January 2010
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Panthera, devoted to conserving wildcats, not thrilled by decision to set aside “critical habitat” for jaguar- In his NYT op-ed piece yesterday, “Jaguars Don’t Live Here Anymore,” Alan Rabinowitz, head of Panthera, is not thrilled that USFWS has finally decided to start the ESA process of designating critical habitat for the jaguar in the United…
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Various players reflect on the recent listing of the plant, the ESA, conservationists, and the government- I think this is a big issue for Governor Otter because the plant grows where a lot of his pals graze. I wish so much attention was paid to Idaho’s staggering education education system and all the unemployed people. …
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Does this mean they deliberately killed the state’s last jaguar? Arizona Intentionally Snared Last Jaguar, Inquiry Finds. By Leslie Kaufman. New York Times.
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U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has now filed their brief- U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, conservation groups file briefs in wolf lawsuit. By Rob Chaney. Missoulian Conservation groups filed their brief (set of or arguments) on Dec. 31. There are other briefs that have been filed as ” friend of the court” (amicus curiae) briefs.…
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No. It doesn’t mean the end is near 😉 University of Utah seismic station. Earthquake swarm in park tops 1,000. Billings Gazette. Note added 1-24. As expected, the swarm has dropped off a lot.
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Meet the scientists risking their lives to find Earth’s rarest species This is an interesting article about cryptozoology, the “study of hidden animals”. One of the scientists mentioned is Dr. Jeff Meldrum, associate professor of anatomy and anthropology and my old college advisor at Idaho State University in Pocatello, who spends part of his time…
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Michael Brune is a big foe of industrial polluters- He has a hard job ahead after yesterday’s Supreme Court decision giving corporations more political power than they have had in a hundred years. New Sierra Club chief brings confrontational style to the job. “The new leader of the US’s largest environmental group will come to…
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Four recent outbreaks of disease in the west There are four disease outbreaks among bighorn sheep herds in the news this winter, two in Montana, one in Nevada, and one in Washington State. This is the time of year when bighorn sheep are concentrated so diseases are more easily transmitted. There has been no mention…