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Wildlife

Protecting the Sage-Grouse in a Sea of Natural Gas

September 15, 2015 by The Outpost 0 comments

While stopping short of full endangered species protections for the Greater Sage-Grouse, the Obama-era Fish and Wildlife Service implemented land use plans to restrict energy development and grazing in the expanse of northwestern U.S. desert called the Sagebrush Sea, depicted in a 2015 documentary. The Trump Interior Department attempted to amend that plan to open up more commercial activities. We feature here an essay on Wyoming’s core plan attempts to salvage the state’s last populations in a landscape dominated by energy development.

Climate, Oceans, Wildlife

California Sea Lion Suffering Warming Pacific, Disappeared Sardines

April 21, 2015 by The Outpost 0 comments

Sick, starving and dying sea lion pups are washing up on the shores of California in record numbers this year. The culprit? An unusual blob of record warm water parked off the North Pacific Coast for a year and a half, affecting circulation and weather patterns with no relief in sight. Hence, sardine fisheries have collapsed with wildlife heading north.

Wildlife

Silencing the Thunder: Bison Management in Yellowstone

March 18, 2015 by The Outpost 3 comments

The amazing bison, revered by native societies, survives despite its continued sacrifice at the demand of the cattle industry. While slaughter continues at the borders of Yellowstone National Park, bison managers consider alternative management policies. Also watch the documentary, “Silencing the Thunder.”

Oceans, Wildlife

Disappearing Cod: Sustainable Populations Require Long-Term Action

January 2, 2015 by The Outpost 5 comments

The NOAA is shutting down cod fishing for six months, from Provincetown, Mass., up to the Canadian border, in an effort to reverse plummeting numbers of the iconic fish in the Gulf of Maine. Jeffery Bolster argues humans have depredated the Atlantic’s fish stocks for centuries, and the focus on short-term fixes only compounds the problem.

Earth, Wildlife

An Orangutan’s Journey Though Palm Oil Killing Fields

December 8, 2014 by The Outpost 4 comments

The film “Green” documents deforestation and orangutan extinction in the Indonesian rainforest. It is a silent film (without narration) presenting the treasures of rainforest biodiversity and the devastating impacts of logging and land clearing for palm oil plantations.

Wildlife

Living With Wolves: Science Must Inform Politics

July 22, 2014 by The Outpost 1 comment

Reviled by ranchers and hunters, managed through “harvesting” by state wildlife agencies, with ardent conservationists its last hope, the gray wolf has cut a controversial wake in the North American landscape ever since it was reintroduced from Canada in 1995. Watch the film on Earth Focus.

Wildlife

Hear the Buffalo – A Film By Gene Bernofsky

March 12, 2014 by Jack Eidt 1 comment

Hear the Buffalo is a heartfelt plea to preserve the last wild bison roaming Yellowstone National Park, their significance in Native American culture, and the ongoing injustices they experience by attempts to manage populations outside the park in Montana.