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I generally focus on conservation issues effecting biodiversity, land use/abuse, research, and job opportunities that I have come across. Most of the opportunities come from the Opps page and you can click on the button below to take you there.
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Conservation News ~ February 25 2018

2/25/2018

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This rehabed Caracara from Patagonia is letting you know the conservation news this week
  • Pennsylvania coal plants dump toxic pollution under expired permits: https://www.sierraclub.org/sierra/pennsylvania-coal-plants-dump-toxic-pollution-under-expired-permits
  • British troops to deploy to Malawi in order to counter poaching: https://www.forces.net/news/british-troops-be-deployed-malawi
  • Judge says US must use energy standards in loss to current administration: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-02-15/judge-says-u-s-must-use-energy-standards-in-loss-to-trump
  • Elon Musk and SA Premier in deal to give solar panels, batteries to 50k homes: http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-02-04/elon-musk-tesla-to-give-solar-panels-batteries-to-sa-homes/9394352
  • Graduate student identifies dozens of new fly species: https://www.the-scientist.com/?articles.view/articleNo/51378/title/Graduate-Student-Identifies-Dozens-of-New-Fly-Species/
  • Alaska’s Bering Sea lost a third of its ice in just 8 days: https://insideclimatenews.org/news/17022018/arctic-sea-ice-record-low-extent-alaska-bering-hunting-whales
  • Four Indonesian farmers charged in killing of Orangutan that was shot 130 times: https://news.mongabay.com/2018/02/four-indonesian-farmers-charged-in-killing-of-orangutan-that-was-shot-130-times/
  • Scientists determine there are seven species of the silky anteater, not one: https://news.mongabay.com/2017/12/scientists-determine-there-are-seven-species-of-silky-anteater-not-one/
  • Seven suspects held for rhino horn and abalone possession: https://www.timeslive.co.za/news/south-africa/2018-02-16-seven-suspects-held-for-rhino-horn-and-abalone-possession/
  • Oglalla Sioux freeing themselves from fossil fuels: https://news.mongabay.com/2018/02/red-clouds-revolution-oglalla-sioux-freeing-themselves-from-fossil-fuel/
  • Florida’s cold spell killed dozens of manatees in January: https://www.naplesnews.com/story/news/environment/2018/02/01/floridas-cold-spell-killed-dozens-manatees-january/1086000001/
  • Wildlife officials declare cougar extinct in Maine: http://www.wmtw.com/article/even-after-reported-sightings-wildlife-officials-declare-cougar-extinct-in-maine/18236918
  • Chronic-wasting disease confirmed in a Mississippi White-Tailed Deer: https://www.mdwfp.com/media/news/wildlife-hunting/chronic-wasting-disease-confirmed-in-a-mississippi-white-tailed-deer/
  • During the year of 2017, not a single elephant in Mali was killed by poachers: https://warmful.com/not-single-elephant-lost-poachers-9-months-mali/
  • Montana decides not to hunt Grizzly Bear this year: https://www.nrdc.org/experts/zack-strong/montana-decides-not-hunt-grizzly-bears-year
  • 25 years later, Syncrude’s bison herd thriving on reclaimed oilsands lands: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/25-years-bison-reclaimed-syncrude-oilsands-lease-1.4538030
  • At least five new species among massive haul of Deep-Sea Beasties caught off Australia’s coast: http://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/at-least-five-new-species-among-massive-haul-of-deepsea-beasties-caught-off-australias-coast/
  • Court reverses Idaho trapping decision in Canada Lynx case: http://wildlife.org/court-reverses-idaho-trapping-decision-in-canada-lynx-case/
  • US Spills increase 60% since 2009 as pipeline corrosion hits $2.5 trillion: http://theenergymix.com/2018/02/21/u-s-spills-increase-60-since-2009-as-pipeline-corrosion-cost-hits-2-5-trillion/
  • European court backs opponents of logging in primeval Polish forest: http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2018/02/european-court-backs-opponents-logging-primeval-polish-forest
