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Going Ape Short Nearly one-third of world's primates at risk of extinction, report says		29 Oct 2007	News
Posted at 5:57 AM on 29 Oct 2007 About 29 percent of the world's 394 primate species are at risk of extinction, according to a report by the World Conservation Union. Threats to primates include hunting for primate meat and bones, the trade in wildlife body parts, and habitat destruction mostly from logging and clearing land for agriculture. The report focused on the 25 most-endangered species, of which 11 a ...
Topics: endangered species, news, scientific research, wildlife (all these topics)

This week in ocean news Fish living in trees and underwater pumpkin carving	Andrew Sharpless	27 Oct 2007	Gristmill

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

Found a butterfly on my computer screen this morning	biodiversivist	25 Oct 2007	Gristmill

Topics: wildlife (all these topics)

Wild Thing, I Think I'll Miss You Photos of species threatened by climate change	Gary Braasch	25 Oct 2007	Grist Feature
The following photos and excerpt -- highlighting the threats posed to animals and plants by climate change -- are drawn from Gary Braasch's new book Earth Under Fire: How Global Warming Is Changing the World, published by the University of California Press, © 2007. Featuring more than 100 photographs, Earth Under Fire shows species, cultures, and entire ecosystems at risk due to rapid cl ...
Topics: biodiversity, books, climate change impacts, wildlife (all these topics)

Waive Goodbye Chertoff waives environmental laws to continue border-fence construction		23 Oct 2007	News
Posted at 7:26 AM on 23 Oct 2007 Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff waived several environmental laws on Monday in order to continue construction of nearly seven miles of the sprawling fence along the U.S.-Mexico border. Work on the section that crosses the San Pedro Riparian National Conservation Area near Naco, Ariz., had been halted due to a ruling two weeks ago that the administration had spent ...
Topics: Department of Homeland Security, Mexico, news, United States, wildlife (all these topics)

Woo-hoo, caribou! How chainsaw toting underwear models helped save America's most endangered large mammal	Glenn Hurowitz	22 Oct 2007	Gristmill

Topics: Canada, endangered species, grassroots activism, politics, wildlife (all these topics)

Angling for Love in All the Wrong Places Bush touts sport-fishing executive order and migratory-bird conservation plan		22 Oct 2007	News
Posted at 8:35 AM on 22 Oct 2007 President Bush this weekend speechified and photo-op'ed for the environment, specifically courting the hunting and angling crowd through a fishing trip and wildlife refuge visit touting an executive order for sport fishing and conservation measures for migratory birds. The president's migratory-bird plan involves asking Congress to increase tax ...
Topics: fishing, George Bush, news, wildlife (all these topics)

One if by land, two if by sea Overlap in supervision allows sea turtles to slip through the cracks	Andrew Sharpless	20 Oct 2007	Gristmill

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

This week in ocean news Insomniac zebra fish and stranded sea-turtle babies	Andrew Sharpless	20 Oct 2007	Gristmill

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

South Texas: The new environmental heartland? The green movement of the Rio Grande	Glenn Hurowitz	17 Oct 2007	Gristmill

Topics: international politics, Mexico, national security, politics, Texas, wildlife (all these topics)

Prairie Chicken Why environmental groups have been slow to fight the border wall	Glenn Hurowitz	16 Oct 2007	Grist Feature
The border fence under construction in Arizona. Photo: Defenders of Wildlife The bobcat turned, looked at me, and jumped into the mesquite brush. It was the first day of a three-day visit to South Texas, and I was exploring the Santa Ana National Wildlife Refuge along the Rio Grande River. Seeing the bobcat was a treat for me -- but the kind of treat that could become increasingly rare ...
Topics: environmental movement, Mexico, politics, wilderness, wildlife (all these topics)

An English coast makeover and a cephalopod celebration This week in ocean news	Andrew Sharpless	12 Oct 2007	Gristmill

