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Fighting the feds
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18.5.2013 |
Salt Lake Tribune |
| Published May 18, 2013 01:01AM MDT
Rep. Mike Noel is no friend to the federal government. But that can also be said of the Kanab Republican’s relationship with old-growth trees, wildlife, children affected by dirty air, environmentalists and conservation of almost any kind. Still, while his motives and tactics in sponsoring HB155 are “same old, same old” Noel, and certainly no surprise to most Utahns, it seems that this bill making it illegal for federal land-management officers to do their jobs goes too far. Under this legislat... ... |
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DEEP says 14 types of snakes live in Connecticut
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18.5.2013 |
Boston Globe: Latest |
| DEEP says 14 types of snakes live in Connecticut |
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[flenvcenter :: Reptiles]
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Bloodthirsty 'factual' TV shows demonise wildlife | Adam Welz
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17.5.2013 |
Guardian: Environment |
| Major US TV channels are promoting hysterical and outdated ideas about wildlife in popular, blood-soaked shows
Most people's wild beasts live in the TV.
What I mean is that, in my experience, most people are highly unlikely to come eyeball-to-eyeball with a large wild animal in their everyday lives, and much of their knowledge of wildlife comes from a screen.
If you're North American or get US-produced satellite TV, you've probably learned a lot about wildlife from outlets like the Discovery Channel, Animal Planet and History. You might trust these channels because you've seen educational, factually accurate shows on them, unlike the 'trashy' material that dominates free-to-air network TV.
But not everything on on these 'factual' channels might be as ethical or even as accurate as you might think, and the implications for conservation could be profound.
I recently spent a few entertaining hours watching episodes of Discovery's Yukon Men , a hit 'reality' series about the residents of ... |
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California bills on firearms, violence clear hurdles
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17.5.2013 |
LA Times: Top News |
| California bills on firearms, violence clear hurdles |
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Endangered Species Act: On 40th anniversary, time to rethink how we protect wildlife
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15.5.2013 |
San Jose Mercury News: Opinion |
| Laura E. Huggins and David Currie argue that the act is expensive and ineffective in its reactive approach to conservation, which tends to penalize property owners once a species is already in a tailspin. A system of positive incentives for environmental stewardship, before formal listing under the ESA, could enhance species conservation by motivating more effective and less expensive habitat management. |
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[flenvcenter :: National]
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Fighting eagles crash land on Duluth airport runway
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15.5.2013 |
Minnesota Public Radio: News |
Two bald eagles locked together by their talons in a midair battle survived a crash landing onto a runway at a northeastern Minnesota airport. |
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Fighting eagles crash land on Minn. airport runway
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15.5.2013 |
Twincities.com: Nation |
| DULUTH, Minn.—Two bald eagles locked together by their talons in a midair battle survived a crash landing onto a runway at a northeastern |
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Fighting eagles crash land on Minn. airport runway
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15.5.2013 |
Star Tribune: Nation |
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Fighting eagles crash land on Minn. airport runway
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15.5.2013 |
Boston Globe: Latest |
| Fighting eagles crash land on Minn. airport runway |
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Crash landing for fighting eagles at airport
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14.5.2013 |
Star Tribune: Local |
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AP IMPACT: Wind farms get pass on eagle deaths
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14.5.2013 |
AP National |
| CONVERSE COUNTY, Wyo. (AP) -- It happens about once a month here, on the barren foothills of one of America's green-energy boomtowns: A soaring golden eagle slams into a wind farm's spinning turbine and falls, mangled and lifeless, to the ground.... |
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[flenvcenter :: Birds]
[flenvcenter :: Fish]
[newstrust :: Legislation]
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[irge304 :: Wildlife Protection]
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[irge304 :: Endangered Species]
[irge304 :: Species Loss]
[irge304 :: Biodiversity Threats]
[flenvcenter :: Environment]
[sattva_1 :: energy]
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Wisconsin DNR workshop aims to connect families with the outdoors
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14.5.2013 |
Twincities.com: Local |
| The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources is launching a free, no-registration workshop this summer designed to introduce families to a variety of outdoor activities, including camping, orienteering and trapping. |
