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Ready, Willing, and Sable		07 Oct 2002	Daily Grist
Ready, Willing, and Sable There's sad news and a silver lining in the world of endangered species today. On the sad side, the first California condor chick brooded and hatched in the wild in nearly two decades was found dead of unknown causes last Friday in Los Padres National Forest. The death of the chick was a blow to a $35 million effort to save North America's largest bird; still, the program is hailed ...
Topics: Angola, California, national forests, wildlife (all these topics)

A Fungus Among Us		02 Oct 2002	Daily Grist
A Fungus Among Us There's no time for snails and 'shrooms -- that was the gist of an announcement Monday by the Bush administration, which is seeking to ease environmental regulations governing logging on federal land in the Pacific Northwest. The timber industry and administration officials complain that the "survey and manage" component of the regulations, which mandates detailed surve ...
Topics: business, logging, Pacific Northwest, politics, wildlife (all these topics)

What in the Sand Hill?		02 Oct 2002	Daily Grist
What in the Sand Hill? High on the list of Very Remote Places on Earth are the Great Sand Hills, a 730-square-mile stretch of sage brush and dunes in southwestern Saskatchewan, Canada. There is one road in the region, and precious little traffic on it. The main residents are mule deer, coyotes, burrowing owls, and the endangered Ferruginous hawk. But the Sand Hills are also home to bountiful, close-to-the-sur ...
Topics: Canada, energy, mining and drilling, wildlife (all these topics)

Old Flame		26 Sep 2002	Daily Grist
Old Flame The chemicals in fire-resistant products help keep your home safe -- but they appear to be endangering species in the Norwegian Arctic. Brominated flame retardants (BFRs) are showing up in high concentrations in the region's polar bears, whose cubs have a lower survival rate than elsewhere, as well as in the eggs of local seabirds, which area residents have been advised not to eat. Other affected species in ...
Topics: Arctic, marine life, toxics, wildlife (all these topics)

For the Birds		26 Sep 2002	Daily Grist
For the Birds The U.N. Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals was widened this week to include six types of whales, a rare Asian river dolphin, the great white shark, and a camel capable of living on salty water. The decision to increase protections for these and other animals came at the end of a meeting on the convention held this week in Bonn, Germany. To protect migratory birds from be ...
Topics: marine life, United Nations, wildlife (all these topics)

The Dark Side		19 Sep 2002	Daily Grist
The Dark Side In most major metropolitan areas, you can count the stars visible in the night sky on your fingers. Now, the phenomenon is spreading; due to urban sprawl, bright artificial lights are drowning out the darkness in more and more of the world. That's bad news for astronomers, public energy budgets -- and many plant and animal species. Since the 1970s, scientists have been studying the effect of light o ...
Topics: placemaking, pollution and waste, wildlife (all these topics)

Sigh. Gone.		18 Sep 2002	Daily Grist
Sigh. Gone. Vietnam is home to one of the world's most biologically diverse ecosystems -- but the country's natural environment has deteriorated rapidly over the last decade, according to a report released today by the World Bank. The report, "Vietnam Environment Monitor 2002," found that of the nation's endemic species, 28 percent of mammals, 10 percent of birds, and 21 percent of reptiles and amphibians are ...
Topics: land degradation, Vietnam, wildlife (all these topics)

Sayonara, Sonora		09 Sep 2002	Daily Grist
Sayonara, Sonora Environmental organizations have petitioned the Bush administration to increase protection for wildlife in its proposed management plan for California's Sonoran Desert, saying the plan favors commerce and recreation at the expense of conservation. The enviros say the proposal violates a host of federal laws, including the Endangered Species Act and the Wilderness Act, by cutting protection for th ...
Topics: Department of Interior, politics, wildlife (all these topics)

Another Nile in the Coffin		09 Sep 2002	Daily Grist
Read more about: wildlife Another Nile in the Coffin West Nile virus has been making headlines all summer, but the human toll of the disease is far smaller than its impact on bird species. Since West Nile was first spotted in a crow three years ago, at least 111 species have been hit, including the bald eagle and the endangered Mississippi sandhill crane. The spread of the virus is particularly alarming in its rapidity; last year, scientists spotted the affliction in only about a dozen species. ...
Topics: wildlife (all these topics)

Hurricane Hugo		06 Sep 2002	Daily Grist
Hurricane Hugo If Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has his way, some developing nations will create an OPEC-like cartel to protect plants and animals from exploitation by the industrialized world. Speaking earlier this week at the close of the World Summit on Sustainable Development, Chavez said, "If these [developed] countries carry off a medical formul ...
Topics: Brazil, business, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, India, Indonesia, Mexico, wildlife (all these topics)

Hoopa It Up!		04 Sep 2002	Daily Grist
Hoopa It Up! In a movement that could change the course of U.S. land management, Native Americans are pushing for laws that would give them veto power over development projects on historically sacred sites. Despite fierce opposition to granting Native Americans such power, especially on non-reservation land, the legal push has made some headway: A bill is nearing passage in California, support is growing for similar legislation in Congre ...
Topics: politics, wildlife (all these topics)

Water Shipped Down		30 Aug 2002	Daily Grist
Water Shipped Down To the dismay of environmentalists, the U.S. Interior Department approved yesterday a $1 billion, 50-year project to store water beneath the Mojave Desert, in what would be one of California's largest water storage facilities. Southern California's Metropolitan Water District would store surplus Colorado River water in an aquifer under the desert; during dry years, the water ...
Topics: California, Department of Interior, water pollution, wildlife (all these topics)

