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Give "em an award

Nominations are sought for the National Wildlife Federation's 1995 conservation achievement awards.

National Conference on Habitat Conservation

The National Wildlife Federation's first-ever National Conference on Habitat Conservation Plans is May 17 and 18 in Washington, D.C.

Conservation in an imperfect world

San Diego’s Multiple Species Conservation Program is a groundbreaking attempt to protect wildlife habitat, but some say it is still not enough to save the imperiled wildlife of Southern California

The Wayward West

Chronic wasting disease strikes elk in Mont.; Columbia River's Hanford Reach now part of Saddle Mtn. wildlife refuge; Puget Sound bull trout listed as endangered; a bill is passed to give $3 billion for land purchases and wildlife conservation programs.

Buy some shorts: Save a salamander

Wildlife agencies urge a Wildlife Diversity Funding Initiative - a 5 percent tax on outdoor products to help preserve wildlife habitat.

Wanted: HCPs with teeth

Some conservationists say that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's proposals for beefing up its Habitat Conservation Plans still do not go far enough to effectively protect endangered species on private lands.

Imperfect Pasture: A Century of Change at the National Elk Refuge in Jackson Hole, Wyoming

In Imperfect Pasture, Bruce Smith, Eric Cole and David Dobkin examine the conservation successes – and failures – of the National Elk Refuge near Jackson, Wyo.

Amid smoke and sprawl, some success

It’s too early to know the impact wildfires have had on the San Diego National Wildlife Refuge and the Crestridge wildlife preserve, two of the successes of the Multiple Species Conservation Program

Conserving connections

The Chatfield Basin Conservation Network brings together businesspeople, county officials, road builders and environmentalists to preserve open space and wildlife habitat south of Denver, Colo.

Yellowstone's Grizzlies A success story

The National Wildlife Federation believes that the federal government’s proposal to remove Yellowstone’s grizzlies from the endangered species list represents a tremendous achievement

The resurgence of hook-and-bullet conservation

Hunters have done a huge amount over the years to preserve wildlife and habitat, but the powerful group Sportsmen for Fish and Wildlife, with its obsessive focus on killing predators, seems to be taking a step backward

Conservation can pay

The "Wildlife Manager's Field Guide to the Farm Bill" is designed to help subsidize farmers and ranchers in conservation projects.

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

Youth Conservation Workshop

The Colorado branch of the Society for Range Management is taking applications for four scholarships to its annual Youth Conservation Workshop, July 6-12.

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Carnivores 2000

Defenders of Wildlife will hold a three-day conference on carnivores Nov. 12-15.

Pygmy-owl may lose protection

A court ruling may lead to the removal of the endangered status currently assigned to Arizona’s cactus ferruginous pygmy-owls

Yellowstone grizzlies are a success story

The writer, who is from the National Wildlife Federation, says Yellowstone grizzlies are a success story: The Endangered Species Act worked and is no longer needed