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Parques y vida silvestre en Nevada se podrían beneficiar gracias a ventas de tierras federales
El estado espera recibir un ingreso proveniente de la Ley de Administración de Tierras Públicas del Sur de Nevada.
Posted inJune 2024: The Idea of Wilderness
As the Gila Wilderness turns 100, the Wilderness Act is still a living law
Wilderness areas are changing in profound ways — and so are our ideas about them.
Posted inJune 2024: The Idea of Wilderness
The race to understand the risks of the energy transition for wildlife
Researchers are trying to understand how utility-scale solar affects New Mexico pronghorn.
Posted inJune 2024: The Idea of Wilderness
Elusive elephants, zany zebras and Idaho anti-anthropophagists
Mishaps and mayhem from around the region.
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Killing one owl to save another
Is it ever the right thing to do? Two ethicists weigh in.
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When is it appropriate to call out bad trail etiquette?
With more trail users than ever before, trail etiquette is important to preserve the places we love. But it doesn’t mean the same thing to every visitor.
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Audio: The Joshua tree-yucca moth link
These desert species wouldn’t survive without the other. Can they weather climate change together?
Posted inMay 2024: A River Returns
Undamming the Klamath
Tribal nations are restoring the river while reclaiming and revitalizing their cultural heritage.
Posted inMay 2024: A River Returns
Tribes lead on wildlife passages
How a new pot of federal funding could help reconnect Native lands.
Posted inMay 2024: A River Returns
Bird-naming brouhahas, buggy burritos and a goat-milking meetup
Mishaps and mayhem from around the region.
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Wildlife habitat and tribal cultures threatened by Washington’s largest wind farm
The newly approved renewable energy project is planned across an eco-corridor and ceremonial sites.
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The Recovering America’s Wildlife Act is still a bipartisan unicorn
As a competing bill emerges, supporters defend RAWA as the ’gold standard.’
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When dams come down, what happens to the ocean?
A long-term study of the Elwha River Delta reveals lasting change — and a healthier ecosystem.
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Allegations of Wyoming wolf torture trigger calls for penalty reform
Currently, illegally possessing warm-blooded wildlife in the state is punishable by only a $250 citation.
Posted inApril 2024: Epic Journeys
For these mammals, migration is a means of survival
Will Westerners repair a fractured landscape for mule deer, pronghorn, and elk?
Posted inApril 2024: Epic Journeys
Managing predators from the sky
How to harness drones for conservation.
Posted inApril 2024: Epic Journeys
Pleistocene Park, flamingo eggs and a very cute baby rhino
Mishaps and mayhem from around the region.
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Climate change is happening too fast for migrating birds
The early bird would get the worm, but migration timing isn’t matching green-up.
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Pollution and pollinators: Why stopping to smell the flowers has become difficult
A new study shows that car emissions make it hard for pollinators to find flowers.