Animal Crackers		21 Aug 2002	Daily Grist
Animal Crackers The U.S. National Academy of Sciences, the nation's highest scientific authority, has issued a long-awaited report cautioning that genetic manipulation of animals could pose a serious threat to the environment and human health. The report identifies a series of concerns about cloning and other genetic alteration of animals, ranging from fears that such animals could escape into the wild and chan ...
Topics: GMOs, National Academy of Sciences, wildlife (all these topics)

Down Underachievers?		19 Aug 2002	Daily Grist
Down Underachievers? The environmental situation is not looking up in the land down under, according to a new report commissioned by a consortium of conservation organizations. Noting such environmental problems as loss of species and their habitats, degradation of inland waters, and high pollution levels from the burning of fossil fuels, the report calls Australia "a continent in rever ...
Topics: Australia, politics, pollution and waste, population, wildlife (all these topics)

Jungle Fever		15 Aug 2002	Daily Grist
Jungle Fever Vines are the hallmark of any self-respecting jungle -- picture Tarzan swinging in from offstage -- but the situation is getting a bit out of control in the Amazon rainforest, where vines are growing so quickly they are choking trees and possibly interfering with the ability of forests to soak up greenhouse gases, according to a study published in today's issue of Nature. An international te ...
Topics: Amazon, Brazil, rainforests, wilderness, wildlife (all these topics)

Burned		15 Aug 2002	Daily Grist
Burned In addition to scorching millions of acres of habitat and killing wildlife, the fires that have raged throughout the western U.S. this summer have taken another toll on the environment -- a financial one. The federal government expects to spend more than $1.5 billion battling wildfires this year, and millions of those dollars will come from sources that would otherwise be used to pa ...
Topics: politics, United States, US Forest Service, wilderness, wildlife (all these topics)

No Room at the Inn		14 Aug 2002	Daily Grist
No Room at the Inn Banff National Park is the jewel of the Canadian Rockies -- and its most sparkly facet is Lake Louise, famous for emerald waters, dense forests, and glittering reflections of Victoria Glacier. But the peaceful-looking spot is actually a battleground between a large Canadian hotel chain and environmentalists who want to put a stop to a proposed $45 million, six-story addition to the ...
Topics: Canada, lakes, national parks, placemaking, wildlife (all these topics)

Froggy Went A-Courtin'	Suzy Becker	12 Aug 2002	Ha.

Topics: wildlife (all these topics)

Scrambled Eggs		12 Aug 2002	Daily Grist
Scrambled Eggs If you were looking for good news about endocrine disputers, you're out of luck. A global report by the World Health Organization has found extensive damage to wildlife from endocrine-disrupting chemicals (EDCs) and could not rule out possible risks for humans as well. EDCs -- which lurk in pesticide residues on food, plastics, household products, and industrial chemicals, among other pla ...
Topics: health, toxics, wildlife, World Health Organization (all these topics)

That Sinking Feeling		08 Aug 2002	Daily Grist
That Sinking Feeling In other scientific news of the day, trees might not be a climate change magic bullet after all, according to a study published in today's edition of Nature. Trees and shrubs have been regarded as an ideal carbon sink (meaning they absorb excess carbon dioxide, reducing the concentration of the greenhouse gas in the atmosphere) and therefore an effective means to fend off global warming. President Bus ...
Topics: politics, United States, wildlife (all these topics)

Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Fears		07 Aug 2002	Daily Grist
Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Fears Despite its foreign-sounding name, the West Nile virus is becoming an undeniably American concern. Eighty-eight new cases were reported in three states last week, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced yesterday that the mosquito-borne virus is here to stay. About one in five people who get the virus develop flu-like symptoms; less than 1 percent face the most ...
Topics: health, Louisiana, toxics, wildlife (all these topics)

Lambs to the Slaughter		05 Aug 2002	Daily Grist
Lambs to the Slaughter The wildfires that are raging across the western U.S. this summer aren't just threatening the trophy homes of billionaires; they are also posing a danger to wildlife. Take bighorn sheep, which were reintroduced to the shores of Washington state's Lake Chelan after a century's absence. The sheep were finally gaining a foothold in the area; about 17 lambs were born in the spring, bringing the population to a ...
Topics: West, wilderness, wildlife (all these topics)

Where There's Smoke	Suzy Becker	05 Aug 2002	Ha.

Topics: Arizona, wildlife (all these topics)

Summer Buggin'		05 Aug 2002	Daily Grist
Summer Buggin' Think of it as good news in bad packaging: The swarms of mayflies that are coating Midwestern towns this summer are a sign that the region's waterways -- most notably the Mississippi River -- are healthier than they've been in decades. The flies don't bite or sting; they just mate and die, all in the course of one day, and they do so in such large vol ...
Topics: education, Midwest, Mississippi River, rivers and watersheds, water pollution, wildlife (all these topics)

Zoo Zoo Zooma Zoom		29 Jul 2002	Daily Grist
Zoo Zoo Zooma Zoom Sure, that little kitten at the animal rescue shelter is cute, but have you ever considered an orangutan? Hopefully not -- but far too many people have, fueling an illegal primate market in Nigeria, the country that conservationists say does the most trade in endangered species on the African continent. The animals are brought to market by poachers, then purchased by affluent customers who want them for public and privat ...
Topics: Africa, wildlife (all these topics)

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