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Endangered Species Act gets listed  -  Sep 29, 2005
Christian Science MonitorBy Holly Doremus / September 29, 2005. The Endangered Species Act (ESA) has served the nation well as a last refuge for vanishing species since it was first ...

Red List of endangered species - thousands of species at risk of …  -  Oct 6, 2008
Telegraph.co.ukBy Paul Eccleston. The world is in the grip of an extinction crisis with thousands of species at risk of disappearing forever. By Paul Eccleston. ...

Polar bears gain 'vulnerable' status on world list of endangered...  -  May 1, 2006
CBC.caPolar bears are among the 530 species added to the World Conservation Union "Red List" of endangered species. (Courtesy of André Rochon) ...

Endangered Species Act Changes Give Agencies More Say  -  Aug 12, 2008
Washington PostBy Juliet Eilperin. The Bush administration yesterday proposed a regulatory overhaul of the Endangered Species Act to allow federal agencies to decide ...

Bald Eagle Taken Off Endangered-Species List  -  Jun 28, 2007
FOXNewsConservationists have hailed the successful recovery of the eagle as clear evidence that the Endangered Species Act , which has been under attack in recent ...

Obama Admin Denies Endangered Species Listing for American Pika  -  Feb 5, 2010
New York TimesBy PATRICK REIS of Greenwire. The Fish and Wildlife Service has rejected a bid to extend endangered species protection to a rabbit-like creature that ...

Polar Bears Proposed for US Endangered Species List  -  Dec 27, 2006
National GeographicThe US government today proposed listing polar bears as threatened with extinction under the Endangered Species Act because the animals' sea ice habitat is ...

Birds swell the ranks of critically endangered species  -  May 14, 2009
New ScientistDarwin would not be amused. A bird native to the Galapagos islands, the medium tree-finch, this year joined 191 other bird species newly added to the ...

Bush relaxes endangered species protection  -  Dec 11, 2008
USA TODAY - USA TodayBy Melissa Carlo, Winona Daily News, via AP. WASHINGTON (AP) — Just six weeks before President-elect Barack Obama takes office, the Bush administration ...

Obama Resuming Safeguards for Endangered Species  -  Mar 3, 2009
ABC NewsBy DINA CAPPIELLO AP Writer. AP. President Barack Obama announced plans Tuesday to resume full scientific reviews of projects that might harm endangered ...

House Committee Strips Away Endangered Species Protections  -  Sep 23, 2005
Environment News ServiceBy JR Pegg. WASHINGTON, DC, September 23, 2005 (ENS) – The House Resources Committee has approved legislation limiting the federal government's power to ...

US could reverse suspect endangered species rulings  -  Jul 21, 2007
Reuters IndiaBy Deborah Zabarenko, Environment Correspondent. WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The US Fish and Wildlife Service, accused of letting a political appointee meddle in ...

Polar bear is listed as threatened species  -  May 15, 2008
Los Angeles TimesThe designation under the Endangered Species Act requires the agency to identify critical habitat to be protected and to form a strategy to assist the bear ...

Bush-era endangered species rule revoked  -  Apr 28, 2009
msnbc.comThe Obama administration on Tuesday revoked a rule enacted toward the end of the Bush administration that it said undermined protections under the ...

Rewriting Endangered Species Act House Resources panel's OK …  -  Sep 20, 2005
San Francisco Chronicle...(09-20) 04:00 PST Washington -- House Resources Committee Chairman Richard Pombo of Tracy introduced new legislation Monday to rewrite the Endangered ...

Interior Department's decision imperils wolves, Endangered Species Act  -  Jan 1, 2010
Washington PostBy Jamie Rappaport Clark. "[T]oday, I've signed a memorandum that will help restore the scientific process to its rightful place at the heart of the ...

Endangered species list is more bad news  -  Sep 12, 2007
New ScientistMore than one in three species assessed by the World Conservation Union is threatened with extinction, according to the group's latest "Red List" of ...

Tassie Devil on endangered species list  -  May 22, 2009
Sydney Morning HeraldPreviously, the Tassie Devil, an iconic Australian species and the world's largest surviving marsupial carnivore, was listed as vulnerable. ...

Inside the secretive plan to gut the Endangered Species Act  -  Mar 27, 2007
SalonProposed regulatory changes, obtained by Salon, would destroy the "safety net for animals and plants on the brink of extinction," say environmentalists. ...

