The Bureau of Land Management didn't explain how slashing protected research areas from 22,000 acres to just 3,700 still accomplished its research goals, an Oregon judge said.
Conservationists asked the Ninth Circuit Monday to order the U.S. Forest Service to reconsider the potential impacts of a large-scale grazing project on the continued recovery and survival of the Mexican gray wolf.
The Center for Biological Diversity says cattle grazing on three allotments along Arizona’s Big Sandy River has caused irreparable harm to critical habitats for three imperiled species.
Mike Garrity writes, "The solution here is to better manage cattle grazing operations instead of trying to manage grizzly bears by killing every grizzly they see near a cow."
As the threatened grizzly bear population grows, interactions with ranchers and cattle have prompted the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to sign off on up to 72 bear kills over the next decade.
As the threatened grizzly bear population grows, interactions with ranchers and cattle have prompted the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to sign off on up to 72 bear kills over the next decade.