http://www.hcn.org These are the search results for the query, showing results 1 to 15. http://www.hcn.org/issues/44.14/saving-threatened-utah-prairie-dogs-on-private-property Can a new approach to conservation help landowners and endangered species coexist? No publisher Nathan Rice Wildlife habitat Utah Prairie Dog Habitat Exchange Program Conservation banking Growth and development U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Utah prairie dogs Prairie dog relocation Endangered Species Act Conservation incentives Threatened wildlife 2012-08-29T15:37:27Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/wotr/safari-club-and-the-nra-aim-to-gut-wilderness The so-called "Sportsmen’s Heritage Act" is just another attempt to destroy the Wilderness Act and the land and wildlife it protects. No publisher Talasi Brooks and Kevin Proescholdt Wilderness preservation Endangered Species Act National Rifle Association Sportsmen’s Heritage Act Wildlife habitat Antiquities Act Hunters Anti-environmental movement U.S. House of Representatives BLM James Risch 1964 Wilderness Act H.R. 4089 Safari Club Farm bill amendments Land preservation Marine Mammals Protection Act Senate bill 2066 Ravalli County Fish & Wildlife Association Environmental Protection Agency 2012-06-21T22:08:34Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/44.9/conservation-agreements-try-to-head-off-endangered-species-listings Candidate conservation agreements try to keep rare species, like Colorado's Gunnison sage grouse, off the endangered species list, or at least healthy enough to lessen the restrictions that come with listing. No publisher Joshua Zaffos BLM WildEarth Guardians ranchers private land conservation species recovery critical habitat farmers Center for Biological Diversity U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service dunes sagebrush lizard rare birds greater sage grouse Endangered Species Act Candidate conservation agreements imperiled species candidate conservation agreements with assurances southern Idaho ground squirrel Gunnison sage grouse sage grouse leks 2012-06-01T14:44:32Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/wotr/anglers-can-be-advocates-for-endangered-fish An early encounter with the wily bull trout teaches an angler lifelong respect for this rare fish, and for the Endangered Species Act that helps keep it alive. No publisher Ben Long Montana sportsmen anglers Columbia River Basin Flathead drainage Trout Unlimited catching rare fish fishermen Kootenai drainage Hungry Horse Reservoir Bull trout Endangered Species Act Dolly Varden trout Koocanusa Reservoir rare fish wildlife conservation, fishing memories, bull trout fisheries 2012-05-31T15:18:54Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/wotr/wolf-management-in-idaho-is-not-ready-for-prime-time The controversy that flared when a trapper posted a photo of himself with a dying wolf proves that Idaho and other Western states are incapable of managing wolves without the help of the Endangered Species Act. No publisher Michael J. Robinson Idaho wolf management viral photos wildlife management Wolf trapping wolves in Northern Rockies Forest Service predators Endangered Species Act wolf effects on ecosystem Idaho Department of Fish and Game wolf reintroduction 2012-04-24T19:16:49Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/44.3/growing-grizzly-population-sparks-conflict-with-a-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. No publisher Sarah Gilman wildlife corridors Centennial Mountains Yellowstone grizzly bears Western sheep ranchers U.S. Agricultural Research Service Sheep Experiment Station Endangered Species Act 2012-02-14T23:50:52Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/44.1/the-logging-town-of-darrington-wash.-fights-to-save-a-wilderness-lookout A lawsuit raises questions about how far environmentalists should go to keep wilderness 'untrammeled.' No publisher Nathan Rice recreation economy Glacier Peak Wilderness hiking Endangered Species Act Suiattle River Road North Cascades National Park Forest Service trail maintenance washed out roads Green Mountain lookout consensus backpacking rural life logging towns flood damage Campaign for America's Wilderness Washington state Wilderness Act collaboration categorical exclusions fire lookouts Civilian Conservation Corps outdoor economy salmon small towns Wild Sky Wilderness Wilderness Act wilderness road repair Darrington, Washington National Register of Historic Places Cascade Range environmental lawsuits public comment wilderness helicopter flights Wilderness Watch hiking trail repair northern spotted owl marbled murrelet 2012-01-25T15:49:59Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/44.1/detente-in-the-rancher-v.