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  • Tribal religion trumps eagle protection

    A recent court ruling on the ceremonial killing of eagles by American Indians collides with the Endangered Species Act, possibly sending the issue to the Supreme Court

    by Brodie Farquhar, Nov 13, 2006

  • Birds get a break from blades

    More than half the windmills on California’s Altamont Pass will shut down for two months this winter so migrating birds can pass safely through the area

    by Patrick Farrell, Aug 08, 2005

  • Horn hunters face hard times

    The rising popularity of Viagra has cut into the profits of Western antler-hunters, including Wyoming Boy Scouts

    by Andrew Slaton and Ray Ring, Aug 08, 2005

  • To Save the Wild Bison

    In To Save the Wild Bison, Mary Ann Franke traces the controversial history of Yellowstone National Park’s wild bison herd

    by Staff, Sep 19, 2005

  • Prey at the waterhole

    The experience of watching a mountain lion is utterly transformed when the watcher realizes he is the one being watched

    by Craig Childs, Jul 24, 2006

  • Apprehension

    U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Officer John Schaefer is one of only two officers patrolling the 860,000 acres of Cabeza Prieta National Wildlife Refuge, a thoroughfare for illegal immigrants and armed drug smugglers

    by Michael Marizco, May 15, 2006

  • Global Warming's Unlikely Harbingers

    Mountain pine beetles are attacking more forests and more varieties of trees — and thriving at higher elevations than ever before — and some scientists believe global climate change is at the root of the problem

    by Michelle Nijhuis, Jul 19, 2004

  • Scientists uncover a weevil gourmand

    Flower-head weevils released in Colorado's Gunnison National Forest to eat invasive Canada thistles seem to prefer other thistles instead and have no impact on the weeds.

    by Beth McElroy, Jul 08, 2002
  • The healthiest landscapes are hidden

    The healthiest landscapes are hidden

    Ranchers help give refuge to wildlife, despite being an endangered species themselves.

    by Linda Hasselstrom, Nov 25, 2010

  • 'They both do not exist'

    Quote by Wyoming Attorney General Patrick Crank

    by Staff, Oct 02, 2006
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