The predators are under assault, particularly in Idaho and Montana. By Stephen Capra | July 22, 2021 , Opinion Contributor“Throughout the centuries we have projected on to the wolf the qualities we most despise and fear in ourselves.” —Barry LopezWe are in the midst of a crisis in the West; climate is showing us the reality of our future, with fire being the key ingredient. Yet the real crisis is not just what is happening to millions of acres of land, but what is occurring with wildlife — wolves in particular. Despite huge public outcry and concern, the governors of Idaho and Montana using the traditional tactics of division have rammed through their Republican-controlled legislatures some of the most heinous anti-wildlife bills in generations. Their key focus is the elimination of wolves.Bill after bill is giving bounties and expanding…
In the past century alone, the African elephant population has declined by a staggering 96 percent, and is at risk of being eradicated within a few decades.
The decline of African elephants is largely driven by poaching to fill global demand for elephant ivory. Accordingly, nations all over the world are taking urgent action to close the remaining legal markets for elephant ivory.
The Canadian government has launched a public consultation to gather feedback on appropriate measures to restrict the elephant ivory trade in Canada. The responses to the consultation will determine whether or not Canada moves ahead with a ban.
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The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) today announced that the fall 2021 sharp-tailed grouse hunting season remains closed due to the spring surveys results and concerns over future viability of the sharp-tailed grouse population. Permits and applications will not be available or accepted this year.
Each year, the sharp-tailed grouse advisory committee, which consists of interested conservation groups and DNR wildlife biologists, usesspring dancing ground surveysto evaluate the size of the population.
The recommendation to keep the sharp-tailed grouse hunting season closed follows the review of spring 2021 survey data, historical data trends and scientific models that indicate a potential marked decrease in population viability if…
By Hannah Gard and Haley Brink, CNN Meteorologists
Updated 4:58 PM ET, Fri July 23, 2021
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(CNN)A barrage of heat waves have plagued the US this summer and more above-average temperatures are on the way next week, affecting more of the country than those before it.Although not as extreme as the past few heat spells, this one will span from coast to coast due to a strong heat dome elevating temperatures even higher during the hottest time of the year. The epicenter of the heat will build across the northern and central Plains — a region that has largely escaped the relentless, record-breaking heat the past few months.
The West’s historic drought in 3 mapsA broad ridge of high pressure will expand over much of the country by the beginning of next week bringing with it potentially record high temperatures to the Plains. Most…
British primatologist Jane Goodall at the chimpanzee enclosure at Australia’s Taronga Zoo in 2014.
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When Jane Goodall was just 26 years old, she began trekking through the forests of Tanzania to study wild chimpanzees. At first they’d run away from her, but after months of patient interaction, she actually became accepted as a member of their community — the first researcher ever to win that distinction. She had no academic degree, and yet she was making pioneering discoveries. Chimps use tools! Chimps hunt and eat meat! Chimps have complex emotional…
The blaze is among a number burning across the U.S. west, where recent heat waves tied to climate change have made wildfires harder to fight.
Fire Information Officer Jacob Welsh observes smoldering trees on the northern front of the Bootleg Fire Silver Creek, Oregon on Friday.Mathieu Lewis-Rolland / Getty ImagesJuly 24, 2021, 5:37 AM PDTByThe Associated Press
The nation’s largest wildfireraged through southern Oregonon Friday, but crews were scaling back some night operations as hard work and weaker winds helped reduce the spread of flames even aswildfirescontinued to threaten homes in neighboring California.
In Montana, fivefirefightersremained hospitalized a day after a thunderstorm and swirling winds blew a lightning-caused wildfire back on them, federal officials said.
The five had joined other crews working on the 1,300-acre Devil’s Creek fire burning in rough, steep terrain near the rural town of Jordan. The firefighters were building…
An asteroid about as long as the Great Pyramid of Giza is tall will make a “close” approach with Earth on Sunday (July 25), according to NASA calculations.
There is no worry that the space rock poses any threat toEarth, but NASA monitors such rocks to both learn more about the earlysolar system— asteroids are rocky fragments from that time — and because if their orbits were to change, the asteroid could pose a future risk to Earth.
On its closest approach, the near-Earth asteroid, called 2008 GO20, will swing within 2.8 million miles (4.5 million kilometers) of our blue marble. It will be trekking at a whopping 18,000 mph (nearly 29,000 km/h), according to news…
BY PARK WILLIAMS, BEN COOK AND JASON SMERDON, OPINION CONTRIBUTORS —07/23/21 04:15 PM EDT295THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY CONTRIBUTORS ARE THEIR OWN AND NOT THE VIEW OF THE HILLShare to FacebookShare to Twitter
Summer for many Americans is the time to enjoy being outside. But for much of the United States, this year’s extreme drought, wildfires, smoke and heat waves have made enjoying outdoor activities nearly impossible and continue…
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