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Fortunate Sonar U.S. Supreme Court hears arguments in Navy sonar case		09 Oct 2008	News
Posted at 5:54 AM on 09 Oct 2008 The U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments Wednesday in the long-running dispute over the Navy's use of mid-frequency active sonar off the coast of Southern California. Environmentalists and wildlife advocates argued that restrictions on the Navy's use of sonar imposed by lower-court judges should be upheld -- at least until the Navy conducts its required environmental impact statement -- cit ...
Topics: litigation, news, politics, United States, wildlife (all these topics)

The Gray We Were Gray wolves in northern Rockies to remain on endangered list for now		17 Sep 2008	News
Posted at 6:47 AM on 17 Sep 2008 Gray wolves in the northern Rocky Mountains will remain on the endangered species list for the foreseeable future, according to a U.S. Fish and Wildlife spokesperson. FWS' Ed Bangs said Tuesday that the agency will withdraw its rule (released in March) that had declared the gray wolf population in Idaho, Montana, and Wyoming recovered and no longer in need of Endangered Species ...
Topics: endangered species, news, United States, US Fish and Wildlife Service, wildlife (all these topics)

Whatever Slows Your Boat Bush admin proposes scaling back speed-limit zone meant to protect right whales		26 Aug 2008	News
Posted at 6:33 AM on 26 Aug 2008 On the same day that President Bush moved toward creation of marine sanctuaries in the Pacific, his administration proposed cutting by 10 nautical miles a speed-limit zone in the Atlantic meant to protect critically endangered right whales. The proposal would cut the area covered by the speed zones to 20 nautical miles offshore from the original 30; ship coll ...
Topics: endangered species, news, oceans, United States, wildlife (all these topics)

Whale, You Were Out! Makah tribe members sentenced for illegal whale hunt		01 Jul 2008	News
Posted at 7:09 AM on 01 Jul 2008 The five members of the Makah tribe who participated in an unsanctioned hunt of a gray whale last year were sentenced earlier this week. The Makah tribe, whose reservation is located in northwestern Washington state, is the only tribe in the country with treaty rights to hunt whales. However, the long, arduous process of obtaining a waiver to actually conduct a legal hunt has fueled the pr ...
Topics: animal welfare, news, politics, United States, whaling, wildlife (all these topics)

Witnessing Bear Green groups sue feds to protect polar bears from oil-drilling effects		10 Jun 2008	News
Posted at 8:29 AM on 10 Jun 2008 Two green groups are suing the Interior Department over its refusal to limit the impacts of drilling on polar bears, which were listed as threatened last month. The Bush administration has tried its darnedest to ensure that listing the bears wouldn't limit oil and gas exploration in their Alaskan habitat, but Pacific Environment and the Center for Biological Diversity maintain ...
Topics: litigation, news, polar bears, United States, wildlife (all these topics)

Putting the 'Cute' Back in Execute Captured sea lions on Columbia River assassinated		05 May 2008	News
Posted at 7:00 AM on 05 May 2008 Six salmon-eating sea lions captured on the Columbia River in the U.S. Northwest were shot and killed over the weekend near the Bonneville Dam by an unknown assailant. A few weeks ago, the federal government itself announced it would allow wildlife officials in Oregon and Washington to kill up to 85 sea lions a year in the Bonneville area since they were eating large quantities ...
Topics: news, United States, wildlife (all these topics)

Braking a Catch Salmon fishing season canceled in California, heavily restricted elsewhere		11 Apr 2008	News
Posted at 6:17 AM on 11 Apr 2008 Photo: Josh Larios For the first time ever, the Pacific Fisheries Management Council has voted to cancel the salmon fishing season off the coast of California and much of Oregon due to exceedingly low populations of chinook salmon in the Sacramento River area. The restrictions apply to commercial as well as recreational fishers; only a catch of 9,000 hatchery-raised coho ...
Topics: fishing, news, politics, United States, wildlife (all these topics)

We Detect a Seal Change Feds to consider endangered-species protections for four species of Arctic seals		27 Mar 2008	News
Posted at 9:05 AM on 27 Mar 2008 Photo: noaa.gov The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration announced it's considering whether to list four species of Arctic seals under the Endangered Species Act due in part to climate change. The Center for Biological Diversity, a species-advocacy group, petitioned the agency last year to consider protecting ribbon seals due to disappearing sea ic ...
Topics: Arctic, endangered species, news, United States, wildlife (all these topics)

