The state culled wolves that had been collared, and it’s no longer feasible to continue research.
Wildlife
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States propose scaling back safeguards for grizzlies
New information surfaces about how Idaho, Wyoming and Montana would manage the bears after a delisting this fall.
Posted inAugust 8, 2016: Line of Descent
Inside a seed museum meant to track plant response to climate change
Researchers have collected seeds from across the country in a quiet Colorado storage facility.
Posted inAugust 8, 2016: Line of Descent
Line of descent: How poor management left Mexican wolves dangerously inbred
Missteps and conflict between the state and the feds have hounded the recovery of Arizona and New Mexico’s remaining wolf packs.
Posted inAugust 8, 2016: Line of Descent
Toilet rats, bull-shy cops, and a prairie dog sweet tooth
Mishaps and mayhem from around the region.
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How purple bacteria could help save amphibians in the Rockies
A Colorado researcher is using boreal toads’ microbiomes to help them ward off a deadly fungus.
Posted inJuly 25, 2016: Salmon Power
Badger bandits, rodeo justice and the end of a beloved sidewalk
Mishaps and mayhem from around the region.
Posted inJuly 25, 2016: Salmon Power
BLM moves away from landmark Northwest Forest Plan
Court showdown may force the agency to reconsider its Pacific Northwest logging goals.
Posted inJuly 25, 2016: Salmon Power
Drones: the good, the bad and the ugly
As the aerial technology increases in popularity, so do its impacts.
Posted inJuly 25, 2016: Salmon Power
The Chickadee Symphony
A composer reflects on three decades of birdsong.
Posted inJuly 25, 2016: Salmon Power
Latest: The BLM to study surgical sterilization of wild horses
As ever, changes to the agency’s wild horse policy have sparked controversy.
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New tech could restore some quiet to noisy Western oceans
Underwater noise from construction can confuse and even injure marine animals.
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We should be proud of delisting grizzlies
The bear is a huge conservation success story, and it shows that the Endangered Species Act works.
Posted inJune 27, 2016: The New Advocates
The West’s best buy-one-get-one free, leopard on the loose and a fatal moment of thoughtlessness
Mishaps and mayhem from around the region.
Posted inJune 13, 2016: Water to Dust
Photos: Underwater wilderness in the Pacific Northwest
A review of David Hall’s “Beneath Cold Seas”
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Rewilding the shortgrass prairie
A scientist with ranching roots is trying to restore balance to degraded grasslands.
Posted inMay 30, 2016: Trial by Fire
The tenuous fate of the Southwest’s last jaguars
U.S. conservation of the endangered big cats depends on their populations in Mexico.
Posted inMay 30, 2016: Trial by Fire
Latest: Columbia River salmon recovery plan invalidated
It was the fifth to be struck down by the courts.
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New Mexico’s baby wolf swap worked. Why won’t state officials get on board?
It’s time for Gov. Susana Martinez to give wolf reintroductions the nod.
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How the buffalo survived to become our new national mammal
He was one of Nature’s biggest gifts, and the country owes him thanks. Charles M. Russell, 1925 The bald eagle has been the national symbol since 1782, but the Western artist Charlie Russell was right: The buffalo was far more important to the story of the American West. The story of the buffalo, once roaming in […]