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  • Bears in the backyard, oh my

    The writer says too many grizzlies died last year

    by Becky Lomax, Jan 03, 2005

  • Behind the scenes, pressure and doubt

    Two former Fish and Wildlife Service biologists had early doubts about San Diego’s Multiple Species Conservation Program, criticizing the limits of the program’s science and its inability to protect a population of endangered willowy monardella

    by Tony Davis, Nov 10, 2003

  • Butterfly escapes endangered species net

    Cloudcroft, N.M., creates its own conservation plan to protect the rare Sacramento Mountains checkerspot butterfly without waiting for an endangered species listing

    by April Reese, Jan 24, 2005

  • Debate rages over ‘de-listing’ wolves

    Conservationists say it’s too soon for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to declare that wolves are no longer endangered

    by Jessica Toubman, Apr 14, 2003

  • Feds to hand wolves to states

    A change in the federal Endangered Species Act will give Idaho and Montana more control over threatened gray wolves, but deny the Nez Perce Tribe a role in wolf management.

    by Rachel Odell, Jan 24, 2005

  • Ferret recovery pioneer moves on

    District Ranger Bill Perry, who led the effort to help restore endangered black-footed ferrets, is leaving South Dakota’s Buffalo Gap National Grassland for a job in Washington, D.C.

    by Tom Domek, Aug 22, 2005

  • For endangered species, survival no longer enough

    Two rulings say the Fish and Wildlife Service needs to take into account endangered species recovery as well as survival when it comes to development

    by Dan Wilcock, Sep 27, 2004

  • Handling griz: How much is enough?

    Increasing numbers of the West’s grizzly bears wear radio collars, and some environmentalists question the necessity of the practice

    by Colleen O'Brien and Ray Ring, Oct 17, 2005

  • Lawsuit spurs endangered species reviews

    Some property-owners are pushing for more reviews of various endangered species in a move that some environmentalists fear is an attempt to undermine species protection

    by Patrick Ferrell, Sep 05, 2005

  • Life — and death — in grizzly country

    Werner Herzog’s new documentary, Grizzly Man, takes a thoughtful look at the life and death of Timothy Treadwell, an amateur bear biologist who was killed and eaten by an Alaskan grizzly

    by John Krist, Nov 28, 2005
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