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California, here we come Unprecedented land conservation deal	Jason D Scorse	09 May 2008	Gristmill

Topics: California, habitat protection, placemaking, public lands, wildlife (all these topics)

CSI: Sea Lion Unit Sea lions actually not assassinated, say officials		08 May 2008	News
Posted at 10:48 AM on 08 May 2008 Think the twisty tale of the Bonneville Dam sea lions can't get any twistier? Think again! The six sea lions that were reported to have been assassinated over the weekend were not in fact killed by gunshots, officials now say. The cause of death is still unknown; human involvement has not been ruled out, but investigators are also considering the role of dehydration, heat exhaustion, or panic. ...
Topics: animal welfare, news, wildlife (all these topics)

Bad News, Bees Honeybee hives in U.S. seeing continued decline, survey says		07 May 2008	News
Posted at 7:17 AM on 07 May 2008 Honeybee populations in the United States continued their decline last year, according to a survey of bee health by the Apiary Inspectors of America; U.S. commercial beekeepers saw the loss of 36 percent more hives than last year. "For two years in a row, we've sustained a substantial loss," said Dennis van Engelsdorp of AIA. "That's an astonishing number. Imagine if one o ...
Topics: agriculture, food, news, wildlife (all these topics)

Better Ungulate Than Never Indian camels celebrate high oil prices		06 May 2008	News
Posted at 10:22 AM on 06 May 2008 Rising oil prices have many Homo sapiens in a tizzy, but at least one species is celebrating high fuel costs: the camel. Finding it spendy to fuel their tractors, farmers in India are turning to ungulate power. "It's excellent for the camel population if the price of oil continues to go up because demand for camels will also go up," says Ilse Köhler-Rollefson of the League for Pastoral ...
Topics: agriculture, India, news, oil, wildlife (all these topics)

If You Can't Stand the Heat, Get Out of the Tropics Tropical insects under grave threat from climate change, study says		06 May 2008	News
Posted at 6:11 AM on 06 May 2008 Tropical insects and other temperature-dependent critters that make their home in the tropics could be in grave danger from climate change, according to a new study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. As opposed to species at the world's poles that frequently encounter a wide range of temperatures, tropical insects ...
Topics: climate, climate change impacts, news, scientific research, wildlife (all these topics)

Putting the 'Cute' Back in Execute Captured sea lions on Columbia River assassinated		05 May 2008	News
Posted at 7:00 AM on 05 May 2008 Six salmon-eating sea lions captured on the Columbia River in the U.S. Northwest were shot and killed over the weekend near the Bonneville Dam by an unknown assailant. A few weeks ago, the federal government itself announced it would allow wildlife officials in Oregon and Washington to kill up to 85 sea lions a year in the Bonneville area since they were eating large quantities ...
Topics: news, United States, wildlife (all these topics)

Wronging the Rights White House tries to interfere with right whale protections		01 May 2008	News
Posted at 6:27 AM on 01 May 2008 Photo: noaa.gov The White House has attempted to stymie a rule that would help protect the critically endangered North Atlantic right whale, documents show. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration scientists recommended that large ships off the Atlantic coast be required to slow their speed to 10 knots (11.5 miles per hour) during certain times of the year to avoid deadly col ...
Topics: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, news, scientific research, White House, wildlife (all these topics)

Getting Hard to Carrion Wild Asian vultures going the way of the dodo		30 Apr 2008	News
Posted at 1:24 PM on 30 Apr 2008 Wild Asian vultures are likely going to the way of the dodo, a new study says. The white-backed vulture population has plunged by nearly 99.9 percent in India since 1992, and two other vulture species have seen a drop of 97 percent, say researchers publishing in the Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society. Researchers blame diclofenac, a drug given to livestock and ingested by the birds ...
Topics: endangered species, health, India, news, scientific research, toxics, wildlife (all these topics)

May of Reckoning Polar-bear listing decision must be made by May 15, says judge		29 Apr 2008	News
Posted at 9:55 AM on 29 Apr 2008 The last time we checked in with the laggardly Interior Department, it was saying it needed until June 30 to decide whether to place polar bears on the endangered-species list. But the department had better find its Decider Pants soon, as a federal judge has sided with green groups to impose a new deadline of May 15. "Other than the general complexity of finalizing the rule, def ...
Topics: climate, climate change impacts, Department of Interior, endangered species, litigation, news, polar bears, politics, wildlife (all these topics)

The Gray Area Gray wolves under attack, groups want them re-listed		28 Apr 2008	News
Posted at 1:03 PM on 28 Apr 2008 Saying that their concerns about trigger-happy hunters have been validated, 12 conservation and animal-rights groups have sued to get the gray wolf re-listed as an endangered species. The 1,500 wolves that roam through Wyoming, Montana, and Idaho were delisted on Mar. 28 and can now be shot at will; a total of 37 have been killed in the last month. Conservation groups filed suit Monday, saying th ...
Topics: animal welfare, endangered species, Idaho, litigation, Montana, news, wildlife, Wyoming (all these topics)

The Horn of a Dilemma Narwhals more at risk than polar bears, says study		25 Apr 2008	News
Posted at 3:10 PM on 25 Apr 2008 Polar bears get all the press, but climate change may be even harder on the narwhal, says new research. Narwhals, the whales whose long spiral tusks kick-started the myth of unicorns, top a list of 11 at-risk Arctic marine mammals published in the journal Ecological Applications. Hooded seals, bowhead whales, and walrus rounded out the top five, while ringed seals and bearded seals, which a ...
Topics: Arctic, climate, climate change impacts, endangered species, news, scientific research, wildlife (all these topics)

