Tag: Habitat conservation and restoration
$302M in BP oil spill money budgeted to restore ecosystems
<p>NEW ORLEANS — Texas can get up to $79 million in BP oil spill restoration money, Mississippi nearly $69 million, and Florida almost $74...
US judge blocks Nevada grazing; sage grouse totals dwindling
RENO, Nev. — A federal judge has blocked a Nevada project that would expand livestock grazing across 400 squares miles (1,036 square kilometers), of...
US judge blocks Nevada grazing; sage grouse totals dwindling
<p>RENO, Nev. — A federal judge has blocked a Nevada project that would expand livestock grazing across 400 squares miles (1,036 square kilometers), of...
Africa’s elephants now endangered by poaching, habitat loss
LIBREVILLE, Gabon — Increasing threats of poaching and loss of habitat have made Africa's elephant populations more endangered, according to a report released Thursday...
Africa’s elephants now endangered by poaching, habitat loss
<p>LIBREVILLE, Gabon — Increasing threats of poaching and loss of habitat have made Africa's elephant populations more endangered, according to a report released Thursday...
Conservationists sue to save spotted owl logging protections
PORTLAND, Ore. — Environmental groups have filed a lawsuit seeking to preserve protections for 3.4 million acres (1.4 million hectares) of northern spotted owl...
Conservationists sue to save spotted owl logging protections
<p>PORTLAND, Ore. — Environmental groups have filed a <a href="https://www.biologicaldiversity.org/species/birds/northern_spotted_owl/pdfs/Northern-Spotted-Owl-Complaint-2021-03-23.pdf">lawsuit</a> seeking to preserve protections for 3.4 million acres (1.4 million hectares) of northern spotted...
High court won’t hear fishermen case against ocean monument
PORTLAND, Maine — The Supreme Court ruled on Monday that it will not consider a fishing group's attempt to challenge the creation of a...
High court won’t hear fishermen case against ocean monument
<p>PORTLAND, Maine — The Supreme Court ruled on Monday that it will not consider a fishing group's attempt to challenge the creation of a...
2nd endangered orangutan baby in 2 years at New Orleans zoo
NEW ORLEANS — It’s cute, cuddled, red-haired, and critically endangered — and the second Sumatran orangutan born in two years at the zoo in...