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You, Pelican, Thank Us Later Brown pelicans to be removed from endangered species list		11 Feb 2008	News
Posted at 6:42 AM on 11 Feb 2008 The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced it will remove brown pelicans from the endangered species list within a year. Brown pelicans have been listed as endangered since 1970, even before the Endangered Species Act was born, due to the effects of the ultra-toxic pesticide DDT that thinned their eggshells, causing rapid population decline. But since the ban on DDT in the U ...
Topics: endangered species, news, United States, wildlife (all these topics)

This week in ocean news Hungry humpheads and sustainable fish in U.K. groceries	Andrew Sharpless	10 Feb 2008	Gristmill

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

Whale Played Aussies release gruesome footage of Japanese whale hunt		08 Feb 2008	News
Posted at 2:30 PM on 08 Feb 2008 There's a new twist in the twisty tale of Japan's off-then-back-on-again whale hunt: the Australian government has released gut-wrenching footage of what it says is a mother and baby minke whale being harpooned and hauled aboard a Japanese ship. An unamused official at Japan's Institute of Cetacean Research denied that the large and small whales were a mother and calf, and warned that the Austr ...
Topics: Australia, international politics, Japan, news, oceans, whaling, wildlife (all these topics)

Impermafrost Sobering dispatches from Alaska	Erik Hoffner	06 Feb 2008	Gristmill

Topics: Alaska, art, books, climate, wildlife (all these topics)

Threatened Level: Salmon Oregon coast coho salmon re-listed as threatened		06 Feb 2008	News
Posted at 9:13 AM on 06 Feb 2008 Coho salmon off the Oregon coast have been re-listed as threatened under the Endangered Species Act. Yesterday's move was compelled by a court-ordered deadline mandating that the NOAA Fisheries Service reconsider its 2006 decision to delist the coho because it wasn't based on the best available science. The Oregon coastal coho stock has been the subject of contentious debate and litigation ...
Topics: fishing, news, Oregon, United States, wildlife (all these topics)

Missing in Auction Chukchi Sea oil lease auction goes ahead, polar-bear concerns ignored		06 Feb 2008	News
Posted at 6:17 AM on 06 Feb 2008 The U.S. Interior Department is auctioning off oil and gas leases on Wednesday to drill in Alaska's Chukchi Sea, despite opposition from environmentalists and some Democrats in Congress concerned about the impact on polar bears. The Chukchi Sea, off Alaska's northern coast, is prime polar-bear habitat and advocates worry that already-stressed bear populations will fare even ...
Topics: Alaska, Department of Interior, news, oil and gas drilling, wildlife (all these topics)

Rockin' robins Birds die in Portland neighborhood after alcohol binge	Katy Balatero	05 Feb 2008	Gristmill

Topics: Portland, wildlife (all these topics)

The Fellowship of the Ping Judge rules Navy must comply with sonar rules		05 Feb 2008	News
Posted at 8:45 AM on 05 Feb 2008 A federal judge has ruled that the Navy must comply with earlier restrictions imposed on its use of sonar near the California coast despite a recent attempt by President Bush to exempt the agency from relevant environmental laws. The judge said that Bush's Navy exemption last month was "constitutionally suspect," but that she didn't need to rule on its constitutionality to reinsta ...
Topics: litigation, news, oceans, United States, wildlife (all these topics)

This week in ocean news Bar codes for salmon and shark-free moisturizer	Andrew Sharpless	02 Feb 2008	Gristmill

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

Bear With Us Green groups sue over delay in polar-bear endangered-species decision		01 Feb 2008	News
Posted at 9:13 AM on 01 Feb 2008 Environmental and native groups have sued -- as they are wont to do -- in an attempt to force the Interior Department to rethink its decision to sell oil and gas leases in Alaska's Chukchi Sea, which is prime polar bear habitat. The lease sale by the department's Minerals Management Service is scheduled to go ahead next week; meanwhile, another agency in the department, the Fish a ...
Topics: Alaska, Department of Interior, endangered species, energy, litigation, news, oil and gas drilling, politics, US Fish and Wildlife Service, wildlife (all these topics)

Revenge of the birds	Adam Browning	31 Jan 2008	Gristmill

Topics: funnies, wildlife (all these topics)

Hayden Panettiere cheers on whale campaign Heroes star opens heart, closet to save whales	Sarah van Schagen	30 Jan 2008	Gristmill

Topics: celebrity, fashion, oceans, whaling, wildlife (all these topics)

My, What a Big Lawsuit You Have Green groups sue over eased restrictions on wolf kills		30 Jan 2008	News
Posted at 10:04 AM on 30 Jan 2008 Seven green groups have sued over a U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service plan that would loosen restrictions on killing gray wolves in Montana, Idaho, and Wyoming. sources:� Associated Press, The Missoulian From the Archives John, But Not Forgotten. John Edwards drops out of presidential race. Nowhere to Run. California's chinook salmon population near &quo ...
Topics: endangered species, litigation, news, politics, US Fish and Wildlife Service, wildlife (all these topics)