US Endangered Species Act Works, Study Finds  -  Jan 15, 2010
National GeographicProtecting "critical habitat"—areas that have biological or physical features essential to conservation—was also found to assist survival and recovery ...

Obama Criticizes Administration's Endangered Species Review Proposal  -  Aug 13, 2008
FOXNewsWASHINGTON -- A Bush administration proposal that would eliminate the input of independent government scientists in some endangered species reviews would be ...

Florida removes manatees from state endangered species list  -  Jun 9, 2006
USA TODAY - USA TodayWEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — The state wildlife commission has voted to take the manatee off Florida's endangered species list, saying the animal's ...

US Curbs Use of Species Act in Protecting Polar Bear  -  May 9, 2009
New York TimesThe government says the Endangered Species Act cannot be invoked to fight ... “I just don't think the Endangered Species Act was ever set up with that ...

More animals and plants in the list of endangered species  -  Sep 13, 2007
The HinduLondon, Sept. 13 (PTI): An increasing number of plants and animals from the mountain gorilla to coral in the seas off the Galapagos Islands face extinction, ...

Top 10 most endangered species in the world  -  Jan 4, 2010
Telegraph.co.ukThe tiger has topped the World Wide Fund for Nature's list of species most at threat of extinction. Below is the full list of creatures most under threat, ...

Alaska to Challenge Polar Bear Endangered Species Listing  -  May 21, 2008
FOXNewsANCHORAGE, Alaska — Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin says the state will sue to challenge the listing of polar bears as a threatened species under the Endangered ...

No safety net for Yellowstone bears - Environment- msnbc.com  -  Nov 16, 2005
msnbc.com...“This is the exception, not the rule to the Endangered Species Act,� Sen. Larry Craig, R-Idaho, said of removing the bears form the list. ...

The Nation; Endangered species list jeopardized, critics say  -  Jul 5, 2007
Pay-Per-View - Los Angeles Times - ProQuest Archiver..."It's wonderful the bald eagle is recovering -- one of the most charismatic and best funded species ever," said Jamie Rappaport Clark, a former director of ...

Brown Pelican Removed From Endangered Species Act  -  Nov 11, 2009
Wall Street JournalBy Kristina Peterson Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES. WASHINGTON (Dow Jones)--The US Fish and Wildlife Service officially removed the brown pelican from its list of ...

Bush Appointee Said to Reject Advice on Endangered Species  -  Oct 30, 2006
Washington PostBy Juliet Eilperin. A senior Bush political appointee at the Interior Department has rejected staff scientists' recommendations to protect imperiled animals ...

Report finds endangered species decisions tainted by politics  -  Dec 16, 2008
Christian Science MonitorA high-ranking Bush administration appointee in the Interior Department improperly interfered with nearly every decision on the protection of endangered ...

Endangered species' DNA to be stored at NYC museum  -  Jul 8, 2009
The HinduNew York (AP): Frozen DNA samples from endangered species in US parks are being added to a New York City collection to help researchers study and save the ...

Endangered Species Act Faces Broad New Challenges  -  Jun 26, 2005
New York TimesBy FELICITY BARRINGER. WASHINGTON, June 22 - More than three decades after the Endangered Species Act gave the federal government tools and a mandate to ...

Instant Expert: Endangered Species  -  Sep 4, 2006
New ScientistLife on Earth is in the throes of a new wave of mass extinction, unlike anything since the demise of the dinosaurs. In the last 500 years, ...

California challenges endangered species rule changes  -  Dec 31, 2008
Reuters UKBy Peter Henderson. SAN FRANCISCO, Dec 30 (Reuters) - Charging that the outgoing Bush administration is trying to gut the Endangered Species Act, ...

High Court Limits Endangered Species Act  -  Jun 26, 2007
NPR...by John Nielsen. The US Supreme Court sides with developers and the Bush administration on a ruling that reduces the power of the federal Endangered Species ...

Report fuels endangered species debate - Environment- msnbc.com  -  May 18, 2005
msnbc.comDec. 19: President Obama says that the climate agreement reached in Copenhagen is a 'breakthrough' that 'lays the foundation for international action in the ...

BIODIVERSITY: 'Pious Words Won't Save Endangered Species'  -  Jan 12, 2010
Inter Press ServiceBy Julio Godoy. BERLIN, Jan 12, 2010 (IPS) - Less than a month after the world's heads of governments failed to sign an international treaty to address ...

