ENDANGERED SPECIES -- The number of wolves killed from the cattle-attacking Profanity Peak wolf pack in Ferry County has not changed since last week, but Washington Fish and Wildlife Department officials have increased the number of confirmed cattle kills by two. "Since July 8, the...
PREDATORS – The killing of cormorants on the Columbia River to protect steelhead and salmon can continue despite a federal judge’s ruling that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers should have considered other alternatives before taking that action, according to the Associated Press. Federal agencies...
THREATENED SPECIES -- Federal land managers issued guidelines Thursday for restricting energy development, livestock grazing and other activities on public land in the West to protect the greater sage grouse, part of a broad effort to save the bird without resorting to listing it as…
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