They brought wolves to Yellowstone, but they had no idea this would be the result
An amazing account of the positive impact on the entire ecosystem of reintroducing wolves…
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West Virginia Mussels put on Endangered Species list: Sheepnose and Spectaclecase 3/13/12
Mississippi Developer Protects Endangered Gopher Frog. 3/9/12
An amazing account of the positive impact on the entire ecosystem of reintroducing wolves…
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May 15, 2015, earthjustice.org | “Today is Endangered Species Day. With a new holiday popping up seemingly every day— for example, this month you can also celebrate “Lost Sock Memorial Day” and “Dance Like a Chicken Day”—some may roll their eyes at such a statement. But Endangered Species Day is one day worth noting.”
Pamela Benda shared a photo to GoodNews FortheEarth‘s Timeline. CELEBRATE! It’s hard to imagine the bald eagle – the symbol of America – going extinct in its own country, but that’s almost what happened in the 1960’s when DDT and mass hunting nearly wiped the noble bird from the continental US. But thanks to the passing of the Endangered Species Act and restrictions on DDT, the bald eagle recovered from just 400 to more than 10,000 nesting pairs!
The Endangered Species Act has been instrumental in protecting many of America’s beloved and iconic creatures — from grizzly bears to gray wolves. Unfortunately, the law is currently under attack by members of Congress who want to gut protections so industry can dig, blast, and pollute wherever they want. If they had their way, the very symbol of America would now only be found stuffed and preserved in museums. http://ejus.tc/1cEafEr
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May 12, 2015, thinkprogress.org | “Pressure from environmental groups and federal prosecutors is helping break the link between cattle ranching and deforestation in the Amazon, according to a new study. Agreements with Brazil’s largest slaughterhouses have “dramatically” reduced deforestation by ranchers, research published Tuesday in Conservation Letters found.”
Breaking the cycle of deforestation in the Amazon is critical to fighting climate change.thinkprogress.org
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May 12, 2013 www.theguardian.com | “More than half the world’s mangroves have been lost over the last century but all of those surviving in Sri Lanka, one of their most important havens, are now to be protected in an unprecedented operation.”
Juliann Adiastri Rubijono shared a link to GoodNews FortheEarth‘s Timeline.National plan puts women at centre of strategy to save trees from being felled for firewood by providing microloans to start businesstheguardian.com
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May 6, 2015, www.abc.net.au | “After a ten-year battle, the Eastern Pygmy Possum has had a big legal win in the High Court of Australia. ‘The developer had appealed, and appealed, and appealed, and appealed – and finally we have won in the High Court of Australia.’ The possum’s habitat is located in an industrial zone in Somersby, where a developer had been fighting for a decade to build a waste resource recovery facility.”
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After a ten-year battle, the Eastern Pygmy Possum has had a big legal win in the High Court of Australia.abc.net.au
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May 6, 2015, www.beyondpesticides.org | “The City of Boulder, Colorado yesterday became the most recent locality in the U.S. to restrict the use of bee-toxic neonicotinoid (neonic) pesticides on city property. The resolution moved forward primarily as a result of efforts by grassroots activists with the local organization Bee Safe Boulder, but also received strong support from city officials.”
Boulder City, CO Passes “Bee Safe” Resolution Restricting Use of Bee-Toxic NeonicotinoidsBeyond Pesticides offers the latest information on pesticides and alternatives, as well as ongoing projects including children’s health, organic food, mosquito control and organic lawn care.beyondpesticides.org
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Volunteers surveying for birdsEarly morning bird surveys out at the Big River Laguna. If you’re interested in joining, contact our Stewardship Coordinator, Nicolet Houtz, at nhoutz@mendocinolandtrust.org
The next three Big River bird surveys will be:
April 29th – East Big River trail
May 1st – West Big River trail
May 6th – Laguna
March 16, 2015, www.miamiherald.com | “Two years after Florida tallied a record number of manatee deaths, state biologists announced Monday that they have documented a near stampede of wintering sea cows in recent months.”
“Thanks to Maryska Azzena for posting this to GoodNews FortheEarth.”
Manatees numbers are bouncing back after their population for being reduced by 828 death’s in 2013.
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March 16, 2015, news.mongabay.com | “‘The return of lions to the Batéké marks a significant step in the work of [the Aspinall Foundation] to do everything humanly possible to encourage endangered species to return to the ancestral homelands which are their rightful place,’ said Damian Aspinall, Chairman of The Aspinall Foundation, which has been working in Batéké Plateau National Park for years, focusing especially on western lowland gorillas.”
Since 1996, conservationists have proof that a healthy male lion has returned to the Central African country of Gabon.
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April 30, 2015, www.latimes.com | “It’s a baby wood bison! The wood bison calf — part of a herd reintroduced into the wild in Alaska — was born last week, the first new critter of its type to draw breath in the wild in more than 100 years.”
A herd had been in captivity at the Alaska Wildlife Conservation Center south of Anchorage for a dozen years and had continued to multiply. About 100 were…latimes.com|By Los Angeles Times
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