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Cutting Carbofuran EPA attempt to ban bird-killing pesticide runs into opposition		03 Mar 2008	News
Posted at 4:54 PM on 03 Mar 2008 The U.S. EPA has proposed a ban on a pesticide lethal to birds, but is running into resistance from the company that produces the chemical. The pesticide, carbofuran, is typically used on crops such as corn, alfalfa, and potatoes, and has been linked to the dieoff of 558 separate bird flocks since 1972. A manager with pesticide manufacturer FMC Corp. says carbofuran, "when use ...
Topics: agriculture, Big Ag, business, Congress, industrial ag, news, politics, toxics, US EPA, wildlife (all these topics)

Unfortunate Sonar Appeals court rules against Navy in sonar case		03 Mar 2008	News
Posted at 7:39 AM on 03 Mar 2008 A federal appeals court on Friday upheld many restrictions on the Navy's use of mid-frequency sonar off the coast of Southern California, reinforcing a lower court ruling from last month. President Bush had tried to exempt the Navy from the relevant environmental laws in January, but the appeals court agreed with an earlier ruling that questioned the constitutionality of Bush's attempted exemption, ...
Topics: litigation, news, oceans, United States, wildlife (all these topics)

Navy sonar newspeak Propaganda soft-pedals sonar impacts on marine mammals	Erik Hoffner	02 Mar 2008	Gristmill

Topics: wildlife, national security, oceans (all these topics)

This week in ocean news Tracking whaling ships and whale sharks	Andrew Sharpless	01 Mar 2008	Gristmill

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

The Missing Lynx Large area proposed as critical habitat for Canada lynx		29 Feb 2008	News
Posted at 3:49 PM on 29 Feb 2008 The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has proposed that 42,753 square miles of the northern U.S. be designated as critical habitat for the Canada lynx. The new area is more than 20 times bigger than a proposal made in 2006, which the agency promised to revisit after it became clear that former USFWS overseer Julie MacDonald's influence trumped scientists' recommendations. Activists generally a ...
Topics: endangered species, habitat protection, news, progress, US Fish and Wildlife Service, wildlife (all these topics)

Who let the frogs out? When the world gives you an extra day, use it to celebrate amphibian conservation	Ashley Braun	29 Feb 2008	Gristmill

Topics: endangered species, wildlife (all these topics)

Hack Haynes heads for the hills	David Roberts	28 Feb 2008	Gristmill

Topics: endangered species, litigation, politics, wildlife (all these topics)

Notable quotable	David Roberts	27 Feb 2008	Gristmill

Topics: national parks, wildlife (all these topics)

That's Life Massive database of species goes online		26 Feb 2008	News
Posted at 12:38 PM on 26 Feb 2008 An online Encyclopedia of Life that aims to eventually include every living organism on the planet has unveiled its first detailed pages. Read up on the 24 species that have entries complete with text, pictures, and video, or sift through 30,000 others with preliminary information. Those involved with the encyclopedia, which got its start from a 2003 paper written by famed biologist E.O. Wilson, hope it will he ...
Topics: biodiversity, endangered species, news, wildlife (all these topics)

That's Babar-ic! South Africa to resume elephant culling despite criticism		26 Feb 2008	News
Posted at 8:49 AM on 26 Feb 2008 South Africa announced it will resume killing elephants in May for the first time since a 1995 ban on the practice. Wildlife officials argued that culling is necessary to reduce elephant populations in the country due to their impacts on vegetation and other species; the number of elephants has more than doubled since the ban to about 20,000, which wildlife managers consider unsustainable ...
Topics: animal welfare, news, South Africa, wildlife (all these topics)

This week in ocean news Shark superhighways and radioactive fish bones	Andrew Sharpless	23 Feb 2008	Gristmill

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

Hiss hiss hooray Reporter waxes poetic on pythons	Sarah K. Burkhalter	22 Feb 2008	Gristmill

Topics: Florida, national parks, wildlife (all these topics)

Obama and Clinton discuss border wall in last night's debate Will the next president stop construction on the border wall?	Glenn Hurowitz	22 Feb 2008	Gristmill

Topics: Barack Obama, elections, endangered species, Hillary Clinton, John McCain, national security, politics, presidential race 08, wildlife (all these topics)

