Archive for endangered species
Fishers Return to their Ancestorial Homes
Not a creature was stirring, except for the 40 or so fishers being reintroduced to the former habitat in Olympic National Park.,
Fishers, a small predatory mammal, rarely »»
Ferruginous hawks in decline
Canaries can keep their mines. When it comes to indicating threats to the living desert, look to the ferruginous hawk.
These amazing raptors favor wild, open desert country »»
Who needs enemies with friends like these?
Given the way these things usually work, you’d expect that disgruntled ranchers would be the biggest threat to efforts to reintroduce a stable population of endangered Mexican »»
Damnation! Judge says salmon more important than dams
“Federal defendants have spent the better part of the last decade treading water and avoiding their obligations under the Endangered Species Act.”
Those words, written by U.S. »»
USFWS, Pick pikas for protected status!
Tiny little fur balls stand as icons for the massive western mountains.
Weighing less than half a pound (typically, about 6-7 ounces), the American Pika may seem an »»