In the pantheon of federal agencies, where acronyms massacre clarity and where layers of bureaucracy disguise intent, BIDEH seems especially sleepy and unremarkable. Those letters stand for Biological ...

Do nonhunting Alaskans who enjoy viewing wildlife have legal standing to challenge a state program that kills scores of bears and wolves for the purpose of boosting caribou numbers? That is the ...

Native animals, such as mountain lions and coyotes, will get a reprieve from predator control efforts on Nevada public lands thanks to a Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals order requiring the U.S.

Two new lawsuits are challenging a program used to kill bears and wolves in southwestern Alaska in a state-conducted campaign to control predators to increase caribou numbers in the region. The ...

RENO, Nev. - Critical of what they say is a traditionally secretive operation, wildlife advocates on Wednesday urged the U.S. agency charged with killing coyotes and other livestock predators to ...

A proposal to revive Oregon’s “predator control districts” has gained more traction than a previous attempt did several years ago, having survived this year’s legislative deadlines. In 2015, lawmakers ...

In 2023 the Alaska Department of Fish and Game began a cull of predators, specifically brown bears in western Alaska. This followed a cull of wolves on Prince of Wales Island. Both culls had the same ...

Based on 2020 market values, predators cause approximately $4 million in losses annually to Kansas cattle producers. Likewise, they financially burden the state’s small ruminant operations to the tune ...

Reducing wolves to protect endangered caribou doesn't always deliver the expected results, and the shape of the land may be the deciding factor.

The US Fish and Wildlife Service has proposed prohibiting most forms of predator control on National Wildlife Refuge System lands, which AWI strongly supports. In comments, we highlighted the critical ...

Alaska's predator control programs — aimed at boosting moose, caribou and deer populations for hunters — do not work, according to research by two retired state Fish and Game biologists and a ...

Four brown bears line up at the top of the falls on the Brooks River on Sept. 6, 2021, to fish for salmon. (Photo by L. Law/National Park Service) Two new lawsuits are challenging a program used to ...