Endangered Species Articles page 10

Daily Telegraph - Endangered species such as the stone curlew, nightjar and sand lizard are facing an increased threat of extinction because of the degradation of much of their heathland habitat, conservationists have warned. A survey of more than 100 lowland ...

Spectrum - Much of Washington County is public land and county officials deal with issues ranging from the environment to endangered species. "In order to be effective, you have to deal with these issues on a national level," Gardner said. "If you had to work ...

ABC Action News - A researcher at the Mote Marine Laboratory happened to be kayaking nearby and brought the turtle back to Mote's rehabilitation hospital for treatment. Green sea turtles are an endangered species. Mote researchers say the turtle being released today is ...

Eureka Times-Standard - The court left in place a California appeals court ruling that set precedents in how the California Endangered Species Act is applied. The decision means that any project permitted by the state has to be reviewed by the agency in charge to see if it ...

Seattle Times - The recommendation takes a significant step toward reconciling two conservation laws — the Marine Mammal Protection Act and the Endangered Species Act — that are increasingly at odds with one another. Thirty-six years of unencumbered federal ...

Chico Enterprise-Record - The water-users group "Coalition for a Sustainable Delta" formally filed suit last month against the Department of Fish and Game for violating the Federal Endangered Species Act. Consisting of mostly agricultural water-users from Kern County and ...

Kansas City Star - ... White nose syndrome," as the killer has been dubbed, is spreading at an alarming rate, with researchers calling it the gravest threat in memory to bats in the U.S.</p><p>"This is definitely unprecedented," said Lori Pruitt, an endangered-species ...

Baton Rouge Advocate - Department of the Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne recently stopped by the Governor’s Mansion to announce a proposal to take the brown pelican, Louisiana’s state bird, off the endangered species list. The brown pelican has rebounded after ...

St. Petersburg Times - She spoke with Lisa Baltus, preserve land manager, and asked questions about endangered species, wetlands, and other features of the land in question. But one item in Stephenson's survey especially surprised Baltus and Rinker. It said: "Identify ...

680 News - EDMONTON - Environmentalists are hoping a Valentine's Day lawsuit will preserve a prairie dance floor for the sage grouse's mating rituals - and force Ottawa to protect living space for all endangered species. "We need a precedent from the courts to ...