Spending Bill Nixes Bush Endangered Species Rules  -  Feb 24, 2009
ABC NewsBy DINA CAPPIELLO AP Writer. AP. The $410 billion House spending bill designed to keep the government afloat through the rest of the budget year could sink ...

Many Endangered Species Making Remarkable Comebacks  -  Jun 23, 2006
FOXNewsBy Corey Binns. As their numbers plummet, jaguars, polar bears and leatherback sea turtles might have hope of survival in light of the success stories of ...

Manatees could move off endangered species list  -  Apr 11, 2007
ESPNAP — April 11, 2007. MIAMI — The US Fish and Wildlife Service might reclassify manatees as "threatened'' instead of "endangered,'' a move that would cause ...

Endangered Species Act under fire from two directions  -  Jun 28, 2005
Christian Science MonitorNobody's very happy with the federal Endangered Species Act - arguably the most powerful of all environmental protection laws. ...

Rare Birds to Move Toward Endangered Species List, US Fish and …  -  Aug 12, 2009
ABC NewsBy KARIN HALPERIN. Thirty-one of the world's most-imperiled bird species -- whose fly-zones range from Peru to Colombia to Spain to India to the South ...

With Arctic ice melting, polar bear placed on endangered species list  -  May 14, 2008
Boston GlobeBy Beth Daley, Globe Staff. Once a symbol of Arctic wildlife's fierce resilience, the polar bear is now so vulnerable to the ravages of global warming that ...

The New Kid in Town Fights to Save an Endangered Species in 'Hoot'  -  May 5, 2006
New York TimesBy DANA STEVENS. Roy Eberhardt (Logan Lerman, who played Bobby on the WB series "Jack and Bobby") is the only child in a family that's constantly relocating ...

Protected Areas Don't Protect Many Endangered Species, Study Finds  -  Jan 16, 2010
National Geographic..."While the importance of this park is not being questioned, it contributes little to coverage of global species diversity," said study co-author Ana ...

New Rule on Endangered Species in the Southwest  -  May 24, 2005
New York TimesBy FELICITY BARRINGER. The southwestern regional director of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service has instructed members of his staff to limit their ...

US Endangered Species Program Burdened by Political Meddling  -  Nov 29, 2007
Environment News ServiceBy JR Pegg. WASHINGTON, DC, November 29, 2007 (ENS) - A top Bush administration appointee at the US Interior Department could have benefitted financially ...

Saving endangered species: it's the economy  -  Feb 3, 2010
Reuters UKBy Alister Doyle, Environment Correspondent. On a Pacific beach in Costa Rica, a researcher whispers the number after counting the slimy, round white eggs ...

Health Science .Feds Set To Push Bald Eagle Off Endangered Species …  -  Feb 14, 2006
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - Google News Archive...mows in Congress that they said would weaken, provisions of the Endangered Species Act. When first Europeans arrived In North america an estimated 100.000 ...

Gray wolves coming off endangered species list - Environment- msnbc. …  -  Feb 27, 2008
msnbc.comBILLINGS, Mont. - Gray wolves in the Northern Rockies will be removed from the endangered species list, following a 13-year restoration effort that helped ...

US takes brown pelican off endangered species list  -  Nov 12, 2009
Sydney Morning HeraldThe brown pelican, pushed to the edge of extinction in the 1970s by pesticide use, habitat loss and hunting, was Wednesday taken off the endangered species ...

Sides Line Up for Fight to Rewrite Endangered Species Act  -  May 19, 2005
Environment News ServiceWASHINGTON, DC, May 19, 2005 (ENS) - House Resources Committee Chairman Richard Pombo, a California Republican, is taking aim at the Endangered Species Act, ...

Sperm Transplant Between Fish May Preserve Endangered Species  -  Sep 13, 2007
BloombergBy Simeon Bennett. Sept. 14 (Bloomberg) -- Transplanting reproductive cells between fish may help preserve endangered species or resurrect extinct ones, ...

Foe of Endangered Species Act on Defensive Over Abramoff  -  Feb 14, 2006
Los Angeles TimesBy Bettina Boxall Times Staff Writer. TRACY — Growing up on the family ranch here, Rep. Richard W. Pombo (R-Tracy) says, he learned that "you have to work ...

