NewsRack: 'Fish' news in 'Biodiversity-Regional' topic for user flenvcenter

Bonneville cutthroat trout restoration part of Mill Creek project	20.6.2013	Salt Lake Tribune
by Brett Prettyman The Salt Lake Tribune Published Jun 19, 2013 12:40PM MDT Lake Bonneville may have disappeared thousands of years ago, but the cutthroat trout that roamed the massive and ancient lake can still be found in various Utah waters, albeit in much lower numbers. A new effort to bolster the native fish is scheduled to start this fall when the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources (DWR), U.S. Forest Service and a number of nonprofit and corporate partners begin a project on Mill Creek in Mill Creek Canyon. “Our role of being a partner to the Bonneville Cutthroat... ...
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Wharton: Selfish reasons to oppose Nevada water deal	18.6.2013	Salt Lake Tribune
by Tom Wharton The Salt Lake Tribune Published Jun 18, 2013 12:29PM MDT Most of us are selfish. We view the world through a prism of what helps us get through life. I thought about this recently when reading a story about how Utah water barons such as Washington County Water Conservancy District general manager Ron Thompson are critical of Gov. Gary Herbert for vetoing a water-sharing agreement with Nevada over underground water in Snake Valley that straddles the two states. The veto concerns Thompson because of fears that Nevada water barons will make it more diffi... ...
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Food ideas: trash fish dining beginning to catch on	15.6.2013	Denver Post: Food
Most people have only ever seen a scorpion fish in an aquarium. Unless they dine at Carolina Crossroads Restaurant in Chapel Hill, N.C., where they'll find the spiny, venomous creature on the menu.
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U.S. proposes listing captive chimps as endangered	12.6.2013	Denver Post: National News Headlines
The federal Fish and Wildlife Service proposed Tuesday to list captive chimpanzees as endangered, a move that would require permits for future use of chimps in invasive medical research.
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Wildlife agency to list all chimps as endangered	12.6.2013	Denver Post: National News Headlines
WASHINGTON—The Fish and Wildlife Service Tuesday called for protection of all chimpanzees as endangered, an action that could affect use of the apes in medical research.
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Government moves to wrap up gray wolf recovery	8.6.2013	Denver Post: National News Headlines
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich.—Federal officials are declaring victory in their four-decade campaign to rescue the gray wolf, a predator the government once considered a nuisance and tried to exterminate.
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Federal authorities move to delist gray wolves	8.6.2013	Salt Lake Tribune
by Brian Maffly The Salt Lake Tribune Published Jun 7, 2013 12:36PM MDT In a decision hoped to close one of the West’s most contentious debates, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has declared mission accomplished for recovering the gray wolf, the predator government officials had exterminated from the West nearly a century ago. The agency has concluded wolves no longer warrant protection under the Endangered Species Act. On Friday, federal authorities proposed delisting the wolf, but insisted the Mexican gray wolf remain listed as an endangered subspecies. While sp... ...
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APNewsBreak: Plan lifts Lower 48 wolf protections	7.6.2013	Denver Post: National News Headlines
BILLINGS, Mont.—The Obama administration on Friday proposed lifting most of the remaining federal protections for gray wolves across the Lower 48 states, a move that would end four decades
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Scientists warn Atlantic puffins in peril in US	3.6.2013	Denver Post: National News Headlines
PORTLAND, Maine—The Atlantic puffin population is at risk in the United States, and there are signs the seabirds are in distress in other parts of the world.
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Guest Commentary: Together, we can meet Colorado River challenges	1.6.2013	Denver Post: Opinion
Conservation groups and water utilities don't always see eye-to-eye on every water resource issue.
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Endangered beetle poses pipeline obstacle	1.6.2013	Denver Post: National News Headlines
WASHINGTON — Building the $5.3 billion Keystone XL oil pipeline across the middle of the United States will require thousands of workers and millions of pounds of steel.
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Bighorn needn’t lose out to oil and gas trucks	28.5.2013	High Country News Most Recent
North Dakota's Fish and Game Department needs to stand up and protect wildlife
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States use apps for citizen access to services, improving operations	27.5.2013	Denver Post: National News Headlines
After a long day of slogging through the woods, Arkansas hunters used to have to check in their game at the nearest mom-and-pop establishment.
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Should the Hopi people continue to have the right to kill eagles? No	24.5.2013	Denver Post: Opinion
Among the "cool facts" about golden eagles listed by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology is this: "Members of the Hopi tribe remove nestlings, raise them in captivity, and sacrifice them.
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Feds keep Preble's mouse on threatened list	24.5.2013	Denver Post: News: Local
Feds keep Preble's mouse on threatened list
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Aggressive tiger muskies being reintroduced to Western Slope anglers	19.5.2013	Denver Post: Outdoors
SILT — It's not the size of the dog in the fight, they say. It's the size of the fight in the dog.
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Equity firm creates new model for sporting ranches in Western states	18.5.2013	Denver Post: Business
Equity firm creates new model for sporting ranches in Western states
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AP IMPACT: Wind farms get pass on eagle deaths	15.5.2013	Denver Post: National News Headlines
CONVERSE COUNTY, Wyo.—Wind farms in this corner of Wyoming have killed more than four dozen golden eagles since 2009, one of the deadliest places in the country of its kind.
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Tennessee resists sale of New Deal-era power authority	11.5.2013	Denver Post: National News Headlines
WATTS BAR LAKE, Tenn. — Scott Lee, an ardent fisherman from Oak Ridge, Tenn., has an opinion as to whether Barack Obama should sell the federally chartered Tennessee Valley Authority to
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Saving Utah’s sage grouse	11.5.2013	Salt Lake Tribune
by Mark Salvo And Allison Jones Published May 11, 2013 01:01AM MDT Greater sage grouse endure icy winters and blazing summers on the high desert, subsisting on little more than wildflowers and tiny, bitter sagebrush leaves. Some flocks migrate over a hundred miles annually between summer and winter habitat. But every spring they arrive faithfully to their dancing grounds, called leks, to stage flamboyant mating displays. The largest grouse in North America, sage grouse are amazing birds. Nineteenth century travelers reported seeing huge flocks of sage grouse th... ...
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