Bird-Vehicle Dilemma in Hyannis, Mass., Area to Go Federal
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By Jason Kolnos, Cape Cod Times, Hyannis, Mass.  Dec. 15--ORLEANS -- Local parks officials are considering an  unprecedented solution to their piping plover predicament: Get federal and  state regulators to ease rules protecting the threatened species.
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A bird at the center of a controversy that impacts the nation&#39;s multibillion-dollar energy industry should not be included on the endangered species list, a panel of federal wildlife officials has concluded.
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Last year&#39;s Christmas Bird Count in Missouri turned up a green heron, rarely seen in the state in the winter. Randy Korotev, one of the organizers, has no idea what birds will delight this year&#39;s counters.
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Made in Central Va. All that was missing were the eagles. There s an eagle s nest in one of those big old trees over there, said Paula Jones of the Virginia Department of Transportation Sunday, pointing across ...
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By Wade Rawlins, The News & Observer, Raleigh, N.C.  Feb. 24--Gov. Mike Easley on Friday expressed disappointment that the Navy proposed again to build a jet landing strip beside a national wildlife refuge and for the first time urged Congress to withhold money for the project.
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The bald eagle is out of the woods but  other birds of prey are in trouble.
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By RELMA HARGUS  A Thanksgiving trip Keri Bryan and her family took to the Aransas National Wildlife Refuge in Texas brought them into the presence of a record number of wild whooping cranes.  Whooping cranes have been endangered for years.
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By Chris Camire, The Sun, Lowell, Mass.  Feb. 4--PELHAM -- The commute from Southern New Hampshire to Boston should be a cinch once Interstate 93 is widened, boosting the Granite State's allure to Massachusetts residents seeking cheaper home prices.
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The bald eagle is out of the woods but other birds of prey are in trouble.
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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.
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By Mark Ginocchio And Doug Dalena, The Stamford Advocate, Conn.  Dec. 14--Millions of dollars worth of transportation, environmental and public safety projects in lower Fairfield County could lose federal funding if a congressional Democratic budget proposal is approved.
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By Shankar Vedantam, Washington Post Staff Writer  Every spring, thousands of birds, some weighing a pound or less, set off on a journey of herculean proportions. They fly thousands of miles north, to breeding grounds in Saskatchewan and Alberta in Canada and to U.S.
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By The Sun News, Myrtle Beach, S.C.  Jun. 10--For a long time to come, the now-defunct west-side terminal project for Myrtle Beach International Airport will be the 800-pound gorilla in any room where the future of local air service is under discussion.
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By Tonya Root, The Sun News, Myrtle Beach, S.C.  Sep. 15--CONWAY -- A hawk and three mockingbirds perched atop a power line and watched Wednesday as City Council members stood near Crabtree Canal at Oak Street at Mill Pond Road and guessed why the water appeared a chocolate color.
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By John McGonigle  Game commission wants to make sure birds won't be harmed by new energy-producing windmills on the Appalachian ridge.
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If it seems quiet in your back yard these days, it&#39;s probably because so many species of birds have flown the coop, bound south on their migratory journeys.
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By Catherine Kozak, The Virginian-Pilot, Norfolk, Va.  Mar. 5--It was during what some locals called "the summer of the piping plover." Two vehicles were parked on the beach on the south end of Hatteras Island. Nearby, on a pole shoved crookedly in the sand, was a sign: AREA CLOSED.