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The Coast in the Machine Bush Pushes for Offshore Oil Drilling in Alaska		15 Sep 2003	Daily Grist
The Coast in the Machine Bush Pushes for Offshore Oil Drilling in Alaska The Bush administration is moving aggressively to open Alaska's coastal waters to oil exploration -- a campaign that is not getting nearly as much public scrutiny as efforts to drill in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. The administration plans to offer eight oil and gas lea ...
Topics: Alaska, commercial and industry organizations, energy, mining and drilling, oceans, politics, wildlife (all these topics)

Miner Threat Mine in Montana Could Finish Off a Grizzly Population		09 Sep 2003	Daily Grist
Miner Threat Mine in Montana Could Finish Off a Grizzly Population A copper and silver mine planned for the edge of a wilderness area in Montana could push a small, local population of grizzly bears toward extinction, environmentalists are warning. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service gave the green light for the mine to be built o ...
Topics: environmental non-government organizations, mining and drilling, Montana, US Fish and Wildlife Service, wilderness, wildlife (all these topics)

The Crime of the Ancient Mariner Albatrosses Pushed Toward Peril by Fishing Fleets		08 Sep 2003	Daily Grist
The Crime of the Ancient Mariner Albatrosses Pushed Toward Peril by Fishing Fleets Albatrosses are in trouble. All 21 species of the seabird are at some risk of extinction, and six of the species have suffered notable declines in the last few years, according to a report from the conservation group BirdLife International. The blame goes primarily to longline fishing boats, which use baited hooks on fishing lines that can stretch for 8 ...
Topics: marine life, wildlife (all these topics)

Prey for Rain Wildfires in Portugal Push Iberian Lynx Closer to Extinction		27 Aug 2003	Daily Grist
Read more about: wildlife Prey for Rain Wildfires in Portugal Push Iberian Lynx Closer to Extinction The endangered Iberian lynx is closer than ever to extinction following a rash of devastating wildfires that hit Portugal this summer during a blistering, continent-wide heat wave. Only about 120 lynx remain in the wild in Portugal and southwestern Spain, down from some 3,000 in the 1960s. Though illegal hunting of the pointy-eared cats has contributed to the species' decline, the primary problem ...
Topics: wildlife (all these topics)

Read Between the Pipelines Huge Energy Project on Russian Island Could Wreak Environmental Havoc		26 Aug 2003	Daily Grist
Read Between the Pipelines Huge Energy Project on Russian Island Could Wreak Environmental Havoc Conservationists are warning that plans to build the world's largest energy project -- a massive pipeline and three oil-drilling platforms on and around the Russian island of Sakhalin, just north of Japan -- could mean environmental disaster. T ...
Topics: commercial and industry organizations, mining and drilling, oceans, Russia, water bodies and marine life, wildlife (all these topics)

There's No Business Like Snow-leopard Business Brad Rutherford Gets Creative at the International Snow Leopard Trust		22 Aug 2003	Daily Grist
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Topics: wildlife (all these topics)

At a Loss for Birds FCC to Investigate Why Millions of Birds Fly into Cell-Phone Towers		22 Aug 2003	Daily Grist
At a Loss for Birds FCC to Investigate Why Millions of Birds Fly into Cell-Phone Towers The Federal Communications Commission is launching an investigation into the reasons why high numbers of birds are killed by flying into cell-phone and broadcast towers in the U.S. Each year, an estimated 5 million to 50 million birds die this way, says the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Researchers suspect that lights on communications towers som ...
Topics: placemaking, wildlife (all these topics)

The New Zoo Thing The Wildlife Conservation Society takes the lead in making zoos sustainable	Ted Smalley Bowen	21 Aug 2003	Main Dish
Is it better to compost elephant dung or tap its energy with a methane generator? Will a ring-tailed lemur feel at home under energy-efficient lights? Sustainability at zoos is a tall order. The Wildlife Conservation Society, which runs New York City's zoos and aquarium, is increasingly turning its attention to these and other environmental quandaries. In addition to man ...
Topics: environmental non-government organizations, New York, wildlife (all these topics)

Sprawl of the Wild John Mauro Has More Than Birds on the Brain at Audubon Society		15 Aug 2003	Daily Grist

Topics: placemaking, Washington, wildlife (all these topics)

Hit Below the Pelt Snow Leopards Threatened by Increased Hunting in Afghanistan		14 Aug 2003	Daily Grist
Hit Below the Pelt Snow Leopards Threatened by Increased Hunting in Afghanistan The ouster of the Taliban from Afghanistan undoubtedly had many salutary side effects -- but not for the region's snow leopards, according to a new report by three conservation organizations. One of the most endangered big cat species in the world, the snow leopard dwells in the mountains of central and southern Asia, an inhospitable region with few natura ...
Topics: Afghanistan, wildlife (all these topics)

Pigs in Open Space Developers Preserve Open Spaces to Lure Clients and Please Regulators		01 Aug 2003	Daily Grist
Pigs in Open Space Developers Preserve Open Spaces to Lure Clients and Please Regulators Multimillion-dollar houses, spas, golf courses, tennis courts, open space -- sounds like the old Sesame Street game of "one of these things is not like the others." But it turns out that untrammeled wilderness is one of the hottest new amenities people look for in resorts and second homes, and increasingly, developers are ...
Topics: placemaking, United States, wildlife (all these topics)

