News tagged with rocky mountains
Wolf hunts to open, judge eyes injunction request
Aug 31, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Gray wolf hunting was set to begin in the Northern Rockies, even as a federal judge eyed a request to stop the killing of the predators just four months after they were removed from the endangered species list.
Theory provides more precise estimates of large-area biodiversity
Jul 09, 2009 |
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Ask biologists how many species live in a pond, a grassland, a mountain range or on the entire planet, and the answers get increasingly vague. Hence the wide range of estimates for the planet's biodiversity, ...
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Acid soils in Slovakia tell somber tale
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Nov 17, 2008 |
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Increasing levels of nitrogen deposition associated with industry and agriculture can drive soils toward a toxic level of acidification, reducing plant growth and polluting surface waters, according to a new study published ...
Climate change isolates Rocky Mountain butterflies
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Aug 13, 2007 |
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Expanding forests in the Canadian Rocky Mountains are slowly isolating groups of alpine butterflies from each other, which may lead to the extinction of the colourful insects in some areas, says a new study from the University ...
Wildfires set to increase 50 percent by 2050
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Jul 28, 2009 |
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The area of forest burnt by wildfires in the United States is set to increase by over 50% by 2050, according to research by climate scientists.
Preliminary DNA analysis completed on California wolverine
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Apr 03, 2008 |
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Preliminary results from DNA analysis of wolverine scat samples collected on the Tahoe National Forest do not match those of historic California wolverine populations, according to U.S. Forest Service scientists.
Earth: A Borderline Planet for Life?
Jan 09, 2008 |
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Our planet is changing before our eyes, and as a result, many species are living on the edge. Yet Earth has been on the edge of habitability from the beginning. New work by astronomers at the Harvard-Smithsonian ...
Groups try to block Idaho, Montana wolf hunts
Aug 21, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Conservation groups are asking a federal judge in Missoula to block fall wolf hunts in Idaho and Montana.
Origins of wolverine in California genetically verified
Apr 29, 2009 |
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A wolverine first photographed by a remote-controlled camera on the Tahoe National Forest in February 2008 is most closely related to Rocky Mountain populations, according to a team of 10 federal, state and university scientists.
Pikas in peril in the Rockies
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Jan 15, 2008 |
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The Center for Biological Diversity added the mountain-dwelling pika to the animals that should be listed as endangered by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
First Rockies natural gas report issued
Jun 16, 2006 |
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The U.S. Wildlife Conservation Society has released the first-year results of a study on how natural gas development in the Rockies might affect wildlife.
International experts collect alpine fungi in Beartooth Mountains of Montana
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Sep 08, 2008 |
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Armed guards once kept polar bears away while Cathy Cripps collected mushrooms and fungi on the island of Svalbard between Norway and the North Pole. Another time, Cripps encountered musk-oxen while gathering fungi in Greenland.
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