This Earth Day, We Celebrate the Northwest Forest Plan
By Dominick A. DellaSala / On April 22nd, 2015
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Raven's Roost
By Eric Dinerstein / On December 2nd, 2014
Protecting Sage Grouse Habitat: Does It Benefit Mule Deer Populations?
By Meghan Bartels / On October 29th, 2014
#ForewordFriday: Bee My Pollinator Edition
By Meghan Bartels / On June 27th, 2014
Wood Ducks on a Wild River
By Eric Dinerstein / On April 30th, 2014
Originally published by Village News, a publication of the community of Cabin John, MD.
Wild, undammed rivers make dangerous neighbors.
Did Fish & Wildlife Service Deliver a Turkey on Spotted Owl Critical Habitat?
By [node:field_contributor] / On November 21st, 2012
By Dominick DellaSalla
The U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service announced today its long-anticipated critical habitat designation for the embattled northern spotted owl.
Well, sort of! The agency embargoed its press release to reporters and at the time of this writing has not released the 800-page plus document for scientific or public scrutiny.
Bird Survey Suggests If You Plant It, They Will Come
By Robert J. Cabin / On April 15th, 2011
The results of last month's annual Hakalau Forest National Wildlife Refuge Bird Survey indicate that birds may colonize reforested areas much faster than experts had predicted. This year's surveyors spotted all five of the common native forest birds and four endangered forest birds within sections of the refuge that two short decades ago had been treeless areas dominated by non-native plants and animals.
And Winter Broke
By Cristina Eisenberg / On March 31st, 2011
In March I participated in a University of Nebraska literary retreat at the Platte River Whooping Crane Maintenance Trust. It was the climax of spring migration on the river, where sandhill cranes pause to feed during their 5,000 mile journey from Mexico to as far as Siberia. I spent my time there ensconced in a primitive blind with several eminent poets, bearing witness to the cranes' sempiternal return.