Public input on Olympic National Park Mountain Goat Management
The National Park Service, the U.S. Forest Service and the Washington State Department of Fish and Wildlife invite the public to review and provide input about ...
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Sage grouse Conservation Credit System used in Nevada
The State of Nevada has released the first credits for sale under its Conservation Credit System (CCS) to mitigate impacts to sage-grouse habitat. The CCS was ...
‘Got one!’: Agencies complete collaborative frog survey in Nevada
“Got one!” A voice calls out across a field of waist-high sedge. Nets dip and splash into the tiny, yet deceptively deep pond in search of elusive prey while ...
Fishlake National Forest and Boulder Mountain Habitat Improvement Projects
The Beaver, Fillmore, Fremont River, and Richfield Ranger Districts of the Fishlake National Forest worked together to design a landscape scale project to remove ...
Apply now for Native American Research Assistantships
The U.S. Forest Service (USFS), Premier Partner of The Wildlife Society, is sponsoring a research assistantship program for Native American students. This will be ...
Don’t forget the soil fauna
When U.S. Forest Service Southern Research Station research ecologist Mac Callaham and post-doctoral researcher David Coyle, D.B. Warnell School of Forest ...
New Herp Disease Alert System relies on info from public
With disease at the forefront of amphibian and reptile population decline issues, a new Herpetofauna Disease Alert System has been created to expedite communication ...
Small variations in breeding pools have big impact on CA toad
ALBANY, Calif. — The Yosemite toad (Anaxyrus canorus) is a rare species found exclusively in California’s Sierra Nevada. While its range encompasses ...
Protecting cavity-nesting owls
Each year thousands of cavity-nesters that prefer dark, narrow spaces for nesting and roosting become trapped and die in ventilation pipes, dryer vents, irrigation ...
Giant stag beetles: Ecology, genetics and distribution
Up to 30 percent of all forest insect species depend on wood that is dead or dying. “Such species are among the most threatened insects in Europe,” says U.S. ...