Like a Bat Out of Help Mass die-off of bats in U.S. Northeast worries and puzzles researchers		25 Mar 2008	News
Posted at 10:35 AM on 25 Mar 2008 Photo: Michael Grace A mass die-off of tens of thousands of bats in the U.S. Northeast is confounding researchers and worrying wildlife advocates. The phenomenon has been dubbed white nose syndrome since many of the dead and dying bats show a white fungus on their nose. However, the fungus itself is believed to be a secondary symptom; the primary cause is as yet unknown ...
Topics: news, United States, wildlife (all these topics)

Dances Without Wolverines Feds decide not to list wolverine as threatened or endangered		11 Mar 2008	News
Posted at 6:26 AM on 11 Mar 2008 Photo: iStockphoto The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has decided not to list wolverines in the Lower 48 states as threatened or endangered. The agency concluded that wolverines didn't need Endangered Species Act protections in the Lower 48 since viable populations exist in Canada and Alaska. The FWS said the Lower 48 wolverine population "is not separated from wolverine ...
Topics: endangered species, news, United States, US Fish and Wildlife Service, wildlife (all these topics)

Murrelet My Habitat Go FWS drops plans to cut critical habitat for marbled murrelet		06 Mar 2008	News
Posted at 12:15 PM on 06 Mar 2008 In a significant and unexpected victory for environmentalists, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has reversed its plans to significantly cut critical habitat for the marbled murrelet. The tiny seabird is listed as threatened under the Endangered Species Act and the FWS had threatened to cut over 90 percent of its critical habitat as part of the Bush administration's plans to inc ...
Topics: endangered species, news, United States, US Fish and Wildlife Service, wildlife (all these topics)

Unfortunate Sonar Appeals court rules against Navy in sonar case		03 Mar 2008	News
Posted at 7:39 AM on 03 Mar 2008 A federal appeals court on Friday upheld many restrictions on the Navy's use of mid-frequency sonar off the coast of Southern California, reinforcing a lower court ruling from last month. President Bush had tried to exempt the Navy from the relevant environmental laws in January, but the appeals court agreed with an earlier ruling that questioned the constitutionality of Bush's attempted exemption, ...
Topics: litigation, news, oceans, United States, wildlife (all these topics)

Across the Gray Divide Gray wolves in northern Rocky Mountains lose endangered-species protections		21 Feb 2008	News
Posted at 10:21 AM on 21 Feb 2008 Gray wolves in the northern Rocky Mountains will be removed from Endangered Species Act protections next month, the U.S. Fish and Wild Service announced Thursday. Management of the wolf population will be turned over to states on March 27. In states such as Idaho, Montana, and Wyoming where conservatives have shown rancor toward the predators that they see as threa ...
Topics: endangered species, news, United States, wildlife (all these topics)

You, Pelican, Thank Us Later Brown pelicans to be removed from endangered species list		11 Feb 2008	News
Posted at 6:42 AM on 11 Feb 2008 The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced it will remove brown pelicans from the endangered species list within a year. Brown pelicans have been listed as endangered since 1970, even before the Endangered Species Act was born, due to the effects of the ultra-toxic pesticide DDT that thinned their eggshells, causing rapid population decline. But since the ban on DDT in the U ...
Topics: endangered species, news, United States, wildlife (all these topics)

Threatened Level: Salmon Oregon coast coho salmon re-listed as threatened		06 Feb 2008	News
Posted at 9:13 AM on 06 Feb 2008 Coho salmon off the Oregon coast have been re-listed as threatened under the Endangered Species Act. Yesterday's move was compelled by a court-ordered deadline mandating that the NOAA Fisheries Service reconsider its 2006 decision to delist the coho because it wasn't based on the best available science. The Oregon coastal coho stock has been the subject of contentious debate and litigation ...
Topics: fishing, news, Oregon, United States, wildlife (all these topics)

The Fellowship of the Ping Judge rules Navy must comply with sonar rules		05 Feb 2008	News
Posted at 8:45 AM on 05 Feb 2008 A federal judge has ruled that the Navy must comply with earlier restrictions imposed on its use of sonar near the California coast despite a recent attempt by President Bush to exempt the agency from relevant environmental laws. The judge said that Bush's Navy exemption last month was "constitutionally suspect," but that she didn't need to rule on its constitutionality to reinsta ...
Topics: litigation, news, oceans, United States, wildlife (all these topics)

Nowhere to Run California's chinook salmon population near		30 Jan 2008	News
"unprecedented collapse" Posted at 6:48 AM on 30 Jan 2008 The number of chinook salmon returning from the Pacific Ocean to California's Sacramento River is near record lows and points to an "unprecedented collapse," according to fisheries managers. In 2007, only about 90,000 adult chinook returned to the Sacramento River, down from about 277,000 in 2006 and a high of over 800,000 in 2002. Even more troubling, juvenil ...
Topics: fishing, news, United States, wildlife (all these topics)