… Misses Deadline to List Arctic Reindeer Under Endangered Species...  -  Dec 16, 2009
Yahoo! NewsThe Service failed to respond within the 90 days required under the Endangered Species Act, a likely product of understaffing and underfunding of the ...

Wolves to be removed from species list  -  Feb 22, 2008
ForbesThe wolf will be formally removed from the endangered species list 30 days after the federal government's decision is published in the Federal Register, ...

Interior chief ends 1st year with vows of reforms  -  Jan 4, 2010
Atlanta Journal ConstitutionThe Colorado rancher and former US senator's actions on energy and endangered species won him praise and denunciation. The oil and gas industry has accused ...

Endangered Species  -  Dec 1, 2007
New York TimesIn early June, the Audubon Society released a report chronicling the disturbing decline of some of America's most common bird species. ...

Florida takes manatees off its endangered species list.  -  Jun 7, 2006
Free with registration - Miami Herald - AccessMyLibrary.comMIAMI _ The manatee, long the poster mammal of the environmental movement in Florida, lost its endangered status from the state on Wednesday. ...

Endangered Species Act in cross hairs.(Endangered Species Act of 1973)  -  Nov 8, 2005
Free with registration - Chicago Tribune - AccessMyLibrary.comWASHINGTON _ Congress is taking steps to rewrite the Endangered Species Act for the first time in its 32-year history to make it more friendly to landowners ...

UN treaty boosts protection for endangered species  -  Dec 5, 2008
FOXNewsBy ARIEL DAVID, AP Writer. ROME — Cheetahs, dolphins, and other endangered species will receive extra protection from hunters, pollution and climate change ...

Salazar reviews 'midnight' endangered species rule  -  Apr 18, 2009
The GuardianAP foreign, Saturday April 18 2009. Associated Press Writer= ALBUQUERQUE, NM (AP) � US Interior Secretary Ken Salazar says he will make a decision in the ...

UN agency favors ban on bluefin tuna exports  -  Feb 5, 2010
San Diego Union - Tribune - San Diego Union TribuneFrance's tiny neighbor, Monaco, has proposed the ban, which will be considered at a meeting of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species ...

Endangered species body to talk conservation  -  May 30, 2007
CTV.caAP. THE HAGUE, Netherlands — If you think the problem of endangered species is all about tigers, elephants and orangutans, ask a violinist where he gets his ...

Endangered Species Act fails test of time  -  Oct 5, 2005
Pay-Per-View - Atlanta Journal Constitution - Factiva, from Dow JonesAfter three decades, the Endangered Species Act has given us very little to cheer about. Since its inception, nearly 1300 species have been listed as ...

Bush rushes to relax rules protecting endangered species  -  Nov 19, 2008
CBC.caAP. Animals and plants at risk of extinction could lose protection under new regulations US President George W. Bush is aiming to put in place before ...

Washington state orcas now endangered species  -  Feb 16, 2006
CTV.caAP. SEATTLE — Already designated a depleted species under one federal act, Washington state's killer whale population is getting more federal protection ...

Grey wolf off endangered species, back in gun sights  -  May 5, 2009
NEWS.com.auTHIRTY-FIVE years being hunted to near extinction, the grey wolf has been taken off the US list of endangered species, clearing the way for it to be hunted ...

Changes to US laws threaten endangered species  -  Apr 30, 2007
New ScientistUpdate 28 June 2007: The US government announced today that it has removed the bald eagle from the Endangered Species List. It is estimated that there were ...

Hawaii's false killer whales may be endangered  -  Jan 6, 2010
Yahoo! NewsLance Smith, an endangered species biologist with the Pacific Islands Regional Office of the agency, said scientists would examine whether the "insular" ...

Judges Rebuff Government on Endangered Species  -  Aug 20, 2005
New York TimesBy FELICITY BARRINGER. Federal judges on opposite sides of the country ruled Friday that the Fish and Wildlife Service had acted arbitrarily and violated ...

Green Group Sues Feds Over Endangered-Species Backlog  -  Mar 25, 2008
FOXNewsIt's been nearly two years since a domestic species has been listed under the Endangered Species Act, but Fish and Wildlife Service director Dale Hall said ...

Two coral species on threatened list .  -  May 6, 2006
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel - Google News Archive...hold forums in Florida and the Caribbean to discuss sugges tions for rules to protect the cor al under the Endangered Species Act. Bolden said. ...

