But the concept of saving big places through little animals lives on.
Endangered Species
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Washington’s wolverines stage tenuous comeback
The carnivores are recolonizing the northern Cascades, but they face an uncertain climate future.
Posted inFebruary 16, 2015: Chainsaw Diplomacy
The Latest: Update on the endangered Pallid Sturgeon
Scientists found that dams are indeed to blame for population declines.
Posted inFebruary 2, 2015: This Land is Their Land
The Latest: Rio Grande water
A shortfall in water deliveries may lead to more fighting.
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Will endangered species status help the Mexican gray wolf?
Rare subspecies barely hangs on in the Southwest.
Posted inJanuary 12, 2015: What Are We Thinking?
Should nature have standing to sue?
Even today, the natural world needs a co-plaintiff: us.
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Death of Utah wolf is collateral damage
Shooting was side-effect of state’s aggressive push to control coyotes
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Drilling the Arctic comes with a 75 percent chance of a large oil spill
Key findings from a new environmental analysis.
Posted inDecember 8, 2014: The Great Salmon Compromise
The great salmon compromise
The Columbia Basin Fish Accords have funded $1 billion worth of habitat restoration projects, but can they replace free-flowing rivers?
Posted inDecember 8, 2014: The Great Salmon Compromise
A fix for the desert tortoise
Prolific pets continue to threaten their wild cousins.
Posted inDecember 8, 2014: The Great Salmon Compromise
A grouse divided
Will new federal protections rescue the Gunnison sage grouse?
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The most important wildlife management plans you’ve never heard of
Western states scramble to prepare Wildlife Action Plans, due in 2015.
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Gunnison sage grouse gets divisive ‘threatened’ listing
The decision upsets enviros and industry alike.
Posted inOctober 13, 2014: Charles Bowden's Fury
Has the Obama administration hobbled the Endangered Species Act?
A new policy may set the law back half a century.
Posted inOctober 13, 2014: Charles Bowden's Fury
The Latest: Wyoming’s wolf delisting thrown out
A U.S. District Court hands management back to the feds.
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The Earth has half as many animals as it did in 1970
In the Western U.S., megafauna is on the rise — but amphibians are in trouble.
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Did Obama’s Interior hobble the Endangered Species Act?
A new policy sets the law back a half-century, conservationists say.
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Fish and Wildlife declines to list wolverines as endangered
Not enough evidence of climate harm to list wolverines, says Fish and Wildlife Climate change is a real force disrupting wildlife populations. But for the 300 or so wolverines living in the lower 48, there’s still not enough evidence of present or future danger to protect them under the Endangered Species Act, the U.S. Fish […]
Posted inAugust 4, 2014: Idaho's Sewer System
Climate changes for wolverine listing
What good can the Endangered Species Act do in a warming world?