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Elephants Missing in Chad, Presumed Poached

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Civil unrest in has made conservation exceedingly difficult in Chad. However, safety conditions have recently improved somewhat and Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) is optimistic that it can increase on-the-ground elephant conservation work in and around Zakouma to protect the remaining population.

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Black-backed Woodpeckers and Forest Fires in California and the West

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Forest Service plan to allow 30,000 acres of logging in the burned area will cause significant harm to wildlife, water and the regrowing forest. Justin Augustine and Chad Hanson, Ph.D. Point Reyes Station, California. 4 Center for Biological Diversity and the John Muir Project (2014).