Endangered species rulings under review  -  Jul 20, 2007
USA TODAY - USA TodayWASHINGTON (AP) — Decisions to reduce federal protection for the Rocky Mountain jumping mouse, a Western bird known as the "mosquito king" and other ...

Racing to save Earth's most endangered species  -  Nov 20, 2009
msnbc.comIn his new book “100 Heartbeats,� conservationist and television host Jeff Corwin provides an urgent portrait of wildlife that is teetering on the brink of ...

Web trade threat to rare species  -  Aug 15, 2005
BBC NewsThe illegal trade in wild animal products over the internet is driving the world's most endangered species to extinction, wildlife campaigners claim. ...

Global Warming - Salon.com  -  Jan 17, 2008
SalonThe Endangered Species Act prevents the federal government from taking actions that harm protected species. "At the same time the administration is ...

Endangered species consultations lack critical oversight, GAO report...  -  May 26, 2009
New York TimesBy ALLISON WINTER, Greenwire. The Fish and Wildlife Service has no established way to track cumulative threats or injuries to most of the imperiled species ...

Sushi-Loving Japan Fears Push for Tuna Export Ban  -  Jan 15, 2010
New York Times...''If (Atlantic) bluefin tuna becomes an endangered species, that's big news. That will wake a lot of people up,'' Corson said. ...

Scientists: Endangered Species Act Rewrite Must Be Science-Based  -  Mar 8, 2006
Environment News ServiceWASHINGTON, DC, March 8, 2006 (ENS) - Over 5700 scientists with biological expertise have signed a letter to the US Senate in an effort to ensure that the ...

Caring less could help save endangered species  -  Aug 9, 2007
New ScientistThe most endangered mammal in North America, the black-footed ferret, has taken off like a weed in southeastern Wyoming, US. This unexpected success story ...

Feds Are Sued Over Endangered Species  -  Mar 24, 2008
FOXNewsBy SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN, AP Writer. ALBUQUERQUE, NM — Environmentalists are suing the federal government, claiming promises to whittle down a backlog of ...

Tuesday editorial: Gutting the Endangered Species Act  -  Aug 18, 2008
St. Louis Post-DispatchBy Editorial Board. Let's face it, the Endangered Species Act can create quite a burden. If your goal is to build dams or open federal land to mining, ...

Plenty spent on endangered species list's tortoise  -  Jan 20, 2009
FOXNewsBy MIKE STARK, AP Writer. SALT LAKE CITY — Leathery, shy and a bit world-weary, the Mojave desert tortoise doesn't come across as a high-roller. ...

Tasmanian devil listed as endangered species  -  May 21, 2008
NEWS.com.au - news.com.auTHE Tasmanian devil has today been officially listed as an endangered species, as a deadly facial tumour disease continues to tear through the carnivorous ...

Activists hail endangered species legislation  -  May 16, 2007
Toronto StarFuture generations of Ontario wildlife lovers will know and appreciate iconic creatures like the monarch butterfly and woodland caribou thanks to new ...

Congress won't weaken the Endangered Species Act, so the …  -  Apr 9, 2007
Houston ChronicleSTYMIED by the Republican loss of control of both houses of Congress, the Bush administration apparently has refocused its efforts to dismantle key ...

Political strong-arming of endangered species list shows need for …  -  Jul 25, 2007
Houston ChronicleIndividually, the creatures on the endangered species list might seem less than crucial to democracy. But when one after another — as many as 200 — loses ...

New tool to fight global warming: Endangered Species Act?  -  Sep 7, 2007
Christian Science MonitorA recent deal to protect the habitat of endangered coral may offer US environmentalists new leverage. Environmentalists may have gained a powerful new legal ...

BILL WOULD OVERHAUL ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT CHANGES …  -  Oct 9, 2005
$2.95 - St. Paul Pioneer Press - NewsBankWASHINGTON -- The new version of the Endangered Species Act approved by the House is unlikely to pass muster in the Senate, at least right away. ...

Cuckoo Becoming An Endangered Species, Says Royal Society For The …  -  May 28, 2009
Sky NewsThe cuckoo is becoming so rare that it has joined the "red list" of the UK's most threatened birds. The latest assessment by the RSPBof the status of UK ...