  • Company to probe for minerals close to Mekong River dolphin habitat: https://news.mongabay.com/2018/01/company-to-probe-for-minerals-close-to-mekong-river-dolphin-habitat/
  • Judge orders Govt Review of Keystone Pipeline documents: http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/judge-orders-govt-review-keystone-pipeline-documents-53260111
  • Seychelles protects 81k square miles of ocean: https://www.expressandstar.com/news/world-news/2018/02/22/seychelles-protects-huge-area-in-indian-ocean-in-debt-swap-deal/
  • Analysis of outdoor recreation industry finds it’s larger than oil, gas, and mining: http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2018/feb/23/analysis-of-outdoor-recreation-industry-finds-its-/
  • US teen jailed for smuggling tiger across Mexico border: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-43140476
  • Eight charged in Tanzania with conservationist Wayne Lotter’s murder: https://www.iol.co.za/news/africa/eight-charged-in-tanzania-with-conservationist-wayne-lotters-murder-13454181
  • 3M pays up after Minnesota sued over poisoned drinking water: https://grist.org/briefly/3m-pays-up-after-minnesotans-sued-over-poisoned-drinking-water/
  • New maps reveal industrial fishing in over half of world’s oceans: https://news.mongabay.com/2018/02/new-maps-reveal-industrial-fishing-in-over-half-of-worlds-oceans/
  • Shocking cuts to NOAA budget proposed: https://oceanconservancy.org/blog/2018/02/12/president-trump-proposes-shocking-cuts-noaa-budget/​
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February 16th, 2018

2/16/2018

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  • Scientists discover 18 new spider-hunting spiders from Madagascar: https://news.mongabay.com/2018/02/scientists-discover-18-new-spider-hunting-spiders-from-madagascar/
  • Think of Honeybees as livestock not wildlife: https://phys.org/news/2018-01-honeybees-livestock-wildlife-experts.html
  • 3 more rhino poachers killed in Kruger National Park: https://www.jbaynews.com/3-more-rhino-poachers-killed-in-kruger-national-park/
  • Federal penalties against polluters at lowest level in a decade: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/feb/09/penalties-against-polluters-lowest-level-under-trump
  • Oregon raises protections for rare seabird, Marbled Murrelet: http://www.biologicaldiversity.org/news/press_releases/2018/marbled-murrelet-02-09-2018.php
  • Fuel tankers used for drugs, ivory, arms smuggling operations across Zim: https://khulumaafrika.com/2018/02/07/fuel-tankers-center-drug-smuggling-operations-zim-sa/
  • Three held over ivory investigator murder, park notes go missing: https://www.the-star.co.ke/news/2018/02/07/three-held-over-ivory-investigator-murder-park-notes-go-missing_c1709869
  • NOAA found some crazy creatures in the Gulf of Mexico: https://www.azula.com/creatures-in-the-gulf-of-mexico-2531889519.html
  • Iranian-Canadian professor and environmental activist has died in Tehran prison: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-canada-death/canada-presses-iran-for-details-on-death-of-iranian-canadian-in-tehran-jail-idUSKCN1FY06H
  • BP announces two North Sea discoveries: http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-north-east-orkney-shetland-42884861
  • Woman dragged out of West Virginia House hearing for listing oil and gas contributions to politicians: https://www.commondreams.org/views/2018/02/11/woman-dragged-out-west-virginia-house-hearing-listing-oil-and-gas-contributions
  • Only 20 Tuskers remaining: https://africageographic.com/blog/giant-elephant-satao-2-poached-in-tsavo-6-super-tuskers-left/
  • Poacher eaten by lions in South Africa: https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2018/02/12/585119784/suspected-poacher-eaten-by-lions-in-south-africa
  • Australia’s solar power boom could almost double capacity in a year: https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2018/feb/11/australias-solar-power-boom-could-almost-double-capacity-in-a-year-analysts-say
  • Environmental activists attacked in Mexico, bus lit on fire: https://www.telesurtv.net/english/news/environmental-activists-puebla-mexico-attacked-20180211-0005.html
  • Yellowstone conservation fee proposed: http://www.jhnewsandguide.com/jackson_hole_daily/local/yellowstone-conservation-fee-proposed/article_1b454df9-b142-568a-a1dd-3ffb9d1be67e.html
