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LESSER PRAIRIE CHICKEN Bird could become state’s first “climate casualty”

Posted by GreenDog on Tuesday, 20 December 2022 in Wildlife Conservation

By Bruce Finley This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Among America’s iconic native birds, the lesser prairie chicken can be especially hard to spot — hiding behind shrubs, seldom popping out except before sunrise in spring for flamboyant mating dances. But now it may become Colorado’s first climate casualty. ...

Nations promise to protect 30 percent of planet to stem extinction ^Featured

Posted by GreenDog on Monday, 19 December 2022 in Wildlife Conservation

By Dino Grandoni MONTREAL — Close to 200 countries reached a watershed agreement early Monday to stem the loss of nature worldwide, pledging to protect nearly a third of Earth’s land and oceans as a refuge for the planet’s remaining wild plants and animals by the end of the decade. A room of blear...

A rare wild chicken could become Colorado’s first “climate casualty” after rescue attempt falters

Posted by GreenDog on Wednesday, 14 December 2022 in Wildlife Conservation

Federal endangered species designation will heighten protection for surviving lesser prairie chickens By BRUCE FINLEY | This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. | The Denver Post PUBLISHED: December 8, 2022 at 6:00 a.m. | UPDATED: December 9, 2022 at 10:50 a.m. Among America’s iconic native birds, the lesser prair...

Poaching spikes as demand for turtles increases

Posted by GreenDog on Thursday, 10 November 2022 in Wildlife Conservation

PROVIDENCE, R.I. >> Swimming in two plastic bins inside a brightly lit and sterile quarantine room at a Rhode Island zoo, 16 quarter-sized turtle hatchlings represent a growing worry for conservationist Lou Perrotti. These eastern musk turtles, known for spending much of their lives i...

3 Colorado gray wolves possibly killed in Wyoming

Posted by GreenDog on Tuesday, 01 November 2022 in Wildlife Conservation

State officials lost track of North Park pack after collars stopped working By Conrad Swanson This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Three of Colorado’s few gray wolves might have been killed just across the state line in Wyoming, state wildlife officials confirmed. Travis Duncan, a spokesman for Colorado Park...

U.S. wildlife sued over lack of protection plan for rare grouse

Posted by GreenDog on Thursday, 27 October 2022 in Wildlife Conservation

By Susan Montoya Bryan The Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE>> An environmental group is suing U.S. wildlife managers, saying they have failed to protect a rare grouse found in parts of the Midwest that include one of the country’s most prolific areas for oil and gas development. A lawsuit filed...

A BIRD’S-EYE VIEW OF POPULATION DECLINES

Posted by GreenDog on Tuesday, 25 October 2022 in Wildlife Conservation

This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. The tiny round-bodied, yellow-bellied bird in Meredith McBurney’s hands looked delicate, a creature to be handled with a lot of TLC. “They’re long-distance migrants. They’re tough birds,” McBurney said of the Wilson’s warbler, squirming and trying to flutter away. “But boy, ...

Want to help the pika population in Colorado?

Posted by GreenDog on Friday, 21 October 2022 in Wildlife Conservation

Project turns to technology to protect animal from climate change By Kiara Demare The Denver Post Above 8,000 feet in Colorado, pikas — a tiny, furry animal with large mouse-like ears — can be seen and heard on hiking and rock-climbing trails. “When I’m up in the mountains, one of my fav...

WILDFIRES U.S. agency sued over retardant drops

Posted by GreenDog on Wednesday, 12 October 2022 in Wildlife Conservation

By The Associated Press BILLINGS, MONT.>> An environmental group filed a lawsuit against U.S. Forest Service officials on Tuesday for allegedly polluting waterways during their battles against wildfires by inadvertently dropping large volumes of chemical flame retardant into streams. Governm...

Protect the Gray Wolf No one should celebrate killing “a wolf pup” ^Featured

Posted by GreenDog on Wednesday, 12 October 2022 in Wildlife Conservation

By Amanda Wight Writers on the Range The story of a Montana woman who recently killed and skinned a domestic dog then proudly posted photos on her social media pages has sparked a flood of public outrage. It should. The woman allegedly mistook the dog for a wolf, saying she was excited to share t...

