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U.S. Tightens African Elephant Import Rules, Stops Short of Banning Trade
WASHINGTON— The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today adopted new restrictions on U.S. imports of African elephant hunting trophies and live elephants but stopped short of a total ban on imports.
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State Protections Sought for Imperiled Southern California Butterfly
The Center for Biological Diversity and Endangered Habitats League petitioned the California Fish and Game Commission today ...
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$25 Million Federal Grant Awarded for Red Wolf Crossings
RALEIGH, N.C. — The Federal Highway Administration today announced a $25 million grant for North Carolina to build wildlife crossings that will help save critically endangered Red Wolves. Only 16 red ...
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Four Caribbean Lizards Proposed for Endangered Species Protections
Three of the species included in today’s notice are from the territory of Puerto Rico: the Culebra skink (Culebra and the ...
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Legal Agreement Sets Deadlines to Protect Four Imperiled Bees
The Center for Biological Diversity and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service have reached an agreement that requires the agency to make decisions on protecting four imperiled bee species under the ...
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Forest Service Urged to Update N.C.’s Nantahala-Pisgah Forest Plan in Wake of Hurricane Helene
Conservation groups sent a letter Tuesday urging the U.S. Forest Service to amend the Nantahala-Pisgah forest plan because of the tremendous damage from Hurricane Helene to North Carolina’s Nantahala ...
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Caribbean’s Pillar Coral Protected as Endangered
In 2014 the Fisheries Service listed 20 species of corals as threatened under the Endangered Species Act, with 12 of them ...
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California Grants Waiver for Dangerous Santa Barbara Pipeline
A Texas-based oil company announced to investors today that the California Office of the State Fire Marshal has waived federally required anti-corrosion measures for the Las Flores pipeline system.
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TRANSPORTATION AND CLIMATE CHANGE
The U.S. transportation sector is responsible for about a third of our country’s climate-damaging emissions. In California transportation is the leading source of greenhouse gas pollution, accounting ...
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SAVE BLUEFIN TUNA
Bluefin tuna are an ocean-going fish that grow up to 10 feet long and can weigh as much as 1,200 pounds. Unlike almost all fish, bluefin tuna are warm-blooded and able to regulate their body ...
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400,000 Native Animals Killed by Federal Program Last Year, New Data Shows
WASHINGTON— The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Wildlife Services reported killing 404,538 native animals in 2021, according to new data released by the program today. The federal wildlife-killing ...
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New Court-Ordered Monitoring Gauges at Arizona’s San Pedro Conservation Area Already Below Required Levels
TUCSON, Ariz.— Three of four monitoring gauges added by a judge last week to track the health of the San Pedro National ...