World’s Oldest Known Wild Bird Hatches Chick on Midway Atoll
The oldest known wild bird in the world has become a mother again at the Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge, U.S. wildlife officials said.
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Gorilla Gone
A federal judge in California ruled Friday that Ndume, companion of Koko the gorilla who died in 2018, must be returned to the Cincinnati Zoo in a long standing custody battle over where it will reside.
Read more4 Lawsuits Fight Over Farming, Ranching at Wildlife Refuges
The U.S. government defended its management of the six national wildlife refuges that straddle the Oregon/California border Tuesday, as a federal judge heard arguments over four lawsuits from environmentalists challenging ranchers and farmers who grow crops on refuge land.
Read moreExperts Urge Gulf Refuge for Endangered Vaquita Porpoise
Experts called on Mexico’s government Wednesday to use floating barriers to enclose a small area of the Gulf of California where a half dozen critically endangered vaquita porpoises were spotted in September.
Read moreWhite House Ends Law Enforcement Program at Wildlife Refuges
Wildlife refuge managers, the people who police illegal hunting, fishing, trapping and pollution, among other stewardship duties, are being phased out, according to an internal memo obtained by a federal watchdog.
Read moreCan’t Do That
The United States claims in a federal complaint that there’s a fishing and refreshments service set up on a floating dock in the Upper Mississippi National Wildlife Refuge without permission.
Read moreWildlife Refuge Opens on Colorado Superfund Site, Despite Lawsuit
By dawn on Saturday, Sept. 15, a dozen cars were parked at the newly opened Rocky Flats Wildlife Refuge and at least as many hikers wandered down trails surrounding the site of a former-nuclear weapons factory near Arvada, Colorado.
Read moreUS Says Ex-Nuke Site Won’t Open to Public, Then Says It Will
The U.S. Interior Department said Friday it will go ahead with plans to open a wildlife refuge at the site of a former nuclear weapons plant in Colorado, after briefly putting the opening on hold amid concerns about public safety.
Read moreJudge Won’t Block Opening of Nuclear Site Turned Refuge
A federal judge on Thursday refused to block public access to a former nuclear facility that has been turned into a wildlife refuge.
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Local 89 of the Laborers International Union sued San Diego and its City Council in superior court, challenging on environmental grounds its approve of development on 73 acres in the “largely undeveloped north-central portion of the city” right next to the Del Mar Mesa (wildlife) Preserve.
Read moreTrump Pardons Ranchers Who Sparked Bundy Takeover of Refuge
President Donald Trump on Tuesday pardoned two ranchers serving time in federal prison for setting fire to public land in a case that inflamed their supporters and gave rise to the armed takeover of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge in Oregon.
Read moreSpain Creates Mediterranean Sea Reserve for Whale Migration
Spain is creating a marine wildlife reserve for the migrations of whales and dolphins in the Mediterranean Sea and will prohibit searching for fossil fuels in the area.
Read moreAnimal Charities to Open European Circus Elephant Sanctuary
Animal rights groups say they will establish Europe’s first sanctuary for former circus elephants.
Read moreTrump Takes First Step on Drilling in Arctic Refuge
One of the most pristine natural reserves in North America is in danger of being despoiled after the Trump administration initiated the process to allow oil and gas development in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska.
Read more7 Polish Female Bison Heading to Spain to Help Herd Grow
A bison reserve in eastern Poland says seven young female animals are traveling to Spain to help boost a bison herd there.
Read moreChina to Build Massive $1.5 Billion Panda Conservation Area
The Bank of China has pledged at least $1.5 billion to create a massive giant panda conservation park in southwestern Sichuan province, the forestry ministry said Thursday.
Read moreEnvironmentalists and Feds Reach Settlement Over Bison Management
Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility settled its case with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Monday over the National Bison Range with assurances that a solid plan has been established for the management of the nation’s largest bison facility.
Read moreFeds OK Deal for a Road Through Alaska Wilderness
The Interior Department has completed a land swap that will allow Alaska to build a gravel road through a wildlife refuge in the southwestern part of the state.
Read moreJudge Tosses Federal Case Against Bundys, Bars Retrial
A Nevada federal judge on Monday permanently tossed the case against Cliven Bundy and his sons over their 2014 armed standoff against the government, while in Oregon the attorney who won son Ammon Bundy’s acquittal in the case over the 2016 occupation of a wildlife refuge outmaneuvered efforts to keep him from practicing law.
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Republicans Slip Alaska Refuge Oil Drilling into Tax Bill
The Senate on Thursday moved closer to opening the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil drilling, as it rushed its massive tax cut toward passage.
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