Wildlife

Scientists struggle to find reasons behind gray whale deaths
Scientists struggle to find reasons behind gray whale deaths
Some researchers think the whales are starving, but the cause of death may be far more complicated.
Helen Santoro News Aug. 15, 2019
New Endangered Species Act rules open door to looser protections
New Endangered Species Act rules open door to looser protections
The new implementation guidelines relax habitat protections and favor development.
Chris D’Angelo Aug. 14, 2019
‘Cyanide bombs’ use reauthorized to kill wild animals
‘Cyanide bombs’ use reauthorized to kill wild animals
The traps have caused unintentional deaths, but Wildlife Services can continue to employ them to protect livestock and farm crops.
Jimmy Tobias News Aug. 12, 2019
Clearcuts and the Clearwater
The Sierra Club and the Idaho Wilderness Society agree to a Forest Service plan to cut 80 million board-feet in Idaho.
Staff Dec. 13, 1993 From the print edition
Salvage sales assailed
Several groups sue the Forest Service to block salvage timber sales in Idaho.
Staff Dec. 13, 1993 From the print edition
Maybe another wolf
Biologists can't confirm if a video shot in Hayden Valley of Yellowstone shows an endangered gray wolf.
Staff Dec. 13, 1993 From the print edition
Agency inches toward diversity
District Ranger Melissa Blackwell cites her career as proof that the Forest Service is dropping gender barriers and shifting priorities.
Nan Chalat, Marion Stewart Dec. 13, 1993 From the print edition
Ranger prods and and pulls her district in a new direction
Kamas District Ranger Melissa Blackwell represents a new direction for the National Forest Service.
Nan Chalat Dec. 13, 1993 From the print edition
Logging firms scour the West for trees
Boise Cascade and the Louisiana-Pacific lumber companies export timber from Dixie National Forest to the chagrin of local companies.
Brent Israelson Dec. 13, 1993 From the print edition
Hail to the Chief
A profile of Jack Ward Thomas, new chief of the Forest Service.
Steve Stuebner Dec. 13, 1993 From the print edition
Faux deer draws faux hunters near Vail
The Colorado Division of Wildlife catches outlaw hunters with Robodeer.
Carol Kuzdek-Laird Dec. 13, 1993 From the print edition
An historic event
An opinion about the ramifications of appointing Jack Ward Thomas as the new chief of the Forest Service.
Ed Marston Opinion Essay Dec. 13, 1993 From the print edition
Save the salmon
Idaho Governor Cecil Andrus publishes a brochure, "Snake River Salmon: National treasure at risk of extinction.'
Staff Nov. 29, 1993 From the print edition
SAVE THE SPINELESS
The Xerces Society wages the battle for biological diversity by acting as an advocate for invertebrate populations.
Staff Nov. 29, 1993 From the print edition
Living with cougars
The Colorado Division of Wildlife's brochure, "Living with Wildlife in Lion Country,' answers questions about cougars.
Staff Nov. 29, 1993 From the print edition
Once more, for the sturgeon
Operators at Montana's Libby Dam will again try to keep the Kootenai River white sturgeon off the endangered species list.
Staff Nov. 29, 1993 From the print edition
Human activity must yield to bears
The Forest Service changes reduces logging and roadbuilding in Flathead National Forest and Glacier National Park in order to protect grizzly habitat.
Don Schwennesen Nov. 29, 1993 From the print edition
More talk about wolves
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service extends its deadline for public comment on the wolf restoration project in Yellowstone.
Staff Nov. 15, 1993 From the print edition
Interior settles refuge lawsuit
The Interior Department says it will stop grazing, motorboating and other secondary uses on the nation's wildlife refuges.
Staff Nov. 15, 1993 From the print edition
Wilderness is ransomed
Forester Elizabeth Estill approves a controversial land trade that gives Tom Chapman 107 acres near Telluride in exchange for his 240-acre inholding in the West Elk Wilderness.
Staff Nov. 15, 1993 From the print edition
I'll take that
A hunter abandons a bull elk after a grizzly arrives on the scene.
Staff Nov. 15, 1993 From the print edition
Clinton's forest plan draws 83,000 responses
Clinton's Option 9 forest plan draws fire from all sides after the April Forest Summit.
Paul Koberstein Nov. 15, 1993 From the print edition
In Montana, Logging Companies Cut, Run and Whine
A critic lambasts Champion Lumber for robbing his home state of its resource.
Dick Manning Opinion Essay Nov. 15, 1993 From the print edition
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