-environmentalist-grazing-wars Buying out grazing permits from willing ranchers could help solve conflicts over grazing on public lands. No publisher Jodi Peterson Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility rural economy ranchers John Barrasso National Environmental Policy Act public lands grazing Forest Service Brian Ertz Bureau of Land Management Grazing allotments buying out grazing permits Bush environmental policy Public Lands Council John Horning WildEarth Guardians cattle grazing sheep grazing livestock grazing Grazing Improvement Act federal lands management grazing lawsuits Western Watersheds Project Obama environmental policy agriculture legislative gridlock grazing laws rural communities Endangered Species Act Omnibus Public Lands Management Act Rep. Adam Smith bighorn sheep sheepherders grazing wars 112th Congress overgrazing Rural Economic Vitalization Act range improvements 2012-01-29T18:08:07Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/43.22/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. No publisher Mary Ellen Hannibal Wildlands Network mule deer seasonal migration wildlife habitat Wyoming Fish and Game grizzly bears Pinedale Anticline Forest Service elk Bureau of Land Management Southern Great Plans Crucial Habitat Assessment Tool landscape connectivity Wildlife Conservation Society Jonah Field Rush Holt Ken Salazar Wyoming pronghorn Yellowstone to Yukon private land migration private property owners habitat mapping oil and gas drilling migratory birds Mark Gocke Washington Connected Landscapes Project megalinkages of habitat private land conservation Western Governors’ Association conservation easements habitat connectivity wildlife biology Endangered Species Act Landscape Conservation Cooperatives wildlife migration corridors energy development U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Path of the Pronghorn bison Kenyon Fields animal migration wildlife overpass Center for Large Landscape Connectivity Rob Ament 2011-12-30T18:02:52Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/43.21/a-tree-climbers-tale-of-harvesting-cones-to-save-whitebark-pines As whitebark pines in the Northern Rockies succumb to pine beetles and blister rust, hardworking climbers defy gravity to collect pine cones from canopies to supply efforts to breed more resilient and resistant trees. No publisher Hal Herring Bitterroot Valley alpine squirrels climate change breeding blister rust resistant whitebarks Whitebark pines Forest Service Clark’s nutcrackers grizzly bears forestry whitebark pine ecosystem Beartooth Plateau Montana forests whitebark decline whitebark pinecone pickers Endangered Species Act endangered trees whitebark nurseries forest restoration mountain pine beetles Northern Rockies ecosystem caging pinecones rock climbers dying forests tree climbing blister rust, limber pines 2011-12-19T16:06:40Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/43.19/behind-the-scenes-in-the-lives-of-captive-wolves Captive wolves and wolf-dog hybrids are kept all over the West for various purposes, often in poorly regulated facilities. No publisher Ceiridwen Terrill alpha wolves Mexican gray wolf reintroduction Kent Weber Mission: Wolf captive wildlife regulations Rudolph Schenkel wildlife photographers exotic pets Linda Saunders Wolf Education and Research Center Chemukh L. David Mech captive wild animals escape Wolf Haven Animal Welfare Act animal behavior Colorado Wolf & wildlife Center Eagle Tail Mountain Wolf Sanctuary Endangered Species Act Triple D Game Farm Wolves at Our Door Captive wolves wild animals in captivity Mace Loftus Living with Wolves wolf-dog hybrids Wolfwood refuge & Adoption Center Jeremy Heft Mexican gray wolves National Geographic captive wild animal licenses Jim and Jamie Dutcher Wolf People roadside zoos 2012-01-19T19:36:08Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/43.18/lawyer-laird-lucas-talks-about-how-he-fights-for-the-west The environmental lawyer battles big industries and government agencies in the courtroom on behalf of the nonprofit Advocates for the West. No publisher Steve Bunk BLM environmental organizations attorneys nonprofit organizations Western Watersheds Project Advocates for the West environmental laws environmental lawsuits Forest Service environmental litigation Endangered Species Act Laird Lucas Department of Interior Land and Water Fund of the Rockies conservation activists 2012-01-18T23:42:23Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/wotr/only-one-thing-is-certain-a-grizzly-got-killed When a grizzly was killed in northern Idaho, was the shooter, a father of six, really protecting his children? No publisher Daniel Person Mike Crapo bear attacks Jeremy Hill wildlife attacks Endangered Species Act grizzly shooting Idaho Panhandle grizzly bear 2011-10-04T17:23:18Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/wotr/hats-off-for-a-grand-american-senator-mark-o.-hatfield-1922-2011 Former Sen. Mark O. Hatfield was one of the last of an endangered species: a principled but pragmatic moderate Republican who believed in collaboration and cared about the environment. No publisher Gail Wells Western politicians timber industry Endangered Species Act Oregon environmental politics moderate Republicans Mark O. Hatfield 2011-08-31T19:55:01Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/43.13/settlements-prompt-federal-decisions-on-hundreds-of-endangered-species In a settlement with environmental groups, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service agrees to make listing decisions about more than 250 imperiled candidate species. No publisher Marian Lyman Kirst endangered species candidate list Threatened and endangered species Christ's paintbrush Sonoran Desert tortoise Western yellow-bellied cuckoo Coral Pink Sand Dunes tiger beetle U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service WildEarth Guardians Endangered Species Act North American wolverine 2011-08-15T19:35:01Z Infographic