From the daily archives: Thursday, November 8, 2012

Salmon Pinched Between the Hot and the Low

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Corvallis, Ore. (AP) — A study of mountain streams in the West over the past 60 years finds the hottest temperatures of summer and the lowest water levels of fall are converging — which is bad news for Salmon.

The authors say the convergence gives salmon less time to recover from the stress of warm [...]

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Have you come across any interesting wildlife news? Nov. 8, 2012

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Because of the growing number of comments, The Wildlife News is going to put up a new “Have you come across any interesting wildlife news” page more frequently than in the past.  Perhaps weekly. It will depend on the number of comments received.  Any suggestions for further changes are welcome.

So here is a new [...]

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A Big Bonehead

(Cartoon by: Matt Wuerker | Date: May. 24, 2012)

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‎"At some point we must draw a line across the ground of our home and our being, drive a spear into the land and say to the bulldozers, earthmovers, government and corporations, “thus far and no further.” If we do not, we shall later feel, instead of pride, the regret of Thoreau, that good but overly-bookish man, who wrote, near the end of his life, “If I repent of anything it is likely to be my good behaviour."

~ Edward Abbey