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was declining in the Rocky Mountain West. After the
year 2000, the Trumpeters Swans population has continued
to increase, due to diligence to Conservation.
part of North, South, and Central America.
Their North American habitat has significantly
decreased, in the Eastern United States and
Eastern Canada the Cougar’s habitat is no longer found.
Sage-GrouseThe Greater Sage Grouse (Centrocercus
urophasianus) are a striking and charismatic bird,
and are most notable for their elaborate
courtship rituals.
(American Antelope)At the turn of the 20th century, members
of the wildlife conservation group Boone and Crockett Club
had determined that the extinction of the Pronghorn
the pronghorn was likely. By the 1920s Pronghorn
population had decreased to roughly 13,000.
Conservation efforts have helped the Pronghorn population
to increase between 500,000 to 1,000,000.
declined dramatically in much of temperate
North America. The decrease in population is
due to local predators and disease.
western United States, Canada, and northern Mexico. The population was
estimated to be 150,000 to 200,000. The population has dramatically
decreased due to, habitat destruction, overgrazing of rangelands, and diseases.
discovered the longest mule deer migration in Wyoming spanning 150 miles from winter to summer range.
Protecting migrations corridors is essential to maintain healthy mule deer populations.
direction in the fall. The Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem elk herds comprise as many as 40,000 individuals.
During the spring and fall, they take part in the longest elk migration in the continental U.S., traveling
as much as 168 mi (270 km) between summer and winter ranges.
Sage-GrouseGreater sage-grouse is a striking and charismatic
bird and is the largest grouse in North America.
The species is in decline across its range due to
habitat loss.
cuckooThe yellow-billed cuckoo is a cuckoo. Common
folk-names for this bird in the southern United
States are rain crow and storm crow.
with thick cushions of hair on the soles of their
feet that act like built-in snowshoes.
except for mothers and her cubs or when a
plentiful food source is discovered.
and well researched animals, with probably more
books written about it than any other wildlife
species.
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Conservation banks are permanently protected lands that are preserved and managed for their natural resource values. Landowners who establish a conservation bank have the economic advantage to sell habitat credits to developers that impact similar resources.
