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The Oregon Chapter of The Wildlife Society submitted comments to the BLM as the agency prepared to revise several resource management plans. The Chapter’s comments highlight concerns about how RMP revisions would align with the agency’s multiple-use mandate, and provide information to inform Environmental Impact Statement analyses.
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Noteworthy conservation policymaking was at the forefront of congressional activities the week of April 13. Here are a few items of note from last week on the Hill:
Senate advances an unprecedented use of the Congressional Review Act to nullify a Public Land Order
The Senate nullified a Public Land Order that withdrew more than 200,000 acres of ...
Researchers testing the potency of rattlesnake venom have discovered that baby serpents don’t pack more venom than their adult counterparts. The new discovery debunks a common myth about the power of snake defense. “This is an easily defanged myth that has generated dread, panic, and real-life consequences,” said William Hayes, professor of biology at Loma Linda University&nb...
New studies looking at the impacts of climate change on monarch butterflies have painted a not-so-hopeful picture of their future: climate change might make their food less nutritious, change their migration routes and make them sicker.
“A warmer world could be a sicker world for monarchs,” said Sonia Altizer, a researcher at the University of Georgia who studies migra...
While bee importance is widely recognized, public opinion and bee knowledge are largely influenced by the European honeybee, a species not native to North America. New research used an online survey in Toronto to assess residents’ understanding of current actions to support bees and barriers to their conservation. Although there are approximately 20,000 bee species that ...