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 ...

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, because such ...

ELKO — Wildlife officials and conservationists in Nevada say they’re making progress knocking down the white plastic pipes that miners have used to stake their claims, as such markers can become death ...

ELKO, Nev. (AP) — 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, because ...

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 ...

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, because such ...

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, ...

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 (AP) — 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, because such ...

The caged canary in the coal mine signaled danger to workers. When it died from carbon monoxide fumes, the miners knew their lives could end next if they didn't exit the nearest tunnel. Today's mining ...