20, 2019

At a Marine base, tortoises decline while ravens thrive

At a Marine Corps base in the Mojave Desert, biologists were finding that as ravens (Corvus corax) were increasing, endangered Mojave desert tortoises (Gopherus agassizii) were declining. Historically, ravens had...