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$14M effort announced to save rare Hawaiian bird (AP)

$14M effort announced to save rare Hawaiian bird

Biology / Ecology

created Apr 19, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Federal wildlife officials say they plan to spend more than $14 million to prevent the extinction of the Hawaiian crow, one of the rarest forest birds in the world.





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Feds to reconsider protecting mountain plovers

Biology / Ecology

created Aug 29, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Federal officials will reconsider whether a bird that breeds in Colorado and neighboring states and summers in California should be protected.


Idaho F&G plan to kill pelicans hits obstacles

Biology / Ecology

created Jul 02, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(AP) -- Federal officials have told the Idaho fish and game officials that their plan to halve the number of pelicans nesting in southern and eastern Idaho by 2013 to boost fisheries is an "eradication program" that needs ...


Wolf release in Mexico sparks concern in US (AP)

Wolf release in Mexico sparks concern in US

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created Aug 13, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(AP) -- American wildlife officials and ranchers are raising questions over a plan to release a rare North American gray wolf to its historic range in northern Mexico: Will it stay south of the border and ...


Feds: Help fish spawn or remove dams

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created Mar 30, 2006 | popularity 3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

U.S. wildlife officials say they will not renew licenses for four hydroelectric dams in California unless steps are taken to help imperiled wild salmon.


Lawsuits over wolf hunting filed in Mont., Wyo.

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created Jun 02, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(AP) -- A pair of federal judges will decide which states in the Northern Rockies have enough gray wolves to allow public hunting, as the bitter debate over the region's wolves heads to courts in Wyoming and Montana.


Groups seek more room for bison to roam

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created Mar 06, 2008 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Give bison running room in a cattle-free zone in Montana outside Yellowstone National Park, wildlife advocates and homeowners said.


Pikas in peril in the Rockies

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created Jan 15, 2008 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

The Center for Biological Diversity added the mountain-dwelling pika to the animals that should be listed as endangered by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.


Malaysian wildlife authorities have rescued a five-year old Malayan tiger, badly injured in a snare set up by poachers

Malaysian officials save endangered Malayan tiger

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created Oct 05, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Malaysian wildlife authorities rescued a five-year old Malayan tiger, badly injured in a snare set up by poachers near the country's jungle border with Thailand, officials said Monday.


Partial walrus estimate alarms conservation group (AP)

Partial walrus estimate alarms conservation group

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created Jun 19, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- A partial federal assessment of Pacific walruses estimates their minimum population at just 15,164 but says the count likely missed a number of animals.


Multiplying like bunnies? Not this jackrabbit

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created Jul 22, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(AP) -- Rabbits are certainly known for their propensity to multiply, but one species of jackrabbit is having trouble keeping up. There are an estimated 150 white-sided jackrabbits left in the United States, and federal ...



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