“Are the KY wildcats in trouble?” That wasn’t a sports headline in the Kentucky Lantern, which doesn’t cover my University of Kentucky Wildcats, or any kind of sports. But the headline caught my attention because it was over a news story about the Kentucky General Assembly allowing the hunting of bobcats – the Kentucky wildcat […]

Coloradans know that public lands can support both a thriving energy economy and world-class wildlife habitat. Our landscapes fuel local economies through energy production while also sustaining elk herds, trout streams, clean drinking water, and the outdoor traditions that define our state. That’s why the Department of the Interior’s proposal to eliminate recently updated oil […]

Chet Hayes thinks Kentucky has a decent bobcat population. Hayes, a district director for the United Trappers of Kentucky, an organization representing fur trappers throughout the state, said it’s difficult to get solid information on the elusive animal.  “It’s still growing,” Hayes told the Lantern in July. “It’s not in a position where it needs […]

The state of South Dakota did not submit official comments on a major change to the federal Endangered Species Act that will roll back protections for forests, wetlands, deserts and other habitats where endangered species live. The new rule will open some landscapes to development, logging, mining, and oil and gas drilling, due to a […]