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The Bush administration: Bringing you third-party scientific reviews from online roleplaying pals You have to read this to believe it	David Roberts	30 Mar 2007	Gristmill
On Wednesday, the Inspector General's office at the Department of Interior released a report showing that a Bush appointee who lacked any background in natural science had "bullied, insulted, and harassed the professional staff of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) to change documents and alter biological reporting regarding the Endangered Species Program." She had been "heavily involved with editing, commenting on, and reshaping ... scientific rep ...
Topics: endangered species, George Bush, politics, US Fish and Wildlife Service (all these topics)

It Just Gets In the Way U.S. Interior considering revamp of Endangered Species Act, draft shows		28 Mar 2007	Daily Grist
It Just Gets In the Way U.S. Interior considering revamp of Endangered Species Act, draft shows Last week, a U.S. Interior Department memo quietly changed where endangered species are protected. Now it seems the feds have been giving the Endangered Species Act an even broader rethink. A leaked draft shows that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has toyed with shifti ...
Topics: Department of Interior, endangered species, news, politics, US Fish and Wildlife Service (all these topics)

They Didn't Get the 'Aw, Cute' Memo Public hearings on polar-bear fate get Alaskans all riled up		05 Mar 2007	Daily Grist
They Didn't Get the "Aw, Cute" Memo Public hearings on polar-bear fate get Alaskans all riled up The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is holding public hearings on plans to list the polar bear under the Endangered Species Act, and it's getting an earful. A hearing in Anchorage on Friday brought out critics of all stripes, from the deputy director of the Alaska Oil and Gas Association ...
Topics: Alaska, endangered species, news, US Fish and Wildlife Service (all these topics)

Who Speaks for the Eggman? U.S. green groups sue feds over polar bear, walrus protection		14 Feb 2007	Daily Grist
Who Speaks for the Eggman? U.S. green groups sue feds over polar bear, walrus protection Two green groups have sued the feds for failing to protect polar bears and walruses (walri?) from the nasty combo of oil drilling and global warming. Pacific Environment and the Center for Biological Dive ...
Topics: Alaska, climate, environmental justice, environmental non-government organizations, mining and drilling, news, politics, US Fish and Wildlife Service, wildlife (all these topics)

Stop Us If You've Heard This One EPA must consult wildlife officials about pesticide use		25 Aug 2006	Daily Grist
Stop Us If You've Heard This One EPA must consult wildlife officials about pesticide use Yesterday a federal judge overturned a two-year-old regulation that allowed the U.S. EPA to approve pesticides without consulting the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service about toxic impact on rare animals and plants. Ruling in favor of nine environmental groups, U.S. District Judge John C. Coughenor declared th ...
Topics: news, toxics, US EPA, US Fish and Wildlife Service, wildlife (all these topics)

Sludge Dread Post-Katrina sludge puts kids at risk, says NRDC		23 Feb 2006	Daily Grist
Sludge Dread Post-Katrina sludge puts kids at risk, says NRDC Government officials have been downplaying the public-health risks posed by the post-Katrina sludge coating greater New Orleans, which is spiked with potentially dangerous levels of arsenic, lead, and petrochemicals. So says a new report by the Natural Resources Defense Council, based on U.S. EPA data. NRDC is urging the government t ...
Topics: Louisiana, news, NRDC, toxics, US Fish and Wildlife Service (all these topics)

Dick, Get Yer Gun! Bald eagle may soon leave the Endangered Species List		14 Feb 2006	Daily Grist
Dick, Get Yer Gun! Bald eagle may soon leave the Endangered Species List Remember when John Ashcroft sang that hymn he wrote, "Let the Eagle Soar"? That was something, wasn't it? Anyhoo! Speaking of the bald eagle, it may soon leave the Endangered Species List, thanks to its strong recovery in parts of the U.S. In an unusual joint news conference on Monday, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service chief H. Dale ...
Topics: news, US Fish and Wildlife Service, wildlife (all these topics)

The Bear Necessitates Feds to consider listing polar bears as threatened		10 Feb 2006	Daily Grist
The Bear Necessitates Feds to consider listing polar bears as threatened Congressional Republicans waging jihad against the Endangered Species Act may soon have a new reason to hate it: The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is considering giving polar bears federal endangered-species protections because climate change is melting their Arctic sea-ice habitat. If the feds are compelled to protect polar-bea ...
Topics: climate, news, US Fish and Wildlife Service, wildlife (all these topics)

