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Congo Drummed		24 Mar 2003	Daily Grist
Congo Drummed The Ebola virus may be wiping out a number of endangered western lowland gorillas in the conflict-torn border region between Gabon and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. An Ebola outbreak in the area has killed hundreds of people in recent years, and perhaps thousands of gorillas, say scientists. "Chimpanzees and gorillas are already endangered, and Ebola adds yet another threat to those already facing these species, ...
Topics: Africa, wildlife (all these topics)

Wolf Downed		18 Mar 2003	Daily Grist
Wolf Downed The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today proposed changing the status of wolves in the Western U.S. from endangered to threatened, a move that could signal the eventual delisting of the species. Management of the wolves would then be turned over to Montana, Idaho, and Wyoming. The wolf was nearly extinct a half-century ago and was declared endangered in 47 of the lower 48 states in 1974. Recovery ef ...
Topics: US Fish and Wildlife Service, West, wildlife (all these topics)

In Need of Refuge	Noah Matson	13 Mar 2003	Counter Culture
Photo: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. 540 -- number of national wildlife refuges in the U.S.1 95.3 million -- size, in acres, of the refuge system2 19.3 million -- size, in acres, of Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, the largest refuge in the country3 0.6 -- size, in acres, of Minnesota's Mille Lacs National Wildlife Refuge, the smallest refuge in the country4 20.7 million -- acres of designated wilderness in the refuge system5 59 -- number o ...
Topics: United States, wildlife (all these topics)

My Abalone Has a First Name		06 Mar 2003	Daily Grist
My Abalone Has a First Name The word "abalone" probably doesn't bring to mind the same connotations as, say, "heroin" -- but conservationists in South Africa say that illegal trade in the ocean mollusk has wreaked the kind of havoc usually associated with narcotics, bringing guns, gangs, and violence to previously peaceful communities. Abalone is a prized gourmet food in much of Asia, and the market for it ...
Topics: Africa, marine life, wildlife (all these topics)

Bring Back My Bonnie to Me		04 Mar 2003	Daily Grist
Bring Back My Bonnie to Me The Bonneville Power Administration, the largest hydroelectric power producer in the Northwest, is abandoning some of its wildlife conservation plans due to financial woes. The quasi-governmental agency is required by law to compensate for any damage it causes to natural habitats; recently, however, the Northwest Power Planning Council criticized the BPA for failing to spend money on mitigation programs, even ...
Topics: hydropower, wildlife (all these topics)

Spirited Away		26 Feb 2003	Daily Grist
Spirited Away In a move that could set a precedent for a new kind of conservation effort, communal landowners in Mexico turned over an unspoiled island to the federal government. The $3.3 million deal was designed to protect the island, Espiritu Santo, from tourist development. The Manhattan-sized island, which is located 20 miles off the coast of La Paz on the Baja peninsula and is home to one of the region's most prist ...
Topics: land stewardship, Mexico, wildlife (all these topics)

Hi, Desert		24 Feb 2003	Daily Grist

Topics: education, Oregon, Pacific Northwest, wilderness, wildlife (all these topics)

Stone Cold Killer		20 Feb 2003	Daily Grist
Stone Cold Killer The massive storm that dumped feet of snow on the Northeast over the weekend was lovely to look at, fun to play in -- and bad news for some river species. In an effort to unbury themselves, many cities in the region dumped plowed snow directly into nearby rivers, a practice some scientists warn could harm stone flies, a de ...
Topics: marine life, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Northeast, Pennsylvania, rivers and watersheds, West Virginia, wildlife (all these topics)

Homeland Insecurity	Suzy Becker	19 Feb 2003	Ha.

Topics: climate, politics, wildlife (all these topics)

Mosquito Veto On mosquitoes	Umbra Fisk	12 Feb 2003	Ask Umbra
Dear Umbra, Our 50-gallon hot water tank has been converted to a rainwater catchment. Due to the open space around the gutter that feeds rainwater into the tank, it is difficult to seal off the catchment to prevent entry and exit of mosquitoes, and they just love to use the catchment to breed. Can I use something natural to discourage them? Rebecca Dearest Rebecca, The eager Culicidae family, like their fellow insects and some of the rest of ...
Topics: advice, Ask Umbra, green living, wildlife (all these topics)

Owl's Not Well		11 Feb 2003	Daily Grist
Owl's Not Well In a blow to environmentalists, the California spotted owl has been denied protection under the federal Endangered Species Act. According to the U.S. Fish and Wild Service, there is not enough evidence that the owl's habitat is sufficiently threatened to merit listing -- even though the agency acknowledged that a U.S. Forest Service plan to increase lo ...
Topics: California, logging, Nevada, US Fish and Wildlife Service, US Forest Service, wildlife (all these topics)

Invasion of the Habitat Snatchers		06 Feb 2003	Daily Grist
Invasion of the Habitat Snatchers Invasive species are wreaking havoc on African wetlands to the tune of billions of dollars per year, according to a new study by the World Conservation Union (IUCN). For example, the water hyacinth, introduced from the Amazon Basin as an ornamental plant, has spread to most of Africa's lakes and rivers, choking out ...
Topics: Africa, lakes, marine life, rivers and watersheds, Texas, wetlands, wildlife, World Conservation Union (all these topics)

Military Might What?		06 Feb 2003	Daily Grist
Military Might What? After failing last year to wrest from Congress a wholesale exemption from many environmental laws, the Pentagon is trying to rally public support for its campaign this year. The Defense Department says that laws such as the Endangered Species Act have interfered with training and other programs in the past. It's a hassle to have to worry about the well-being of critter ...
Topics: Department of Defense, John Dingell, politics, US Army, wildlife (all these topics)

