GOVERNOR'S BUDGET RESTORES ENVIRONMENTAL OVERSIGHT FOR LOGGING IN CALIFORNIA -- State oversight of the wildlife impacts of forest logging will be restored under Gov. Jerry Brown’s proposed new budget. The budget will establish 35 new staff positions at the Department of Fish and Wildlife, four at the regional water boards, and two for the California Geologic Survey. All of them will be specifically assigned to review logging plans on private forest lands in order to protect fish, wildlife, waterways and forest ecosystems > go to:
http://www.biologicaldiversity.org/news/press_releases/2013/logging-01-10-2013.html
GUNNISON SAGE GROUSE PROPOSED FOR ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT PROTECTION -- With More Than 1.7 Million Acres of Critical Habitat -- The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has proposed to list the Gunnison sage grouse (Centrocercus minimus) as “endangered” under the Endangered Species Act and to designate more than 1.7 million acres of critical habitat for the species. Conservation organizations first petitioned to protect the species in 2000 > go to:
http://www.biologicaldiversity.org/news/press_releases/2013/gunnison-sage-grouse-01-10-2013.html
LAWSUIT FILED TO PROTECT LOGGERHEAD SEA TURTLE HABITAT | Habitat Safeguards Needed for Florida Beaches, Atlantic/Pacific Oceans -- Conservation groups filed a lawsuit today against the National Marine Fisheries Service and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for the agencies’ failure to protect critical habitat areas for threatened and endangered loggerhead sea turtles on their nesting beaches and in Atlantic and Pacific waters, where they face threats from fisheries, climate change and coastal development > go to:
http://www.biologicaldiversity.org/news/press_releases/2013/loggerhead-sea-turtle-01-08-2012.html
PROTECTIONS SOUGHT FOR ENDANGERED FROGS AND SNAKES -- Conservation groups filed a legal appeal today to secure essential protections for endangered frogs and snakes that live at Pacifica’s Sharp Park. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service recently found that pumping water from wetlands, habitat alteration, mowing, gopher control, and other activities at the Sharp Park golf course, run by the city of San Francisco, are hurting and killing threatened California red-legged frogs and highly endangered San Francisco garter snakes > go to:
http://www.biologicaldiversity.org/news/press_releases/2013/sharp-park-01-07-2012.html
ARCTIC SEALS GAIN ENDANGERED SPECIES PROTECTION | First Species Since Polar Bear Listed Primarily Because of Climate Change -- Responding to a 2008 petition from the Center for Biological Diversity, the federal government today finalized Endangered Species Act protection for two ice-dependent Arctic seals threatened by melting sea ice and snowpack due to climate change. Ringed seals and bearded seals, found in the waters off Alaska, are the first species since polar bears to be protected primarily because of climate change threats > go to:
http://www.biologicaldiversity.org/news/press_releases/2012/ice-seals-12-21-2012.html
50,000 ENDANGERED SPECIES CONDOMS TO BE HANDED OUT AT YEAR-END EVENTS -- The Center for Biological Diversity distributed 50,000 free Endangered Species Condoms for holiday and New Year’s Eve celebrations around the country. More than 600 volunteer distributors handed out the condoms at events in all 50 states. The condoms are part of the Center’s 7 Billion and Counting campaign focusing on the effects of rapid human population growth on rare plants and animals > go to:
http://www.biologicaldiversity.org/news/press_releases/2012/condoms-12-21-2012.html
SETTLEMENT WILL SPEED RECOVERY OF ENDANGERED CALIFORNIA TIGER SALAMANDERS -- The Center for Biological Diversity today announced a settlement requiring the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to develop recovery plans for endangered California tiger salamanders. Under the settlement approved by the court last week, all three populations of California tiger salamanders will receive final recovery plans within the next five years > go to:
http://www.biologicaldiversity.org/news/press_releases/2012/california-tiger-salamander-12-21-2012.html
FOUR WASHINGTON POCKET GOPHERS PROPOSED FOR ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT PROTECTION -- The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service proposed Endangered Species Act protection today for four subspecies of the Mazama pocket gopher. The agency also proposed to designate 9,234 acres (14 square miles) of “critical habitat” to protect the pocket gophers. The proposal was made in accordance with a landmark 2011 agreement with the Center for Biological Diversity requiring the agency to speed protection decisions for 757 imperiled species across the country. The Center petitioned for protection of the pocket gophers in 2002 > go to:
http://www.biologicaldiversity.org/news/press_releases/2012/mazama-pocket-gopher-12-10-2012.html
PACIFIC NORTHWEST SONGBIRD, BUTTERFLY PROPOSED FOR ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT PROTECTIONS | NEARLY 20,000 ACRES IN OREGON, WASHINGTON ALSO PROPOSED FOR PROTECTION TO HELP STREAKED HORNED Lark, Taylor's Checkerspot Butterfly -- The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has proposed Endangered Species Act protection for a bird called the streaked horned lark and Taylor’s checkerspot butterfly. The agency also proposed to designate 6,875 acres of protected critical habitat for the butterfly and 12,159 acres for the bird in Washington and Oregon, including for the lark at the Olympia, Portland, Salem and other municipal airports in the region. The decision is part of a major settlement made with the Center for Biological Diversity last year requiring Fish and Wildlife to speed protection decisions for 757 species across the country > go to:
http://www.biologicaldiversity.org/news/press_releases/2012/puget-prairie-10-12-2012.html
PUERTO RICO'S VÍA VERDE PIPELINE STOPPED IN ITS TRACKS | ILL-CONCEIVED, 92-MILE GAS PIPELINE THREATENED WILDLIFE, WETLANDS -- The Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority recently announced it would withdraw its pending application with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to construct an unpopular 92-mile liquefied natural gas pipeline in Puerto Rico. The project, misleadingly called Vía Verde (“Green Way”), threatened to harm dozens of species, including the recently protected coquí llanero, a dime-sized frog, as well as hundreds of acres of wetlands > go to:
http://www.biologicaldiversity.org/news/press_releases/2012/via-verde-10-11-2012.html
15 BIG ISLAND PLANTS AND ANIMALS, PLUS 19,000 HAWAIIAN ACRES, PROPOSED FOR ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT PROTECTION -- The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service recently proposed protection for 15 species on the island of Hawaii, with 18,766 acres (29 square miles) of habitat. The decision stems from a 2011 settlement with the Center for Biological Diversity requiring the agency to speed protection decisions for 757 species around the country. Thirteen plants, a picture-wing fly and an anchialine pool shrimp were proposed for protection > go to:
http://www.biologicaldiversity.org/news/press_releases/2012/hawaiian-species-10-16-2012.html
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