  • Tanzanian minister accuser police of incompetence in Lotter murder probe: https://www.iol.co.za/news/africa/tanzanian-minister-accuses-police-of-incompetence-in-lotter-murder-probe-12949148
  • Osvaldo Sala elected by the ESA membership as president: https://sustainability.asu.edu/global-drylands/news/archive/largest-community-ecologists-names-asu-scientist-president/
  • Siding with Monsanto, GOP threatens to cut off WHO funds over glyphosate finding: https://www.commondreams.org/news/2018/02/07/siding-monsanto-gop-threatens-cut-who-funds-over-glyphosate-finding
  • Rhino poaching syndicate dismantled during SAPS: https://reviewonline.co.za/251556/alleged-rhino-poaching-syndicate-dismantled-saps-op/
  • The Queen just banned all disposable plastic from royal estates: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/queen-bans-plastic-straws-and-bottles-on-royal-estates-a8205896.html
  • Poachers kill 6 soldiers, 2 guides in a wildlife park in Cameroon: https://africa.cgtn.com/2018/02/13/poachers-kill-6-soldiers-2-guides-in-a-wildlife-park-in-cameroon/
  • Ninth circuit protects Arctic Ringed Seals: https://www.courthousenews.com/reversing-ninth-circuit-protects-arctic-ringed-seals/
  • Seneca Nation fights fracking wastewater disposal plan: http://therealnews.com/t2/story:21091:Seneca-Nation-Fights-Fracking-Wastewater-Disposal-Plan
  • German cities to trial free public transport to cut pollution: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/feb/14/german-cities-to-trial-free-public-transport-to-cut-pollution
  • Feds want to give the power to approve pipelines in National Parks: https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/trump-pipelines-national-parks_us_5a81eb19e4b0d4a3d10c17f1
  • Decline in krill threatens Antarctic wildlife: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/feb/14/decline-in-krill-threatens-antarctic-wildlife-from-whales-to-penguins
  • Peru moves to protect one of the last great intact forests: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/14/science/peru-yaguas-national-park.html
  • Dramatic decline in Borneo’s orangutan population as 15k lost in 16 years: http://newstrendstoday.com/2018/02/16/borneo-orangutans-dying-off-as-forests-are-lost.html
  • Water conspiracy unfolds in the Mojave: https://www.google.com/search?q=Water+conspiracy+unfolds+in+the+Mojave%3A&oq=Water+conspiracy+unfolds+in+the+Mojave%3A&aqs=chrome..69i57.268j0j4&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8
  • China reassigns 60k soldiers to plant trees in bid to fight pollution: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/china-tree-plant-soldiers-reassign-climate-change-global-warming-deforestation-a8208836.html
  • LA Mayor Garcetti announces new recycling pilot at Hyperion water reclamation plant: https://sfvmedia.com/sfv/recycled-water-initiative-hyperion/​
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Conservation Jobs ~ February 13 2018

2/13/2018

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  • Or- Spotted Owl Surveyor: https://wfscjobs.tamu.edu/jobs/northern-spotted-owl-surveyor-oregon-2/
  • Hawaii Recovery Ecology: https://wfscjobs.tamu.edu/jobs/researcher-recovery-ecology-hawaii/
  • Coral Reef Deputy Program Director: http://careers.conbio.org/job/307247/deputy-program-director/
  • Snow Leopard Field Tech: https://www.snowleopard.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/SLT-Job-Description-Data-Specialist-positions.pdf
  • Netherlands – Wildlife Crime Intelligence Officer: https://wildlifejustice.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/Senior-Intelligence-Analyst.pdf
  • Hawaii – Coconut Rhino Beetle Tech: https://wfscjobs.tamu.edu/jobs/coconut-rhino-beetle-field-technician-hawaii/
  • Virgin Islands – Sea Turtle Researcher: https://wfscjobs.tamu.edu/jobs/buck-island-sea-turtle-research-program-research-assistant-virgin-islands/
  • Wa – Caspian Tern Tech: https://wfscjobs.tamu.edu/jobs/crew-leader-for-caspian-tern-management-and-monitoring-project-washington/
  • Sweden – Science and Engagement officer: http://www.futureearth.org/news/future-earth-vacancy-science-and-engagement-officer-sweden
