The Aspen Times

In elk population reduction, Colorado Parks and Wildlife biologist finds a silver lining

For 36 hours last month, Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW) Biologist Eric Vannatta rode in a McDonnell Douglas 500 helicopter as a part of a team tasked with counting the number of elk ranging in the ...
NBC Montana

Wildlife officials blame bat population decline on white-nose syndrome

MISSOULA, Mont. — Biologists with Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks found a significant reduction in the bat population in Azure Cave, most likely due to white-nose syndrome. FWP, the Montana Natural ...
Aclu.org

Orange County’s Dramatic Reduction in Jail Population During the Pandemic is a Model for the Nation

Last week, a state court judge in Orange County, California, declared the end of a landmark lawsuit called Campbell v. Barnes. The suit was filed last summer at the height of the pandemic and sought ...
Los Angeles Times

California unlikely to meet prison crowding reduction requirement

SACRAMENTO — California’s progress in relieving its teeming prisons has slowed so much that it probably won’t comply with a court-ordered population reduction, and judges have raised the prospect of ...