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Gray Wolf conservation in the Northern Rockies: Can we protect wolves and ranchers?

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gray wolves (Canis lupus) under the Endangered Species Act (ESA), which gave them federal protection from hunting, killing, and otherwise harassing. For example, from 1987 to 2002, 861 domestic animals. This allowed even more species in the Yellowstone ecosystem to thrive. These losses cost around. 243 livestock.

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How a Federal Drought Relief Program Left Southern Oregon Parched—and Contributed to the Ongoing Groundwater Crisis in the West

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In the 1980s and ‘90s, three salmon and suckerfish species that call the Klamath Basin home were listed under the Endangered Species Act, a move that required USBR to limit surface water for farming during droughts to protect the fishes’ habitats. Two decades ago, Congress came close to funding one such solution.

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