The 242-mile migration underscores the need to protect wide tracts of land that sustain migrating wildlife.
Wildlife
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Mixed-ancestry wolves are recolonizing the Pacific Northwest
Their combination of coastal and inland DNA could help them survive a changing climate.
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Latest: The Forest Service’s use of fire retardant has doubled since 2014
Despite environmental harms, the agency continues to rely on aerial drops to battle blazes.
Posted inAugust 6, 2018: What Are We Doing Here?
Fleeing wolves; coal and water; California crash
Mishaps and mayhem from around the region.
Posted inAugust 6, 2018: What Are We Doing Here?
After the mountain yellow-legged frog disappeared
A wildlife biologist returns to a childhood stomping ground, devoid of its once-plentiful amphibians.
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Imperiled wildlife are caught in a political tug-of-war
The proposed bills and rule changes that would reshape the Endangered Species Act.
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A bird’s eye view of wildfire
Ecologically important blazes are a crucial part of Western landscapes.
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Hunters and anglers need to get the lead out
Lead ammunition and fishing gear poison ecosystems — and dinner tables.
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Most Americans support the Endangered Species Act
It’s politicians — not citizens — who want to gut protections for threatened species.
Posted inJuly 23, 2018: Pay for Prey
When cattle go missing in wolf territory, who should pay the price?
A program to reimburse Oregon ranchers for livestock killed by wolves is in trouble.
Posted inJuly 23, 2018: Pay for Prey
Latest: Park Service to remove problematic mountain goats
The rapidly multiplying population in Olympic National Park threatens visitors.
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Keep your tunes to yourself on the trail
A writer decries wilderness-destroying graffiti, litter, drones and booming speakers.
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Supreme Court to states: Live up to your treaty obligations
Will future courts order states to take down fish-blocking dams?
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Rapid evolution saved the starfish
West Coast ochre stars make a remarkable reversal after a mass mortality event.
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In a desert, I learned to fish
Dams, invasive species and roadways. All this, so I could go fishing.
Posted inJuly 23, 2018: Pay for Prey
An owl fly-by prompts a second look at an Arizona mine
Wildlife managers revisit the impact of an expanding mining operation.
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After Malheur, side effects of the Bundys’ extremism linger
But in Harney County, Oregon, collaboration around public lands grows.
Posted inJune 11, 2018: Reclaiming the Klamath
Kleptoparasitism; an octopus named Fred; moose chasers
Mishaps and mayhem from around the region.
Posted inJune 25, 2018: Little Weed, Big Problem
Trump administration pauses California’s solar energy truce
The decision imperils the balance between desert conservation and development.
Posted inMay 28, 2018: The River of Lost Souls
Some like it hot; the West’s unluckiest man; Phoenix’s future
Mishaps and mayhem from around the region.