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Let Billy the elephant into his new home
I traveled to the Los Angeles Zoo last week to observe Billy the Asian elephant and explore the Pachyderm Forest -- a state-of-the-art habitat being built for Billy and other endangered Asian elephants. I wanted to see for myself the project that had...Tags: Ohio, Demonstration, Los Angeles, Endangered Species, Conservation
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Piping Plover Population Increases Along Connecticut Shore
With all the shoveling of snow, sleet and ice we've done so far this winter, it may be difficult to remember that in the summer, shovels are also used to build sand castles at the beach. And during those trips to the shore, you may have noticed a small,...Tags: Charity, Old Lyme, Endangered Species, Middletown, Lyme
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Bush sets aside huge Pacific sanctuaries
baltimoresun.comYellow tang near Maug Island in Mariana Archipelago - Robert Schroeder, NOAAIn a move generating rare praise from environmentalists, President Bush is to announce today that he is creating three huge new marine reserves in... -
Knot to worry - time to quit horseshoe-ing around?
baltimoresun.comIn dry bureaucratic language, the federal government has acknowledged what bird-watchers have been saying for some time - the globetrotting shorebirds known as red knots are in trouble because the mid-Atlantic horseshoe crabs on which they depend are also... -
AP top news in Iowa at 4:58 p.m. CST
A settlement was expected Thursday in a federal lawsuit over the stabbing death of an 18-year-old student at the hands of another student at a meditation-based school in southeastern Iowa. Levi Butler was stabbed to death in the dining hall of the...Tags: Murder, Christmas, Punishment, Prisons, Prosecution
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How many scorpions? London Zoo conducts its annual critter count
Associated Press WriterLONDON (AP) — How do you count scorpions? Very gingerly, it turns out. "You use tongs and pick them up by the stinger," London Zoo senior keeper Tony Dobbs said. "You avoid the pincers at all costs. You could get a nasty nick if you're not...Tags: Animals, Endangered Species, Population, Natural Resources, Conservation
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Ordnance cleanup at Va refuge could take years
The Army Corps of Engineers says it could take years to remove unexploded ordnance from Plum Tree Island National Wildlife Refuge. George Follett, the corps' project manager, says the cleanup's cost and length won't be known until a baseline study of...Tags: Military Equipment, Contracts, Defense, Natural Resources
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Sugar deal renews hope for Everglades restoration
Recently, we've seen plenty of criticism regarding the proposed purchase by the South Florida Water Management District of 181,000 acres of U.S. Sugar's land for Everglades restoration. While the deal is not perfect, perhaps the naysayers cannot see...Tags: Water Restrictions, Endangered Species, Charlie Crist, Economic Policy, Conservation
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Carrier move to Florida clears another hurdle
804-647-6444The Navy appeared to clear another hurdle Wednesday in its plan to move an aircraft carrier to Florida, something that Virginia leaders have opposed. It received an environmental study that sets out conditions to dredge around Naval Station Mayport, near...Tags: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Norfolk (Norfolk, Virginia), John F. Kennedy, Endangered Species, Disasters
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Wis. set to remove birds from endangered list
Wisconsin wildlife officials might remove trumpeter swans and ospreys from Wisconsin's endangered and threatened species lists. Hunters wiped out trumpeter swans in Wisconsin by the turn of the 19th century. The state Department of Natural Resources...Tags: Energy Resources, Nature, Natural Resource Industry, Wisconsin, Endangered Species
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Conservation groups threaten lawsuit over federal oil shale plans for Colorado, Utah, Wyoming
Associated Press WriterDENVER (AP) — Environmental groups are threatening to sue the federal government to block plans for commercial oil shale development on nearly 2 million acres of public land in Colorado, Utah and Wyoming. Twelve groups sent letters to Tuesday to...Tags: Censorship, Endangered Species, Ken Salazar, Natural Science, Colorado
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Software venture radiates success
The Virginia GazetteSolertium epitomizes the new wave of enterprise for the county. The small software company is lean and green. Each of its young designers has connections to the College of William & Mary. And the owners, Alison and Rob Heittman, settled on New Town...Tags: Employees, Endangered Species, Conservation, Economic Policy, College of William and Mary
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