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The Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks department is coming up with a new wolf management plan, but there is disagreement over how the animals are being counted. Critics contended the state is not taking the non-hunting public into account. Montana Fish and Wildlife said hunters and trappers took 248 wolves in the state last year, far below the allowed quota of 450. .
Avian experts in New England say billions of birds have been affected by recent wildfires in Canada s boreal forest and the resulting plumes of smoke, but just how bird populations have changed remains to be seen. Tens of millions of birds will migrate through the Northeast this fall and scientists will be monitoring their numbers. Jeff Wells, vice president of boreal conservation for the National Audubon Society, said birds are especially sensitive to wildfire smoke and scientists predict a wide range of effects on their health. .
Murals across the country are celebrating 50 years of the Endangered Species Act, including in Oregon. Congress passed the legislation in 1973 to protect wildlife from extinction. Five decades on, Ally Fisher, wildlife and equity, diversity and inclusion associate with Oregon Wild, said the law continues to do that. .