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Conservation News ~ February 10 2018

2/10/2018

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This little HBird is bringing you the conservation news this week ~ https://flic.kr/s/aHskRmhVYX
  • Four environmental defenders a week killed in 2017: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/feb/02/almost-four-environmental-defenders-a-week-killed-in-2017
  • British Foreign Secretary vows UK will be at forefront of war on ivory trade: http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2018-02/01/c_136942654.htm
  • Site C Dam eyed to power Yukon’s mining boom: https://www.desmog.ca/2018/01/26/site-c-dam-eyed-power-yukon-s-mining-boom
  • American Meteorology Society sends letter to President saying climate change comments are not consistent with scientific observations: https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/meteorological-society-schools-trump-climate-change_us_5a73a1ede4b06ee97af1097a
  • Tesla to sell solar products in 800 Home Depot stores: https://cleantechnica.com/2018/02/01/tesla-sell-solar-products-800-home-depot-stores/
  • Endangered Angel Sharks found in Adriatic Sea: https://www.deeperblue.com/endangered-angel-sharks-reportedly-found-adriatic-sea/
  • First time in 60 years, spring-run Chinook salmon reproduce in San Joaquin River: http://www.fresnobee.com/news/local/article197490734.html
  • Feds ask for 72% cut in renewable energy programs: http://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/371692-white-house-to-ask-for-72-percent-cut-in-renewable-energy-programs
  • Largest marine spill in history of natural gas condensate: http://therealnews.com/t2/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=31&Itemid=74&jumival=20985
  • Climate hero gets three-year prison sentence for shutting down Tar Sands pipeline: https://www.commondreams.org/news/2018/02/06/climate-hero-gets-three-year-prison-sentence-shutting-down-tar-sands-pipeline
  • Fifty years of de-icing roads is radically altering the chemistry of America’s drinking water: http://www.iflscience.com/environment/fifty-years-of-deicing-roads-is-radically-altering-the-chemistry-of-many-american-rivers/
  • California bill aims to ban plastic straws: https://munchies.vice.com/en_us/article/59wn88/california-bill-aims-to-ban-plastic-straws
  • Bears avoid trails with motorized recreational activity: https://phys.org/news/2018-02-trails-motorized-recreational.html
  • Stripes of wildflowers across farm fields could cut pesticide spraying: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/jan/31/stripes-of-wildflowers-across-farm-fields-could-cut-pesticide-spraying
  • Court asks feds to review decision to reject ESA protections for Yellowstone bison: https://www.bozemandailychronicle.com/news/environment/court-asks-feds-to-review-decision-to-reject-endangered-species/article_595f3731-dcc8-5111-b59a-981e67187cb7.html
  • Canadian Prime Minister threatens to cut climate regulations for pipeline: https://phys.org/news/2018-02-canadian-provinces-feud-pacific-pipeline.html
  • California has a new wild grey wolf, OR-54: https://www.heraldandnews.com/news/local_news/or--leaves-oregon-and-she-s-taking-her-bling/article_6dd5a35c-bc88-5fe8-9675-ba6877c0d804.html
  • Study confirms carbon pollution has ended the era of stable climate: https://thinkprogress.org/carbon-pollution-has-ended-era-of-stable-climate-that-enabled-modern-civilization-fbc0e4a5e476/
  • Polar bears starving as arctic ice vanishes: https://news.nationalgeographic.com/2018/02/polar-bears-starve-melting-sea-ice-global-warming-study-beaufort-sea-environment/
  • Former national monuments shrunk by Feds to be opened for mining claims: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/feb/02/former-national-monuments-shrunk-by-trump-to-be-opened-for-mining-claims
  • Half of millennials cut out meat: http://www.onegreenplanet.org/news/millennials-cut-out-meat-because-of-environmental-concerns/
  • Amazon rainforest hit by surge in small-scale deforestation: https://news.mongabay.com/2018/02/amazon-rainforest-hit-by-surge-in-small-scale-deforestation-study-finds/
