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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)

But They're Still Not Hoppy Amphibian dieoffs not caused by climate change, says study		25 Mar 2008	News
Posted at 4:47 PM on 25 Mar 2008 A mysterious dieoff of amphibian species is likely not being caused by global warming, as had been hypothesized, says new research. Not in doubt: Amphibians are being afflicted by the rapidly spreading chytrid fungus, and humans are in some way responsible. source: The New York Times see also, in Grist: Conservationists highlight weirdness of rare amphibians in push to save ...
Topics: endangered species, news, scientific research, wildlife (all these topics)

Flipper Them Off State officials given OK to kill sea lions to protect salmon		18 Mar 2008	News
Posted at 2:22 PM on 18 Mar 2008 Oregon and Washington state officials will have the authority to trap and, if necessary, kill up to 85 of the sea lions that gobble up threatened salmon at the Columbia River's Bonneville Dam, the National Marine Fisheries Service announced Tuesday. Sea lions, which enjoy a robust population but are nonetheless protected under the 1972 Marine Mammals Protection Act, have been visiting ...
Topics: dams, endangered species, fishing, National Marine Fisheries Service, news, Oregon, Washington, 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)

White and NRDC Inquiry made into delayed polar bear decision, green groups sue		10 Mar 2008	News
Posted at 10:02 AM on 10 Mar 2008 Let's check in on the latest polar bear shenanigans, shall we? Two months after deadline, the Interior Department still has made no decision on whether Ursus maritimus should be listed as a threatened species. Spurred by a critical letter from environmental groups, the agency's inspector general has begun preliminary inquiries into why the decision is taking so long. Greenpeace, the C ...
Topics: Department of Interior, endangered species, Greenpeace, litigation, news, NRDC, politics, 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)

Wolverine wonder First wolverine in 30 years spotted in California	Glenn Hurowitz	04 Mar 2008	Gristmill
A camera array in California's Sierra Nevada mountains captured confirmed evidence of a wolverine for the first time in more than 30 years, a Forest Service official told colleagues yesterday. The photo was taken in a relatively pristine part of Tahoe National Forest that Senator Barbara Boxer and Representative Hilda Solis have proposed to protect as a Wilderness Study Area under their California Wild Heritage Act. Forest Service Ecologist William J. Z ...
Topics: California, endangered species, wildlife (all these topics)

The Missing Lynx Large area proposed as critical habitat for Canada lynx		29 Feb 2008	News
Posted at 3:49 PM on 29 Feb 2008 The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has proposed that 42,753 square miles of the northern U.S. be designated as critical habitat for the Canada lynx. The new area is more than 20 times bigger than a proposal made in 2006, which the agency promised to revisit after it became clear that former USFWS overseer Julie MacDonald's influence trumped scientists' recommendations. Activists generally a ...
Topics: endangered species, habitat protection, news, progress, US Fish and Wildlife Service, wildlife (all these topics)

Who let the frogs out? When the world gives you an extra day, use it to celebrate amphibian conservation	Ashley Braun	29 Feb 2008	Gristmill
Leaping long-toed salamanders, Batman! We need your help to save the nearly 2,000 amphibian species that are currently threatened with extinction. That's one-third of all known species of frogs, toads, salamanders, newts, and caecilians across the globe. And the status of the other two-thirds ain't looking so hot either. Small wonder, too, what with an unprecedented onslaught of amphib-unfriendly human activities: habitat destruction and alteration, climate chan ...
Topics: endangered species, wildlife (all these topics)

Hack Haynes heads for the hills	David Roberts	28 Feb 2008	Gristmill
In a little-noticed story earlier this week, the Dept. of Defense announced that "General Counsel of the Department of Defense William J. Haynes II is returning to private life next month." Haynes is known for being one of the most hackish Bushistas in the DOD, author of one of the worst torture memos (PDF) of the bunch. It claimed that "In light of the President's complete authority over the conduct of war, without a clear statement otherwise, crimina ...
Topics: endangered species, litigation, politics, wildlife (all these topics)

That's Life Massive database of species goes online		26 Feb 2008	News
Posted at 12:38 PM on 26 Feb 2008 An online Encyclopedia of Life that aims to eventually include every living organism on the planet has unveiled its first detailed pages. Read up on the 24 species that have entries complete with text, pictures, and video, or sift through 30,000 others with preliminary information. Those involved with the encyclopedia, which got its start from a 2003 paper written by famed biologist E.O. Wilson, hope it will he ...
Topics: biodiversity, endangered species, news, wildlife (all these topics)

Obama and Clinton discuss border wall in last night's debate Will the next president stop construction on the border wall?	Glenn Hurowitz	22 Feb 2008	Gristmill
Last night's debate included some good news for the embattled wildlife and landscape of the Southwest. In response to a question about whether or not they would slow construction of the border wall under construction in the Southwest, both Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton criticized the wall as ineffective and counterproductive. Obama went so far as to say he would 'reverse that policy' of building a wall, while Clinton criticized the wall as 'absurd' and s ...
Topics: Barack Obama, elections, endangered species, Hillary Clinton, John McCain, national security, politics, presidential race 08, 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)

They're Coming 'Round on Mountain Gorillas Nations launch new combined effort to save mountain gorillas		21 Feb 2008	News
Posted at 7:16 AM on 21 Feb 2008 The three African nations that still have mountain gorilla populations have agreed to cooperate on a new plan to save the critically endangered primates. Rwanda, Uganda, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo hatched a 10-year program to enhance security in the parks and forests that the gorillas call home, as well as other measures. The countries have also ...
Topics: Africa, endangered species, news, wildlife (all these topics)

