wildlife biologists

USFS studies proposed NV wind farm harm to eagles

Outdoor Recreation News  Mon, 01/16/2012 - 10:15

Midway through a two-year study about the potential impacts of a proposed wind farm on golden eagles in northern Nevada, wildlife biologists say they've identified nearly a dozen nesting sites in the area of the $200 million project in the mountains 20 miles northeast of Sparks.


 

Endangered Species in Iowa Could Grow to 11

Outdoor Recreation News  Fri, 11/25/2011 - 22:30

Roger Gordon, one of two U.S. Fish and Wildlife biologists from Genoa, Wisc. holds two of the endangered Higgins eye pearlymussel near Spring Lake, about four miles south of Savanna, Ill.


 

Brain-attacking worm linked to decline of Wyoming moose

Outdoor Recreation News  Fri, 10/07/2011 - 23:43

A brain-attacking worm is strongly suspected as a factor in the mysterious and steep decline of moose herds in the western part of Wyoming, wildlife biologists in the state said on Friday.


 

Eastern cougar declared extinct

Outdoor Recreation News  Thu, 03/03/2011 - 17:00

The "ghost cat" is just that. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service on Wednesday declared the eastern cougar to be extinct, confirming a widely held belief among wildlife biologists that native populations of the big cat were wiped out by man a century ago.


 

Federal researchers declare eastern cougar extinct

Outdoor Recreation News  Wed, 03/02/2011 - 09:33

Federal wildlife biologists have declared the eastern cougar to be extinct . U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Bruce Wright, New Brunswick wildlife biologist and author, with what is believed to be the last eastern puma, or cougar.


 

Endangered gray wolf starts Oregon migration

Outdoor Recreation News  Tue, 02/01/2011 - 17:55

Increased sightings of the endangered Northern Rocky Mountain gray wolf in northeastern Oregon suggest to wildlife biologists that the animals have begun a migration from Idaho that could spread to Washington by the summer.


 

Red Foxes Thought Extinct Found In Nevada

Outdoor Recreation News  Mon, 12/06/2010 - 03:57

Federal wildlife biologists have confirmed sightings of two more Sierra Nevada red foxes that once were thought to be extinct.


 

2 more rare red foxes confirmed in Sierra Nevada

Outdoor Recreation News  Fri, 12/03/2010 - 21:37

Federal wildlife biologists have confirmed sightings of two more Sierra Nevada red foxes that once were thought to be extinct.


 

Breeding of Florida, Texas panthers pays off as populations get ...

Outdoor Recreation News  Thu, 09/23/2010 - 14:54

Wildlife biologists moved eight female panthers from Texas - close relatives yet genetically distinct - into south Florida 15 years ago in hopes of boosting reproduction, and the immigration paid off.


 

NJ bear hunt approved

Outdoor Recreation News  Wed, 07/21/2010 - 19:02

New Jersey will hold its first bear hunt in five years this December to thin a growing black bear population that wildlife biologists say is increasingly coming into contact with suburban New Yorkers.