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World rally leg 'threatens' NSW species  -  06 Aug 2009
Sydney Morning Herald...cycle and erode the habitat of the giant barred frog, Fleay's barred frog, eastern bristlebird and spotted-tailed quoll - all threatened species.

Former border agent sentenced for tortoise imports  -  06 Aug 2009
Houston ChronicleA Justice Department statement said the tortoises were a threatened species. They were discovered in a box marked as though it were carrying scorpions at

Wildlife find new homes in NW Ohio  -  06 Aug 2009
Fremont News MessengerJeff Finn, a private lands biologist with the US wildlife service, said the work is part of a larger program to help migratory birds and threatened species.

Florida students team with federal, state agencies to study coral ...  -  06 Aug 2009
Chipley BugleStaghorn coral is classified as a federally threatened species. Although scientists have never documented the spawning of staghorn coral in the Florida Keys

Sea turtle workshop to kick off at Lovers Key  -  06 Aug 2009
The News-PressLovers Key State Park, a nesting site for the loggerhead sea turtle, will host a program discussing this threatened species. Adults and children can learn

DNR reports swans killed by vehicle, not shot  -  06 Aug 2009
Dexter LeaderThey are listed as a threatened species in Michigan and protected under both state and federal laws. "These swans have been on this corner for at least four

Three more giant sable antelopes relocated to Cangandala National Park  -  06 Aug 2009
AngolaPressThe giant sable antelope is evaluated as critically endangered on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. The Cangandala National Park, in northern Malanje

Killers of Endangered Grizzly Bear Finally Facing Felony Violations  -  06 Aug 2009
EcoWorldlyIn 1975, The US Fish and Wildlife Service listed the grizzly bear as a threatened species in the Lower 48 states, under the *Endangered Species Act. In

Federal Monies Back Salt Pond Flow Project  -  06 Aug 2009
Milpitas PostPond A8 of the Alviso Slough Restoration Project, which is meant to increase the habitat of endangered or threatened species in the San Francisco Bay.

6 Turtle-Killing Fish  -  ‎Aug 5, 2009‎
Daily GreenHow buying these six fish is encouraging the death of hundreds of loggerhead sea turtles, a threatened species. By Dan Shapley Bought any summer flounder,

Freshwater crabs 'feel the pinch'  -  ‎Jul 27, 2009‎
BBC News...produced the first International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List of Threatened Species for the 1280 known species of freshwater crab.

Red List Evaluating Conservation of Species May Incorrectly ...  -  ‎Jul 24, 2009‎
Science Daily (press release)...group (accounting for 90% of the almost 4000 endemic species in the Canary Islands), are not covered by Red List criteria for threatened species.

Wild Michigan Rattlesnakes and Fox Snakes Studied by Potter Park ...  -  ‎Aug 4, 2009‎
Zoo and Aquarium Visitor NewsThe Eastern Massasauga Rattlesnake is a species of special concern but is under consideration to become a nationally threatened species.

Mississippi Animals 101: What kind of threatened species lives in ...  -  ‎Jul 24, 2009‎
Examiner.com...the State endangered fish, the Southern red belly face. The forest also provides a habitat for another threatened species in Mississippi - the black bear.

Toronto Man Sentenced to Jail Under Species at Risk Act  -  ‎Aug 5, 2009‎
Earthtimes (press release)...provide for the recovery of endangered or threatened species, and encourage the management of other species to prevent them from becoming at risk.

Federal Court Decision Interpreting Species at Risk Act May Create ...  -  ‎Aug 4, 2009‎
Linex Legal (subscription)SARA requires the federal Minister of the Environment to develop recovery strategies for all endangered and threatened species. The recovery strategy must

In Our View, Aug. 5: No 'Winner' Needed  -  ‎Aug 5, 2009‎
The ColumbianBut what happens when those two advocacies collide, when wind turbines kill birds, especially birds of a threatened species? The answer: We remain staunchly

Extinction Crisis Looms In Oceania  -  ‎Jul 28, 2009‎
Science Daily (press release)Loss and degradation of habitat is the largest single threat to land species, including 80 percent of threatened species. More than 1200 bird species have

Palin, politics and polar bears  -  ‎Jul 13, 2009‎
Examiner.comEnvironmental groups have been lobbying for some years to place the polar bear on the “threatened� species list, under the Endangered Species Act. Enacted

All Rights Reserved  -  ‎Jul 21, 2009‎
The Cherokeean HeraldThe HCP will be designed to avoid and minimize impacts to endangered and threatened species associated with wind energy development.

Picture gallery: Future dim for threatened species  -  ‎Jul 14, 2009‎
Deutsche WelleThat is the pessimistic conclusion of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (UCN), author of the yearly "Red List of Threatened Species.

Clearer Skies for Clouded Leopard Conservation  -  ‎Jul 20, 2009‎
Voice of AmericaBecause of this, many zoos and animal parks try to devote as much space as they can to threatened species, such as clouded leopards.

Threatened horny toads get home at El Paso Zoo  -  ‎Jul 26, 2009‎
El Paso TimesIt's classified as a threatened species in Texas, even though it is the state's official lizard. Meet the the horny toad, or horned frog, officially known

Save the Habitat, Kill the Turtles  -  ‎Jul 31, 2009‎
Lew RockwellTwenty years after the tortoise received an “emergency listing� as a threatened species in 1989, they're still trying to establish a “baseline�?

