Wyoming wildlife managers plan to reduce how many wolves can be hunted by 50% following a canine distemper outbreak that has cut the state’s wolf numbers to the lowest level in two decades. A 22-wolf cap is the fewest number of wolves available to licensed Wyoming hunters since the state ...
CHICAGO — Two bald eagles hatchlings were recently spotted in a nest in a Chicago park in what city officials believe is the raptors’ first successful wild breeding in the Windy City in more than a century. Chicago Park District officials announced that bird-watchers observed nesting ...
The discovery of chronic wasting disease on the National Elk Refuge adds urgency to a 2021 plan to reexamine the size of the 11,000-strong Jackson Elk Herd, the nation’s largest migratory herd. The discovery also raises questions about the annual Scouts’ antler collection and auction, ...
HUNTINGDON — Juniata College marked a major milestone in the return of its Collegiate Clay Shooting Club last week, hosting its first home competition, the 2026 Pennsylvania Clay Club Collegiate Clay Championship, at Shenecoy Manor. The club is led by coach Jack Makdad (1985), an ...
Forget the specialty license plates. Oregon’s state legislature passed a bill that offers permanent, dedicated funding for conservation efforts for imperiled wildlife in the state. The bill, which raises the state’s transient lodging tax from 1.5% to 2.75%, was sponsored by Reps. Ken ...
BOSTON — Don’t overfish. Don’t trawl the seabed. Keep aquaculture healthy for the fish as well as the ocean. Some aspects of sustainable seafood are obvious and well-trod, even if the how-to intricacies likely are lost on most consumers. But sustainability today is complicated terrain, as much about business as bycatch, and why, for your next clam chowder, human rights matter as much as healthy habitats. Advocates now want you considering issues of labor abuses, the rights of indigenous populations to use traditional fishing practices, the carbon footprint of a salmon fillet ...
