Study looks at decades of bald eagle deaths in Michigan
Associated Press
August 10, 2020
Shows the leading causes of death for the iconic national bird are being hit by cars and lead poisoning.
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
A product of the pandemic? Grizzly encounters up significantly in Yellowstone region
Associated Press
July 29, 2020
Official says there is no straightforward explanation for the increase and it could be chance, but it has not helped that there are more people recreating in the Yellowstone region as the coronavirus pandemic has
U.S. wildlife agency rejects protections for Arctic grayling
Associated Press
July 29, 2020
The move comes almost two years after a federal appeals court faulted the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for arbitrarily dismissing threats to grayling from climate change and other pressures.
North Dakota man ordered to pay $74K for poaching mule deer
Associated Press
July 14, 2020
SANTA FE, N.M. — A North Dakota man has been ordered to pay $74,000 in restitution for poaching a trophy mule deer buck in northwestern New Mexico. The state Department of Game and Fish reported
U.S. moves forward with plan to end wild bird protections
Associated Press
June 8, 2020
The proposal would end the government’s decades-long practice of treating accidental bird deaths caused by industry as potential criminal violations under the Migratory Bird Treaty Act. More than 1,000 species are covered under the law.
Changes in cropping methods, climate decoy pintail ducks into an ecological trap
Jeff Mulhollem
May 28, 2020
Important waterfowl species struggling with conditions in the Prairie Pothole Region.
Federal agencies move to increase Alaska hunting, trapping
Associated Press
May 27, 2020
The new rules are designed to allow hunters to kill black and brown bears over bait, black bears including cubs and females with cubs with artificial light at den sites, and wolves and coyotes including
Traditional bikers, e-bikers clash over new trail rules
Associated Press
May 19, 2020
Thousands of public land users are flooding the public comment portals in what is emerging as one of the most controversial rules in years for the Bureau of Land Management.
Federal, state agencies cancel waterfowl breeding, habitat survey
Staff and News Reports
May 6, 2020
Officials will use long-term data to predict spring 2020 waterfowl abundance.
