Conservation Articles page 4

Miami Herald - My $3.50 charge at the American International Rattlesnake Museum, for instance, which probably bought half the reptilian residents lunch. The conservation center claims to display the world's largest living collection of different snake species. That ...

Los Angeles Times - It is a sound law, put in place by the Nixon administration in 1973 to protect imperiled plants and animals "from the consequences of economic growth and development untempered by adequate concern and conservation." By drawing a bright legal line this ...

Oregonian - For the second year, the festival handed out a prize for best film with a conservation theme, this time to Portland director Colin Stryker for his "River Ways," which explores the debate over removing dams on the Snake River. And a new prize, for ...

Los Angeles Times - In the last three years, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger signed 24 out of 44 environmental bills that reached his desk, according to the California League of Conservation Voters. This year alone, he approved 19 of 28 bills plugged by a coalition of ...

Washington Post - In the meantime, Richmond began enforcing mandatory conservation measures Friday, and Stafford County urged residents to continue conserving, especially indoors. "Every drop counts," said county administrator Steve Crosby.

Washington Post - Every time you have a mortality, you're bringing the possibility of extinction to fruition," said Vicki Cornish, who directs marine wildlife conservation at the Ocean Conservancy, an advocacy group. The administration has taken other steps to protect ...

St. Petersburg Times - The Pasco County Parks and Recreation Department and the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission will present the Third Annual Fall Fishing Festival on Nov. 17 at the Withlacoochee River Park, 12449 Withlacoochee River Blvd., Dade City ...

Washington Post - Starting in Laurel yesterday morning, Bush announced new measures to preserve habitats used by migrating birds. Later, he visited this picturesque Eastern Shore town, near Vice President Cheney 's vacation home, to talk about new conservation measures ...

International Herald Tribune - ST. MICHAEL'S, Maryland : President George W. Bush spent a crisp fall Saturday gingerly balancing a tiny screech owl on a gloved hand at a wildlife refuge and casting for rockfish on the Chesapeake Bay. And for lunch? Famous Maryland style crabcakes ...

Philadelphia Inquirer - Lately, dark-sky advocates may have found their best ally yet: energy conservation. Saying that about 30 percent of lighting is wasted - it is "ill-conceived, ineffective or inefficient," they say - the International Dark-Sky Association, based in ...