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. .
New Hampshire yards will soon be covered in fallen leaves, but a new survey finds a growing number of people are willing to leave them lie to improve biodiversity. The National Wildlife Federation found most people know that leaf layers provide a home to moths and insects, which birds need to survive - yet continue to bag them up and send them to a landfill. NWF Naturalist David Mizejewski said there s a growing trend nationwide towards more natural lawns as wildlife populations decline. .