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Conservationists are urging patience and warning that removing any of the 11 wolves in Colorado so early in the voter-mandated restoration could hurt the chances of success.
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Wildlife agencies are purchasing 3,345 acres of ranchland in the Mountain West that serves as a critical habitat for several species, including a threatened Western fish.
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Wyoming author C.J. Box has penned more than 30 novels, many focusing on a popular, fictional game warden. In order to write the books, he’s extensively researched Wyoming’s wildlife culture and management, and he has some thoughts on the Sublette County wolf incident. Namely, he said it doesn’t represent Wyomingites.
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Outrage and fallout continues after a man brought a muzzled and leashed wolf into a bar in Sublette County. Hatred from both those protecting him and those condemning him has fallen on the backs of those who had nothing to do with it.
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The Biden administration has put out a beta version of what it calls the American Conservation and Stewardship Atlas, a massive mapping project that seeks to visualize conservation efforts across the country. It also is intended to show progress toward the administration’s goal of conserving or restoring 30 percent of American territory by 2030.
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The Biden administration is restoring protections for threatened wildlife that had been previously dropped during the Trump presidency. The changes are minor, but they’ve sparked fierce debate about the purpose and function of the Endangered Species Act.
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The grizzly bear is one of the more controversial species in the West. It’s listed as threatened under the Endangered Species Act. But some experts and landowners think the population in and around Yellowstone National Park should be considered recovered. Meanwhile, some environmentalists say that in order for that grizzly population to be fully healthy, it needs more genetic diversity. One way to do that is by allowing grizzlies from a central Montana ecosystem to travel south and breed with bears in the Yellowstone Ecosystem, called creating connectivity. But that 100 miles or so between the two ecosystems is populated with over 200,000 people. Two communities in that 100 mile swath are preparing for the nearly inevitable arrival of grizzlies.
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In its first three years, the Biden administration has protected millions of acres and spent billions on conservation.
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Activists have sought federal protections for the wolverine for more than 20 years. On Wednesday, the federal government finally granted their wish.
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There aren't many wolverines in the continental U.S. — only about 400 of them— and they may soon be listed as "threatened" under the Endangered Species Act. That decision could change how public land is developed around the Mountain West.