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Rare attack in Alaska renews interest in polar bear patrols

A polar bear attack that killed a mother and her 1-year-old son in far western Alaska this week underscores the risks of living alongside the world's largest land carnivores and has renewed interest in prevention programs known as bear patrols

The Independent UK · Jan 20, 2023

Polar bear's fatal attack on young mother and son leaves Northwest Alaska community reeling

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Two days after a polar bear killed a 24-year-old woman and her year-old son in the Bering Strait village of Wales, community members continued to grieve as questions linger over what may have contributed to the fatal mauling.

Tribune News Service · Jan 20, 2023

How bats became a symbol of Kentucky’s biodiversity crisis

How bats became a symbol of Kentucky’s biodiversity crisis

WEKU · Jan 18, 2023

As a sacred minnow nears extinction, Native Americans of Clear Lake call for bold plan

LAKEPORT, Calif. — Spring runs of a large minnow numbering in the millions have nourished Pomo Indians since they first made their home alongside Northern California’s Clear Lake more than 400 generations ago.

Los Angeles Times · Dec 6, 2022

US Fish and Wildlife Service releases draft of its first Alaska Native relations policy aimed at increasing trust

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has released a draft of its first Alaska Native relations policy, which the agency says is an effort to inform employees who have not previously worked with Alaska Native communities and cultivate trust with Indigenous groups.

Tribune News Service · Nov 14, 2022

The great threat emperor penguins face

Emperor penguins get Endangered Species Act protection. Can it save them?

Salon · Nov 8, 2022

The government wants to protect the habitat of a rare snake that lays 5-inch-long eggs

Louisiana pinesnakes can grow up to 5 feet long, and they spend half their time underground.

Fortune · Nov 7, 2022

US: Protect Louisiana, Texas land for rare burrowing snake

The U.S. government says four areas in Louisiana and two in Texas should be protected as critical habitat for a rare snake that eats small gophers and takes over their burrows

The Independent UK · Nov 7, 2022

Emperor penguins get Endangered Species Act protection – with 98% of colonies at risk of extinction by 2100, can it save them?

Emperor penguins thrive on Antarctica’s coastlines in icy conditions any human would find extreme. Yet, like Goldilocks, they have a narrow comfort zone: If there’s too much sea ice, trips to bring food from the ocean become long and arduous, and their chicks may starve. With too little sea ice,…

The Conversation · Oct 31, 2022

On DNR hunting lands, intensified logging rattles wildlife managers

When 114 red pines were bulldozed inside Red Lake Wildlife Management Area last year to create new habitat, infuriated Minnesota timber industry officials denounced the trees' felling as "destruction" and a "slap in the face."

Tribune News Service · Oct 26, 2022