CONSERVATION NEWS
October 26, 2016


Your weekly compilation of Y2Y conservation news stories from national, regional and local newspapers.


 
In This Issue
Top Story
Y2Y In The News
Science News
Also In The News
Employment Opportunities
Events
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Top Story

CBC - Environmental groups are celebrating after the federal government agreed to a ban on large motor boats in the upper reaches of the Columbia River.

Y2Y In The News

DeSmog - Scientists have discovered rare and notable species in the Site C dam flood zone that were missed in BC Hydro's environmental assessment. Most of the findings stem from a "BioBlitz" organized by the Biological Survey and co-sponsored by the Royal BC Museum and Y2Y. 

Science News

Phys.org - Researchers with the U.S. Forest Service's Pacific Southwest Research Station have documented the first recorded evidence of hoary bats going into a state of torpor, or hibernation.

Phys.org - Scientists have demonstrated a new technique for designing effective wildlife migration corridors while reducing the costs of conservation.
 
Also In The News....

Planet Experts The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced recenty that it is reopening the public-comment period on its 2013 proposed rule to protect North American wolverines as a threatened species.
 
Landowner to donate property in Paradise Valley
Billings Gazette - A Paradise Valley landowner's sentimental attachment to a 1940s hay barn has set in motion a 500-acre donation of land to the Custer Gallatin National Forest.

Land initiative could push for wilderness
Jackson Hole News and Guide A diverse panel of residents in coming months and years will pour their time and energy into mulling the future of Wyoming's Palisades and Shoal Creek wilderness study areas - both in-limbo, wilderness-quality lands.
 
Spokesman-Review A young gray wolf that left its pack in northeastern Washington this summer began wandering northeast into the Idaho Panhandle, then headed into the Moyie area of B.C. before crossing Lake Koocanusa and trekking southeast into Montana.

DeSmog - BC Hydro has applied to the provincial government for a new license that will allow it to demolish Peace Valley protected old-growth forest, migratory bird habitat and a rare wetland for the Site C dam. 

Globe and Mail -  Faced with declining game populations and the increasing complexities of wildlife management, people are starting to look at new funding models.

Employment Opportunities

Position - PhD Assistantship in Wildlife Biology
Organization - University of Montana
Deadline - January 15, 2017

Position - Conservation Intern
Organization - WCS Canada
Deadline - November 18, 2016

Position - Communications Manager
Organization - David Suzuki Foundation
Deadline
- Until filled

Go to Y2Y's website for a full list of employment opportunities.

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