Mongoose Step		05 Feb 2003	Daily Grist
Mongoose Step Invasive species are a problem throughout the world -- but in Japan, with its fragile island ecosystems, the problem is particularly severe. The most prominent Japanese battle to protect native species is raging in Lake Biwa, the nation's largest freshwater lake and a cultural icon frequently referenced in literature, theater, and film. There, voracious Ameri ...
Topics: Asia, globalization, Japan, lakes, marine life, rivers and watersheds, wildlife (all these topics)

Don't Cry, Wolf		03 Feb 2003	Daily Grist
Don't Cry, Wolf The gray wolf, once nearly wiped out in the Lower 48 states, is flourishing in the northern Rocky Mountains thanks to a federal recovery effort that got underway in 1995 with the reintroduction of 14 Canadian wolves into Yellowstone National Park. Now there are nearly 700 wolves in 41 packs in Idaho, Montana, and Wyoming, and the feds are on the verge of declaring victory. T ...
Topics: national parks, ranching, US Fish and Wildlife Service, wildlife (all these topics)

White Cloud, Silver Lining		31 Jan 2003	Daily Grist

Topics: Idaho, politics, wilderness, wildlife (all these topics)

Borderline Insanity An INS project threatens Southern California lands	Deborah Knight	31 Jan 2003	Main Dish
On a sunny afternoon in Southern California, a Border Patrol agent watched as a man climbed the metal fence that divides the beach between the U.S. and Mexico. When the man dropped onto U.S. sand, the agent yelled, and the man's friends hauled him back over to the other side of the fence. The fence at Border Field State Park. Photo: Deborah Knight. Such is the daily -- and nightly -- cat-and-mous ...
Topics: California, politics, US Immigration and Naturalization Service, wetlands, wildlife (all these topics)

Haden Go Seek		30 Jan 2003	Daily Grist
Haden Go Seek In a blow to environmentalists, a federal appeals court has overturned a ruling preventing the U.S. government from issuing permits to mountaintop-mining operations. The operations access coal seams by shearing off huge slabs of mountains; the increasingly common process has resulted in tons of rock and dirt being dumped into valleys and streams. Last ...
Topics: energy, environmental justice, mining and drilling, politics, renewable energy, wildlife (all these topics)

Brown Mountain State?		29 Jan 2003	Daily Grist
Brown Mountain State? The Green Mountain State is looking less and less green every day: Vermont environmentalists are increasingly concerned about the fate of the state under new Republican Gov. Jim Douglas. So far, Douglas has proposed an 8 percent cut in the Natural Resources Agency budget, pledged to reexamine a plan to protect lands in the Northeast Kingdom, and appointed business executives to key environmental ...
Topics: business, politics, Vermont, wildlife (all these topics)

Raging Kabul		29 Jan 2003	Daily Grist
Raging Kabul Twenty years of war in Afghanistan have not only taken an appalling human toll; they've laid waste to the nation's environment, according to a survey just completed by the United Nations Environment Programme. The survey found that more than 50 percent of the forests in three Afghan provinces have been destroyed in the last quarter-century, and w ...
Topics: Afghanistan, energy, land degradation, renewable energy, United Nations, wilderness, wildlife (all these topics)

Liquid Assets		27 Jan 2003	Daily Grist
Liquid Assets Saudi Arabia is home to the world's largest oil reserves, but it's desperately short on another, equally precious resource: water. There isn't a river or lake to be found anywhere in the nation, and the only renewable water sources are shallow aquifers refilled by infrequent rains. A growing population, a fondness for showy swimming ...
Topics: climate, energy, food and agriculture, green living, Middle East, population, renewable energy, wildlife (all these topics)

Succulent Temptations		21 Jan 2003	Daily Grist
Succulent Temptations In an effort to conserve water, landscapers in Arizona have turned to the wild cacti of West Texas for decoration, creating an unsustainable demand that could imperil some species. According to a new report from the World Wildlife Fund, agaves and yuccas are being harvested from the Chihuahua Desert to feed a demand for drought ...
Topics: Arizona, climate, European Union, green living, renewable energy, Texas, wildlife, World Wildlife Fund (all these topics)

Calling in the Reserves		21 Jan 2003	Daily Grist
Calling in the Reserves The debate over oil and gas drilling in Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge has been in the limelight a lot lately -- but what about energy exploitation in the rest of the state? On Friday, the Bush administration released a report on the likely environmental impact of new dril ...
Topics: Alaska, Department of Interior, energy, marine life, mining and drilling, oceans, politics, US Geological Survey, US Navy, wilderness, wildlife (all these topics)

Basin and Strange		17 Jan 2003	Daily Grist
Basin and Strange Since Sept. 11, the Bush administration has claimed that strict environmental laws are hindering oil and gas exploration in the West -- thereby compromising national security by forcing ongoing dependence on foreign energy sources. But a new federal study undermines that claim by showing that most oil and gas reserves on Western federal lands co ...
Topics: Department of Interior, energy, mining and drilling, politics, West, wilderness, wildlife (all these topics)

Spotted Record		15 Jan 2003	Daily Grist
Spotted Record Federal protections for the spotted owl and the marbled murrelet have been blamed by many in the anti-enviro camp for the collapse of the logging industry in the Pacific Northwest during the 1990s. Now, the Bush administration has announced that it will review those protections, as well as the designation of & ...
Topics: business, environmental justice, logging, Northwest, Pacific Northwest, politics, US Fish and Wildlife Service, West, wildlife (all these topics)

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