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FIELD Notes

Pocket gopher not protected as an endangered species

by | April 14, 2010 | Uncategorized

THE U.S. FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE has decided not to protect the Wyoming pocket gopher as an endangered species, the agency announced today. This decision came in response to a 2007 petition to list the animal as endangered or threatened under the Endangered Species...

Video: Pocket gopher basics

by | April 9, 2010 | Uncategorized

Video: An expert from the University of Wyoming explains some of the basics about pocket gophers. There are a variety of pocket gopher species, including the Wyoming pocket gopher. Credit: ONOW2008 via YouTube

Pocket gopher decision expected tomorrow

by | April 8, 2010 | Uncategorized

By Sophie Osborn IN EARLY MARCH, WYOMING BRACED FOR A DECISION by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service on whether to list the greater sage-grouse as a threatened or endangered species under the Endangered Species Act. (The bird was not listed.) Now south-central Wyoming...

Opportunity to protect land near the Sunlight Basin

by | March 23, 2010 | Uncategorized

A MESSAGE TO WYOMING OUTDOOR COUNCIL MEMBERS AND FRIENDS: WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO HELP the Shoshone National Forest buy a piece of land near the Sunlight Basin from a private landowner who wants to sell it to the agency. Please contact Senator John Barrasso and ask...

Comments on new smog standard due March 22

by | March 11, 2010 | Uncategorized

  THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY PROPOSED NEW SMOG STANDARDS in January with the aim of bringing health benefits to millions of Americans. The deadline to submit comments to the EPA on its proposed rule changes for ground-level ozone is March 22. Please see...