US plan casts off protection for large areas of fish habitat
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The Bush administration on Tuesday proposed a steep reduction in the miles of rivers and streams to come under federal protection for Pacific salmon, and offered exemptions for property owners and broad areas of the Northwest and California.
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One of every three lakes in the United States, and nearly one-quarter of the nation's rivers contain enough pollution that people should limit or avoid eating fish caught there.
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WASHINGTON _ The U.S. Forest Service no longer will give close environmental scrutiny to its long-term plans for America's national forests and grasslands.
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The proposed new federal policy for salmon hatcheries is based on a flawed reading of the Endangered Species Act, hindering efforts to restore wild salmon runs with hatchery fish, scientists say.
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The following editorial appeared in the Kansas City Star on Thursday, June 21:  The Bush administration unfortunately has reopened an old controversy with its plan to reduce protected habitat for the northern spotted owl in the Pacific Northwest.
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By Bruce Henderson, The Charlotte Observer, N.C.  Feb. 9--Mint Hill, Stallings and Indian Trail will have to limit development in a watershed that's home to an endangered mussel, a state panel ruled Thursday.
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A leading environmental group called Friday for protection for the great white shark and humphead wrasse coral fish, whose numbers have plunged because of overfishing and China&#39;s growing appetite for exotic foods.
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The government has announced new regulations that will limit fish farms and require better treatment of wastewater, among other measures.
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Vast fishing no-go zones are needed to save the world&#39;s marine ecosystems from irreparable harm, say British scientists. After climate change, scientists consider the wrecking
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A federal judge imposed limits on water flows caused by huge pumps he says were drawing in and destroying a threatened fish.
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The government has announced new regulation that will limit fish farms and require better treatment of wastewater, among other measures.
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The Fish and Wildlife Service is under scrutiny for neglecting to protect endangered panther habitat.
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GRANTS PASS -- A petition from environmentalists to put four species of lamprey -- jawless fish resembling eels that swim with salmon -- under protection of the Endangered Species Act has been rejected again by the US Fish and Wildlife Service.
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By The Charlotte Observer, N.C.  Feb. 4--Here's a dumb idea: The U.S. Department of the Interior has told its U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service employees in northeastern North Carolina not to respond to public inquiries about the effects of a proposed Navy practice landing field there.
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A proposed change in how the federal government measures water for fish in the Sacramento-San Joaquin river delta has environmental groups alarmed and California officials concerned about potential harm to wildlife habitat.
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By John Myers, Duluth News-Tribune, Minn.  Jun. 2--The federal government on Friday announced its plan to protect bald eagles after the bird flies off the endangered species list later this month.
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The landmark U.S. law to fight water pollution will now apply only to bodies of water large enough for boats to use, and their adjacent wetlands, and will not automatically protect streams, the U.S. government said on Tuesday.