endangered species

  • "Extinct" Japanese salmonid found unextinguished after 70 years

    Ralph Maughan

    Living black kokanee found . . . enough for a recovery- Scientist says he found Japanese fish thought extinct. Associated Press. The fish were found in Lake Saiko, about 500 kilometers south of their native lake where they were killed off in the 1940s.

  • Can Vladimir Putin save endangered tigers?

    Ralph Maughan

    Russian leader gives big boost to the International Tiger Forum- Vladimir Putin has been making quite a name for himself in recent years as a man of outdoor activity, and one not afraid of large carnivores. He hopes to save the tiger from extinction. The International Tiger Forum hopes to raise an astonishing $350-million for…

  • New Hurdle for California Condors May Be DDT From Years Ago

    Ralph Maughan

    DDT breakdown products and lead poisoning still threaten this high profile endangered species- New Hurdle for California Condors May Be DDT From Years Ago. By John Moir. New York Times.

  • 'Loma Bear' returns, caught near Carter Carter area

    Ken Cole

    Rare grizzly living on the Montana plains likely to be killed A grizzly bear that was relocated from near Loma, Montana to west of the Continental Divide last year has been recaptured on the plains of Montana after being accused of killing more sheep and some chickens. Authorities have approached the Bear Center at Washington…

  • Obama Administration Denies Big Lost River Whitefish Endangered Species Protection

    Ken Cole

    Rules that isolated population is not a distinct population The mountain whitefish of the Big Lost River Basin was denied endangered species protection by Ken Salazar’s US Fish and Wildlife Service. They argued that the fish could not be considered a separate species, sub-species, or distinct population segment even though they have been isolated from…

  • Millions of sea turtles dying in fishing gear, report warns

    Ken Cole

    Bycatch and habitat loss have imperiled sea turtles world wide. “Trawlers are completely indiscriminate. The target might be shrimp but for every pound of shrimp that might comp up with a given haul, there might have five or 20lbs of bycatch. That could be turtles, it could be all sorts of things,” said Wallace, a…

  • Satire: Alberta protesters scream for grizzly blood

    Ralph Maughan

    Shades of Steven Colbert- No more grizzlies ! Protesters scream for grizzly blood. By Darcy Henton and Jamie Hall, edmontonjournal.com in the Vancouver Sun. Related Time running out for Alberta’s dwindling grizzlies. Minister mulls reinstating spring hunt even as gov’t report recommends bears be listed as threatened species. By Darcy Henton, Edmonton Journal

  • Environmentalists make plea for desert preservation

    Ken Cole

    A group of environmentalists says renewable energy goal shouldn’t come with destruction of native plant, animal life In the Ivanpah Solar site lies on public lands in the center of very important desert tortoise habitat so the company proposes to move those tortoise to a new area before construction begins. This is a strategy that…

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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

“The continued existence of wildlife and wilderness is important to the quality of life of humans.”

Jim Fowler

“Our forests offer much more than just beautiful landscapes and wildlife. Each one has a different story to tell.”

Raveena Tandon

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