Who Moved My Panther? Endangered Florida panthers must be relocated to be saved, say feds		02 Feb 2006	Daily Grist
Who Moved My Panther? Endangered Florida panthers must be relocated to be saved, say feds South Florida has run out of room for its 80-odd endangered panthers, says the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and the best way to save the species is to move some of them to other spots in the region. In its official panther recovery report, released this week, the agency recommends creating two additional panth ...
Topics: Florida, news, US Fish and Wildlife Service, wildlife (all these topics)

Better Dead Than Red-Legged Bush admin plans to gut critical habitat for red-legged frog		04 Nov 2005	Daily Grist
Better Dead Than Red-Legged Bush admin plans to gut critical habitat for red-legged frog The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has proposed slashing critical habitat for California's threatened red-legged frog by over 80 percent, from 4.1 million to 737,912 acres. Why, you ask? It seems protecting the beleaguered amphibian just costs too darn much: The agency says projected economic losses of nearly $50 ...
Topics: news, politics, US Fish and Wildlife Service, wildlife (all these topics)

Hall and Votes Choice to head FWS has iffy record on endangered species		06 Oct 2005	Daily Grist
Hall and Votes Choice to head FWS has iffy record on endangered species Dale Hall, a 27-year veteran of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, will probably be confirmed today as the agency's director by the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee. A full Senate vote on the confirmation is expected soon. Hall's tenure at FWS seems notable mainly for his unwillingness to strongly support protections for endan ...
Topics: news, politics, US Fish and Wildlife Service (all these topics)

Egrets, I've Had a Few Feds start to assess ecological damage to refuges near New Orleans		12 Sep 2005	Daily Grist
Egrets, I've Had a Few Feds start to assess ecological damage to refuges near New Orleans The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is beginning to gauge damage from Hurricane Katrina to the 23,000-acre Bayou Sauvage National Wildlife Refuge east of New Orleans and the Big Branch National Wildlife Refuge on the north side of Lake Pontchartrain, home to the endangered red-cockaded woodpecker. Thoug ...
Topics: health, Louisiana, news, US Fish and Wildlife Service, wildlife (all these topics)

The Full Altamonty Pombo questioned on wind-power conflict of interest		07 Apr 2005	Daily Grist
The Full Altamonty Pombo questioned on wind-power conflict of interest Ah, they grow up so fast! You can tell that wind energy has joined the ranks of mature industries -- it's now got its very own scandal over accusations of improper influence peddling. Aides to Rep. Richard Pombo (R-Calif.), it seems, sent a letter to Interior Department officials pressuring them to suspend en ...
Topics: energy, news, politics, US Fish and Wildlife Service, wildlife, wind power (all these topics)

Announcing: Business as Usual Plan for Colorado River to aid wildlife, preserve intensive water use		06 Apr 2005	Daily Grist
Announcing: Business as Usual Plan for Colorado River to aid wildlife, preserve intensive water use Federal water managers this week joined the states of California, Arizona, and Nevada in trumpeting a new 50-year plan to aid native wildlife along parts of a 400-mile stretch of the Colorado River from Lake Mead to the Mexican border. Prompted by a 1997 U.S. Fish and Wildlife Ser ...
Topics: Colorado River, dams, energy, news, US Fish and Wildlife Service, wildlife (all these topics)

Undermined Ruling halts proposed mine under wilderness area, for now		31 Mar 2005	Daily Grist
Undermined Ruling halts proposed mine under wilderness area, for now Plans to build a massive copper and silver mine beneath Montana's Cabinet Mountain Wilderness was successfully halted (again) yesterday when a federal judge ruled that U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service officials put the area's bull trout and grizzly bears at risk by approving the mine. The ruling orders the FWS to amend the b ...
Topics: mining and drilling, Montana, news, US Fish and Wildlife Service (all these topics)

He Shoots Horses, Doesn't He? Trophy-hunting enthusiast appointed to head Fish and Wildlife Service		25 Mar 2005	Daily Grist
He Shoots Horses, Doesn't He? Trophy-hunting enthusiast appointed to head Fish and Wildlife Service Nothing gives one an appreciation for the challenges facing endangered species like, uh, hunting and killing said species. With that verity in mind, the Bush administration has appointed Matthew Hogan as interim head of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Director Steve Williams resigned earlier this month) ...
Topics: animal welfare, news, US Fish and Wildlife Service (all these topics)

Panther in the Dark FWS admits using bad data to determine panther habitat		23 Mar 2005	Daily Grist
Panther in the Dark FWS admits using bad data to determine panther habitat The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has admitted to using shoddy science and thrice violating federal law while designating habitat for the endangered Florida panther, thereby allowing giant development projects to proceed within the species' range. Turns out, the core of the disputed science was a scheduling conflict -- with t ...
Topics: Florida, news, US Fish and Wildlife Service, wildlife (all these topics)