British holidaymakers put endangered species at risk  -  Aug 16, 2007
Times OnlineCoral, snakeskin and medicines containing the remains of tigers were among the top ten illegal wildlife products seized while being brought into Britain in ...

Don't hamstring the Endangered Species Act  -  Apr 14, 2009
San Francisco ChronicleThe Endangered Species Act provides essential life support to a wide range of species on the edge of extinction, including native salmon, grizzly bears and ...

Quarterbacks still endangered species in the NFL  -  Sep 8, 2008
USA TODAY - USA TodayBy Jim Litke, AP Sports Columnist. Daunte Culpepper retired from the NFL five days ago, saying he was tired of begging for a shot at a quarterbacking job, ...

FWS Switches Heads of Endangered Species, Fisheries Programs  -  Jul 30, 2009
New York TimesBy NOELLE STRAUB of Greenwire. The Fish and Wildlife Service announced today that two of its senior leaders will switch jobs, returning Gary Frazer to ...

New Endangered Species Listings Wait as Obama Admin Charts New …  -  Nov 24, 2009
New York TimesBy ALLISON WINTER of Greenwire. The Obama administration is lagging behind the pace set by its predecessor for listing endangered species, ...

Endangered Species: Debate on How to Avoid Extinction - TIME  -  Oct 19, 2009
TIMEBy Bryan Walsh Monday, Oct. 19, 2009. The planet is in the middle of an extinction crisis, the sixth great wave in its history. But unlike major extinction ...

US endangered species rule takes short cut  -  Nov 20, 2008
��英文新� - ��英文新�By AP. AP. In one of the quickest turnarounds for rewriting federal regulations, the Bush administration is changing a rule in order to cut out government ...

Brunt: Fight crowd gradually becomes an endangered species  -  May 2, 2007
Globe and MailLAS VEGAS — From Thursday's Globe and Mail Published on Wednesday, May. 02, 2007 9:28PM EDT Last updated on Tuesday, Mar. 31, 2009 10:43PM EDT ...

Man indicted in death of Hawaiian monk seal  -  05 Aug 2009
The Associated PressThe indictment was returned Wednesday against Charles Vidinha, who is charged with violating the Endangered Species Act. If convicted, he faces a maximum

Wind Farm May Violate Endangered Species Act  -  05 Aug 2009
The Heartland InstituteThe groups say Beech Ridge Energy will be violating the Endangered Species Act by failing to obtain a federal “incidental take� permit from the US Fish and

AM.MN: Which endangered species delays bridge now? Certified ...  -  05 Aug 2009
Minnesota IndependentThe presence of two endangered species — the Topeka Shiner minnow and the tree swallow – delayed work at first. Now the problem is the absence of another

Rockford diver: don't fear sharks  -  05 Aug 2009
WREX-TVShe refuses to serve shark or any other endangered species, but says other area restaurants may not be worried about conservation.

Battle Brewing Over Giant Desert Solar Farm  -  05 Aug 2009
New York Times...“There are several endangered species, plant and animal, that would be affected by this project,� Ms. Sall said, adding that the “the side-blotched lizard�

Endangered Florida panther shot in Georgia  -  05 Aug 2009
Examiner.comWildlife Service (USFWS) Office of Law Enforcement is investigating this incident since the Florida panther is a federally protected endangered species.

Gov. Crist calls attention to Florida's python problem  -  05 Aug 2009
Tampabay.comTim Breault, a species expert at the wildlife commission, said pythons are usually docile but pose a threat to native and endangered species.

Conservationists celebrate the preservation of York's Highland Farm  -  05 Aug 2009
York WeeklyThe project preserves 151 acres of habitat for seven threatened and endangered species, including restoration sites for state-endangered New England

Texas wildlife threatened by drought, heat  -  05 Aug 2009
Houston ChronicleTexas is home to 180 federally endangered species, including the Barton Springs Salamander. Others suffering from drought include the Houston Toad,

Small power plants slated for rivers  -  05 Aug 2009
JoongAng DailyMeanwhile, environment evaluation reports on the river projects said they could cause unintended harm, including impact to endangered species.