More than 90 per cent of UK's threatened habitats in poor shape  -  ‎Jul 17, 2009‎
Surfbirds NewsThe first assessment of more than 1000 threatened species and hundreds of threatened habitats across 25 members of the European Union shows much of the

Government publishes its Protected Species Recovery Plan  -  ‎Jul 11, 2009‎
Royal GazetteThe Queen Conch is now the first subject of a series of action plans to conserve Bermuda's marine and terrestrial threatened species.

Owning large reptiles just got harder in NC  -  ‎Aug 4, 2009‎
News ChiefBurmese pythons are on the threatened species list because of hunting and loss of native habitat. The North Carolina bill adds provisions to a law that

At-risk birds taken under our wing...  -  ‎Aug 4, 2009‎
The StarThe most threatened species will be monitored to see what difference woodland management makes. Underpinning the project is the Bird Conservation Targeting

Endangered plants in Derbyshire identified in "red" list  -  ‎Aug 4, 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

Wildlife hinders wind farm strategy  -  ‎Aug 2, 2009‎
The ColumbianSince 1992, it has been listed as a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act, mainly because of loss of its old-growth forest habitat.

The tough life of the Verde trout  -  ‎Aug 3, 2009‎
Camp Verde BugleOn a scale of 1 to 10 with one being the most threatened species, the roundtail chub is an 8, according to Humphreys. The only reason the roundtail chub was

Yellowstone bear lawsuits going to federal court  -  ‎Aug 1, 2009‎
Billings GazetteNow that mediation has failed, the government's decision to take Yellowstone's grizzly bears off the list of threatened species will be decided in federal

Limits on Logging Are Reinstated  -  ‎Jul 16, 2009‎
New York Times...which oversees the forests, had failed to consult with the Fish and Wildlife Service about the logging's impact on endangered and threatened species.

Marbled Murrelet remains on threatened list  -  ‎Jul 14, 2009‎
Oregon Natural Resources ReportThe Marbled Murrelet sea bird remains on the threatened species list under the Endangered Species Act thanks to a recent US Fish and Wildlife Department

Urgent action needed to save protected species  -  ‎Jul 17, 2009‎
Royal GazetteThe Queen Conch is the first in a series of action plans to conserve the Island's marine and terrestrial threatened species. A preliminary list recognises

News half good for turtles in Lee County  -  ‎Aug 1, 2009‎
The News-Press..."Whatever the reason, the consequences are that hatchlings from endangered or threatened species meet their demise before they ever reach the ocean.

State officials seek comments on grizzly bear management  -  ‎Aug 3, 2009‎
The Bozeman Daily Chronicle...have increased from an estimated 136 bears in 1975, when they were listed as a threatened species, to more than 500 bears today, according to FWP.

Wildlife crisis worse than economic crisis – IUCN  -  ‎Jul 18, 2009‎
RTThe latest analysis of the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, which is published every four years by the International Union for the Conservation of

Many DEIS reviewers still unsatisfied  -  ‎Jul 24, 2009‎
WatertownDailyTimes.comDEC also commented on Acciona's plan for Blanding's turtle, a state-listed threatened species. The statement said it would avoid hurting the turtles by not

Rare fish make a home in Northeast Georgia  -  ‎Jul 12, 2009‎
Gainesville TimesOfficials with the US Fish and Wildlife Service are turning their attention to 23 endangered and threatened species in the Southeast.

Montana's cats: a story of adaptation, survival  -  ‎Jul 17, 2009‎
West Yellowstone NewsThat may be why today there are an estimated 600 million housecats in the world and Canada lynx are a threatened species. All domestic cats descended from a

Biologist finds rare garter snakes in California  -  ‎Aug 3, 2009‎
The Associated PressA Northern California biologist says he has found a population of giant garter snakes, a federally threatened species that many thought had vanished.

Nobu caught out by tuna protester with bike lock  -  ‎Aug 5, 2009‎
This is LondonThe restaurant responded by adding this warning to its menu: "Blue fin tuna is an environmentally threatened species. Please ask your server for an

Proposed wind project could imperil murrelet  -  ‎Jul 28, 2009‎
The ColumbianThe murrelet, listed as a threatened species in 1992, nests in old-growth forests within 50 miles of the sea and forages in marine waters and near the

Meet Cai and Liang - Scotland's twin red panda cub sensations  -  ‎Jul 27, 2009‎
Examiner.comRed pandas are endemic to the Himalayas and are among the world's most threatened species with only a few thousand are left in the wild.

Multiplying like bunnies? Not this jackrabbit  -  ‎Jul 22, 2009‎
The Associated PressAfter the review, the agency will decide whether the rabbit warrants protection as an endangered or threatened species. In New Mexico, the rabbit has been

Habitats report shows sorry state of EU biodiversity  -  ‎Jul 14, 2009‎
The EcologistIt makes for sobering reading: only six per cent of threatened habitats and 23 per cent of threatened species in the UK were found to be in 'favourable'

Hampstead bypass ready to open  -  ‎Aug 4, 2009‎
Carroll County TimesThe bypass project was stalled for years after the bog turtle, a federally listed threatened species, was discovered to live in wetlands near the bypass.

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