Entries Tagged Conservation

Next time you see or hear of a unique predator where it shouldn’t be, give some thought as to just where it might have come from. If it happens to be a jaguar, don’t call me, been there and done that!

Federal officials are removing the gray wolf from Endangered Species Act protection in the Lower 48 states, according to reports, and returning management to states.

Veteran aquatic specialist David Brewster with Tennessee Valley Authority explains what water hyacinth is and how it can damage a lake.

Safari Club International has canceled its 2021 Hunters' Convention in Las Vegas due to myriad issues related to travel, restrictions on event size and more caused by COVID-19.

Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission officers uncovered an organized enterprise to smuggle flying squirrels to interstate and international buyers.

The nation’s leading hunting, fishing and habitat conservation organizations support the 30 by 30 Initiative, a plan to establish a goal of placing 30% of the planet’s land and water under protected status by 2030.

Reintroduction of wolves is a contentious issue in Colorado, pitting the usual pro- vs. anti-wolf sides. The Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation has committed $300,000 to help defeat this reintroduction effort.

Salvinia, a fast-growing invasive plant from South America, has been discovered in Guntersville Lake in Alabama. Officials with Tennessee Valley Authority are treating it in an attempt to control it from spreading.

Richard Clifton of Milford, Delaware, won the 2020 Federal Duck Stamp Art Contest with his painting of a single lesser scaup drake.

Arizona’s Big Game Super Raffle tags help raise money for wildlife and provide hunters a unique opportunity to chase big game.

Alabama wildlife officials are cautiously optimistic that invasive silver carp, which can wreak havoc on reservoir ecosystems, has not expanded its range in the state’s waterways.

A potentially devastating situation has been confirmed in multiple states with the discovery of viral Rabbit hemorrhagic disease, and a variant of the virus that causes it. The ramifications on wild populations of rabbits, along with predators that feed on them, could be huge.

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission and the South Florida Water Management District have removed 5,000 invasive Burmese pythons from South Florida’s Everglades ecosystem.