Interior secretary touts effort to improve big-game habitat

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) " U.S. Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke said Friday that he's taking steps to study and preserve habitat and migration corridors in Western states for big-game animals such as elk, mule and deer, a move that hunters and some experts applauded but that critics called an effort to cover up damage.Zinke's order calls on his agency to work closer with states and private landowners. He announced it during a trip to Utah, where he recommended significantly downsizing two [...]


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