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Plight of the Condor Officials in 'crisis mode' as SoCal condors poisoned		04 Jun 2008	News
Posted at 11:51 AM on 04 Jun 2008 Weeks before California's ban on lead bullets in condor habitat goes into effect, seven of the endangered birds have been found with lead poisoning. And that's no insignificant tally, as only 34 wild condors are known to live in southern California. Wildlife officials are in "crisis mode," says Jesse Grantham of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service: "This is the highest lead e ...
Topics: California, endangered species, news, US Fish and Wildlife Service, wildlife (all these topics)

See Spot Recover Bush admin debuts final recovery plan for spotted owl		16 May 2008	News
Posted at 3:43 PM on 16 May 2008 The Bush administration has released a final plan for helping out the northern spotted owl, after a prior plan was deemed to have been watered down by political interference. Critics admit the plan is an improvement over last year's draft -- which relied heavily on, ahem, taking out predator barred owls with shotguns -- but still wish more emphasis had been put on restricting logging in the t ...
Topics: endangered species, habitat protection, news, politics, US Fish and Wildlife Service, 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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

Polar Vault Decision on whether to list polar bears as a threatened species is delayed		07 Jan 2008	News
Posted at 11:51 AM on 07 Jan 2008 The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, expected to announce on Wednesday its decision about whether to list the polar bear as threatened under the Endangered Species Act, has announced instead that it will miss that deadline. The agency said it hopes to make a recommendation to Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne within the next month, after continued analysis of scientific data a ...
Topics: Department of Interior, endangered species, news, US Fish and Wildlife Service, wildlife (all these topics)

Spot On Independent scientists will review federal spotted-owl recovery plan		18 Dec 2007	News
Posted at 4:52 PM on 18 Dec 2007 Under fire for allowing politics to interfere with prudent decision-making about a recovery plan for the Northwest's iconic spotted owl, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is undertaking a "good-faith effort" to have independent scientists review the plan, which in its current form would increase logging in owl habitat. A USFWS spokesperson adds that the review "will be o ...
Topics: endangered species, news, politics, US Fish and Wildlife Service, wildlife (all these topics)

Gray Area Gray wolves in Southwest aren't faring well		29 Nov 2007	News
Posted at 5:19 PM on 29 Nov 2007 Mexican gray wolves are running into all kinds of trouble in the American Southwest. The wolves were hunted to the brink of extinction in the early 1900s; reintroduction began in 1998, and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service originally predicted that by now there would be a self-sustaining population of 100 wolves and 18 breeding pairs. Instead, the agency's last official count came up with 59 wolves and six b ...
Topics: news, US Fish and Wildlife Service, wildlife (all these topics)

The Early Lawsuit Gets the Worm Groups will sue over protections for giant spitting worm		31 Oct 2007	News
Posted at 10:06 AM on 31 Oct 2007 No Halloween would be complete without an update on the Palouse earthworm, which can grow up to three feet long, spits on predators, and smells like flowers -- even when not in costume. The pinkish-white worm was denied federal endangered-species protection earlier this month on the grounds that the filed request was incomplete and unclear. "This is absurd!" says S ...
Topics: endangered species, litigation, news, US Fish and Wildlife Service, wildlife (all these topics)

Dropping Trout Feds trying to boost native fish populations stock Colorado waterways with wrong fish		06 Sep 2007	News
Posted at 11:57 AM on 06 Sep 2007 A 20-year effort by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to restore endangered native trout populations in Colorado would be commendable -- if they hadn't stocked some of the waterways with the wrong fish. sources:� Associated Press, Rocky Mountain News From the Archives EEStor Money. Startup says new technology will make gasoline obsolete ...
Topics: Colorado, dumbassery , news, US Fish and Wildlife Service, wildlife (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)

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)

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)

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)

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