U.S. weighs reducing spotted owl habitat
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The Bush administration Tuesday proposed cutting 1.5 million acres from Northwest forests considered critical to the survival of the northern spotted owl, reopening the 1990s battle between timber production and wildlife habitat on public lands.
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Declining populations of common birds could be the harbinger of bigger environmental problems, a study by the National Audubon Society concludes.
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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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Some say stricter measures endanger wildlife, but others argue those concerns are smokescreens for pro-immigrant sentiment
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Americans may sometimes wonder whether any branch of the federal government has been left unpoliticized. Among the latest to claim attention is the Interior Department's Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), charged with safeguarding plants and animals under the Endangered Species Act.
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By John David SutterAfter decades of being hunted, poisoned and yanked from their homes by vacuum machines, black-tailed prairie dogs in Oklahoma and elsewhere could have new protection under the Endangered Species Act if a federal lawsuit is successful.
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The northern spotted owl, the bird at the center of the Pacific Northwest logging wars, will stay on the threatened species list, the government said Thursday.
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By Brian Nearing, Albany Times Union, N.Y.  May 30--HULETTS LANDING -- To a northern map turtle basking in the sun on the Lake George shoreline, that shape moving slowly in the water could just be an old log. Only at the last minute does it become clear -- it's Karen Robbins.
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A recent deal to protect the habitat of endangered coral may offer US environmentalists new leverage.
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The marbled murrelet, a threatened sea bird whose rare trait of nesting in old-growth forests made it a factor in logging battles in the U.S. Northwest, is also declining dramatically in Alaska and Canada, where most of the birds live, according to a U.S. government review.
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By MARY PEMBERTON ANCHORAGE, Alaska - Despite an &quot;alarming&quot; decrease in sea otters in southwest Alaska, the federal government is dragging its heels when it comes to designating critical habitat to help them recover, according to a lawsuit filed Tuesday.
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The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is proposing to make it easier to kill wolves in the northern Rocky Mountains to protect other wildlife and domesticated animals.
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Though the US Fish and Wildlife Service removed the Tinian monarch from the list of threatened and endangered species earlier this year, it plans to continue to monitor the species&#39; levels on that island.
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By The Hartford Courant, Conn.  Jun. 13--When it comes to natural resources, whether the issue is endangered species, air, water or federal lands, the unfailing response of the Bush administration has been to seek fewer protections.
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It&#39;s not just winter that drives birds away from Wisconsin. It&#39;s us, says a report released this week by the National Audubon Society.
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By Wade Rawlins, The News & Observer, Raleigh, N.C.  Mar. 7--Federal officials are recommending driving away bird flocks at a proposed Navy landing strip in coastal North Carolina by using dogs, fireworks, poison and guns.   The measures are included in a U.S.
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Bee Washington Bureau. WASHINGTON - In the three decades that there&#39;s been an Endangered Species Act, a single principle has reigned supreme: If a critter is heading toward extinction, protect