Tag: Natural resource management
US mulls endangered status for Nevada plant in mine fight
RENO, Nev. (AP) - The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service says there’s enough scientific evidence that two rare plants in Nevada’s desert could go...
Politics drive views of US response to 2 Oregon standoffs
BOISE, Idaho (AP) - When armed protesters took over a remote wildlife refuge in eastern Oregon four years ago to oppose federal control of...
Sierra Club apologizes for founder John Muir’s racist views
LOS ANGELES (AP) - The Sierra Club apologized Wednesday for racist remarks its founder, naturalist John Muir, made more then a century ago as...
US wildlife agency rejects protections for rare fish species
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) - U.S. wildlife officials on Wednesday rejected special protections for a rare, freshwater fish related to salmon that's been at the...
US wildlife agency rejects protections for rare fish species
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) - U.S. wildlife officials on Wednesday rejected special protections for a rare, freshwater fish species that's been at the center of...
Rare gorillas in Nigeria captured on camera with babies
DAKAR, Senegal (AP) - Conservationists have captured the first images of a group of rare Cross River gorillas with multiple babies in Nigeria's Mbe...
Rare gorillas in Nigeria captured on camera with babies
DAKAR, Senegal (AP) - Conservationists have captured the first images of a group of rare Cross River gorillas with multiple babies in Nigeria's Mbe...
Aggressive seaweed smothers one of world’s most remote reefs
HONOLULU (AP) - Researchers say a recently discovered species of seaweed is killing large patches of coral on once-pristine reefs and is rapidly spreading...
Feds to decide if 2 Mississippi turtles need protection
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - The federal government says it will decide whether protection is needed for a freshwater turtle found only in Mississippi and...
Botswana investigates ‘mysterious deaths’ of 275 elephants
GABORONE, Botswana (AP) - Botswana says it is investigating a staggeringly high number of elephant carcasses - 275 - found in the popular Okavango...