Kate tested, nature approved Kate Hudson launches eco-friendly haircare line	Sarah van Schagen	25 Apr 2008	Gristmill

Topics: green living, green products, celebrity, cutesy, wildlife (all these topics)

Oh Where, Oh Where Has My Little Frog Gone? Lots of amphibians ending up as roadkill, says research		21 Apr 2008	News
Posted at 11:40 AM on 21 Apr 2008 Need a new reason to hate cars? You're in luck! Death by vehicle could be a major contributing factor in declining numbers of amphibians, according to new research published in the journal Herpetological Conservation and Biology. (Hee hee, they said "herpetological.") Intrepid road-kill researchers from Purdue University spent 17 months schlepping up 10, ...
Topics: cars, endangered species, news, scientific research, wildlife (all these topics)

Bush's bread man Baltimore baker takes on great quacking menace	Glenn Hurowitz	21 Apr 2008	Gristmill

Topics: wildlife, energy, biofuels, Big Ag, politics, agriculture, food (all these topics)

The Spore Against Terror A biologist explains what security experts can learn from nature	Michelle Nijhuis	18 Apr 2008	Grist Feature

Topics: books, interview, politics, scientific research, wildlife (all these topics)

Bikini Toll Beaches strewn with a lot of trash, says report		16 Apr 2008	News
Posted at 12:04 PM on 16 Apr 2008 Six million pounds of trash were picked up in a one-day global beach cleanup last September, according to a new report from the Ocean Conservancy. In one day, beachcombers covering 33,000 miles of shoreline in 76 countries found an average 182 pounds of trash per mile. That was comprised of 7.2 million items of garbage -- food wrappers, bottles, fishing lines, plastic bags, and more. A full one-third of ...
Topics: habitat protection, news, oceans, waste, wildlife (all these topics)

This week in ocean news All salmon, all the time	Andrew Sharpless	12 Apr 2008	Gristmill

Topics: fishing, oceans, salmon, wildlife (all these topics)

Braking a Catch Salmon fishing season canceled in California, heavily restricted elsewhere		11 Apr 2008	News
Posted at 6:17 AM on 11 Apr 2008 Photo: Josh Larios For the first time ever, the Pacific Fisheries Management Council has voted to cancel the salmon fishing season off the coast of California and much of Oregon due to exceedingly low populations of chinook salmon in the Sacramento River area. The restrictions apply to commercial as well as recreational fishers; only a catch of 9,000 hatchery-raised coho ...
Topics: fishing, news, politics, United States, wildlife (all these topics)

And So It Begins Early-spring images from the headwaters of the Mississippi River		10 Apr 2008	Grist Feature

Topics: Minnesota, Mississippi River, wildlife (all these topics)

Diversifying Your Stalk Portfolio Hunting and fishing groups worried about climate change's effects on wildlife		10 Apr 2008	News
Posted at 7:19 AM on 10 Apr 2008 Photo: iStockphoto The hook and bullet crowd, traditionally quite a conservative bunch, is worrying more openly about climate change, particularly its forecasted effects on wildlife crucial to their sports. The Wildlife Management Institute, a sportsperson's organization, released a report recently highlighting climate change's possible detrimental eff ...
Topics: climate, climate change impacts, news, sports, wildlife (all these topics)

Seal of Disapproval Militant activists charged in seal protest		07 Apr 2008	News
Posted at 10:15 AM on 07 Apr 2008 Two members of the militant Sea Shepherd Conservation Society have been charged with sailing too close to a Canadian vessel while protesting the country's annual seal hunt. Capt. Alexander Cornelissen and First Officer Peter Hammarstedt face up to nearly $100,000 and a year in prison if convicted. Sea Shepherd sailors say the hunters were the antagonists; Canada's Ministry of Fisheries and Oceans say ...
Topics: Canada, grassroots activism, news, wildlife (all these topics)

This week in ocean news Photosynthesis and invertibrate sex	Andrew Sharpless	05 Apr 2008	Gristmill

Topics: animal welfare, fishing, oceans, wildlife (all these topics)

Navy Crock-It Sonar will kill some marine life but safeguards are adequate, says Navy		04 Apr 2008	News
Posted at 2:47 PM on 04 Apr 2008 Navy training exercises could expose 94,370 marine mammals to behavior-altering sonar frequencies each year, potentially injuring or killing as many as 30, according to an environmental impact statement released Friday by the Navy. But in its 1,796-page report, the Navy sticks with current safeguards for protecting marine animals, not adopting stricter standards imposed by a fe ...
Topics: Department of Defense, news, oceans, politics, wildlife (all these topics)

Cane, You Hear Me Now Animal-welfare group backs toad-killing in Australia		03 Apr 2008	News
Posted at 4:48 PM on 03 Apr 2008 Australian politician Shane Knuth has proposed a special "Toad Day Out" for residents of the state of Queensland to kill cane toads, a poisonous invasive species that Knuth calls "the greatest environmental vermin and probably the most disgusting creature known to man." The plan even has the backing of the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals -- with ...
Topics: animal welfare, Australia, biodiversity, news, wildlife (all these topics)

What would Edward Abbey do? Bush administration ignoring environmental laws, building border wall anyway	Glenn Hurowitz	02 Apr 2008	Gristmill

Topics: animal welfare, extinction, international politics, jackassery, Mexico, politics, Sierra Club, wildlife (all these topics)

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