Lone Gray Wolf Crosses into California

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

Saving lions one bellyache at a time

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

Mexican Gray Wolf Killed

 

Federal wildlife officials killed a female wolf . . . →Read More:Mexican Gray Wolf Killed

Affordable solar?

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.

Hundreds of threatened species not on official US list

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.

Eradicate hurdles to wolf reintroduction

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

A frantic lion meets the border wall

 

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

Complaint Tests Rule Protecting Science From Politics

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…

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New Insights Into Responses of Yellowstone Wolves to Environmental Changes

 

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

In The News:Rural Economic Vitalization Act (REVA) Introduced in Congress

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