  • Chile declares start of coal power phase-out: http://www.climatechangenews.com/2018/02/01/chile-declares-start-coal-power-phase/
  • January becomes hottest month ever recorded in New Zealand: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/feb/02/january-hottest-month-ever-recorded-new-zealand
  • White House to withdraw nominee for top environmental post: https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2018/02/04/583069522/reports-white-house-to-withdraw-controversial-nominee-for-top-environmental-post
  • Invasive treefrog spotted in Florida: https://www.wptv.com/news/state/invasive-cuban-treefrog-spotted-in-fort-myers
  • Washington state cancels lease for Atlantic salmon farm off Cypress island: https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/environment/washington-state-cancels-lease-for-atlantic-salmon-farm-off-cypress-island/
  • Kids sue Colombian government to save Amazon, protect climate: https://www.climateliabilitynews.org/2018/02/01/colombia-government-protect-climate-amazon/
  • Hunter knocked unconscious by falling, dead goose shot by hunting party: https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2018/02/04/583110844/hunter-knocked-unconscious-by-falling-dead-goose-shot-by-his-hunting-party
  • Printed solar tiles are thinner, cheaper, and easier to use: https://futurism.com/printed-solar-tiles-are-thinner-cheaper-and-easier-to-use/
  • Elephant and rhino trade investigator is killed in Kenya: https://www.timeslive.co.za/news/africa/2018-02-05-elephant-and-rhino-trade-investigator-is-killed-in-kenya/
  • Ivory Coast wildlife trafficking bust turns up 600kg of elephant tusks: https://news.trust.org/item/20180125170411-d99yf

  • Sea Shepherd launches Operation Jodari with Tanzania, makes first three arrests: https://www.seashepherdglobal.org/latest-news/jodari-launch-three-arrests/
  • Tesla to construct virtual solar power plant using 50k homes in South Australia: https://cleantechnica.com/2018/02/04/tesla-construct-virtual-solar-power-plant-using-50000-homes-south-australia/
  • Animals are using Colorado’s wildlife crossings, reducing collisions: https://www.denverpost.com/2018/02/03/animal-wildlife-crossings/
  • Rhino protector is gored by elephant: https://citizen.co.za/news/news-cns/1812977/rhino-warrior-gored-by-elephant-in-hoedspruit/
  • Dept of Interior cancels centuries-old Migratory Bird Act: http://www.hcn.org/articles/dc-dispatch-interior-cancels-decades-old-protections-for-migratory-birds
  • Massive rhino horn trafficking operation leads investigators to small Missouri town: http://fox4kc.com/2018/02/05/massive-rhino-horn-trafficking-operation-leads-investigators-to-small-missouri-town-where-2-men-illegally-made-nearly-1-million/
  • Whales and sharks re the new victims of our plastic waste: https://futurism.com/whales-sharks-new-victims-plastic-waste-study-finds/
  • Saudi Arabia plots a shift to renewables: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/05/business/energy-environment/saudi-arabia-solar-renewables.html
  • Vietnam jails activist for 14 years for livestreaming pollution march: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/feb/06/vietnam-jails-activist-for-14-years-for-livestreaming-pollution-march
  • 13 universities band together to fight climate change: https://grist.org/briefly/13-universities-band-together-to-fight-climate-change/
  • Thai tycoon busted for poaching black leopard: https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/south-asia/thai-construction-tycoon-accused-of-poaching-leopard/articleshow/62802540.cms
  • 12,500 hippo teeth go on sale for “ivory” markets: https://www.express.co.uk/news/nature/910522/Hippo-teeth-elephant-ivory-conservationists-auction-Dar-es-Salaam
  • Chocolate industry drives rainforest disaster in Ivory Coast: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/sep/13/chocolate-industry-drives-rainforest-disaster-in-ivory-coast
  • EU will only make trade deals with nations that ratify Paris Climate Agreement: https://thinkprogress.org/eu-paris-us-decd4aad9145/
  • Hunter claims accidental shooting of Swiss wolf: https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/mistaken-identity_hunter-claims-accidental-shooting-of-swiss-wolf/43877760