World-class elk herd in bull’s-eye of outdoor recreation boom, report warns

Posted by GreenDog on Thursday, 06 October 2022 in Wildlife Conservation

WILDLIFE Icon under pressure World-class elk herd in bull’s-eye of outdoor recreation boom, report warns By Judith Kohler The Denver Post Along with heading to the mountains to see the gold aspen leaves, a must-do for a lot of Coloradans in the fall is to hear bull elk bugle. The male elk’s hig...

WESTERN U.S. Climate-fueled wildfires worsen danger for fish

Posted by GreenDog on Thursday, 06 October 2022 in Wildlife Conservation

By John Flesher and Brittany Peterson The Associated Press AMALIA, N.M. » Biologist Bryan Bakevich unscrewed the top of a plastic bucket and removed a Rio Grande cutthroat trout that squirmed from his grasp and plopped onto the grassy bank of Middle Ponil Creek. “He wants to go home,” Bakevich sa...

Cheetahs reintroduced to India after 70 years

Posted by GreenDog on Thursday, 22 September 2022 in Wildlife Conservation

By Aniruddha Ghosal and Sibi Arasu The Associated Press NEW DELHI » Seven decades after cheetahs died out in India, they’re back. Eight big cats from Namibia made the long trek Saturday in a chartered cargo flight to the northern Indian city of Gwalior, part of an ambitious and hotly cont...

Animal translation: a wealth of information

Posted by GreenDog on Thursday, 08 September 2022 in Wildlife Conservation

SCIENCE & NATURE Scientists are using machine learning to eavesdrop on various animals By Emily Anthes © The New York Times Co. The naked mole rat may not be much to look at, but it has much to say. The wrinkled, whiskered rodents, which live, as many ants do, in large, underground colonies,...

Study finds a “sea cow” that evoked mermaids is extinct

Posted by GreenDog on Tuesday, 30 August 2022 in Wildlife Conservation

By Mike Ives © The New York Times Co. The dugong, a species of socalled sea cow that roams the ocean floor in Asia and Africa and is said to have inspired ancient legends of mermaids, has been spotted off China’s southern coast for centuries. But not lately. A new study suggests the dugong has be...

Protection sought for rare butterflies at Nevada site

Posted by GreenDog on Tuesday, 23 August 2022 in Wildlife Conservation

By Scott Sonner The Associated Press RENO, NEV. » Conservationists who are suing to block a geothermal power plant where an endangered toad lives in western Nevada are now seeking U.S. protection for a rare butterfly at another geothermal project the developer plans near the Oregon line. The Cent...

Dems push public land preservation With legislation stalled, Biden is urged to take action

Posted by GreenDog on Friday, 19 August 2022 in Wildlife Conservation

By Nick Coltrain The Denver Post With the conservation-aimed CORE Act stalled in Congress — having passed the House of Representatives four times but deadlocked in an evenly divided Senate — leading Colorado Democrats are now pushing President Joe Biden to pursue executive action. On Tuesday, Sen...

WYOMING Wind energy boom, eagles collide

Posted by GreenDog on Thursday, 18 August 2022 in Wildlife Conservation

By Matthew Brown The Associated Press CODY, WYO. » The rush to build wind farms to combat climate change is colliding with preservation of one of the West’s most spectacular predators — the golden eagle — as the species teeters on the edge of decline. Ground zero in the conflict is Wyoming, a str...

WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT Recovery of some species tips balance against others

Posted by GreenDog on Tuesday, 02 August 2022 in Wildlife Conservation

By John Flesher, Christina Larson and Patrick Whittle The Associated Press GLEN ARBOR, MICH. » Concealed behind trees near Lake Michigan, two scientists remotely manipulated a robotic owl on the forest floor. As the intruder flapped its wings and hooted, a merlin guarding its nest in a nearby pine ...

Boebert, Republicans want gray wolves taken off list

Posted by GreenDog on Monday, 25 April 2022 in Wildlife Conservation

By Conrad Swanson The Denver Post Colorado’s U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert and 23 other Republican members of Congress wrote federal officials this month, asking that they remove the gray wolves from the federal endangered species list. A northern California judge’s February ruling placed the ...

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Nations promise to protect 30 percent of planet to stem extinction Featured

Protect the Gray Wolf No one should celebrate killing “a wolf pup” Featured

Nations promise to protect 30 percent of planet to stem extinction ^Featured

Protect the Gray Wolf No one should celebrate killing “a wolf pup” ^Featured