Wildlife Archives - High Country News https://www.hcn.org/topic/wildlife/ A nonprofit independent magazine of unblinking journalism that shines a light on all of the complexities of the West. Mon, 12 Aug 2024 14:31:48 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.hcn.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/cropped-HCN_Logo-Monogram_White_Sq-2-32x32.png Wildlife Archives - High Country News https://www.hcn.org/topic/wildlife/ 32 32 229054741 Wolverines may return to Colorado https://www.hcn.org/articles/wolverines-may-return-to-colorado/ Fri, 09 Aug 2024 16:32:00 +0000 https://www.hcn.org/?p=327303

But can they survive in the warming southern Rockies?

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]]> 327303 Indigenous celebration of Hanford remembers the site before nuclear contamination https://www.hcn.org/issues/56-8/indigenous-celebration-of-hanford-remembers-the-site-before-nuclear-contamination/ Thu, 01 Aug 2024 07:50:00 +0000 https://www.hcn.org/?p=326759 Boats carry Hanford Journey attendees down the Columbia River in Washington toward Hanford reactors, one that’s cocooned and another that’s decommissioned but still standing.

At the fourth annual Hanford Journey, Yakama Nation youth, elders and scientists share stories about a land that is a part of them.

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]]> 326759 How do you protect wildlife from sprawl? https://www.hcn.org/issues/56-8/how-do-you-protect-wildlife-from-sprawl/ Thu, 01 Aug 2024 07:40:00 +0000 https://www.hcn.org/?p=326772 Cars speed past wildlife fencing just west of Eagle Mountain, Utah.

A fast-growing Utah exurb gets serious about migration corridors.

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]]> 326772 Fur-class travel, wonderful whippets, delinquent donkeys and a white buffalo https://www.hcn.org/issues/56-8/fur-class-travel-wonderful-whippets-delinquent-donkeys-and-a-white-buffalo/ Thu, 01 Aug 2024 07:00:00 +0000 https://www.hcn.org/?p=326831

Mishaps and mayhem from around the region.

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]]> 326831 Project 2025’s extreme vision for the West https://www.hcn.org/articles/project-2025s-extreme-vision-for-the-west/ Fri, 19 Jul 2024 08:00:00 +0000 https://www.hcn.org/?p=326696

The demolition of public lands, water and wildlife protections are part of conservatives’ plan for a second Trump term.

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]]> 326696 When grasshoppers attack https://www.hcn.org/articles/when-grasshoppers-attack/ Wed, 10 Jul 2024 08:00:00 +0000 https://www.hcn.org/?p=326585

Is the cure for grasshopper outbreaks worse than the disease?

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]]> 326585 The California artists illuminating kelp https://www.hcn.org/issues/56-7/the-california-artists-illuminating-kelp/ Mon, 01 Jul 2024 07:25:00 +0000 https://www.hcn.org/?p=326176

How art and science can build hope for a threatened underwater species.

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]]> 326176 Deer 255 reaches the end of her journey https://www.hcn.org/articles/deer-255-reaches-the-end-of-her-journey/ Thu, 06 Jun 2024 14:36:04 +0000 https://www.hcn.org/?p=325953

The ungulate migrated farther than any deer known to science.

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]]> 325953 $350M in federal land sales likely to benefit Nevada public lands and wildlife https://www.hcn.org/articles/350m-in-federal-land-sales-likely-to-benefit-nevada-public-lands-and-wildlife/ Wed, 05 Jun 2024 08:00:00 +0000 https://www.hcn.org/?p=325912

See what projects are expected to get the funding.

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]]> 325912 Parques y vida silvestre en Nevada se podrían beneficiar gracias a ventas de tierras federales https://www.hcn.org/articles/parques-y-vida-silvestre-en-nevada-se-podrian-beneficiar-gracias-a-ventas-de-tierras-federales/ Wed, 05 Jun 2024 07:55:00 +0000 https://www.hcn.org/?p=325923

El estado espera recibir un ingreso proveniente de la Ley de Administración de Tierras Públicas del Sur de Nevada.

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