Fishy Wildlife Service Bush administration misses deadline for decision on polar bears		14 Feb 2008	News
Posted at 1:49 PM on 14 Feb 2008 The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has again missed a deadline for announcing whether or not it will declare polar bears a threatened species. source: Reuters see also, in Grist: Sell-off of oil leases in polar-bear habitat brings record bidding From the Archives 'Hyde and Shriek. CDC confirms FEMA trailers tainted with formaldehyde; residents urged ...
Topics: endangered species, jackassery, news, politics, US Fish and Wildlife Service, 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)

Bear With Us Green groups sue over delay in polar-bear endangered-species decision		01 Feb 2008	News
Posted at 9:13 AM on 01 Feb 2008 Environmental and native groups have sued -- as they are wont to do -- in an attempt to force the Interior Department to rethink its decision to sell oil and gas leases in Alaska's Chukchi Sea, which is prime polar bear habitat. The lease sale by the department's Minerals Management Service is scheduled to go ahead next week; meanwhile, another agency in the department, the Fish a ...
Topics: Alaska, Department of Interior, endangered species, energy, litigation, news, oil and gas drilling, politics, US Fish and Wildlife Service, wildlife (all these topics)

My, What a Big Lawsuit You Have Green groups sue over eased restrictions on wolf kills		30 Jan 2008	News
Posted at 10:04 AM on 30 Jan 2008 Seven green groups have sued over a U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service plan that would loosen restrictions on killing gray wolves in Montana, Idaho, and Wyoming. sources: Associated Press, The Missoulian From the Archives John, But Not Forgotten. John Edwards drops out of presidential race. Nowhere to Run. California's chinook salmon population near &quo ...
Topics: endangered species, litigation, news, politics, US Fish and Wildlife Service, wildlife (all these topics)

Refuse to Palouse Groups sue for protections of giant lily-scented worm		25 Jan 2008	News
Posted at 1:52 PM on 25 Jan 2008 Green groups have followed through on their pledge to sue the federal government to gain protections for everyone's favorite three-foot-long, deep-burrowing, prone-to-spit, pinkish-white, lily-scented endangered species: the Palouse earthworm. sources: Associated Press, Associated Content From the Archives 'Til the Grey Lady Sings. NYT endorses Clinton and McCain, ...
Topics: endangered species, litigation, news, politics, 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)

Stranger(s) Among Us Conservationists highlight weirdness of rare amphibians in push to save them		22 Jan 2008	News
Posted at 8:00 AM on 22 Jan 2008 Scientists at the Zoological Society of London have evaluated all the world's amphibians and compiled a list of the most unique and imperiled species. The top 10 most imperiled amphibians were highlighted as being in the most need of immediate action. Among the most imperiled are the Chinese giant salamander that can grow to lengths of nearly six feet; the olm, a bl ...
Topics: endangered species, news, wildlife (all these topics)

This week in ocean news Sonar gets presidential pardon, seas more violent	Andrew Sharpless	19 Jan 2008	Gristmill
Citing national security, President Bush exempted the U.S. Navy from a judge's order to cease sonar use in areas frequented by marine mammals ... ... the National Marine Fisheries Service said that the Atlantic white marlin did not meet requirements to be included on the Endangered Species List ... ... a report by the U.K. Marine Climate Change Impacts Partnership found that seas around the U.K. were becoming more violent, thanks to rising water levels a ...
Topics: endangered species, fishing, oceans, wildlife (all these topics)

Out Like a Sea Lion Federal officials suggest killing sea lions to protect salmon		18 Jan 2008	News
Posted at 3:13 PM on 18 Jan 2008 To protect endangered Northwest salmon, the National Marine Fisheries Service suggests giving Oregon and Washington state officials the authority to kill sea lions, which last year gobbled up more than 4 percent of the salmon running through the Columbia River's Bonneville Dam. The action would likely result in about 30 sea lion deaths a year. The federal agency is taking public co ...
Topics: endangered species, National Marine Fisheries Service, news, Oregon, Washington, wildlife (all these topics)

Put the wild in wildlife Nora Roberts will match donations to Defenders of Wildlife	Sarah K. Burkhalter	18 Jan 2008	Gristmill
Well, well, well. Who ever said that trashy romance novels couldn't change an endangered species' life? Ferret-related plagiarism by romance novelist Cassie Edwards has brought the world more than just a discussion of the various outdoor places our readers like to get down and dirty. (But, um, that was very enlightening.) According to Smart Bitches Who Love Trashy Books, the site that started all the hoopla in the first place: [Well-known romance novelist] ...
Topics: books, endangered species, sex, wildlife (all these topics)

Hot Fuzz Green groups will sue over feds' missed polar-bear deadline		09 Jan 2008	News
Posted at 11:55 AM on 09 Jan 2008 Discontented with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's announcement that it will not meet its deadline for deciding whether to list polar bears as a threatened species, the Big Three green groups -- Greenpeace, NRDC, and the Center for Biological Diversity -- have notified the government that they plan to sue. source: Associated Press From the Archives Granite State U ...
Topics: climate, endangered species, Greenpeace, litigation, news, NRDC, politics, US Fish and Wildlife Service, wildlife (all these topics)

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