The legacy of the Trapper’s Lake Female Canada lynx
Canada lynx tracks approaching a sign on the Superior National Forest. (USDA Forest Service photo by Tony Munter)
MINNESOTA—Early last spring, a Canada lynx carcass was discovered on the edge of a Superior National Forest road by forest volunteer, Gary Olson. Little remained of the carcass except some hair…
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Los Padres, Chumash Tribe partnership shares ancestral knowledge with visitors
The new educational signs were installed at popular recreation sites on Los Padres National Forest’s Santa Lucia Ranger District. (USDA Forest Service photo by Angela McKim)
CALIFORNIA — Los Padres National Forest staff installed educational signs at five recreation sites on the Santa Lucia Ranger District…
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Species in peril
Meghan Snow and Cal Robinson, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, Sacramento Fish and Wildlife Office, contributed to this report.National forests and grasslands across the country are home to dozens of species from frogs and fish to foxes and fishers listed as endangered or threatened. The uninterrupted habitats that extend for hundreds of miles and areas of complete solitude give many species the…
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It‘s bat time
Tricolored bats are so tiny that they are called microbats. But they gobble up insects, eating up to half their body weight every night, which is a huge help to farmers and the agricultural industry. (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service photo by Ann Froschauer)
During this time of the year, while ghosts and…