Eat, Drink, and Be Wary Genetically modified animals could make it to your plate with minimal testing -- and no public input	Shelley Smithson	30 Jul 2003	Main Dish
Last January, inspectors with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration paid a visit to the University of Illinois, where researchers have been studying the DNA of pigs. The pig project, based in Champaign-Urbana, is one of dozens of experiments being conducted across the country in which scientists are altering the genetic structure of animals ...
Topics: business, commercial and industry organizations, fishing, Food and Drug Administration, GMOs, health, marine life, United States, wildlife (all these topics)

Malaise-ia		24 Jul 2003	Daily Grist
Malaise-ia As many as two-fifths of Southeast Asia's species -- at least half of which are found nowhere else in the world -- could go extinct over the course of this century, according to a study appearing in today's edition of the journal Nature. The vast majority of those extinctions will stem from deforestation, which is expected to affect 74 percent of the region by 2100. The scientists based their findings on a close study ...
Topics: Asia, wilderness, wildlife (all these topics)

Crop Circles		23 Jul 2003	Daily Grist
Crop Circles A much-anticipated review by the British government of genetically modified (GM) crops has found that they are safe to consume but pose a serious threat to the environment. The 300-page report, produced by a panel of 24 scientists and policy advisors, is by far the most exhaustive study of GM crops to date. To the relief of GM advocates, it found that transgenic food products do n ...
Topics: food and agriculture, GMOs, toxics, United Kingdom, wildlife (all these topics)

Contempt of Corps		23 Jul 2003	Daily Grist
Contempt of Corps A federal judge held the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in contempt of court yesterday for failing to lower water levels in the Missouri River to protect endangered species. Earlier this month, U.S. District Judge Gladys Kessler ordered the Corps and the secretary of the Army to reduce water levels in the river as part of an injunction s ...
Topics: Army Corps of Engineers, marine life, Missouri River, rivers and watersheds, United States, wildlife (all these topics)

Return of the Native Plants		03 Jul 2003	Daily Grist

Topics: Iowa, placemaking, toxics, wildlife (all these topics)

A Bug's Death		01 Jul 2003	Daily Grist
A Bug's Death The "splatometer" is poised to become the next hip conservation tool. Worried that insect numbers seem to be falling in Britain, and that the drop may be leading to a decline in birds, the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds is gearing up for a nationwide survey next year to gather data on insect populations. The society hopes to convince tens of thousands of Britons to adorn the windshields of their c ...
Topics: United Kingdom, wildlife (all these topics)

Aw, Shoot		23 Jun 2003	Daily Grist
Aw, Shoot People accused of shooting endangered species are getting off the hook thanks to a U.S. Justice Department policy that some federal wildlife officials say amounts to a loophole in the Endangered Species Act. Adopted in 1998 under the Clinton administration, the policy requires government prosecutors to prove that a suspect knew the animal they were killing was endangered. "We have to show a mental state, wh ...
Topics: politics, United States, wildlife (all these topics)

Two Turntables and a Megapode		20 Jun 2003	Daily Grist
Two Turntables and a Megapode This week was for the birds -- in a good way: Two previously endangered species seem to be enjoying a rebound. The population of the once desperately rare Polynesian Megapode has doubled and the bird could soon be removed from the list of critically endangered species maintained by the World Conservation Union. The species is the Pacific's last megapode -- a large-footed bird that uses ...
Topics: Pacific Islands, South America, wildlife (all these topics)

Dire Strait		17 Jun 2003	Daily Grist
Dire Strait Russian poachers are killing 200 to 400 polar bears each year in the Bering Strait region, a trend that threatens to halve the strait's bear population by 2020, according to new research by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Russia and the U.S. are currently considering ratification of a treaty the two nations signed in 2000 that is intended to protect the region's population of about 4,000 polar bea ...
Topics: politics, Russia, United States, wildlife (all these topics)

Invasion of the Habitat Snatchers		11 Jun 2003	Daily Grist
Invasion of the Habitat Snatchers Roads have long been considered the enemy of the environment, creating (literal) avenues for deforestation and development. Now, it seems, they are also to blame for another major environmental woe: invasive species. According to a pair of recent studies conducted at the University of California at Davis, new roads are one of the quickest ways to introduce nonnative species to an area, at a tremendous ...
Topics: placemaking, 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)

Don't Bank on It		05 Jun 2003	Daily Grist
Don't Bank on It A coalition of U.S. and European banks are adopting new principles to guide the financing of projects, especially in the developing world. But environmentalists say the "Equator Principles" will not prevent the banks (which include Citigroup, Holland's ABN Amro Holding, Britain's Barclays, and Germany's WestLB) from backing projects that lead to the destruction of rainforests, w ...
Topics: business, European Union, United States, wildlife (all these topics)

Chop Shop		04 Jun 2003	Daily Grist
Chop Shop The environmental policies of the Bush administration are endangering our nation's woodlands, according to a coalition of environmental groups that yesterday released a list of the 10 most at-risk forests. The coalition, which included Greenpeace and the National Forest Protection Alliance, assessed the risks po ...
Topics: deforestation, environmental non-government organizations, Greenpeace, logging, politics, United States, water pollution, 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)

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