Flora & Fauna
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Writers on the Range
This is a winter of snowy owls
Big, beautiful snowy owls are showing up far outside their usual range, much to the delight of Western birdwatchers.
by Christina Nealson, Feb 22, 2012 -
Current
Growing grizzly population conflicts with USDA sheep research station
As Yellowstone's grizzlies spread into the Centennial Mountains, some fear conflicts will arise with the century-old federal Sheep Experiment Station, which summers its flocks in bear habitat on the Idaho-Montana border.
by Sarah Gilman, Feb 19, 2012 -
Writers on the Range
It’s time 23,000 elk got off the dole
Wyoming needs to stop feeding elk in winter in order to stop the spread of chronic wasting disease.
by Bruce Smith, Feb 17, 2012 -
Feature
Can snowshoe hares outrace climate change?
The seasonal coat changes of snowshoe hares may provide wildlife biologists with clues about how wild animals evolve in response to climate change.
by Hillary Rosner, Feb 12, 2012 -
Writers on the Range
A young wolf wanders the West
OR-7, a young Oregon wolf, has logged some 1,000 miles in his journey through the West, becoming the first wild wolf seen in California since 1924.
by Tim Lydon, Feb 09, 2012 -
Uncommon Westerners
John Mionczynski: naturalist, accordionist, and Bigfoot expert
In rural Wyoming, naturalist John Mionczynski plays piano, restores motorcycles, studies wildlife and tracks down evidence for the mysterious creature known as Sasquatch.
by Emilene Ostlind, Feb 08, 2012 -
Sidebar
Seasonal hares
A look at how hares change color in different conditions
by Hillary Rosner, Feb 05, 2012 -
Letters
The suburban squeeze
by Peter Gibbons, Feb 05, 2012 -
Letters
Captivity, clarified
by Darlene Kobobel, Feb 05, 2012 -
Writers on the Range
Feeding the deer
A rural Californian doesn't apologize for feeding the deer that hang out near his mountain home.
by Jaime O'Neill, Jan 25, 2012 -
Letters
What the flock?
by David McIntyre, Jan 22, 2012 -
Feature
The perilous journey of Wyoming's migrating pronghorn
Along the 120-mile-long "Path of the Pronghorn," migrating animals cross rivers, dodge traffic, battle blizzards and navigate the infrastructure of Wyoming energy development.
by Emilene Ostlind, Jan 03, 2012 -
Feature
Protecting wildlife corridors remains more theory than practice
There's a growing understanding of the scientific importance of wildlife migration corridors, but protecting them is a huge political challenge.
by Mary Ellen Hannibal, Dec 29, 2011 -
Editor's Note
Animal migration occurs all around us and yet remains a mystery
Sandhill cranes and pronghorn antelope are among the many creatures that make long and arduous seasonal migrations across the West.
by Michelle Nijhuis, Dec 25, 2011 -
Multimedia
Pronghorn Passage: Tracking the antelope migration in western Wyoming
Emilene Ostlind and Joe Riis tracked the western Wyoming pronghorn migration for two years. But it wasn't until their final spring that they truly experienced it.
by Emilene Ostlind, Dec 25, 2011
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