It's amazing." Sunday evening, Fish and Wildlife officials said they shot a bear that demonstrated "dangerous behavior" toward officers and staff at the scene of the attack. A December incident in which a woman was mauled by a bear near Wekiva Springs State Park is the most serious to date. He's been riding there regularly for the past several years, without ever seeing a bear.
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April 10--Residents of a southeast Boise neighborhood were notified Wednesday morning about a mountain lion attack on a dog, according to a Surprise Valley resident. Police encourage anyone who encounters a mountain lion to call 911. It's not the first mountain lion encounter reported this year. The following day, a jogger with a dog encountered a cougar in the Avimor Subdivision off Idaho 55 northeast of Eagle.
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Biological Diversity, Defenders of Wildlife and WildEarth Guardians said a new federal plan would not reverse the lesser prairie chicken's decline because it would allow ongoing destruction of the bird's habitat. The groups said they intend to sue the Interior Department and Fish and Wildlife Service under the Endangered Species Act after a required 60-day waiting period. The potential suit comes two weeks after the Fish and Wildlife Service listed the grayish-brown bird as a...
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Officials worked to meet the needs of wildlife but also allow military training to continue, according to base Commander Col.
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That statement lists the top three threats to sage grouse in Idaho as invasive plants, infrastructure and fire. Research in other states has shown the method benefits sage grouse, he said. Bert Brackett, R-Rogerson, was one of several lawmakers to advocate for poison program funding in the state's fiscal year 2014 agriculture appropriations bill, he said.
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DALLAS-It's 9,500 miles from West Texas to South Africa. But both places are home to wildlife species joined in a struggle that pits local, on-the-ground conservation measures against the world's most suffocating bureaucracy in Washington D.C. The lesser prairie chicken is proposed for listing as a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced last week. The African lion is in the queue for same consideration, the agency says. "Everyone wants healthy wildlife, but nothing divides people and fractures efforts more than wrapping that issue in politics," said Dallas Safari Club (DSC) Executive Director Ben Carter. Carter pointed out the Endangered Species Act's poor record in species recovery. Since 1973, hundreds of species have…
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On Wednesday, April 2, the Nebraska Senate failed to override the Governor's veto of LB 671-the mountain lion hunting ban. Pushed by Senator Ernie Chambers, the motion which needed 30 votes to pass only garnered 24 yes votes. "This is a huge win for sportsmen and scientific wildlife management," said Nick Pinizzotto, USSA's president and CEO. "Nebraska sportsmen should thank Governor Heineman for vetoing this bill-and the sportsmen-friendly legislators that sustained the veto." On Monday, March 24, the Nebraska legislature passed the bill that removes the authority of the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission to manage the state's growing mountain lion population. The effort to ban mountain lion hunting is being driven by Senator Ernie Chambers. Senator Chambers has vowed…
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By then Fleischaker was standing between Smith and her two children. "It wasn't running away.
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Chris Stewart, R-Utah, is correct that the Endangered Species Act could do with a small change in how species are counted. Stewart wants the feds to count species that dwell on both private and public land. The bill does not compromise the goals of the Act to preserve species.
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Companies and landowners that choose not to participate will probably face additional federal restrictions on land use. Sens. Tom Udall and Martin Heinrich, both New Mexico Democrats, characterized the federal listing as unfortunate but did not challenge it.
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