Letter by MARYBETH DEVLIN Email: blm_or_spaystudy_warmsprhma@blm.gov Copies: DOI, BLM National, CSU, BLM Oregon, USGS July 30, 2018 Bureau of Land Management Burns District Office (BDO) 28910 Highway 20 West Hines, OR 97738 Attn: Project Lead Short Title: Wild Horse Spay Feasibility Research Full Title: Spay Feasibility and On-Range Behavioral Outcomes Assessment and Warm Springs Herd […] …
The World’s Largest Colony of King Penguins Has Shrunk by Almost 90% — TIME
The world’s largest colony of king penguins has mysteriously shrunk by almost 90% since the 1980s, researchers say. Recent satellite and aerial imagery of France’s remote island of Île aux Cochons reveals the kings population there has all but disappeared, Agence France-Presse reports. Only 200,000 birds remain in the colony, experts estimated in a new… via …
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Trump’s next target? The endangered species that define America
"To weaken protections for our unique animals in favor of industry is short-term thinking at its very worst. The Trump administration and its conservative allies in Congress have consistently touted their efforts to “free” the American economy by rolling back regulations. The vice-president, Mike Pence, has said that the administration will deregulate so aggressively …
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These six species are about to be sacrificed for the oil and gas industry
These six species are about to be sacrificed for the oil and gas industry https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/jul/26/endangered-species-act-gray-wolf-oil-gas-industry?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_WordPress
The Tiger: The Most Magnificent Cat of All — The Jaguar
While all wild felids are extraordinary creatures, there is one that stands above them all (literally). It is beautiful and terrifying, powerful and threatened: the tiger (Panthera tigris). This post is an introduction to this most majestic of cats. Subspecies There are five surviving subspecies of Panthera tigris (Hunter, 2015; Macdonald, Loveridge, & Nowell, 2010). […] …
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Happy Global Tiger Day! — The Jaguar
Today, July 29, is Global Tiger Day. It is a day set aside to honor and protect the most magnificent cat of all, the tiger (Panthera tigris). The Situation Tigers are in serious trouble. According to the best estimates from the big cat NGO Panthera, there are only about 3,900 tigers left in the wild. […] …
How India’s Conservationists Are Fighting to Save Half of the World’s Tigers — TIME
How do you get a 400lb tiger into the back of a truck? It’s an elaborate process that involves dozens of personnel, carefully calibrated tranquilizer darts, a custom-made cage — and a handful of elephants. All that was in place on June 20 when MB2, a three-year-old male tiger, was transported from Kanha Tiger Reserve… via …
“Dinky” Zinke Ends Obama-Era Policy Requiring Energy Companies Fund Environmental ‘Mitigation’ Projects — Straight from the Horse’s Heart
by Tim Pierce as published on TennesseeStar.com “Stupid knows no bounds!” The Department of the Interior (DOI) is scrapping an Obama-era policy mandating energy companies mitigate development on federal land by funding offsite environmental projects. The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) — a DOI-controlled agency and the largest land-owning agency in the U.S. — began […] …
Cannabis growth is killing one of the cutest (and fiercest) creatures in the US
Wyoming Gives 22 Winners The Chance To Hunt Grizzlies — Or Not — News : NPR
A whopping 7,000 people vied for the chance to hunt Wyoming grizzly bears for the first time in 44 years. Many entrants in the permit lottery said if they won, they would sit out the hunt.(Image credit: Bryant Aardema/Getty Images) via Wyoming Gives 22 Winners The Chance To Hunt Grizzlies — Or Not — News : …
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