Killing Me Swiftly Rule change eases restrictions on wolf kills in northern Rockies		24 Jan 2008	News
Posted at 12:05 PM on 24 Jan 2008 Photo: iStockphoto The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today announced it is altering a rule that will make it easier to kill gray wolves in Montana, Idaho, and Wyoming. Gray wolves in the area are still protected under the federal Endangered Species Act, though the FWS intends to delist them this spring and hand management over to the states. The rule change allows states and tri ...
Topics: endangered species, news, United States, US Fish and Wildlife Service, wildlife (all these topics)

The Sonar Also Rises Judge temporarily drops two restrictions on Navy's use of sonar, retains others		18 Jan 2008	News
Posted at 7:58 AM on 18 Jan 2008 Earlier this week, President Bush exempted the U.S. Navy from parts of an environmental law so it could continue to use mid-frequency sonar off the California coast. Mid-frequency sonar has been linked to deafness, beachings, and other injuries of marine mammals. Responding to Bush's move, the federal judge who earlier this month ordered the Navy to adopt restric ...
Topics: litigation, news, oceans, United States, wildlife (all these topics)

The Beep Blue Sea Bush exempts Navy from environmental law in ongoing sonar saga		16 Jan 2008	News
Posted at 7:59 AM on 16 Jan 2008 President Bush fired another salvo in the ongoing fight pitting the U.S. Navy's use of mid-frequency sonar against whales and other marine mammals that can be harmed by it. Bush yesterday exempted the Navy from parts of the Coastal Zone Management Act that a federal judge recently found the Navy was violating when it used the powerful sonar off the California coast. That judge had o ...
Topics: news, oceans, politics, United States, wildlife (all these topics)

Lox and Plan and the Whole Dam Thing Deal reached to remove Klamath River dams for salmon; obstacles remain		16 Jan 2008	News
Posted at 6:15 AM on 16 Jan 2008 The Klamath River near the California-Oregon border has been a hotspot in the clash over endangered salmon runs and the irrigation needs of area farmers, but a formal deal reached yesterday suggests a way out of the long-standing disagreements. The plan -- agreed to by a diverse group of stakeholders in the region including Indian tribes, government agenci ...
Topics: dams, fishing, news, United States, wildlife (all these topics)

Hey, You Got Your Naval Pierced Judge orders restrictions on U.S. Navy's use of sonar off California coast		04 Jan 2008	News
Posted at 6:01 AM on 04 Jan 2008 A federal judge yesterday ordered the U.S. Navy to adopt specific restrictions on its use of sonar in order to protect whales and other marine mammals off the California coast. Mid-frequency sonar has been accused of causing a wide range of problems when it's used within proximity of marine mammals, such as temporary deafness, beachings, and various other i ...
Topics: litigation, news, oceans, United States, wildlife (all these topics)

A Beak Outlook More than a quarter of U.S. bird species are endangered		30 Nov 2007	News
Posted at 11:30 AM on 30 Nov 2007 It's not a good time to be a bird in the U.S. The Watch List 2007, published by the National Audubon Society and American Bird Conservancy, finds that 178 bird species in the continental U.S. and 39 in Hawaii are vulnerable to extinction. That's almost all of Hawaii's non-migratory native birds and more than a quarter of total U.S. bird species, including the Gunnison sage grouse, lesser prai ...
Topics: endangered species, Hawaii, lists, news, United States, wildlife (all these topics)

Waive Goodbye Chertoff waives environmental laws to continue border-fence construction		23 Oct 2007	News
Posted at 7:26 AM on 23 Oct 2007 Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff waived several environmental laws on Monday in order to continue construction of nearly seven miles of the sprawling fence along the U.S.-Mexico border. Work on the section that crosses the San Pedro Riparian National Conservation Area near Naco, Ariz., had been halted due to a ruling two weeks ago that the administration had spent ...
Topics: Department of Homeland Security, Mexico, news, United States, wildlife (all these topics)

Whale Meets Its Makah Gray whale killed by Makah tribe members in surprise hunt		10 Sep 2007	News
Posted at 7:04 AM on 10 Sep 2007 Photo: bbum A gray whale was harpooned off the coast of Washington state this weekend in a surprise hunt by members of the Makah tribe. The tribe does have hard-won treaty rights to conduct whale hunts, but this weekend's kill was not sanctioned since the tribe has not yet succeeded in obtaining a necessary waiver to the federal Marine Mammal Protection Act. Tribal leaders also appa ...
Topics: news, oceans, United States, whaling, wildlife (all these topics)

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