Flora & Fauna
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Sidebar
A sampler of wildlife tech
The gadgets we attach to wild animals and fish include radio transmitters, microchips, acoustic tags, geolocators and accelerometers.
by Ray Ring, Dec 10, 2012 -
Letters
What's wild?
by Marilyn Colyer, Dec 10, 2012 -
Letters
Round 'em up
by Gene Byrne, Dec 10, 2012 -
Essays
The right tributary
A writer gets roped into fish surveys for endangered bull trout.
by Ana Maria Spagna, Dec 07, 2012 -
Writers on the Range
Salmon must have water in the Klamath and Trinity rivers
Fish, not dams, deserve priority.
by Leonard Masten, Dec 04, 2012 -
Letters
Cowtowing to ranchers
by David Strip, Nov 25, 2012 -
Current
Altered amphibians
Images of frogs deformed by a parasitic flatworm that flourishes in altered environments.
by Brendon Bosworth, Nov 23, 2012 -
Writers on the Range
Washington wipes out a wolf pack
Washington state needlessly destroyed an entire wolf pack that had preyed on one rancher’s calves.
by Laura Ackerman and Paul Lindholdt, Nov 21, 2012 -
Feature
Is there a way through the West's bitter wild horse wars?
Activists push compromise as the controversial federal mustang management program reaches a breaking point, with more horses in captivity than roam the range.
by Dave Philipps, Nov 19, 2012 -
Writers on the Range
Planting the millionth tree
Remembering friends who are serious tree planters
by Robert Leo Heilman, Nov 14, 2012 -
Sidebar
BLM "ecosanctuaries" unlikely to provide relief for wild horses
Proposal will cost just as much as long-term storage of captive horses, and can only take a small number of those now stuck on government pastures
by Dave Philipps, Nov 12, 2012 -
Editor's Note
The bastard child of the range
Wild horses are a touchy subjects for many Americans; the BLM's complex policies on mustang round-up and maintenance illustrates the point.
by Sarah Gilman, Nov 11, 2012 -
Sidebar
Whitewater-Baldy Complex fire
by Neil LaRubbio, Nov 11, 2012 -
Sidebar
The West's BLM Herd Areas and Herd Management Areas
Over time, the agency has shrunken areas it manages specifically for wild horses
by Dave Philipps, Nov 11, 2012 -
Sidebar
Feds reluctant to kill wild horses
Slaughter and euthanasia aren’t politically feasible ways to deal with the glut of wild horses in captivity.
by Dave Philipps, Nov 12, 2012






