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They Didn't Get the 'Aw, Cute' Memo Public hearings on polar-bear fate get Alaskans all riled up		05 Mar 2007	Daily Grist
They Didn't Get the "Aw, Cute" Memo Public hearings on polar-bear fate get Alaskans all riled up The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is holding public hearings on plans to list the polar bear under the Endangered Species Act, and it's getting an earful. A hearing in Anchorage on Friday brought out critics of all stripes, from the deputy director of the Alaska Oil and Gas Association ...
Topics: Alaska, endangered species, news, US Fish and Wildlife Service (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)

Sludge Dread Post-Katrina sludge puts kids at risk, says NRDC		23 Feb 2006	Daily Grist
Sludge Dread Post-Katrina sludge puts kids at risk, says NRDC Government officials have been downplaying the public-health risks posed by the post-Katrina sludge coating greater New Orleans, which is spiked with potentially dangerous levels of arsenic, lead, and petrochemicals. So says a new report by the Natural Resources Defense Council, based on U.S. EPA data. NRDC is urging the government t ...
Topics: Louisiana, news, NRDC, toxics, US Fish and Wildlife Service (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)

Hall and Votes Choice to head FWS has iffy record on endangered species		06 Oct 2005	Daily Grist
Hall and Votes Choice to head FWS has iffy record on endangered species Dale Hall, a 27-year veteran of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, will probably be confirmed today as the agency's director by the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee. A full Senate vote on the confirmation is expected soon. Hall's tenure at FWS seems notable mainly for his unwillingness to strongly support protections for endan ...
Topics: news, politics, US Fish and Wildlife Service (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)

Undermined Ruling halts proposed mine under wilderness area, for now		31 Mar 2005	Daily Grist
Undermined Ruling halts proposed mine under wilderness area, for now Plans to build a massive copper and silver mine beneath Montana's Cabinet Mountain Wilderness was successfully halted (again) yesterday when a federal judge ruled that U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service officials put the area's bull trout and grizzly bears at risk by approving the mine. The ruling orders the FWS to amend the b ...
Topics: mining and drilling, Montana, news, US Fish and Wildlife Service (all these topics)

He Shoots Horses, Doesn't He? Trophy-hunting enthusiast appointed to head Fish and Wildlife Service		25 Mar 2005	Daily Grist
He Shoots Horses, Doesn't He? Trophy-hunting enthusiast appointed to head Fish and Wildlife Service Nothing gives one an appreciation for the challenges facing endangered species like, uh, hunting and killing said species. With that verity in mind, the Bush administration has appointed Matthew Hogan as interim head of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Director Steve Williams resigned earlier this month) ...
Topics: animal welfare, news, US Fish and Wildlife Service (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)

Why Do Fish & Wildlife Scientists Hate America? Fish & Wildlife Service scientists report political pressure, distortion		10 Feb 2005	Daily Grist
Why Do Fish & Wildlife Scientists Hate America? Fish & Wildlife Service scientists report political pressure, distortion When two public-interest groups sent a survey on scientific integrity to 1,400 scientists at the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, agency administrators warned the scientists not to respond -- not even in their personal time. Now that 414 of them have defied the warnings, it is clear why the bu ...
Topics: news, US Fish and Wildlife Service (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)

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