Trump is on a multipronged mission to eliminate a science agency that conservationists, toxicologists, universities and more call irreplaceable.
Birds
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Trump’s border wall expansion endangers wildlife and habitat
Migration pathways for animals will be further fragmented by the new additions to the wall along the U.S.-Mexico border.
Posted inJuly 2025: Seeds as Sustenance
Searching for sparrows in the Sky Islands
Grassland restoration in Sonora, Mexico, helps to conserve North America’s bird life.
Posted inApril 2025: A Monumental Reckoning
Bird flu finds its way into Western wildlife
The deaths of two Washington cougars suggest the virus is more widespread than thought.
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Turkey vultures in California are testing positive for rat poisonÂ
Despite statewide restrictions on the deadly poisons, new research shows they’re still infiltrating the food web.
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Audio: The trill of hummingbirds adapting
Scientists find that Western birds are changing their behavior alongside the climate.
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A legendary desert bird helped liberate me
A roadrunner inspired a writer to adorn himself with earthy pigments and strike a pose.
Posted inMarch 2025: The Berry Pickers
Wild, wild turkeys, Tiptoe the Tortoise & one beary nice B&B
Mishaps and mayhem from around the region.
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Our imperiled public lands
President-elect Trump, a Republican-dominated Congress and Utah launch an all-out assault on environmental protection.
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2024’s biggest conservation wins for the West
There were glimmers of good news across the region, from restored habitats to growing wildlife populations.
Posted inDecember 2024: Land as Reparations
Get to know the Pacific brant
Tech advances are transforming knowledge and conservation of North America’s favorite goose.
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Where horses roam, sage grouse struggle
A new study shows the imperiled bird declines as free-roaming horses exceed the land’s capacity.
Posted inNovember 2024: The Once and Future Prairie
The future of New Mexico’s beloved bosque
In a warmer, drier climate, restoration has its limits.
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Migrating birds find refuge in pop-up habitats
A program that pays rice farmers to create wetland habitats is a rare conservation win.
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Where have all the swifties gone?
This September, a beloved annual bird migration left Portlanders hanging.
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What happens to birds when it’s smoky outside?
A community science initiative along the West Coast is using volunteer observations to study the effect of wildfire smoke on birds.
Posted inJuly 2024
Wilson’s phalarope to the rescue
A new Endangered Species Act petition could trigger major conservation actions to save the West’s saline lakes.
Posted inJuly 2024
In search of the continent’s largest shorebird
The elusive long-billed curlew finds refuge in fragmented grasslands.
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$350M in federal land sales likely to benefit Nevada public lands and wildlife
See what projects are expected to get the funding.
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Killing one owl to save another
Is it ever the right thing to do? Two ethicists weigh in.