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

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.

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% ...

RENO, Nev. (AP) — 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 ...

Federal land managers have adopted a new policy aimed at capping pipes and plastic tubes that annually lead to the unintentional deaths of up to 100,000 cavity-dwelling birds, reptiles and ...