The number of mountain lions killed by New Mexico hunters in recent years has fallen below what the state allows, but wildlife advocates think a proposed limit for the next four years is too high. The state game commission meets this week to approve a kill quota of 563 individual mountain lions per year. Mary Katherine Ray, wildlife chair for the Rio Grande chapter of the Sierra Club, said because they are an elusive specifies, the number is too high, especially considering changing weather patterns have disrupted the historic balance of nature. .
I often become angry when driving in the state s largest city. It s not just due to the drivers who run stoplights and speed because they know they can get away with it. Traffic enforcement is rare here due to chronic understaffing at the Little Rock Police Department.
The long-awaited Wisconsin Wolf Management Plan is up for adoption next week by the state s Department of Natural Resources, and the board will likely get an earful from both opponents and supporters during the public hearing. The updated draft management plan includes rules to govern any future recreational wolf hunting seasons. In late 2022, the DNR released a draft plan wolf advocates were ready to accept. .
A vibrant installation at today s SHINE St. Petersburg Mural Festival is designed to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Endangered Species Act while spreading awareness about the listed smalltooth sawfish. Imagine a fish with the back end of a shark, the midsection flattened and broad like a stingray, and the front looking like a gnarly hedge trimmer in your garage; that s what a smalltooth sawfish looks like. .
Arkansas is part of an international collaboration that uses automated radio signals to track the migration of birds, bats and insects. It s called the Motus Wildlife Tracking System, and one Motus tower is on the property of the Little Rock Audubon Center. Dan Scheiman, manager of the Plants for Birds Program at Audubon Delta, a regional office of the National Audubon Society, said researchers place radio tags on birds and, when they fly near the antenna, it picks up their signal. .