Fish and WIldlife

A U.S. District Court has stopped a logging project in northern Idaho that environmental groups claim could harm the Selkirk grizzly population habitat.  Estimates say roughly 50 grizzlies live in that portion of Idaho.  Mike Garrity head of the Alliance for the Wild Rockies, a Montana-based conservation organization, which has been in litigation with the Forest Service over this issue for nearly

The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife reported Monday that Invasive European green crabs have been captured near the port of La Push.  This is the first time this invasive species has been reported in this location.  Between traps and hand captures, 33 crabs were removed during the first week of August.   “The detec...

The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife announced late last week the deployment of emergency measures to control invasive European green crabs on the Washington Coast and at sites within the Salish Sea is well underway.  This includes the implementation of an Incident Command System to facilitate statewide coordination between various agencies, tribes, and partners. ...

The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife has confirmed an adult cow injured in Baker County was done so by wolves.  ODFW investigators said the cow was found injured Tuesday morning on 300-acres of private pasture land.  The producer reported seeing two wolves, one of which was radio-collared, as they attended the cow.  Investi...

Washington State University is researching Elk Hoof Disease and trying to determine not only why it’s spreading across the Northwest, but if the livestock industry needs to be concerned.  After hunters recently spotted elk with the disease in the Olympic Peninsula, near Olympic National Park, that marks positive cases reported in southeast, southwest and now northwest Washington, as well as Oregon

A new, 19-page report by the U.S. Forest Service indicates sage grouse have a vast network of mating grounds across the western U.S.  One researcher compared it to interconnected regional airport hubs.  This, the report said, helps the sage grouse maintain genetic diversity across its entire range.  A DNA s...

While the numbers of wolves living in Washington has successfully climbed over the past couple of years, so has the number of wolf attacks on livestock.  Congresswoman Cathy McMorris Rodgers told the Washington Ag Network to help eastern Washington Ranchers and livestock operators, the wolves should be delisted statewide, which would help with effective management options.  Mc...

The federal Fish and Wildlife Service is proposing to list rusty patch bumble bees under the Endangered Species Act because of declining populations.  Agri-Pulse reports the proposed rule was scheduled to be published in the Federal Register Thursday.  Pe...