A necropsy of the carcass will be conducted Friday. This is the third reported lion incident in the last few weeks. On Jan. 27, two dogs were attacked by a mountain lion off Bogus Basin Road, and the following day, a jogger with a dog encountered a lion in the Avimor Subdivision off Idaho 55.
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...conservation. Landowners with the highest-ranking applications will be selected to receive payments up to 125 percent of the estimated cost of establishing their conservation plan. The lesser prairie chicken has seen its population reduced by 84 percent in recent years, according to the Fish and Wildlife Service. The service originally scheduled a listing-determination for December, but then granted an extension. Under the Endangered Species Act, threatened species are...
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Rob Bishop, are correct in calling for an overhaul to the Endangered Species Act. What they want are targeted reforms that place a greater emphasis on the law's intent, which is getting endangered species delisted. They are steps to make sure that the money spent on the Endangered Species Act accomplishes its main goal, protecting endangered species until they can be delisted.
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The animals are distributed throughout the western Badlands in varying oil development. Our radio collars have performed very well over the course of the year. There's some places where there are still some good deer and oil development.
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...drought as state fishing regulators shut down recreational angling on portions of two water-starved rivers because of concerns about the survival of salmon and steelhead trout.The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation and Natural Resources Conservation Service announced another $14 million for water management improvements in the state, a day after Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack committed $20 million.Meanwhile, California's Fish and Game Commission...
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...hunting and fishing measure, as the Obama administration announced its opposition to the bill.The legislation would require the Bureau of Land Management and the Forest Service to open public lands under their jurisdiction for recreational hunting, fishing and shooting."This legislation ensures that American's ability to fish and hunt will not be limited by the whim of federal bureaucrats," Natural Resources Chairman Doc Hastings, R-Wash., said.Members adopted by...
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...as a law professor at the University of Idaho.Goble added that the main reason some species linger for decades on the endangered list is a shortage of federal money to help pay for their recovery.Vanderbilt Law School professor J.B. Ruhl said previous attempts to reform the Endangered Species Act in the 1990s and again last decade failed. Regardless of the merits of the latest proposal, Ruhl said the topic remains a "third rail" many...
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...the program, but like landowners, Beauprez said the companies will be granted assurances by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service that will allow them to carry out operations without penalty, regardless of a listing. The USFWS, the federal agency responsible for the bird's protection, is scheduled to make a listing decision March 30. "They get assurances from the Endangered Species Act if the bird gets listed," Beauprez said. Beauprez said if the bird is listed and energy...
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They're doing so well, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is considering removing federal protections for the Yellowstone grizzlies in Wyoming, Montana and Idaho. The Caribbean monk seal, which once swam the waters off Florida, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands, was taken off the endangered species list in 2008 due to extinction. The only subtropical seal native to the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico once numbered more than 250,000, but overhunting left the population unstable.
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