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Results for keyword: threatened wildlife

  • Can animals evolve quickly enough to survive global warming?

    Can animals evolve quickly enough to survive global warming?

    What can rapid evolution in response to climate change teach us about managing nature?

    by Michelle Nijhuis , Feb 06, 2012
  • More grousing

    More grousing

    The federal government says sage grouse deserve protection, but delays listing the birds under the Endangered Species Act.

    by Jonathan Thompson, Apr 07, 2010

  • Two weeks in the West

    Colorado Lynx are in trouble; oil and gas bounty hunter is rebuked; Energy Department tests new larger containers for radioactive waste; saving money and salmon; Measure 37 cold war continues; public library use in the West; and snowmobile data

    by Staff, Dec 11, 2006

  • 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

  • Is Preble's just another meadow mouse?

    The Fish and Wildlife Service wants to delist the threatened Preble’s meadow jumping mouse, on the grounds that the animal is genetically identical to a more common species

    by Hilary Watts, Mar 07, 2005

  • Rulings keep the West open for business

    Recent decisions not to list as endangered the white-tailed and black-tailed prairie dogs and the greater sage grouse open the door to increased energy exploration and development in the West

    by Ray Ring, Dec 20, 2004

  • More lynx, less habitat

    Colorado’s lynx reintroduction program has so far been a success, but a new Forest Service management proposal would put energy development, forest thinning, and snowmobile trails ahead of the threatened animal’s habitat

    by Alex C. Pasquariello, Mar 15, 2004
 

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