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Gray Wolf
Though people nearly hunted wolves to extinction in the lower 48 states, northern gray wolves have returned to the Great Lakes, the northern Rockies, California and the Pacific Northwest. But just as the U.S. was making progress for gray wolves, protections were stripped. In 2011, Congress ended protections in the northern Rockies, and in 2020…
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Southwest
Defenders’ Southwest region – Arizona, New Mexico and Texas – includes the Chihuahuan and Sonoran deserts of the borderlands, the conifer forests of the Sky Islands, Mogollon Rim and Southern Rocky Mountains, the rugged oak-juniper woodlands of the Edwards Plateau, the subtropical Tamaulipan thorn scrub of the Lower Rio Grande Valley, and the bays and…
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Federal money will help build wildlife crossings across the Mountain West
According to the U.S. Department of Transportation, around 200 people die from car accidents involving wild animals every year– and many more animals are killed by cars. A new federal program is hoping to bring relief to animals and humans alike through the construction of more wildlife crossings, and much of the Mountain West will…
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Federal money will help build wildlife crossings across the Mountain West
According to the U.S. Department of Transportation, around 200 people die from car accidents involving wild animals every year– and many more animals are killed by cars. A new federal program is hoping to bring relief to animals and humans alike through the construction of more wildlife crossings, and much of the Mountain West will…
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Federal money will help build wildlife crossings across the Mountain West
According to the U.S. Department of Transportation, around 200 people die from car accidents involving wild animals every year– and many more animals are killed by cars. A new federal program is hoping to bring relief to animals and humans alike through the construction of more wildlife crossings, and much of the Mountain West will…
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A proposed bridge in Waterbury would create ‘holy grail of wildlife crossings in Vermont’
A metal culvert runs underneath Interstate 89 and Route 2 in Waterbury, connecting a tributary of the Winooski with the main river channel. It’s five feet wide, about 400 feet long, and definitively too small. “During rain events, water backs up on the upstream side and shoots out the culvert like a fire hose,” said…
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A proposed bridge in Waterbury would create ‘holy grail of wildlife crossings in Vermont’
A metal culvert runs underneath Interstate 89 and Route 2 in Waterbury, connecting a tributary of the Winooski with the main river channel. It’s five feet wide, about 400 feet long, and definitively too small. “During rain events, water backs up on the upstream side and shoots out the culvert like a fire hose,” said…
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6 of the best Sir David Attenborough series to watch after Planet Earth III
This article was produced by National Geographic Traveller (UK). For more than 70 years, Sir David Attenborough has been the face and voice of countless wildlife documentaries, and has continued to bring the vast scale and diversity of the natural world to our screens. Attenborough’s latest series, Planet Earth III, once again zooms in on…
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Deal inked for wildlife protection
CAPAS, Tarlac: Two renowned animal welfare advocate groups have forged a partnership for the protection of wildlife. WorkQC Group, an emerging leader in outsourcing and B2B (business-to-business) company based in Australia with a global presence in Peru, Australia and New Zealand, signed a memorandum of agreement with Animal Kingdom Foundation (AKF), an animal welfare champion…
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Oregon Zoo welcomes new opossum ‘Homer’ from Alaska
Homer was born an outlaw. The 7-month-old opossum is one of the latest arrivals at the Oregon Zoo. His journey to Portland covered three states and involved a monthslong search for loose opossums. THANKS TO OUR SPONSOR: The journey started in Washington state, where his mother snuck aboard a shipping container en route to Alaska.…
