Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... ELKO, Nev.—Wildlife officials and conservationists in Nevada say they’re making progress knocking down the white plastic pipes that miners traditionally have ...

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 ...

R and T Nautical shop in Cape Charles looks like something coughed up by the Chesapeake Bay. Gray driftwood is scattered among tables of water-stained decanters, mud-splattered whelks and a ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...