The war on elephants
The war on elephants How the very existence of Africa’s elephants is threatened by poachers, traffickers and Asia’s appetite for ivory By Alastair Leithead, BBC News Magazine, April 28, 2016 Every year in Africa between 30,000 and 40,000 elephants are poached for their ivory, and it’s thought there are only 400,000 left. Even accounting for […]
Help Save Yellowstone’s Bears
Dear friends- As you probably know, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has proposed to strip Yellowstone’s grizzly bears of protection under the Endangered Species Act, and open the population up to hunting. The FWS states, astonishingly, that climate change does not constitute a threat now, or in the future, to grizzly bears. I would […]
Yukon North Slope Wildlife Conservation and Management Planning Webinar
Webinar – Yukon North Slope Wildlife Conservation and Management Planning Developing a Baseline Ecological and Cultural Conservation Assessment and Decision-Support Tool Kim Heinemeyer (Lead Conservation Scientist, Round River Conservation Studies) and Lindsay Staples [Chair, Wildlife Management Advisory Council (North Slope)] Wednesday April 13, 2016, 2-3pm MDT The Yukon North Slope (YNS), Canada, is one of […]