Agency designates habitat for 3 species
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The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has designated about 50 acres in Hays and Comal counties as critical habitat for two species of beetles and a shrimp-like crustacean.
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A new study finds more than a thousand types of plant, bird, mammal and invertebrate are now endangered.
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By PETER B. LORD  Any plans for restoring your local environment?   The Coastal Resources Management Council is seeking pre- proposals for habitat-restoration projects throughout the state.
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By The Hartford Courant, Conn.  Sep. 10--Call it the path to biological diversity for America's plant and  animal species ...   Ecologists have long suspected that "wildlife corridors," undeveloped  pathways linking patches of plant and animal habitats, encourage biodiversity.
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The federal government and three western states joined forces to launch a $620 million project to restore wildlife habitat and protect endangered species along 342 miles of the lower Colorado River.
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The death has prompted officials to change the habitats of some zoo animals.
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By JOSEPH B. FRAZIER  PORTLAND, Ore. - A federal proposal would slash the critical habitat in Oregon, Washington and California set aside under the Endangered Species Act for the marbled murrelet, a threatened sea bird, by about 95 percent, to 221,692 acres.  The U.S.
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By Tessier, Jack T  TESSIER, J. T. (Central Connecticut State University, New Britain, CT 06050). Re-establishment of three dominant herbaceous understory species following fine-scale disturbance in a Catskill northern hardwood forest. J. Torrey Bot. Soc. 134: 34-44.
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By The Herald, Rock Hill, S.C.  Dec. 18--Hunters and fishermen can become highly motivated environmentalists when habitat for game is threatened.
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It's 3 feet long, pinkish in color, smells like a lily and must be saved from extinction, conservationists said Thursday in asking the federal government to protect the Giant Palouse Earthworm under the Endangered Species Act.
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By The Columbian, Vancouver, Wash.  Sep. 7--RIDGEFIELD -- Two public meetings are scheduled in September to collect comments on a plan for the future of the Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge.   The U.S.
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US wildlife authorities said they will remove wolves from the endangered species list in three states and want to de-list the animals in three more regions, paving the way for hunting the creatures for the first time in decades.
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By David Hendee, Omaha World-Herald, Neb.  Sep. 19--Nebraskans continue to align for and against a federal-state plan to meet the Platte River habitat needs of four rare wildlife species.
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By Anonymous  The New South Wales Department of Environment & Conservation (NSW DEC) has been using a 125 kHz GeoAcoustics GeoSwath Plus wide swath sonar system for habitat mapping within the state's network of Marine Protected Areas.
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The Bush administration said Monday it will give people who hunt and fish new access to hundreds of thousands of acres of lands and streams within 17 national wildlife refuges and wetlands.
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A recent deal to protect the habitat of endangered coral may offer US environmentalists new leverage.
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By Sandra Tan, The Buffalo News, N.Y.  Jun. 20--The Henslow's sparrow prefers to stay hidden.   But the threatened species has been found in Lancaster, and its presence has stopped a developer from moving forward with its plan for a major housing development.