Won't You Do Your Part to Save the Hummingbird?  -  05 Aug 2009
Lew RockwellCouldn't that qualify the Black-chinned Hummingbird for listing as a threatened or endangered species in Nevada? Yes, I know when the Endangered Species Act

Revere Beach becoming an unexpected bird sanctuary  -  05 Aug 2009
Revere JournalOne unanticipated outcome of this transformation has been the return of endangered species of birds to the shoreline, and chief among those species is the

This little chicken could cost the Texas wind industry big bucks  -  05 Aug 2009
Dallas Morning NewsAnd the chicken's opinion might soon matter, if the animal is added to the threatened or endangered species list. The Associated Press reports: Should the

Oldham Pond cleanup in Pembroke is on hold  -  05 Aug 2009
The Patriot LedgerThe presence of two endangered species of mussels, the tidewater mucket and the eastern pond mussel, may alter the association's plans to chemically treat

Army seeks to move more than 1100 desert tortoises  -  05 Aug 2009
Los Angeles Times1100 threatened California desert tortoises -- an unprecedented number of an endangered species that has not fared well during previous relocations.

6 Turtle-Killing Fish  -  05 Aug 2009
Daily Green...with trawl nets are killing 10 times more loggerhead turtles than allowed under the Endangered Species Act, according to Oceana.

Endangered plants in Derbyshire identified in "red" list  -  05 Aug 2009
Derby Evening TelegraphThe list of threatened species, known as the Red Data List – so named because the first books that named internationally rare and endangered species had red

In hot water over turtle possession  -  05 Aug 2009
Sarnia ObserverSpotted turtles are an endangered species with less than 2000 in Canada. The Blanding's population is estimated to be 10000. Ontario's southern Great Lakes

What would you like to know about Missouri snakes?  -  05 Aug 2009
Gallatin North MissourianMassasaugas have become rare in Missouri because of habitat destruction and are on the state's Rare and Endangered Species list. Human deaths caused by its

Latest Montana news, sports, business and entertainment ...  -  05 Aug 2009
KXMC...(AP) The Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks has intervened in a federal lawsuit that seeks to restore federal endangered species protection to

City Eyes Protection For Endangered Species  -  ‎Aug 4, 2009‎
KSAT.comThe idea centers on development at Camp Bullis and endangered species. Development around the US Army post is booming, and there are fears that Camp Bullis

Twelve Parrot Species Petitioned To Be Part Of Endangered Species Act  -  ‎Aug 4, 2009‎
BirdChannel.comTwelve species of parrots will undergo an in-depth status review for the Endangered Species Act (ESA). By The BirdChannel News Division Twelve species of

The pitbull nanny dog, an endangered species  -  ‎Aug 3, 2009‎
Examiner.comTo some, the "Pitbull type" dog is a genetic ticking time-bomb of violence bred to be a fighting machine, but to many others this dog is a phenomenal and

Tejon Ranch Company's Development Plans Include 'Incidental Take ...  -  ‎Aug 4, 2009‎
EcoWorldlyUnder the cloak of a “habitat conservation plan� - to mitigate “incidental take� of threatened or endangered species - they even finagled the support of

FWS Switches Heads of Endangered Species, Fisheries Programs  -  ‎Jul 30, 2009‎
New York TimesFrazer, currently assistant director for fisheries and habitat conservation, immediately will assume management of the Endangered Species Program,

Montana Opposes Wolf Lawsuit  -  ‎Aug 4, 2009‎
KECI-TV...into the middle of a federal lawsuit that asks the court to reverse plans for wolf management and put the wolf back on the Endangered Species List.

12 parrot species under review for endangered-species listing  -  ‎Jul 28, 2009‎
OregonLive.comAdding the parrots to the endangered-species list will not only restrict their importation severely, but also will protect them from being traded

Multiplying like bunnies? Not this jackrabbit  -  ‎Jul 22, 2009‎
The Associated PressIn New Mexico, the rabbit has been listed as a state endangered species since 1975. "The rabbit has cleared the first hurdle toward federal protection,

Canadian Artist to Study Endangered Species of Galapagos Islands  -  ‎Aug 3, 2009‎
PR Web (press release)The objective of the AFC's Flag Expeditions Program is to make possible the artistic field study and rendering of endangered species or habitats deserving

Rec and Park misses species study deadline  -  ‎Aug 1, 2009‎
San Francisco ChronicleThe Recreation and Park Department missed its July 31 deadline to finish a study on how Sharp Park Golf Course should protect two endangered species that

DOW wants to keep prairie dogs off endangered list  -  ‎Aug 2, 2009‎
Denver PostBut the burrowing rodent is having its day in Colorado, where an effort is afoot to keep it off the federal endangered-species list. As part of the effort,