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Willard Bay aflame? Don’t worry, it’s intentional
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13.5.2013 |
Salt Lake Tribune |
| by Bob Mims The Salt Lake Tribune
Published May 13, 2013 07:35AM MDT
Is that Willard Bay aflame? Well, close. But the Utah Department of Natural Resources says you can move along; nothing to worry about. Those flames and smoke you may have seen Monday are intentional, a joint effort between the Utah Division of Forestry, Fire and State Lands and its sister agency, the Division of Forestry, Fire and State Lands, to clean out the invasive Phragmites reed. That species has infested thousands of acres within the Ogden Bay Wildlife Management Area. Monday’s “prescribe... ... |
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[flenvcenter :: Invasive Species]
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Green diary rescue: Wading out of the abstract into the practicalities of sustainability
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12.5.2013 |
Daily Kos |
| Every week Daily Kos diarists write dozens of environmentally related posts. Many don't get the readership they deserve. Helping improve the odds is the motivation behind the Green Diary Rescue. In the past seven years, there have been 225 of these spotlighting more than 12,630 eco-diaries. Below are categorized links and excerpts to 72 more that appeared in the past seven days. That makes for lots of good reading during the spare moments of your weekend. [ Disclaimer: Inclusion of a diary in the rescue does not necessarily indicate my agreement with or endorsement of it.]
Sustainability: The Challenge of Change —by phoenixvoice : "I don’t know of any non-lethal ways to handle wasps’ nests—but I figure that wasps are probably good pollinators. I needed a quick solution, so that the guys could get on with the work I was paying them to do. They had dealt with this problem in the past, and wasp spray was how they would handle it. So we got the wasp spray. My friend recognized the can ... |
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[newstrust :: Forest]
[newstrust :: Sea Level]
[newstrust :: Storm]
[newstrust :: Greenhouse Gases]
[newstrust :: Emissions]
[newstrust :: Global warming]
[newstrust :: Climate change]
[newstrust :: Farm Bill]
[newstrust :: Jobs]
[newstrust :: Farm Bill Poverty]
[newstrust :: Landfills]
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[newstrust :: National Parks]
[newstrust :: Conservation Efforts]
[newstrust :: Endangered Species]
[newstrust :: Species Loss]
[newstrust :: Biodiversity Threats]
[newstrust :: Education]
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Saving Utah’s sage grouse
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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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Thailand animal sanctuary owner decries charges
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11.5.2013 |
Boston Globe: Latest |
| Thailand animal sanctuary owner decries charges |
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Companies won't face charges in condor deaths
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11.5.2013 |
LA Times: Science |
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service grants exceptions to a wind farm and a building project in harassing or killing the endangered birds.
Federal wildlife officials took the unprecedented step Friday of telling private companies that they will not be prosecuted for inadvertently harassing or even killing endangered California condors. |
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[flenvcenter :: Wind]
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Minnesota fishing license fee revenue focus of fight at Capitol
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11.5.2013 |
Twincities.com: News |
| Minnesota fishing licenses cost more than ever this year. |
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This is the EU's best chance in a decade to reduce fish discards | Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall
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10.5.2013 |
Guardian: Comment is Free |
| Europe now has a great opportunity to reduce waste at sea. Britain must take the lead in ensuring its success
I've often given our fisheries minister, Richard Benyon, a hard time in my Fish Fight programmes . And what I've found – and what most other people confirm – is that he is a Very Nice Guy. He stayed charming at Billingsgate market where I tested his knowledge of our most common commercial fish species, and remained polite and courteous while I hassled him in his constituency office for more ambitious marine protection around the coast of the UK. And I believe that, unlike some politicians, his charm has some backbone behind it.
Benyon has stuck it out as fisheries minister – not the apex of political ambition – while other MPs have been shuffled around him. I think that's because he has genuinely tried to get to grips with his brief, and truly wants to see real reform of Europe's fisheries. He also knows there's a once-in-a-decade opportunity to do that, as the new common fisheries ... |
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Op-Ed Contributors: Save the Wolves of Isle Royale National Park
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9.5.2013 |
NYT > Environment |
| Op-Ed Contributors: Save the Wolves of Isle Royale National Park |
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