U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

Feds To Relocate Rare Deer Threatened By Failing Dike

Tom Banse — Fri, 18 Jan 2013 00:32:48 +0000

A federal agency plans a major effort to preemptively rescue about 65 deer upriver from Astoria. The animals live on a floodplain beside the lower Columbia River.

These aren't just any deer. They're an endangered species: the Columbian white-tailed deer. One of this animal's strongholds is a national wildlife refuge near Cathlamet, Washington.

Idaho Opens Wolf Trapping Season

Jessica Robinson — Wed, 14 Nov 2012 15:13:32 +0000

The gray wolf remains on state endangered species lists in Oregon and Washington. But in Idaho, the state opens wolf trapping season Thursday Nov. 15. In fact, Idaho plans to offer more tags than last year.

Conservation Groups Ask Obama Administration To Keep Murrelet Protections

David Steves — Wed, 24 Oct 2012 23:53:19 +0000

Conservation groups are urging the Obama administration to keep logging restrictions in place for nearly 4 million acres of coastal forests in the Pacific Northwest. Otherwise, they say a threatened species of seabird could be at greater risk of extinction.