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Supreme Court to examine Endangered Species Act Justices agree to hear Defenders of Wildlife case	Justin Pidot	09 Jan 2007	Gristmill
Environmental law appears to be a hot commodity in the Roberts Court. While the justices continue to deliberate about global warming, they agreed (PDF) on Friday to add another hot-button environmental issue to their agenda: the Endangered Species Act. Setting the Stage The case, Defenders of Wildlife v. EPA, also implicates the Clean Water Act (CWA). Under the CWA, a would-be polluter needs to get a permit before it discharges into our nation's waters. The CWA r ...
Topics: endangered species, litigation, wildlife (all these topics)

A ferretible accomplishment Almost extinct in the '70s, black-footed ferrets celebrate 25 years since their rediscovery	Kate Sheppard	26 Sep 2006	Gristmill
We get all sorts of interesting press releases here. Some informative, some less-informative, others amusing and random. According to this one, today marks the 25th anniversary of the rediscovery of the black-footed ferret. It came with a complete history of the ferret, as well as charts, graphs, and contact information for prominent ferret experts. The black-footed ferret, which is the only species of ferret native to the United States, was believed to be extinct ba ...
Topics: endangered species, wildlife (all these topics)

Mouse pad State mulls fate of meadow mouse as development vultures lurk in the background	Kate Sheppard	14 Sep 2006	Gristmill
I'm not all that concerned about the protection of this particular mouse, nor do I want to enter into the ongoing debate about animal rights, but this piece of news from Colorado concerns me for its wider implications. A committee in the state House will meet next week to determine whether the Preble's meadow jumping mouse should continue to be protected by the Endangered Species Act. At hand is the question of whether the species is distinct enough to warrant specia ...
Topics: Colorado, endangered species, wildlife (all these topics)

Something Fishy: Whale of a tale Marine mammals face myriad dangers thanks to humans	Sarah van Schagen	10 May 2006	Gristmill
Yo-ho-ho mateys! Today we celebrate the many ways man has pillaged marooned fked over plank-walked marine mammals everywhere.Off Hawaii, boats have hit a record number of humpback whales (go team human! high score, baby!), including some of the 1,000-or-so calves born this year. Though some say the increase in 'hits' is due to a growing population of the endangered whale [happy face here], I ask, what about the growing population of whale-watchers, which now tota ...**
Topics: endangered species, oceans, wildlife (all these topics)

Uplifting news about endangered species Pharmaceuticals may be saving species	Corey McKrill	11 Oct 2005	Gristmill
You may have heard that measurable levels of pharmaceuticals have been turning up in water supplies, causing concern about the potential effects on wildlife. But did you hear that they may also help preserve endangered species? As noted today on Green Media, a recent study shows that, in China at least, widespread availability of Viagra-type drugs has decreased the demand for endangered animal body parts used to treat erectile dysfunction in traditional Chinese medici ...
Topics: China, endangered species, health, wildlife (all these topics)

Flipping (over) the bird My favorite side effects of the ivory-bill discovery	Katharine Wroth	23 May 2005	Gristmill
Best local creation to emerge from the recent discovery of the ivory-billed woodpecker in Arkansas: a haircut that pays tribute. For $25, you too can sport a moussed mohawk painted red, white, and black. Second best: the ivory-billed cheeseburger. Um ... gross. And finally, best factoid to surface in the media hype: the former name of bird town Brinkley, Ak., is Lick Skillet.
Topics: Arkansas, endangered species, fashion, wildlife (all these topics)

Kick the Habitat GOP has set its sights on revamping the Endangered Species Act	Amanda Griscom Little	17 Nov 2004	Muckraker
The newly empowered Republican majority on Capitol Hill will grease the skids for plenty of legislation that's sure to gall environmentalists and delight developers, but the most galling and delighting of all could be sweeping changes to the 30-year-old Endangered Species Act. A Florida panther wonders whether ESA is really past its prime. Photo: U.S. FWS. Business leaders, top Bu ...
Topics: endangered species, legislation, Muckraker, politics, wildlife (all these topics)

Medium Rare David Quammen's Monster of God looks at the endangered animals that endanger us	Kathryn Schulz	18 Nov 2003	Arts and Minds
Monster of God By David Quammen W. W. Norton & Company, 384 pages, 2003 What this world needs," opined the nature writer David Quammen in a 1984 column for Outside magazine, "is a good vicious 60-foot-long Amazon snake." He was kidding, thankfully; the rest of the column goes on to describe the human tendency to massively exaggerate the size of anacondas ...
Topics: books, endangered species, wildlife (all these topics)

Owl Play		06 Jun 2003	Daily Grist
Owl Play Logging in the Sierra Nevadas could nearly triple if the U.S. Forest Service manages the forests there according to the new plan it released yesterday. That plan would reduce habitat for the California spotted owl in favor of aggressive forest thinning in the name of wildfire prevention. The Forest Service says the plan, which would radically revise the ...
Topics: California, deforestation, endangered species, logging, news, US Forest Service, wildlife (all these topics)

The Endangered Endangered Species Act		29 May 2003	Daily Grist
The Endangered Endangered Species Act The federal Endangered Species Act is so cash-strapped that it is effectively "broken," the Interior Department announced yesterday. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service blamed the financial trouble on the act's "critical habitat" provision, which requires federal agencies to consult wit ...
Topics: Department of Interior, endangered species, litigation, news, politics, US Fish and Wildlife Service, wildlife (all these topics)

The Dream of the Black-and-Blue Turtles Sea turtle activists are pushing for protections in Texas	Dan Oko	25 Aug 2000	Main Dish
They may be swimming against the current, but sea turtle advocates say they want Gov. George W. Bush (R) to show a little of his fabled compassion for the endangered reptiles that frequent the Gulf of Mexico along the Texas coast. The New York Times ad. Image: STRP. As the GOP presidential hopeful prepared to accept his party's nomination earlier this month, the San Francisco- ...
Topics: endangered species, fishing, grassroots activism, oceans, Texas, wildlife (all these topics)

Down for the Count? There aren't many right whales left	Gail Krueger	09 Jun 2000	Main Dish
Chris Slay wears bib overalls and wire-rimmed glasses, occasionally recites poetry, and watches right whales for a living. Once more into the breach. David Wiley, National Marine Fisheries Service. After this year's dismal right whale calving season, the poetry that comes to Slay's mind is darkly pessimistic. The rarest whale of them all may be getting rarer. The Northern right whale, the most endangered of th ...
Topics: endangered species, oceans, wildlife (all these topics)

A Monarch's Ransom Don't let a chance to save the butterfly flutter by	Gary Paul Nabhan, Writers on the Range	10 Sep 1999	Main Dish
A couple of weeks ago, while the federal government was removing peregrine falcons from the list of endangered species, I was out watching the first monarch butterflies migrate through the desert on their way to Mexico. I saw both the migratory monarchs and their homebody cousins, the butterflies known as Queens, hovering around the lovely flowers of a milkweed native to W ...
Topics: agriculture, endangered species, toxics, wildlife (all these topics)

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