Endangered species

Regional News

Guidelines given for Sage grouse conservation

Rep. Bishop: Plan aimed at squelching Western oil, gas drilling

September 1, 2016

Local News

Endangered mice found near Durango-La Plata County Airport

for access road to be revisited

August 22, 2016

Regional News

Feds remove the lesser prairie chicken from protection list

A male lesser prairie chicken climbs a sage limb to rise above the others at a breeding area near Follett,…

July 19, 2016

Local News

Environmental hurdles identified for expansion of Durango-La Plata County Airport

Consultants will study wetlands, endangered species, archaeological sites

April 19, 2016

Local News

Endangered Species Act goes under the microscope

Western governors host stakeholder process that could lead to change

March 9, 2016

Local News

Conservation easements near Dove Creek protect threatened sage grouse

Creek-area landowner moves 1,300 acres into conservation

January 20, 2016

Regional News

Suspicion over federal wolf plan spreads to Colorado, Utah

A Mexican gray wolf leaves cover at the Sevilleta National Wildlife Refuge, Socorro County, N.M. Suspicion over federal plans to…

January 17, 2016

Local News

Rogue attorneys general defy governors, sue feds

Attorneys general suing the federal government over governors’ objections

December 5, 2015

Regional News

Endangered bat, cactuses subjects of new federal lawsuit

In court papers filed last week in U.S. District Court in Albuquerque, New Mexico Cattle Growers’ Association and the Texas…

November 25, 2015

Regional News

Nevada neighborhood first to feel sting of sage-grouse rules

Plans to acquire this parcel of U.S. Bureau of Land Management Land in the foreground in Washoe County, Nev., for…

November 14, 2015

Local News

Sleeping Ute flower rebounds

first time since 1996, rare plant is no longer endangered

October 11, 2015

Local News

No endangered listing for the greater sage-grouse

make announcement in Colorado

September 22, 2015

Regional News

Firefighting shift focuses on sage grouse in West

Male sage grouse fight for the attention of a female southwest of Rawlins, Wyo. As one of the West’s worst…

September 21, 2015

Regional News

So, just how are those lynx doing?

photos of tuft-eared cats caught in San Juans

September 10, 2015

Local News

Lawmakers hope feds fly away

Greater sage-grouse issue comes down to state vs. feds

May 19, 2015

Local News

Rare California condor soars near Dolores

bird missing from Grand Canyon

April 16, 2015

Local News

Wildlife conference celebrates 100 years of conservation

grouse initiative takes center stage

March 12, 2015

Local News

A little lynx TLC

cats increasingly spotted around Silverton

March 4, 2015

Regional News

Environmentalists seeking more protection for sage-grouse

Two environmental groups filed a lawsuit Tuesday seeking greater protection for the Gunnison sage-grouse, which is listed as threateend under…

January 20, 2015

Business

Supreme Court leaves Calif. farmers high and dry

Endangered fish remain protected

January 13, 2015

Regional News

Sage-grouses’ fate shapes West’s energy development

Dave Showalter/Colorado Parks and Wildlife file photo<br><br>A Gunnison sage-grouse, related to the greater gage-grouse, dances with its tail feathers fanned…

December 3, 2014

Local News

Sage-grouse gets ‘threatened’ designation

U.S. says endangered status not warranted

November 12, 2014

Local News

Is cuckoos’ habitat worth saving?

Comment period for birds reopens

November 10, 2014

Local News

Passenger pigeons’ legacy not forgotten

The commemoration is being used to urge protection of other species that may face the same fate – and of…

August 31, 2014