Why Do Fish & Wildlife Scientists Hate America? Fish & Wildlife Service scientists report political pressure, distortion		10 Feb 2005	Daily Grist
Why Do Fish & Wildlife Scientists Hate America? Fish & Wildlife Service scientists report political pressure, distortion When two public-interest groups sent a survey on scientific integrity to 1,400 scientists at the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, agency administrators warned the scientists not to respond -- not even in their personal time. Now that 414 of them have defied the warnings, it is clear why the bu ...
Topics: news, US Fish and Wildlife Service (all these topics)

Sage Fright Western sage grouse will not be protected under ESA		07 Jan 2005	Daily Grist
Sage Fright Western sage grouse will not be protected under ESA The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced today that the sage grouse, a large game bird with the unlucky habit of residing on top of large natural-gas deposits, will not be listed as threatened under the Endangered Species Act. Never mind that the species' numbers have declined from millions to as few as 142,000. Agency spokesfolks em ...
Topics: United States, US Fish and Wildlife Service, wildlife (all these topics)

Grousal Abuse Sage grouse unlikely to receive protection under ESA		06 Dec 2004	Daily Grist
Grousal Abuse Sage grouse unlikely to receive protection under ESA A panel of biologists and managers at the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has recommended against listing the greater sage grouse under the Endangered Species Act. FWS Director Steve Williams will make a final decision by Dec. 29, but observers say he's likely to follow the panel's advice. The recommendation is seen as a vic ...
Topics: politics, United States, US Fish and Wildlife Service, wildlife (all these topics)

Big Duddy Missouri River management plan to be election-year hot potato	Amanda Griscom	03 Mar 2004	Muckraker
Basically, the Army Corps has flipped us the bird -- at a time when it's supposed to be saving the birds." Hello, Big Muddy. Photo: FWS. That's how Eric Eckl, spokesperson for American Rivers, sums up the Army Corps of Engineers' new plan to manage the Missouri River, released on Friday to blistering protest and threats of a new round of lawsuits from the environmental community. The p ...
Topics: American Rivers, Army Corps of Engineers, dams, energy, Missouri, Missouri River, Muckraker, National Academy of Sciences, politics, US Fish and Wildlife Service (all these topics)

Next They'll Get Rid of All the Stop Signs Bush Admin. to Eliminate Pesticide Regulations It Doesn't Obey		28 Jan 2004	Daily Grist
Next They'll Get Rid of All the Stop Signs Bush Admin. to Eliminate Pesticide Regulations It Doesn't Obey The provision of the Endangered Species Act that requires the U.S. EPA to consult with two other federal agencies when licensing new pesticides will be formally abandoned, if the Bush administration has its way. Government officials concede that the provision - ...
Topics: National Marine Fisheries Service, politics, toxics, US EPA, US Fish and Wildlife Service (all these topics)

Through Sick and Thin 'Healthy Forests' Becomes Law While Endangered Species Rules Are Relaxed		04 Dec 2003	Daily Grist
Through Sick and Thin "Healthy Forests" Becomes Law While Endangered Species Rules Are Relaxed President Bush signed his "Healthy Forests" initiative into law yesterday, a move that, never mind the name, left many environmentalists feeling sick. The Bush administration says the law will prevent fires by increasing the amount of l ...
Topics: logging, National Marine Fisheries Service, politics, US Fish and Wildlife Service, wilderness, wildlife (all these topics)

Fishing for Answers Bush Administration Admits Role in Klamath Fish Die-Off		19 Nov 2003	Daily Grist
Fishing for Answers Bush Administration Admits Role in Klamath Fish Die-Off The Bush administration has finally admitted to its role in last year's die-off of more than 34,000 chinook and coho salmon in the Klamath River basin, which straddles the Oregon-California border: The massive fish kill was caused a ...
Topics: California, dams, energy, fishing, food and agriculture, Oregon, politics, rivers and watersheds, US Fish and Wildlife Service, water conflicts (all these topics)

Wolf at the Door Enviros Sue Feds for Loosening Wolf Protections		02 Oct 2003	Daily Grist
Wolf at the Door Enviros Sue Feds for Loosening Wolf Protections In an effort to make the western U.S. safe for gray wolves, 17 conservation groups teamed up yesterday to sue the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for downgrading the species' status from endangered to threatened in April. The coalition argued that the Bush administration was wrong to remove federal protections from the wolves be ...
Topics: Oregon, politics, US Fish and Wildlife Service, West, wildlife (all these topics)

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