Hollow PVC pipe used by miners to mark claims kill thousands of birds and small wildlife each year when the creatures get trapped in the smooth pipes.

A potential water emergency on Owasco Lake Tuesday evening turned out to be a false alarm, thanks to a swift and coordinated ...

Bureau of Land Management Determines Bird Deaths From PVC Mining Claim Marker Pipes Widespread. Wednesday, April 25, 2012; The remains of some of the birds found in mining claim marker pipes.

RENO, Nev. — Federal land managers have adopted a new policy aimed at capping pipes and plastic tubes on public lands that annually lead to the unintentional deaths of up to 100,000 cavity ...

Claim markers are responsible for a gruesome toll on wild birds in Western US, says the American Bird Conservancy. Copper $ 5.6045 / lb -0.44% Brent Crude Oil $ 70.36 / bbl 1.99% ...

At around 2pm on January 26, the Poole Coastguard team observed a buoy had changed locations due to the recent storm. The team said the Branksome Chine outflow pipe obstruction marker buoy could ...