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

You Gotta Fight for the Right's Right to Party Right whales get safe haven off east coast of Canada, baby orcas high in PBDEs		11 Oct 2007	News
Posted at 12:36 PM on 11 Oct 2007 The International Maritime Organization has approved a proposal to designate a 695-square-mile zone off the coast of Nova Scotia, Canada, an official Area to Be Avoided, hoping to lower the risk of ship collisions with endangered right whales that tend to congregate there from June through December. However, avoiding the zone is voluntary ...
Topics: Canada, news, oceans, Washington, wildlife (all these topics)

Oh, Deer L.A. considers freeway overpass for wildlife		10 Oct 2007	News
Posted at 10:32 AM on 10 Oct 2007 Los Angeles is considering adding another commuter lane -- for wildlife. But a proposal for a $455,000 animal path over the 405 Freeway is unpopular with residents who argue that transportation dollars should go to easing human-caused congestion, not making the commute more enjoyable for bobcats, coyotes, deer, and opossums. source: Los Angeles Times From the Archives Through Hell a ...
Topics: Los Angeles, news, placemaking, urban planning, wildlife (all these topics)

Playin' Large wild animals frolic, elicit ooh's, aah's	David Roberts	09 Oct 2007	Gristmill

Topics: wildlife (all these topics)

Better late than never for bluefins European Commission springs to action	Andrew Sharpless	09 Oct 2007	Gristmill

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

This week in ocean news Walruses, whales and ... wave farms?	Andrew Sharpless	05 Oct 2007	Gristmill

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

Give a Hoot, Don't Uproot Interior Department urged to redo recovery plan for spotted owl		03 Oct 2007	News
Posted at 3:15 PM on 03 Oct 2007 Was the Interior Department's recovery plan for the northern spotted owl watered down because of political pressure to favor logging interests? Six peer reviews of the plan (five of them funded by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service) suggest yes. So do 113 scientists who sent a letter yesterday asking the Interior Department to rewrite its draft plan, which favored shooting ...
Topics: Department of Interior, endangered species, habitat loss, news, politics, wildlife (all these topics)

A Better Mousetrap On live trapping	Umbra Fisk	03 Oct 2007	Ask Umbra

Topics: advice, Ask Umbra, green living, wildlife (all these topics)

The Thin Bluefin Line Bluefin tuna population in Mediterranean declining, sushi blamed		02 Oct 2007	News
Posted at 6:16 AM on 02 Oct 2007 The population of bluefin tuna in the Mediterranean Sea is plummeting and could be seeing the start of a collapse, warn experts from the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tuna and the World Wildlife Fund. High-end sushi restaurants in Japan fuel demand for premium catches of the fish, which can net some $15,000 each for the biggest and best. Demand, as ...
Topics: fishing, news, oceans, wildlife (all these topics)

This week in ocean news European fisheries 'poor,' island nation Palau rich in corals	Andrew Sharpless	29 Sep 2007	Gristmill

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

The sea turtle hurdle New study shows turtle populations on the decline	Andrew Sharpless	27 Sep 2007	Gristmill

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

It's not hot in here, it's just global warming Icy creature populations to deplete as temperatures rise	Andrew Sharpless	25 Sep 2007	Gristmill

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

Down the Pike California officials will poison lake to target nonnative fish		24 Sep 2007	News
Posted at 1:56 PM on 24 Sep 2007 We're not gung-ho about invasive species, but somehow poisoning an entire lake to get rid of them seems counterintuitive. Nonetheless, California's Lake Davis will get that treatment from state Fish and Game Department officials tomorrow, in the latest attempt in 15 years to rid the reservoir of nonnative northern pike. source: Los Angeles Times From the Archi ...
Topics: California, news, toxics, wildlife (all these topics)

So Much for Slow and Steady Loggerhead turtle populations declining		24 Sep 2007	News
Posted at 9:59 AM on 24 Sep 2007 Loggerhead turtle populations rose in the 1990s but are now falling again, according to a recent federal review. Thanks, commercial fishing! source: Associated Press From the Archives We're Just Going Through a Phaseout. Faster phaseout of ozone-damaging chemicals agreed to by 191 nations. The Long, Hot Summit. U.N. climate summit kicks off in New York; Bush preps for ...
Topics: fishing, news, oceans, wildlife (all these topics)

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