N.M. ranchers fight caterpillar invasion
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It has all the makings of a potential rangeland disaster: thousands of acres of grass and the herds of cattle, antelope and other animals that need to eat it versus an emerging army of spiky caterpillars with voracious appetites. But ranchers hope quick action will take care of the caterpillars &#151; also known as range worms &#151; before they can destroy pastures in northeastern New Mexico.
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They're a pest and often a plague on farmers and ranchers. But Daniel Fenn regards the greasy thumb-sized Mormon cricket with fascination, collecting the choicest specimens for study.
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By Story; photos by Monica Laszacs Special to My Life  From budding butterfly gardens and homemade bird feeders to bald eagles and recyclable artwork, residents across Millington and Tipton County learned how they can be conservationists of the earth.
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By John Dodge, The Olympian, Olympia, Wash.  Jun. 3--A colorful butterfly that is as imperiled as the prairie habitat it depends on is making a bit of a comeback here in South Sound.
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By PATRICIA FARRELL AIDEM\\ Staff Writer  County planners have received dozens of requests, mostly from environmental groups, urging more time to add their comments before this week's final hearing on the first phase of the huge Newhall Ranch project.
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Spreading plantations are blamed for a threat to wildlife.
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Octoberâs unseasonably warm and wet weather ushered in Matagorda Countyâs first reported case of West Nile virus in an area horse.
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By Ryan Schuster, The Bakersfield Californian  Sep. 18--Plenty of dust has been kicked up at the Kern County Fair's  livestock division in recent years -- and not all of it has come from the  animals.
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Weather forecasts are notoriously  fickle, but bees, caterpillars and bears are proving as divided  as meteorologists on how long winter will last.
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Federal policy is meeting Western reality on the rangelands of Idaho, where wide-open spaces, technological glitches and bitter cold all are potential obstacles to plans to track livestock and protect the food supply from disease and bioterrorism.
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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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By Craig Medred, Anchorage Daily News, Alaska  Sep. 24--SANDPOINT, Idaho -- The war on predators is being waged on a distinctly different front here.
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By Betsy Z. Russell, The Spokesman-Review, Spokane, Wash.  Jan. 31--Grass seed farmers on the Rathdrum Prairie set their fields ablaze every summer, sending plumes of thick smoke into the skies. And the state of Idaho defends the controversial practice.
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By TOM ROEDER THE GAZETTE  Ranchers living near Fort Carson's Pion Canyon Maneuver Site have an unlikely ally in their battle to block a massive proposed expansion: peace activists.
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By John Myers, Duluth News-Tribune, Minn.  Feb. 4--A metallic-green half-inch bug that doesn't even bite is sending chills through Minnesota foresters and entomologists this year as it moves toward the state's forests.
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A fight between environmentalists, industry and Congress over the strutting sage grouse
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Rural roads are being traveled by more and more people, leading to an increase in fatal wildlife-related crashes.