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Feathers vs. Fins: Protecting Pelicans and the Trout They Eat
A protected bird that eats five pounds of fish a day. A declining and imperiled native fish population. How to balance pelicans and cutthroat trout?
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Watching a Baby Bison Die
This spring, well-meaning tourists tried to rescue a Yellowstone bison calf from the cold. It didn’t end well. What happens when we put our human narratives on the wild.
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A Cruise to a Nesting Ibis Colony
Wetlands for nesting, farms for forage: the combination is ideal for wading birds. White-faced ibis, in particular, need areas like Mud Lake in Idaho like rivers need rain.
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Raising Cranes: Can Grain Fields Save a Bird?
Greater sandhill cranes' numbers have plummeted since the 1990s in the Greater Yellowstone region. Can a new effort that pays farmers for unharvested grain help?