Brad Pitt and Josh Brolin in Eli Roth's "Endangered Species"?  -  ‎Jul 30, 2009‎
WorstPreviews.comEli Roth (Hostel) has previously revealed that he will be making a PG-13 sci-fi movie, called "Endangered Species," and then follow it by an incredibly gory

The tough life of the Verde trout  -  ‎Aug 3, 2009‎
Camp Verde BugleAnd as of this month, it found itself, once again, a candidate for the Endangered Species list. A listing that will put it in a category with about 250

Keep hatchlings in the dark  -  ‎Aug 4, 2009‎
Sarasota Herald-TribuneMisdirected artificial light is so dangerous to sea turtles -- protected under the federal Endangered Species Act -- that local governments have long had

Baumholder training ground teems with endangered species  -  ‎Aug 1, 2009‎
Stars and StripesTanks and roving soldiers can even offer advantages to some endangered species, according to research scientist Steve Warren, who studied the ecosystems at

The Green Scene  -  ‎Aug 4, 2009‎
Mountain Xpress...crews have removed the remnants of an old dam, hoping to re-establish the fish populations the endangered species depends on. The elktoe mussel, US Fish

Are Caps off the Endangered Species List?  -  ‎Aug 4, 2009‎
Canadian UnderwriterAs the auto insurance cap issue grinds slowly and inexorably towards the Supreme Court of Canada, and even as courts seem to be aligning with insurers on

Taking stock of aquifer's species  -  ‎Aug 1, 2009‎
San Antonio ExpressThese threatened and endangered species and a handful more like them are the reason laws exist regulating how much water can be pulled from the Edwards

Lincoln Park Zoo pond gets the bird  -  ‎Aug 1, 2009‎
Chicago Tribune..."It is fortuitous," Thompson said, "that an endangered species turned up right in the middle of the pond. Going forward, this will be one of the most

FWC diligent in protecting native species and habitats  -  ‎Aug 3, 2009‎
Chipley BugleThe appetite of the Burmese python poses a serious threat to some of Florida's already endangered species. For example, Burmese pythons have eaten Key Largo

BCM workers accused of cutting down cycad  -  ‎Aug 3, 2009‎
Dispatch OnlineThe plant, which is an endangered species and protected by law in South Africa and internationally, was cut down on Friday afternoon.

Endangered Green River fish will have enough water year-round  -  ‎Jul 24, 2009‎
Salt Lake TribuneThe change is part of ongoing efforts to protect four endangered species: the humpback chub, the Colorado pikeminnow, the razorback sucker and the bonytail.

Open Season: Ways to keep Mosquitoes away  -  ‎Aug 1, 2009‎
SouthCoastToday.comMassWildlife's Natural Heritage and Endangered Species Program (NHESP) is asking interested conservationists for reports or sightings of certain specific

Gray wolves relisted as endangered in Great Lakes  -  ‎Aug 2, 2009‎
The Spokesman ReviewAP Gray wolves in the upper Great Lakes region are going back on the federal endangered species list - at least temporarily. The federal government recently

Plant Barcodes to Help Quash Illegal Trade of Endangered Species  -  ‎Jul 31, 2009‎
Treehugger...says co-author Robyn Cowan: If you are looking at trade in endangered species and you have things that are not flowering, or are just seedlings,

Endangered species study must be done before treating ponds  -  ‎Jul 30, 2009‎
Pembroke ExpressThe state recently identified the ponds as potential habitats for two endangered species of mussel — the Eastern Pond Mussel [top right] and the Tidewater

Bowlers hit the lanes for 20th annual Rhino Bowl  -  ‎Aug 4, 2009‎
Hillsboro Argus - OregonLive.comSaving every species of rhino is important, but the most critically endangered species drive our efforts." The annual cost of operating conservation parks

Wild Populations of Endangered Frog Found in Southern California  -  ‎Jul 23, 2009‎
Environment News ServiceThe mountain yellow-legged frog, Rana muscosa, is on the federal Endangered Species List and is classed as Critically Endangered by the IUCN Red List of

Federal government wants to remove Utah snail from endangered ...  -  ‎Jul 16, 2009‎
IdahoStatesman.comThe US Fish and Wildlife Service today proposed to remove the Utah valvata snail from the endangered species list. The agency issued the decision based on

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