When humans and wildlife clash, sometimes an animal bites your minivan.
Wildlife
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More plans, less protection for sage grouse
A final environmental assessment weakens drilling restrictions on millions of acres.
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The Tulalip Tribes bet big on beavers
In western Washington, a nation looks to rodent restoration as a natural, ecological engineer.
Posted inNovember 26, 2018: Follow the fish
Follow the fish
Fish-stocking has drawn otters to the Beartooth Plateau of Montana. What effect do they have in their new environs?
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Water savings may cause suffering for burrowing owls
Can the tiny raptors adapt to irrigation changes in California’s warming farm fields?
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Inside Colorado’s ‘hotbed’ of wildlife conflict
Documents show flawed management leads to unnecessary killings of bighorn sheep.
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Reckoning with History: How the once-radical Endangered Species Act was weakened
The ESA started out strong, but opponents have chipped away at the landmark law.
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Can big data help save endangered species?
A new tool could improve rare species recovery — or justify letting some species perish.
Posted inNovember 12, 2018: Old Wests, and new
Fabulous flab; reefer madness; unsportmanslike conduct
Mishaps and mayhem from around the region.
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One Inuit family’s life, straddling national borders
Across the Beaufort Sea, Bruce Inglangasak’s 350-mile journey home.
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Interior is undoing a legacy of national park stewardship in Alaska
Unethical killing of bears and wolves is not responsible wildlife management.
Posted inOctober 29, 2018: When your neighborhood goes BOOM
Elaborate hoaxes; respect in Rifle; lost lovers
Mishaps and mayhem from around the region.
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The impermanence of wonder and whales
A writer comes to grips with the plight of the Puget Sound orca.
Posted inOctober 15, 2018: Nature Retreat
Migration and extinction in the American West
A new novel follows two wanderers on a westward journey.
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Federal politics unite unlikely coalitions at the border
Environmental and social justice activists challenge President Donald Trump together.
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Interior Department issues order to avoid settlements
Critics say the decree will slow down the implementation of enacted laws.
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Global climate scientists issue a dire warning
We have 12 years to limit catastrophic global warming, according to scientists.
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How politics could impact future counts of Yellowstone grizzlies
A ruling restoring federal protections cited a concession to states on census estimates.
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8 states sue Interior for rollbacks on migratory bird protections
States say the birds have economic, cultural and ecological value.
Posted inOctober 15, 2018: Nature Retreat
Can hunting keep us human?
In the New Machine Age, hunting helps us accept mortality as truth.