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Judge rejects calls to halt winter construction work on Willow oil project in Alaska during appeal
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — A federal judge in Alaska on Friday rejected requests from environmental groups to halt winter construction work for the massive Willow oil project on Alaska’s North Slope while the groups’ legal fight over the drilling project wages on. U.S. District...
Federal judge shortens Montana's wolf trapping season to protect non-hibernating grizzly bears
HELENA, Mont. (AP) — A federal judge in Montana has significantly shortened the state's wolf trapping season to protect grizzly bears that have not yet begun hibernating from being injured by traps. U.S. District Judge Donald Molloy in Missoula granted a preliminary injunction...
Mexican officials admit secrecy-shrouded border train project had no environmental impact study
MEXICO CITY (AP) — The governor of Mexico’s northern state of Sonora acknowledged Tuesday that a secrecy-shrouded train project was an army undertaking that has not yet submitted any environmental impact statement, months after construction had already started. The rail link...
Residents battling a new train line in northern Mexico face a wall of government secrecy
MEXICO CITY (AP) — The family of Germán Robles set up a camera trap in 2002 and, to their surprise, caught a black bear wandering through their farm in northern Mexico where residents fear a new freight train line will soon bisect their properties. The bear, spotted while Robles...
A section of the Blue Ridge Parkway is closed after visitors allegedly try to hold a young bear
ASHEVILLE, N.C. (AP) — A section of the scenic Blue Ridge Parkway in western North Carolina has been closed temporarily after the National Park Service said it received multiple reports of visitors feeding and attempting to hold a young bear. The 8-mile (12.9-kilometer) closure...
$6,000 reward offered for information about a black bear shot in rural West Feliciana Parish
ST. FRANCISVILLE, La. (AP) — A $6,000 reward is being offered for information leading to the arrest of whoever fatally shot a Louisiana black bear and then left its body on a road in rural West Feliciana Parish, state wildlife agents said. The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and...
Louisiana considers creating hunting season for once-endangered black bears
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — A resurgence in Louisiana's black bear population has sparked discussion among state officials about a hunting season for the animal, which was taken off the endangered species list in 2015. “We can certainly have a conservative harvest in limited...
Montana man to return home from hospital weeks after grizzly bear bit off lower jaw
A Montana man who was mauled by a grizzly bear that bit off the front of his lower jaw is ready to return home after five weeks in a Utah hospital, a physician and his family said Friday during a news conference. Rudy Noorlander, who answered most questions at the University of Utah...
3 bears are captured after sneaking into a tatami factory as northern Japan faces a growing problem
TOKYO (AP) — Three bears that snuck into a tatami mat factory in northern Japan and were holed up inside for nearly a day have been captured and killed, according to town officials and media reports. A patrolling official spotted the bears, believed to be a parent and two cubs, as...
Colorado man arrested on suspicion of killing a mother black bear and two cubs
HOWARD, Colo. (AP) — A Colorado man was arrested Saturday on suspicion of killing a mother black bear and two cubs in the Rocky Mountains a few hours southwest of Denver, authorities confirmed Monday. Colorado Parks and Wildlife, which had learned about the illegal killing through...
