Wildlife

Tuesday, June 18, 2013

Environment | Wildlife

01/29/2013

mussels up close How do you restore an impaired stream? In Eastern Iowa, conservationists and farmers are enlisting the appetites of thousands of local mollusks.

Wildlife

Ho-Ho-Hoo: The Christmas Owls

12/24/2012

sam with barred owl Wiser than elves, quieter than reindeer, Christmas owls make for wide eyes at a holiday gathering in Whitesburg, Kentucky. Merry Christmas to all!

Environment | Wildlife

Rendezvous along the Platte

03/30/2012

two cranes An ancient episode of March, sandhill cranes move from their winter home in Texas northward, stopping over at the Platte River in Nebraska for "spring break."

Cool Places | Environment | Travel/Recreation | Wildlife

'Abominable Mysteries' at Yahoo Falls

12/16/2011

silene It's hunting season. Two Kentucky plantsmen head unarmed into the territory of putty root and pink muhly, finding the highest waterfall in the state and othr wonders.

Cool Places | Environment | Travel/Recreation | Wildlife

Opening a Break in Big Bend Country

12/12/2011

crossing at Boquillas After 9/11, a border crossing from the village of Boquillas, Mexico, was closed. Now a proposed port of entry could preserve local wildlife and save a dying town.

Environment | Wildlife

Speak Your Piece: Elites and Endangerment

07/15/2011

How does wildlife preservation come about? The threat of natural or even cultural extinction won't do. It takes the exertion of well-connected people.

Wildlife

The Rural Bridge Deficit

04/12/2011

Rural America has 20 percent of the nation's population, but nearly two-thirds of the nation's bridges found to be "structurally deficient" by federal highway engineers.

Environment | Politics and Government | Wildlife

The Best/Worst Time for a Florida Refuge

03/30/2011

palmetto prairie Creating a wildlife preserve in the Everglades has been an ongoing effort. Fish and wildlife managers say the recession makes now an ideal time to get it accomplished.