Endangered Species Act
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Sage grouse numbers down in northeast Wyoming...some of it isn't," Christiansen said. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is studying whether to protect the sage grouse under the Endangered Species Act. A decision on whether to proceed with listing is expected at the end of February. In this article: Wyoming, Endangered Species Act, and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service |
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The Spokesman Review | 1 day ago
Wolves are optional - Wed, 25 Nov 2009 PST
...to manage them despite the fact that they did not want them; all the while being hampered by the federal government to observe the Endangered Species Act. Your in-your-face, deal-with-it attitude about this is appalling. I suspect this was...
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AP Online | 1 day ago
Judge likes NW salmon plan but sees legal flaw
...Northwest because it balances cheap electricity from hydropower dams against the fate of species of salmon and steelhead protected by the Endangered Species Act and prized by fishermen. The dams kill fish, and changing the way they're run...
In this article: James Redden, Jane Lubchenco, Oregon, Oregon State University, and NOAA
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Seattle Times | 4 days ago
Federal judge takes third swing at NW salmon plan
...the last before he rules for a third time on government plans to manage Columbia River dams to save fish species protected by the Endangered Species Act but in precarious shape for decades. Twice before in litigation stretching back to the...
In this article: James Redden, Columbia River, Oregon State University, and Barack Obama
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washingtonpost.com | 6 days ago
Judge keeps Yellowstone grizzly on threatened list
...grizzlies in and around Yellowstone National Park had recovered from near-extermination and no longer needed protections under the Endangered Species Act. But in September, U.S. District Judge Donald Molloy said climate change and lax...
In this article: Grizzly Bear, Endangered species, Climate change, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Yellowstone National Park, and Montana
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AP Online | November 15, 2009
Alaska fights to reverse polar bear listing
...that he believes could threaten Alaska's lifeblood: petroleum development. "Currently some are attempting to improperly use the Endangered Species Act to shut down resource development," Parnell says. "I'm not going to let this happen on my...
In this article: Polar bear, Alaska, Sean Parnell, Sarah Palin, and Revenue
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The Endangered Species Act of 1973 (7 U.S.C. § 136, 16 U.S.C. § 1531 et seq.) or ESA is the most wide-ranging of the dozens of United States environmental laws passed in the 1970s. As stated in section 2 of the act, it was designed to protect critically imperiled species from extinction as a "consequence of economic growth and development untempered by adequate concern and conservation."
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