Coil in Fear Giant pythons could spread in southern U.S., say feds		21 Feb 2008	News
Posted at 3:52 PM on 21 Feb 2008 You may think you're prepared for climate change -- solar-powered fan, flood insurance, nostalgic polar-bear picture, check, check, check -- but are you prepared for 20-foot, 250-pound snakes? Giant Burmese pythons could find some one-third of the United States to be habitable climate by 2100, according to a new map published by the U.S. Geological Survey. The pythons, which were originally dumpe ...
Topics: climate, climate change impacts, news, US Geological Survey, wildlife (all these topics)

Change your lightbulbs ...	David Roberts	21 Feb 2008	Gristmill

Topics: climate, climate change impacts, wildlife (all these topics)

Across the Gray Divide Gray wolves in northern Rocky Mountains lose endangered-species protections		21 Feb 2008	News
Posted at 10:21 AM on 21 Feb 2008 Gray wolves in the northern Rocky Mountains will be removed from Endangered Species Act protections next month, the U.S. Fish and Wild Service announced Thursday. Management of the wolf population will be turned over to states on March 27. In states such as Idaho, Montana, and Wyoming where conservatives have shown rancor toward the predators that they see as threa ...
Topics: endangered species, news, United States, wildlife (all these topics)

They're Coming 'Round on Mountain Gorillas Nations launch new combined effort to save mountain gorillas		21 Feb 2008	News
Posted at 7:16 AM on 21 Feb 2008 The three African nations that still have mountain gorilla populations have agreed to cooperate on a new plan to save the critically endangered primates. Rwanda, Uganda, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo hatched a 10-year program to enhance security in the parks and forests that the gorillas call home, as well as other measures. The countries have also ...
Topics: Africa, endangered species, news, wildlife (all these topics)

Wing Wing, It's For You FCC must consider impact of communications towers on birds		20 Feb 2008	News
Posted at 11:14 AM on 20 Feb 2008 A federal appeals court has made the call that the Federal Communications Commission must analyze the impact of new Gulf Coast communications towers on migratory birds. Green groups which sued over the birds' flight plight point out that up to 50 million birds die annually from collisions with towers as they cross the Gulf of Mexico, a problem relatively easily addressed through ...
Topics: news, wildlife (all these topics)

It's not just honey you'll miss Haagen-Dazs says CCD could interrupt your ice cream fix	Kurt Michael Friese	18 Feb 2008	Gristmill

Topics: agriculture, business, food, wildlife (all these topics)

Monkey business Post-Valentine's Day quickies	biodiversivist	15 Feb 2008	Gristmill

Topics: holiday, sex, wildlife (all these topics)

Fishy Wildlife Service Bush administration misses deadline for decision on polar bears		14 Feb 2008	News
Posted at 1:49 PM on 14 Feb 2008 The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has again missed a deadline for announcing whether or not it will declare polar bears a threatened species. source:� Reuters see also, in Grist:� Sell-off of oil leases in polar-bear habitat brings record bidding From the Archives 'Hyde and Shriek. CDC confirms FEMA trailers tainted with formaldehyde; residents urged ...
Topics: endangered species, jackassery, news, politics, US Fish and Wildlife Service, wildlife (all these topics)

Baby's got leatherback Send an ocean-themed e-card	Sarah van Schagen	14 Feb 2008	Gristmill

Topics: holiday, oceans, sex, wildlife (all these topics)

Journey to the bottom of the Earth CBS airs final segment of Antarctica series tonight	Katy Balatero	13 Feb 2008	Gristmill

Topics: Antarctica, climate, climate change impacts, climate science, recycling, scientific research, TV, waste, wildlife (all these topics)

Cyanide Cynthia's flack attack Mining behemoth responds to Gristmill	Glenn Hurowitz	13 Feb 2008	Gristmill

Topics: Alaska, fishing, mining, toxics, water pollution, wildlife (all these topics)

Elk and Their Ilk Elk populations getting out of control in some national parks		12 Feb 2008	News
Posted at 1:46 PM on 12 Feb 2008 Forget hungry, hungry hippos -- here come the hungry, hungry elk. Three national parks in Colorado and the Dakotas are awash in antlered gluttons, at some places more than twice what's considered a preferable population. "Willow and aspen stands are declining [and] that deprives other species of habitat they need," says a spokesperson for Colorado's Rocky Mountain National ...
Topics: Colorado, habitat protection, national parks, news, North Dakota, South Dakota, wildlife (all these topics)

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