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January 21, 2015
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Missoulian - Last week, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service started its formal five-year status review of the predator many people confuse with the more common bobcat.

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Groups criticize predator control
Idaho Mountain Express - In December, Wildlife Services, an arm of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, sought public comment on issues that it should address in a revised environmental assessment of its damage-management activities in Idaho.

Wolf cull will not save threatened Canadian caribou
Nature - Since 2005, the Canadian government has shot nearly 1,000 wolves to protect a herd of threatened boreal caribou in the forests of Alberta, Canada. But a recent study suggests that this approach has limited benefit.
 
Four grizzly cubs don't survive first year

Rocky Mountain Outlook - None of the cubs born to Banff's collared female grizzly bears last year have survived.         

 

Fracking opponents say report shows public against it

CBC - A committee report released yesterday by the Yukon Legislature on hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, demonstrates the Yukon government has no mandate to pursue it, according to two opposition committee members and a citizens' group.  

 

Group to appear in court to answer defamation charge
Vancouver Observer - The Wilderness Committee went to court on Monday to defend itself against a defamation suit brought by Taseko Mines Ltd. The lawsuit stems from comments made by the Wilderness Committee in 2012, during a public comment period for Taseko's proposed New Prosperity Mine.

Rate of environmental degradation puts life on Earth at risk
Guardian - Humans are 'eating away at our own life support systems' at a rate unseen in the past 10,000 years, two new research papers say.

Employment Opportunities

Position - Donor Relations Coordinator (Maternity Leave)
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- Yellowstone to Yukon Conservation Initiative
Deadline
- February 6, 2015
Position
- U.S. Program Director
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- Yellowstone to Yukon Conservation Initiative
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- until filled
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Position - Regional Executive Director, Rocky Mountain Region
Organization - National Wildlife Federation
Deadline - until filled
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