Bat and Darter Among Five New Endangered Species
US News & World Report - Mon Nov 9, 1:37 pm ETFeds expand the endangered species list with a bat, a darter, a mussel, and two plants.
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Feds expand the endangered species list with a bat, a darter, a mussel, and two plants.
Voters could bring in millions for conservation around Tahoe By Greyson Howard Tribune News Service LAKE TAHOE - Voters could determine the future of Lake Tahoe in 2010, following the passage of a California state Senate bill this week that includes millions of dollars for conservation work in the Sierra Nevada. The Safe, Clean and Reliable Drinking Water Supply Act would inject $75 million into ...
A couple of weeks ago, an adult grizzly killed a miniature paint horse near the South Fork of the Shoshone River and was transplanted to the Bridger-Teton National Forest in current grizzly habitat. But, since the legally-embattled bruin has been sent back to the endangered list, any state actions must be approved by the federal government while potential legal haggling unfolds.Most state ...
A day at the beach in Wisconsin's North Woods didn't used to go like this. Candy Dailey spent a Fourth of July holiday splashing with grandkids on the sandy shore of Lake Metonga when she felt a nasty sting on her foot.
During the 1940s and '50s our Great Lakes systems in the Midwest were very polluted. The only lake that still had some pure water was Lake Superior. Locally, Lake Michigan still had a population of yellow perch and smelt.
A life-sized lion statue with US President Barack Obama's face painted on it has helped raise some 170,000 dollars (114,000 euros) for lion conservation in Kenya, the auctioneer said Saturday.
New York's Catskill Animal Sanctuary, one of the nation's leading sanctuaries for rescued farm animals, is going green. Construction begins today to complete Catskill Animal Sanctuary's conversion to solar power. This complete conversion to solar energy is but one of the Sanctuary's practices aimed at minimizing the organization's environmental footprint. (PRWeb Nov 6, 2009) Read the full story ...
MIAMI (AP) -- A bat and a fern found only in Florida may be added to the federal list of endangered and threatened species. The Florida bristle fern is found only in pine woods in Miami-Dade and Sumter counties.
In his new book “100 Heartbeats,” conservationist and television host Jeff Corwin provides an urgent portrait of wildlife that is teetering on the brink of extinction — and spells out what can be done about it. Here is an excerpt.
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Michael Vick heard it all in his first road game, from supporters to animal rights activists and protesters eager to boo him. Or bark at him for that matter.
Climate change and man-made adverse environment have so far caused extinction of 13 species of animal and endangered 800 other species in Bangladesh. Wildlife Trust of Bangladesh (WTB), a national institution committed to conserving the biological diversity of Bangladesh, said the extinct animals are: peacock, crocodile, wolf, wild buffalo, nilgai and rhinoceros, national news agency BSS ...