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Wintry conditions in Colorado on Sunday were complicating a rescue in the high country of Rocky Mountain National Park, where an avalanche and rockfall came down on three climbers, with one of the three still missing late in the afternoon.
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As the sun sinks without fanfare over the southernmost tip of mainland Canada, the nocturnal and normally elusive American woodcock makes his presence known with a strange, repetitive and decidedly nasal sound.
Nearly $10 million will be spent to plug, remediate, and reclaim abandoned oil and gas well sites in seven national parks. Overall, bureaus within the Interior and Agriculture departments will address 277 high-priority wells that pose threats to human health and safety, the climate, wildlife and natural resources.
A federal judge in Montana has ordered the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to reconsider protecting the wolverine under the Endangered Species Act, ruling that the agency committed "serious errors" that undermined its 2020 decision not to extend those protections.
It's time at Point Reyes National Seashore for its annual beach closure for the protection of nesting federally-threatened snowy plovers. Each year the park on the California coast closes the stretch of beach between the North Beach parking lot and the mouth of Abbotts Lagoon. This closure is in effect for each Saturday, Sunday, and holiday from Saturday, May 28, through Monday, September 5, 2022.
The Bureau of Reclamation is increasing outflows from Jackson Lake, timed to coincide with the natural peak (high) flows. As higher temperatures across the basin are anticipated, Jackson Lake inflows, the Snake River, and major tributaries are forecasted to peak over the Memorial Day weekend.