Mishaps and mayhem from around the region.
Hunting
Posted inJuly 1, 2020: 'I am here fighting for my life and future children'
As the Arctic warms, the Inupiat adapt
‘What choice do we have?’
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Video: Idaho’s public lands transcend partisan divides
Despite political affiliation, Idaho hunters and anglers agree public lands need protection.
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Alliance transcends boundaries to conserve cougars
Tribes of Washington and researchers work together to strengthen the relationship between cougars and the land.
Posted inJune 1, 2020: Dissent at a Distance
Catching a band of wildlife killers
How a bounty of digital evidence led to the downfall of one of the nation’s deadliest poaching crews.
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Hunting and fishing provide food security in the time of COVID-19
But virus fears and travel restrictions could impact big game season in the fall.
Posted inMarch 16, 2020: Wiring the Wild
Is shed hunting ethical?
A Utah conservationist weighs the hobby’s popularity with its moral stakes.
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Oregon elk vex landowners and game managers
The herds are wary of recreationalists, unwelcome at the refuge and eating into profits.
Posted inMarch 1, 2020: Predator (Mis)perceptions
Colorado throws wolves to the vote
Should democracy take over where science ends?
Posted inMarch 1, 2020: Predator (Mis)perceptions
The Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe reintroduces bighorn sheep on tribal lands
For the first time in roughly 100 years, the species returns to historic habitat.
Posted inOctober 28, 2019: Where Hunting Still Has Meaning
Faced with chronic wasting disease, what’s a hunting family to do?
Hunters are critical for game management, but the spread of CWD means some may put down the rifle.
Posted inOctober 28, 2019: Where Hunting Still Has Meaning
In Southeast Alaska, a hunter searches for kinship with the wild
A mountain goat’s death brings life into focus.
Posted inOctober 28, 2019: Where Hunting Still Has Meaning
Killing Bullwinkle: Big money and controversy surround Western trophy hunts
Wealthy hunters pay top dollar for desired hunts, padding Fish and Game budgets and prodding resistance.
Posted inOctober 28, 2019: Where Hunting Still Has Meaning
How an Arrow Lakes elk hunt became a case of tribal recognition
Rick Desautel shot an elk to prove the Sinixt descendants are not legally ‘extinct.’ Now the Supreme Court of Canada will decide.
Posted inOctober 14, 2019: Severed Ties
An Indigenous way of life for these California tribes breaks state laws
In Mendocino County, ‘guerrilla gatherers’ risk fines and jail time to keep food culture alive.
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Bobcats persevere despite human encroachment
In the face of hunting pressure and loss of habitat, bobcats prove themselves resilient — and aren’t above raising their young in rural backyards.
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Hunters and anglers struggle for public access to Colorado’s state trust lands
Compared to its neighbors, the state limits public recreation, but that is changing.
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Can wolf reintroduction help stave off chronic wasting disease?
Proponents of Colorado’s initiative to reintroduce the predators suggest they could bolster herds against the disease.
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Treaty rights prevail in Supreme Court
In a 5-4 vote, the court disagreed that Wyoming’s statehood nullified a Crow Tribe hunting treaty.
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The disease devastating deer herds may also threaten human health
Scientists are exploring the origins of chronic wasting disease before it becomes truly catastrophic.