A gruesome secret hides in the waters off the California coast: mile-long nets that sit in the ocean like invisible walls. Fishermen use these drift gillnets to catch swordfish and thresher sharks, but Ashley Blacow, Pacific policy and communications manager for Oceana, said they also catch other c ...Read More

MISSOULA, Mont. - This is Bear Awareness Week (through the 25th). It's also the time of year when bears are waking up and searching for an easy meal. According to Erin Edge, Rockies and Plains associate for Defenders of Wildlife in Missoula, with the success of grizzly bear recovery, bears are now ...Read More

SEATTLE - It's one of the most exciting times of year for bird-lovers in the Northwest. An intensive spring migration is under way, when more than 3 billion birds head north to Canada's boreal forest. This prime nesting ground for North America's birds is the largest intact forest in the world. Ho ...Read More

BILLINGS, Mont. – Eastern Montana's plains are often considered a place to drive through, instead of a drive to. The region is part of the focus of the Montana Wilderness Association's (MWA) annual gathering today through Sunday. The group recently unveiled a Prairie Wildlands Campaign. ...Read More

SHELBY, Mont. - A show-and-tell tour is under way today to inspire farmers and ranchers from around the state about how to help their bottom lines - and boost rural economies. Montana Farmers Union and the city of Shelby are sponsoring a bus trip to the Rimrock and Glacier 1 and 2 wind farms. MFU e ...Read More

OLYMPIA, Wash. - Today, Gov. Jay Inslee celebrates Older Americans Month by walking with seniors around the State Capitol campus. However, inside the Capitol, the legislature's inability to agree on a budget poses a threat to many programs and services that help older Washingtonians. Ingrid McDonal ...Read More

JACKSON, Wyo. - The National Park Service is being nudged on setting rules about wolf hunting. A petition has been filed by the National Parks Conservation Association (NPCA). It asks that regulations be set to protect gray wolves from being hunted inside the John D. Rockefeller Jr. Memorial Parkway ...Read More

WEST YELLOWSTONE, Mont. - An artist known for large-scale performance installations around the world that focus on what she sees as injustices is in Montana today to draw attention to the plight of Yellowstone National Park bison. Lila Roo will be inside an abstract buffalo, trailed by red art that ...Read More