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Also In The News....
Connecting - and protecting - the dots
bioGraphic - A new approach aims to help nature persist even as a city creeps outward.
DeSmog - By 2020 Canada has to increase the amount of land and inland waters it protects by 60 per cent to meet a commitment under the UN Convention on Biological Diversity.
Metro - The United Nations' top anti-racism body has slammed BC Hydro's proposed Site C hydroelectric dam, warning on Monday that, "the impact of this dam on Indigenous Peoples would be permanent, extensive, and irreversible."
Bozeman Daily Chronicle - U.S. Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke wants to speed up a proposal to block new gold mining claims on forested public lands near Yellowstone National Park and will also consider blocking other types of mining, according to agency officials.
Great Falls Tribune - Animals and plants can be considered endangered even if they are not on the brink of extinction, a judge ruled in overturning the U.S. government's re-classification of a small population of grizzly bears.
Flathead Beacon - Bear management in Glacier National Park has shifted from removing problem animals to preventing negative bear behavior by addressing human behavior and preventing conflict. But it wasn't always this way.
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