Groups Seek Protection for Prairie Dogs
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Conservation groups filed suit Wednesday seeking to prevent federal agencies from beginning a program that would poison and shoot black-tailed prairie dogs on federal land in southwestern South Dakota.
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Wildlife workers have begun a program to poison thousands of prairie dogs in the grasslands of South Dakota to stop them from moving onto private ranch land parched by drought, a federal official said on Tuesday.
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The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is proposing to make it easier to kill wolves in the northern Rocky Mountains to protect other wildlife and domesticated animals.
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By Susan Gilmore, Seattle Times  Jun. 16--When Leon Hussey moved into his Redmond home 29 years ago, he had no neighbors, but deer and coyotes roamed his property frequently.
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For more than four decades, Rod Arbuthnot has run his farm in a fashion many conservationists love. He uses rotational grazing on his rangeland. Some 41 acres of native grass strips protect water quality on the streams that flow on the farm. Wildlife areas are left for deer, turkey and prairie chickens.
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By MATT WEISER McClatchy News Service  The push behind its likely removal as an endangered species has some worried.   SACRAMENTO, Calif.
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Fish and Wildlife has made a recommendation for a small bird that stirs up big controversy. A battle over the protection of the sage grouse rages on between the nationâs energy industry and conservationists.
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The Humane Society of the Black Hills removed 150-200 dogs from the rural residence of an elderly woman at Provo in southwest South Dakota.
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A badger cull is proposed as part of the fight against bovine TB, but animal group are opposing the move.
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ASHFORD, Conn. -- An animal welfare group has launched a campaign to raise $15 million for a sanctuary where unwanted dogs, cats, birds and other small domestic animals could live out their lives.
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Urgent action is needed to prevent further declines in albatross and petrel populations, wildlife groups recommend.
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A wave of poaching has alarmed state and federal wildlife officials in several Western states.
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This year's harsh winter could lead coyotes to venture outside normal habitat areas, which could pose a threat to pets, animal specialists say.
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By Journal-World, Lawrence, Kan.  Feb. 9--Producers interested in the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) are invited to attend an informational meeting concerning the maintenance and care of their program cover.
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By Jessica L. De Vault, Herald-Journal, Spartanburg, S.C.  Feb. 19--A group of Hunting Country residents are exploring a number of  options to assure that their spacious, rural region is left unscathed from  high-density development.
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A significant population has taken up residence in the national park, perhaps released there by overwhelmed pet owners.
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Is the strutting sage grouse, iconic bird of the Western steppe, an endangered species? No doubt about it, say environmentalists, who petitioned for federal protection for the &quot;cock of the prairie,&quot; as Lewis and Clark fondly dubbed it.