NewsRack: 'Habitat Protection' news in 'Biodiversity-Regional' topic for user flenvcenter

Why a wildlife biologist became a social justice advocate	16.1.2020	High Country News Most Recent
Sergio Avila, known prominently for his jaguar research, shifted his focus to equity in the outdoors.
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Boulder County’s populations of native bird species decline in the face of development	12.1.2020	Denver Post: Local
The Northern Hemisphere lost 3 billion birds, or 29% of the overall population, in the last 50 years. While the warming climate has played a demonstrative role in this decline – and will continue to do so with ever-increasing power – ornithologists in Boulder County have pointed to urban sprawl as a more immediate threat to the survival of the area’s native bird populations, without which local ecosystems cannot properly function, adding to the affects of climate change.
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Trump’s border wall threatens fish species	31.12.2019	High Country News Most Recent
The U.S. is skirting conservation laws and withdrawing millions of gallons of groundwater.
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When wildlife safety turns into fierce political debate	31.12.2019	Current Issue
In Island Park, Idaho, a fight over roadkill became a referendum on government control.
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Scientists decode environmental impacts from Bering Sea bird feathers	3.12.2019	High Country News Most Recent
To understand the evolving marine environment, scientists look to the seabirds.
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Tales of entrails: Scientists decode climate impacts from Bering Sea bird guts	3.12.2019	High Country News Most Recent
To understand the evolving marine environment, scientists look to the seabirds.
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Wildlife refuges suffer under budget cuts and staff shortages	20.11.2019	High Country News Most Recent
The key mission of the Refuge System — to protect and restore wildlife habitat — may be falling by the wayside.
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Owl killings spur moral questions about human intervention	15.10.2019	Denver Post: News: Local
The federal government has been trying for decades to save the northern spotted owl, a native bird that sparked an intense battle over logging across Washington, Oregon and California decades ago.
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Gunnison sage grouse are vulnerable to climate chaos	3.10.2019	High Country News Most Recent
The dancing birds are especially susceptible to changing weather patterns, which is bad news going forward.
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No additional hot spots detected in soil at edge of Rocky Flats where elevated plutonium reading was found	3.10.2019	Denver Post: Local
A batch of soil samples collected from an area near where an elevated plutonium reading was discovered this summer on the periphery of Rocky Flats National Wildlife Refuge tested well within government-defined acceptable risk thresholds for the deadly substance.
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You don’t have to drive all the way to Estes Park to see frisky elk. You can see them here in Denver, too.	27.9.2019	Denver Post: News: Local
You can never get enough frisky ellk in your life.
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You don’t have to drive all the way to Estes Park to see frisky elk. You can see them here in Denver, too.	27.9.2019	Denver Post: Outdoors
You can never get enough frisky ellk in your life.
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Trump’s Fish and Wildlife pick is entangled with industry	26.9.2019	High Country News Most Recent
Aurelia Skipwith has ties to water interests fighting endangered species protection and worked for ag giant Monsanto.
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Moving rocks by hand, Colorado volunteers strengthen eroding landscapes to help withstand climate change	22.9.2019	Headlines: All Headlines
Confronting the impacts of climate change, volunteers in western Colorado have turned back to the Stone Age, constructing hundreds of "one-rock dams" across semi-arid landscapes in an effort to slow down accelerated erosion and prevent the formation of gullies.
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Fewer young people are taking up hunting, which has hunters worried about the sport’s future	16.9.2019	Headlines: All Headlines
"Kids, we're losing them. If Grandpa don't hunt or Dad don't hunt, they ain't hunting."
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Fewer young people are taking up hunting, which has hunters worried about the sport’s future	16.9.2019	Denver Post: Local
"Kids, we're losing them. If Grandpa don't hunt or Dad don't hunt, they ain't hunting."
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For sage grouse, science can be fatal	13.9.2019	High Country News Most Recent
Is the value of data worth the death of individual animals?
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A Colorado wildlife refuge will allow hunting and fishing for the first time	11.9.2019	Headlines: All Headlines
The Colorado wildlife refuge is one of 77 national wildlife refuges that will now be open to hunting and fishing.
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A Colorado wildlife refuge will allow hunting and fishing for the first time	11.9.2019	Denver Post: Local
The Colorado wildlife refuge is one of 77 national wildlife refuges that will now be open to hunting and fishing.
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New soil samples from inside the Rocky Flats refuge show low plutonium levels	7.9.2019	Denver Post: Local
Forty-eight soil samples taken inside the Rocky Flats National Wildlife Refuge in June revealed no elevated levels of plutonium, according to results released by officials at the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service on Friday.
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