From the daily archives: Sunday, December 15, 2013

Do you have some interesting wildlife news? Dec. 16, 2013 edition

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Our readers find lots of news and they have many comments. Please post yours below as a comment –“Leave a reply.”  Here is the link to the old thread that’s now being retired (Nov. 26, 2013).

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Problems with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s Proposal to Remove Federal Protections for Gray Wolves

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In June of 2013, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) proposed removing federal Endangered Species Act (ESA) protection for the gray wolf (Canis lupus, Linnaeus) throughout most of the lower 48 U.S. states, with the exception of the Mexican wolf subspecies (C.l. baileyi)  (78 Fed. Reg. 35,664).  In an article accepted for publication […]

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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