Nowhere to Run California's chinook salmon population near		30 Jan 2008	News
"unprecedented collapse" Posted at 6:48 AM on 30 Jan 2008 The number of chinook salmon returning from the Pacific Ocean to California's Sacramento River is near record lows and points to an "unprecedented collapse," according to fisheries managers. In 2007, only about 90,000 adult chinook returned to the Sacramento River, down from about 277,000 in 2006 and a high of over 800,000 in 2002. Even more troubling, juvenil ...
Topics: fishing, news, United States, wildlife (all these topics)

Notable quotable	David Roberts	29 Jan 2008	Gristmill

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

Navy Been Navy resumes sonar training off California coast		28 Jan 2008	News
Posted at 12:16 PM on 28 Jan 2008 As a legal battle rages on over the U.S. Navy's use of whale-addling sonar, the military maritimers have resumed sonar training off the California coast. source:� Associated Press From the Archives Take Me Down to Paradise City. U.S. sets low expectations for this week's climate meeting. 3-2-1 ... Blast Offsets! Efficacy of House of Reps' carbon offsets questioned. 'Paign and Su ...
Topics: California, Department of Defense, news, oceans, wildlife (all these topics)

Eco-Farm: Buzz kill A long-time beekeeper's take on colony collapse	Tom Philpott	27 Jan 2008	Gristmill

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

This week in ocean news Scared-straight birds and kite-powered cargo ships	Andrew Sharpless	26 Jan 2008	Gristmill

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

Refuse to Palouse Groups sue for protections of giant lily-scented worm		25 Jan 2008	News
Posted at 1:52 PM on 25 Jan 2008 Green groups have followed through on their pledge to sue the federal government to gain protections for everyone's favorite three-foot-long, deep-burrowing, prone-to-spit, pinkish-white, lily-scented endangered species: the Palouse earthworm. sources:� Associated Press, Associated Content From the Archives 'Til the Grey Lady Sings. NYT endorses Clinton and McCain, ...
Topics: endangered species, litigation, news, politics, wildlife (all these topics)

Killing Me Swiftly Rule change eases restrictions on wolf kills in northern Rockies		24 Jan 2008	News
Posted at 12:05 PM on 24 Jan 2008 Photo: iStockphoto The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today announced it is altering a rule that will make it easier to kill gray wolves in Montana, Idaho, and Wyoming. Gray wolves in the area are still protected under the federal Endangered Species Act, though the FWS intends to delist them this spring and hand management over to the states. The rule change allows states and tri ...
Topics: endangered species, news, United States, US Fish and Wildlife Service, wildlife (all these topics)

Stranger(s) Among Us Conservationists highlight weirdness of rare amphibians in push to save them		22 Jan 2008	News
Posted at 8:00 AM on 22 Jan 2008 Scientists at the Zoological Society of London have evaluated all the world's amphibians and compiled a list of the most unique and imperiled species. The top 10 most imperiled amphibians were highlighted as being in the most need of immediate action. Among the most imperiled are the Chinese giant salamander that can grow to lengths of nearly six feet; the olm, a bl ...
Topics: endangered species, news, wildlife (all these topics)

This week in ocean news Sonar gets presidential pardon, seas more violent	Andrew Sharpless	19 Jan 2008	Gristmill

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

Out Like a Sea Lion Federal officials suggest killing sea lions to protect salmon		18 Jan 2008	News
Posted at 3:13 PM on 18 Jan 2008 To protect endangered Northwest salmon, the National Marine Fisheries Service suggests giving Oregon and Washington state officials the authority to kill sea lions, which last year gobbled up more than 4 percent of the salmon running through the Columbia River's Bonneville Dam. The action would likely result in about 30 sea lion deaths a year. The federal agency is taking public co ...
Topics: endangered species, National Marine Fisheries Service, news, Oregon, Washington, wildlife (all these topics)

Put the wild in wildlife Nora Roberts will match donations to Defenders of Wildlife	Sarah K. Burkhalter	18 Jan 2008	Gristmill

Topics: books, endangered species, sex, wildlife (all these topics)

The Sonar Also Rises Judge temporarily drops two restrictions on Navy's use of sonar, retains others		18 Jan 2008	News
Posted at 7:58 AM on 18 Jan 2008 Earlier this week, President Bush exempted the U.S. Navy from parts of an environmental law so it could continue to use mid-frequency sonar off the California coast. Mid-frequency sonar has been linked to deafness, beachings, and other injuries of marine mammals. Responding to Bush's move, the federal judge who earlier this month ordered the Navy to adopt restric ...
Topics: litigation, news, oceans, United States, wildlife (all these topics)

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