| By chediski,on December 30th,2011% Associated Press. 2011. Biologists:Lone Gray Wolf Crosses into California. Thursday,December 29,2011. http://www.sanluisobispo.com/2011/12/29/1887555/biologists-lone-gray-wolf-crosses.html. Accessed December 30,2011. A lone gray wolf has wandered across the Oregon border into California in what wildlife officials hailed Thursday as the historic return of a species not seen in the state in more than . . . →Read More:Lone Gray Wolf Crosses into California By chediski,on December 27th,2011% Foundation hopes to condition lions to avoid killing cattle ASPEN —An Aspen-based organization hopes to help save lions in sub-Saharan Africa by making the big cats associate beef with a bellyache. The WildiZe Foundation is funding research to determine if conditioned taste aversion can prevent lions from preying on cattle. Biologist and Denver Zoo . . . →Read More:Saving lions one bellyache at a time By chediski,on December 17th,2011% Federal wildlife officials killed a female wolf . . . →Read More:Mexican Gray Wolf Killed By chediski,on December 13th,2011% ScienceDaily (2011-12-12) —A new analysis shows that solar photovoltaic systems are very close to achieving the tipping point in many regions:they can make electricity that's as cheap —sometimes cheaper —than what consumers pay their utilities. By chediski,on December 13th,2011% ScienceDaily (2011-12-12) —Many of the animal species at risk of extinction in the United States have not made it onto the country's official Endangered Species Act list,according to new research. By chediski,on December 7th,2011% Eradicate hurdles to wolf reintroduction. The reintroduction of the endangered Mexican gray wolf is not just about Arizona. This effort reflects our national commitment to endangered species and serves a long-standing national value for healthy ecosystems. Arizona has a particular interest in these . . . →Read More:Eradicate hurdles to wolf reintroduction By chediski,on December 7th,2011% by Janay Brun I recently moved from Sasabe,Ariz.,a tiny town located next to the border wall dividing the United States from Mexico. The wall was built of bars 15 feet tall and looked like . . . →Read More:A frantic lion meets the border wall By chediski,on December 4th,2011% Ruch's complaint alleges that federal officials with the Bureau of Land Management hired researchers to do a major review of all the different environmental impacts on a half-dozen regions in the Western U. S.,but directed the scientists to exclude livestock grazing from the analysis. Read the full article… . . . →Read More:Complaint Tests Rule Protecting Science From Politics By chediski,on December 3rd,2011% Sibling members of Yellowstone National Park's Druid Peak Pack at play. (Credit:Daniel Stahler/NPS.) ScienceDaily (Dec. 1,2011) —A study of the wolves of Yellowstone National Park recently improved predictions of how these animals will respond to environmental changes. The study,which was partially funded by the National Science Foundation,appears . . . →Read More:New Insights Into Responses of Yellowstone Wolves to Environmental Changes By chediski,on December 2nd,2011% REVA (H.R. 3432) Would Provide Cash Option for Grazing Permittees,Wildlife News,Brian Ertz,November 16,2011 (posted 12/01/11) Conservationists hailed the introduction of the Rural Economic Vitalization Act (H.R. 3432) in Congress,a bill that would allow federal grazing permittees to voluntarily relinquish their grazing permits back to the managing federal agency in . . . →Read More:In The News:Rural Economic Vitalization Act (REVA) Introduced in Congress |