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White River -- World Wildlife Fund (WWF) welcomes the news today of a 33 percent reduction in the number of rhinos lost to poaching in South Africa in 2020 and ongoing decline in the number of rhinos lost annually to poaching over the last six years. Three hundred and ninety-four rhinos were poached for their horn in South Africa during 2020, marking the sixth consecutive year showing a decline in poaching. In 2019, 594 rhinos were poached for their horn in South Africa. However, WWF is very ...

This is the eighth year the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources has placed cameras at the nest. Minnesota DNR EagleCam Live Stream Note to viewers: This is live video of wild bald eagles living in nature. Natural struggles will occur and some of the feeding or other wild bird behaviors may be difficult to watch. Please use discretion when watching this cam. DNR staff monitor this camera and nest. According to the DNR: Right now, there is little activity at/near the nest with our famous p...

This is the eighth year the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources has placed cameras at the nest. Minnesota DNR EagleCam Live Stream Note to viewers: This is live video of wild bald eagles living in nature. Natural struggles will occur and some of the feeding or other wild bird behaviors may be difficult to watch. Please use discretion when watching this cam. DNR staff monitor this camera and nest. According to the DNR: Right now, there is little activity at/near the nest with our famous p...

Winter Habitat Management Will Benefit Rare Turtles Next Spring Concord, NH – Late summer and early fall is the time when eggs laid by New Hampshire turtles in the spring begin to hatch and future generations emerge from their upland nest chambers. With luck and excellent camouflage, these tiny hatchlings will make it to the safety of a pond, stream, or wetland. In an effort to move ahead with conservation actions while turtle populations overwinter, Fish and Game biologists have been working...

Enter your number to get our free mobile app If youre looking for the next big thing to binge-watch, the Minnesota DNR EagleCam might be just what youre looking for. Sure, theres Cobra Kai, Bridgerton or Wonder Woman 1984 that are all popular on Netflix right now. Maybe The Handmaids Tale on Hulu is more your speed. But if youre looking for what life is like as a bald eagle here in Minnesota, then youll definitely want to check out the Minnesota DNRs EagleCam! The popular live look-in at the ne...

National Parks Conservation Association Reports Groups Challenge Trump Administration Over Gray Wolf Delisting Published: Friday, 15 January 2021 05:53 The removal of Endangered Species Act protection from gray wolves in the lower-48 states threatens populations just beginning to return to national parks including North Cascades and Dinosaur National Monument. January 15, 2021 - SAN FRANCISCO — On Thursday, six environmental groups filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration’s r...

NationofChange Groups challenge Trump administration’s delisting of gray wolves The lawsuit claims the United States Fish and Wildlife Service made a decision "based on politics, not science." A lawsuit was filed against the Trump administration after they ruled to strip protections for gray wolves in the lower-48 states under the Endangered Species Act except for a small population of Mexican gray wolves in Arizona and New Mexico. Earthjustice filed the lawsuit on behalf of Defen...

Wildlife groups ask court to restore protections for US gray wolves U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Gray wolf BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Wildlife advocates are asking a federal court to overturn a U.S. government decision that stripped Endangered Species Act protections for wolves across most of the nation. Two coalitions of advocacy groups filed lawsuits Thursday in U.S. District Court in Northern California seeking to restore protections for the predators. The Trump administration announced in...

If you're looking for the next big thing to binge-watch, the Minnesota DNR EagleCam might be just what you're looking for.

Lisa Pohlmann. (Photo courtesy Belfast Free Library) Thursday Jan. 21, at 6:30p.m., the Belfast Free Library and Belfast Bay Watershed Coalition will co-host a virtual program on Zoom with Lisa Pohlmann, executive director, and Melanie Sturm, director of Forests and Wildlife, of the Natural Resources Council of Maine, on their work to Protect Maine’s Forests and Wildlife. To register for this presentation please go to belfastlibrary.org/virtual-programs and follow the link. Lisa Pohlmann is t...