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Bird by bird A third of avian species on land could disappear this century as a result of climate change	Katy Balatero	10 Dec 2007	Gristmill
In more depressing bird news, researchers at my alma mater estimate that up to 30 percent of all land-dwelling bird species could be extinct by 2100 as a result of global climate change. The study, published this week in the journal Conservation Biology ($ub. req'd), modeled bird population responses to changes in vegetation for over 8,000 species and 60 scenarios, and is one of the first analyses of extinction rates to incorporate information from the recent IPCC rep ...
Topics: biodiversity, climate, climate change impacts, habitat loss, scientific research, wildlife (all these topics)

Doing the Hunt Work Less hunters mean less funding for conservation, states find		23 Oct 2007	News
Posted at 4:04 PM on 23 Oct 2007 Many states are lamenting the declining population of a valuable species: the American hunter. Funds from hunting licenses and fees are generally directed to wildlife conservation; while the need to maintain habitat for wild critters isn't going to go away anytime soon, the number of sportsfolk in the U.S. has declined by some 35 percent since 1975. States are taking measures to boo ...
Topics: endangered species, green living, habitat loss, news (all these topics)

Give a Hoot, Don't Uproot Interior Department urged to redo recovery plan for spotted owl		03 Oct 2007	News
Posted at 3:15 PM on 03 Oct 2007 Was the Interior Department's recovery plan for the northern spotted owl watered down because of political pressure to favor logging interests? Six peer reviews of the plan (five of them funded by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service) suggest yes. So do 113 scientists who sent a letter yesterday asking the Interior Department to rewrite its draft plan, which favored shooting ...
Topics: Department of Interior, endangered species, habitat loss, news, politics, wildlife (all these topics)

Will polar bears go extinct by 2030? Part II Loss of summer ice in the Arctic will threaten polar bear survival	Joseph Romm	11 Sep 2007	Gristmill
We've seen the USGS predict that two-thirds of the polar bear population will be wiped out by 2050. But that analysis assumes the Arctic will still have summer ice then. The USGS acknowledges (PDF) their projection is 'conservative' since it is based upon an average of existing climate models and 'the observed trajectory of Arctic sea ice decline appears to be underestimated by currently available models.' In fact, the Arctic now is poised to lose all its ice by 2030 ...
Topics: Arctic, climate, climate change impacts, climate science, habitat loss, polar bears, wildlife (all these topics)

'OECD warns against biofuels subsidies' Biofuels subsidies will only lead to increased food costs and habitat destruction	Jason D Scorse	11 Sep 2007	Gristmill
This, courtesy of the Financial Times, is a welcome development. Hopefully, the Doha Round of the GATT will get restarted, and this can be addressed in addition to the more general discussion of agricultural subsidies.
Topics: ag subsidies, agriculture, biofuels, energy, food, habitat loss (all these topics)

Grass Backwards Carbon dioxide contributing to un-grassing of grassland, says new study		29 Aug 2007	Daily Grist
Grass Backwards Carbon dioxide contributing to un-grassing of grassland, says new study Thanks in part to rising levels of carbon dioxide, the world's grasslands are turning into woody shrublands, says a new study by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. When researchers artificially doubled CO2 levels over sections of the Colorado plains, they observed a fortyfold increase in the growth of fringed ...
Topics: agriculture, Department of Agriculture, habitat loss, news (all these topics)

Wild Thing, You Make My Heart Sink Wilderness is pretty much a thing of the past, says report		02 Jul 2007	Daily Grist
Wild Thing, You Make My Heart Sink Wilderness is pretty much a thing of the past, says report Regardless of whether humankind was given dominion over the earth, we've most certainly taken it. A new report in Science calculates that only 17 percent of global land mass has been untainted by human dwellings, agriculture, or roads. And that was as of 1995; we'd venture to guess that the percentage is e ...
Topics: agriculture, biodiversity, habitat loss, news, wildlife (all these topics)

The Dark Lord at work Vader, Cheney, same same	JMG	29 Jun 2007	Gristmill
The brilliant series of pieces on Dick (Vader) Cheney continues with the latest installment about destroying salmon runs for partisan purposes, making the western U.S. look like a pincushion punctured with drilling rigs, and unleashing the hounds of hell (snowmobiles) throughout Yosemite. Dick Cheney -- truly an execrable almost-human being.
Topics: habitat loss, national parks, oil and gas drilling (all these topics)

Frozen in their footprints North Pacific Fishery Management Council protects seafloor habitat areas in Bering Sea	Andrew Sharpless	15 Jun 2007	Gristmill
It's official -- and unanimous. The North Pacific Fishery Management Council voted to ban bottom trawling of some 180,000 square miles of previously unexploited ocean floor in the Bering Sea, particularly in the North. The area is home to 26 species of marine mammals, including whales and walruses, as well as 450 species of fish and million of seabirds that flock to the region from all seven continents. This is a great victory for the oceans and Oceana, too, sinc ...
Topics: biodiversity, fishing, habitat loss, oceans (all these topics)

Raptor 'Round Their Fingers U.S. suggests saving imperiled owls by shooting other owls		05 Jun 2007	Daily Grist
Raptor 'Round Their Fingers U.S. suggests saving imperiled owls by shooting other owls Despite 17 years of conservation measures, the northern spotted owl is still in trouble. So the Bush administration has issued a cease-and-desist order on logging in the owl's Pacific Northwest habitat. Ha ha ha! No, the feds' recent draft spotted-owl protection plan instead vilifies the barred owl, a nonnative competito ...
Topics: endangered species, habitat loss, news, wildlife (all these topics)

Humans spur worst extinctions since dinosaurs	Chris Schults	21 Mar 2006	Gristmill
Humans are responsible for the worst spate of extinctions since the dinosaurs and must make unprecedented extra efforts to reach a goal of slowing losses by 2010, a U.N. report said on Monday.Habitats ranging from coral reefs to tropical rainforests face mounting threats, the Secretariat of the U.N. Convention on Biological Diversity said in the report, issued at the start of a March 20-31 U.N. meeting in Curitiba, Brazil.'In effect, we are currently responsible for th ...
Topics: biodiversity, extinction, habitat loss (all these topics)

To Ski or Not to Ski... On skiing	Umbra Fisk	10 Dec 2002	Ask Umbra
Dear Umbra, With winter fast approaching, I was thinking of learning to ski. I was wondering how skiing ranks among recreational activities in terms of its environmental impact. What are all the effects of clearing ski trails, making snow, and operating ski lifts? Not to mention all the resorts and roads that sprout up to service the skiers. Should I hit the slopes or stay inside sipping hot cocoa (organic, shade-grown, and fairly trade ...
Topics: advice, Ask Umbra, habitat loss, sports (all these topics)

Rivers of Crud Grazing saddles the West with a heck of a problem	Susan Zakin, Writers on the Range	26 Aug 1999	Main Dish
By Susan Zakin and Writers on the Range 26 Aug 1999 The drunk who said it was right. Denial is not a river in Egypt. But it may be a river in New Mexico. Or Arizona. Or Nevada or Utah. Maybe Montana. The river is 20 feet wider than it was, say, in 1840. The only cottonwood on its banks is just about that old, magnificent but half-dead. Trout don't swim in the water. Cowbirds, not flycatchers, nest on the banks. That's the picture ...
Topics: agriculture, habitat loss, scientific research (all these topics)

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