Governor-led policy is squishy so far it’s not outright preventing development and the state is pressuring federal land managers to butt out of the migration game.
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Last winter’s deaths of thousands of Wyoming antelope increased interest in “conservation leases.” But where wildlife advocates see hope, energy and ranching interests fear an attack on the “Western way of life.”
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. .
The fluid mineral industry’s immense influence in Wyoming was on full display Thursday as the state’s top five elected officials finalized a controversial gas lease in the pinch point of