A U.S. Supreme Court case before justices next session could determine what bodies of water are protected under the Clean Water Act. The case, Sackett v. .
Keep it Colorado has received $3 million in grants from Great Outdoors Colorado. According to Melissa Daruna, the group s executive director, some of that money will help fund a new round of conservation projects to protect more critical watersheds and wildlife habitat and support local food systems. She pointed to a recent easement at Edgerton Creek Ranch, part of a larger wildlife corridor in the Roaring Fork Valley. .
The western United States is facing extreme weather, including long-lasting droughts, heat and an above-average wildfire season. For Montanans, the wildfire season has yet to kick into full gear, but is expected to in the coming month. According to the National Interagency Fire Center, the year-to-date acres burned in the U.S. .
Preliminary research shows less fresh water and higher sea levels could be changing the forage fish in Florida s famed Apalachicola Bay and the fisheries that depend on them. University of Central Florida biology graduate student Kira Allen won a $15,000 fellowship from the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission to research food web models. Allen looked at how drought and reduced river flow affects prey fish, such as anchovies, pinfish and menhaden. .