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Trump Administration Rescinds Biden-Era Ban on M-44 Cyanide Devices for Predator Control on Public Lands
The Bureau of Land Management will resume use of M-44 devices following an internal April memorandum. The devices, banned by the Biden administration in 2023 over risks to people and wildlife, are intended to protect livestock from predators. A 2017 incident in Idaho that killed…
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Study Finds U.S. Forest Service Fuel Treatments Prevent $3.73 in Wildfire Damages per Dollar Spent
A study published in the journal Science analyzed 285 wildfires in 11 Western states from 2017 to 2023. It found that every dollar spent by the U.S. Forest Service on fuel treatments such as prescribed burns and underbrush clearing avoided an average of $3.73 in damages from smok…