WASHINGTON, June 4 -- The Center for Biological Diversity issued the following news release: A federal court late Monday shut down the Interior Department's second attempt at an illegal land exchange with the King Cove Corporation to put a road through vital protected wetlands in Izembek National Wildlife Refuge. "For the second time, the court has told the road proponents that invading the Izembek Wilderness and damaging the biological heart of the Refuge to build an unnecessary and expensive  more

HOBOKEN, New Jersey, June 5 -- The Journal of Wildlife Management, a journal that says it features investigations into the biology and ecology of wildlife and their habitats, published research articles, including the following topics, in its July 2020 edition: * Dogs Detect Larger Wind Energy Effects on Bats and Birds * Effect of Harvest on a Brown Bear Population in Alaska * Environmental Factors Influencing Hairy-Nosed Wombat Abundance in Semi-Arid Rangelands * Greater Sage-Grouse Respons  more

DALLAS, Texas, June 6 -- Weather and Forecasting, a journal that says it features prevention, evaluation, management and rehabilitation of injuries from the National Athletic Trainers' Association, published research articles on the following topics in its June 2020 edition: * Assessing the Skill and Reliability of Seasonal Climate Forecasts in Sahelian West Africa * Assessment of the Forecast Skill of Multiphysics and Multistochastic Methods within the GRAPES Regional Ensemble Prediction Syst  more

BOULDER, Colorado, June 5 -- The Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education issued the following news release: The University of Alaska Southeast is the 42nd higher education institution in the country to join the Interstate Passport Network. The third regional university of the University of Alaska system, the University of Alaska Southeast (UAS) joins the University of Alaska Anchorage and the University of Alaska Fairbanks as a member of the national program of two- and four-year col  more