U.S. gives protections to rare Midwest bird as prairie suffers
“The lesser prairie-chicken’s decline is a sign our native grasslands and prairies are in peril.”
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Head of Wisconsin DNR Preston Cole retiring
MADISON, Wis. — The head of the Wisconsin DNR is retiring after four years on the job, Gov. Tony Evers announced Friday. Preston Cole has served as secretary of the department since Evers took office in 2019. Cole will be retiring on Wednesday, giving Evers an opportunity to choose a new leader of the agency
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Mountain lion found dead along L.A. interstate
LOS ANGELES — A mountain lion was found dead early Thursday along Interstate 405 on the west side of Los Angeles, the California Highway Patrol said. The cougar was removed from the southbound lanes near Mulholland Drive around 1 a.m. and will be examined by the state Department of Fish and Wildlife. It’s not clear
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New Wisconsin wolf plan eliminates state population goal
And the document doesn’t establish a new statewide population goal, a number that has become a flashpoint in the fight over hunting quotas.
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Clean Water Act at 50: environmental gains, challenges unmet
Lifelong Cleveland resident Steve Gove recalls when the Cuyahoga River symbolized shame – fetid, lifeless, notorious for catching fire when sparks from overhead rail cars ignited the oil-slicked surface. “It was pretty grungy,” said the 73-year-old, a canoeist in his youth who sometimes braved the filthy stretch through the steelmaking city. Outrage over a 1969
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Fight involving rare toad similar to landmark endangered species case
The stage is being set in Nevada for another potentially significant test of the nation’s premier wildlife protection law in a legal battle over a geothermal power plant with similarities to the precedent-setting fight over the snail darter and a dam in Tennessee nearly a half century ago.
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Wolf known for genetic value found dead in New Mexico
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Environmentalists are pushing the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to do more to protect Mexican gray wolves after one of the endangered predators was found dead in southwestern New Mexico. The Western Watersheds Project is among the groups that have been critical of the agency’s management of wolves in New Mexico and
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Bird hunter survives attack from nearly 700-pound grizzly
Evidence at the site suggested the attack was the result of a surprise encounter.
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‘Forever chemicals’ in deer, fish challenge hunters, anglers
Discovery of the chemicals in wild animals hunted for sport and food represents a new challenge that some states have started to confront by issuing “do not eat” advisories for deer and fish and expanding testing for PFAS in them.
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