Birds sound off when aircraft fly by
When researchers studied the effects of aircraft flying over national parks, they expected the noise would cover up any bird song, and maybe cause birds to startle ...
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Crossing a California freeway, a mountain lion finds new ground
The National Park Service has documented a rare case of a mountain lion crossing a major California freeway that runs past the Santa Monica Mountains. It’s the ...
Cameras reveal carnivore communities on Wisconsin islands
Northern Wisconsin is home to a dozen terrestrial carnivores, from gray wolves (Canis lupus) to red foxes (Vulpes vulpes), but the populations on the Apostle ...
WSB: At Shenandoah, park visitors and woodrats coexist
The Allegheny woodrat (Neotoma magister) is threatened or endangered across much of its geographic range, but it’s found a refuge in Virginia’s Shenandoah ...
Senate subcommittee discusses national parks bill
The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on National Parks held a hearing on July 11 to discuss the Restore Our Parks Act (S. 3172). The bill currently ...
Committee brainstorms fix for maintenance backlog
The House Natural Resources Committee is discussing how to handle the deferred maintenance backlog in Interior Department agencies. Interior has around $16 billion ...
JWM: Hungry ghost crabs may haunt plover nests
Imperiled piping plover (Charadrius melodus) populations have been gradually growing since the species gained federal protection over three decades ago, but in ...
Park Service tackles parking problem with reservations
In an effort to reduce traffic and relieve overcrowding, Muir Woods National Monument has become the first National Park Service site to require year-round parking ...
Advisory boards face upheaval in Trump administration
Many advisory boards are changing in leadership and organization under the Trump administration. These changes have drawn pushback from some board members and ...
JWM: Bats choose old and dark buildings
When you think about bats, you may imagine them roosting in the sort of dark, dingy quarters where they often appear in movies and television shows. New research ...