If all goes to schedule, the Fort Peck Reservation in northeastern Montana will be receiving 68 bison from Yellowstone National Park on Tuesday, March 20. The governor of Montana and some attorneys still need to sign off on final papers…
March 16, 2012
Pure Strain Bison Returning to Fort Peck
March 13, 2012
Endangered California Condor Chick Hatches, Seeks Chumash Language Name
How’s this for a rare bird: There are a few hundred California condors alive today, and that’s an improvement. Over the weekend, the California condor population went up by one. In 1987, when there were just 22 of the birds…
February 26, 2012
Bald Eagles on ‘CBS Sunday Morning’
A short video of majestic bald eagles in Skagit Valley, Washington.
February 6, 2012
Caribou Crisis Sparks Familiar Economy-vs.-Environment Debate
There are fewer than 50 woodland caribou left in the lower 48, and the U.S. government is considering drastic measures to save them. According to an Associated Press report, 600 square miles of Idaho and Washington could be designated as…
January 5, 2012
Scientist to Test Seals for Radiation, but Sees Japan Link as Unlikely
Ringed seals are dying and getting sick in the waters off Alaska, Russia and Canada, and scientists don’t know why. Could it be radiation poisoning from the reactor leak at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant in Japan? Speculation has…
May 12, 2011
Traditional Knowledge Complements Modern Science
Traditional ecological knowledge is increasingly being used in scientific research. For instance, Native Alaskans can connect beaver behavior to beluga whale population numbers.
May 1, 2011
Fallen Eagle
The American Bald Eagle has many ceremonial uses. Sadly, on Sunday May 1 this fallen mother of three eaglets will receive a ceremony of her own. She was felled by a US Airways flight on April 26, tangled in the landing gear of a plane coming into Norfolk Airport from Philadelphia, according to CNN and other sources. RIP.
April 24, 2011
Sealing the Deal
This winsome second-place winner in the annual photo contest held by the Inuit land-claims organization Nunavut Tunngavik Inc. netted Celina Satuqsi of Pond Inlet $200 and an enlarged copy of her photo. NTI, the organization responsible for coordinating the implementation of…
April 16, 2011
Snow Geese, Ready for Their Closeup
Bernard Maktar of Pond Inlet won Nunavut Tunngavik’s 2010 Photo of the Year Contest for this photograph of snow geese. He netted $1,000 in prize money and an enlarged copy of his photograph. The winning photo will also adorn the…
April 9, 2011
Elk: Taking and Giving Back
In Colorado, elk are gobbling up young willows as if they were candy. Over in North Dakota, the elk are feeding needy humans. It‚Äôs the time of year when elk wander, their springtime appetites sending them in search of food,…
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