RENO, Nev. (AP) — Nevada conservationists and state wildlife officials are stepping up efforts to find and destroy hollow PVC pipes that are used to mark mining claims across the West but also serve ...

Claim markers are taking a gruesome toll on wild birds in Western US, says the American Bird Conservancy. There are about 3.4 mining claims in the region that are mostly marked using PVC tubing, which ...

The Bureau of Land Management (BLM), the U.S.D.A. Forest Service (FS), and American Bird Conservancy (ABC) have begun identifying and implementing solutions to solve a widespread and potentially ...

RENO, Nev. — Nevada conservationists and state wildlife officials are stepping up efforts to find and destroy hollow PVC pipes that are used to mark mining claims across the West but also serve as ...

If you run across a chunk of hollow PVC pipe driven into the ground in the Nevada wilderness, wildlife agencies and conservation groups ask that you remove it. You could be saving the life of a bird ...

ELKO, Nev.ELKO, Nev. — Wildlife officials and conservationists in Nevada say they’re making progress knocking down the white plastic pipes that miners traditionally have used to stake their claims, ...

During the 2013 Great Backyard Bird Count, Scott Bills phographed a pair of bluebirds at the homemade bird dough he places on feeders around his Halifax backyard. PVC pipes used to mark boundaries at ...

With beauty comes the beast. The moment you set up a feeder for your beautiful bird guests, you’ll unknowingly invite scurries of those woolly-tailed squirrels. These pesky rodents will disappoint you ...