  • Ecuador announces a new national park in the Andes: https://news.mongabay.com/2018/02/ecuador-announces-a-new-national-park-in-the-andes/
  • Alberta’s ecosystems shrinking faster than Amazon rain forest: https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/alberta/albertas-natural-ecosystems-shrinking-faster-than-amazon-rain-forest-report/article37889101/
  • Idaho stripped climate change from school guidelines: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/06/climate/idaho-schools-climate-change.html
  • Edinburgh University divests from all fossil fuels: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/feb/06/edinburgh-university-divests-from-all-fossil-fuels
  • Energy Department expects no decline in America’s carbon emissions by 2050: https://grist.org/briefly/the-energy-department-expects-no-decline-in-americas-carbon-emissions-by-2050/
  • Denton poised to become the second 100% renewable energy city in Texas: https://www.sierraclub.org/texas/blog/2018/01/denton-poised-become-second-100-renewable-energy-city-texas
  • California says it will block crude oil from Feds offshore drilling plan: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-drilling-offshore/california-says-will-block-crude-oil-from-trump-offshore-drilling-plan-idUSKBN1FR2UY
  • Hunt rider dies after fall from horse: https://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/news/local-news/rider-fernie-hunt-dies-fall-1153744
  • Trophy-hunting business owner admits to illegally importing deer to Kansas: https://www.kansas.com/sports/outdoors/article198543619.html
  • Mountain lions often lose to wolves and bears: https://news.mongabay.com/2018/02/mountain-lions-often-lose-to-wolves-and-bears-study-finds/
  • Over three billion barrels of Alberta bitumen have spilled into our oceans: https://www.nationalobserver.com/2018/02/07/analysis/over-three-billion-barrels-alberta-bitumen-has-become-carbon-pollution-absorbed
  • Catherine O’Riordan joins ESA as new executive director: https://www.nationalobserver.com/2018/02/07/analysis/over-three-billion-barrels-alberta-bitumen-has-become-carbon-pollution-absorbed
  • Banff bison to roam free this summer in park for first time in more than a century: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/banff-bison-1-year-1.4525632
  • Mexican mail service uncover attempt to send tiger cub via post: http://www.newshub.co.nz/home/world/2018/02/mexican-mail-service-uncovers-attempt-to-send-tiger-cub-via-the-post.html
  • US EPA head suggests climate change could benefit humans: https://www.cnn.com/2018/02/08/politics/scott-pruitt-climate-change/index.html
  • Coca-cola and Nestle to privatize the largest reserve of water in South America: https://truththeory.com/2018/02/05/coca-cola-nestle-privatize-largest-reserve-water-south-america/
  • Upcycling your clothes could reduce over a billion tons of greenhouse gases: https://impact.vice.com/en_us/article/ne4dxq/upcycling-your-clothes-could-reduce-over-a-billion-tons-of-greenhouse-gas-emissions
  • Plastic pollution has reached the pristine Arctic: http://www.bbc.com/news/av/science-environment-42990391/plastic-pollution-reaching-record-levels-in-once-pristine-arctic
  • Norwegian government has decided that the three remaining wolves in Julussa and Osdalen will be culled: http://www.wolfsongalaska.org/chorus/node/279
  • Tiger Temple to reopen as Tiger Zoo: http://www.khaosodenglish.com/featured/2018/02/07/tiger-temple-reopen-tiger-zoo/
  • Coalminers given approval to clear nearly 10% of endangered forest: https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2018/feb/09/coalminers-given-approval-to-clear-nearly-10-of-endangered-forest-commission-told
  • California says no to oil drilling at Interior Department Hearing: https://www.sierraclub.org/sierra/californians-say-no-oil-drilling-interior-department-hearing
  • US Dept of Interior prioritizes conservation and big game migration corridors: https://www.doi.gov/pressreleases/secretary-zinke-prioritizes-conservation-big-game-migration-corridors
  • Environmentalists head to court in effort to block border-wall construction: https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/arizona-environment/2018/02/08/environmentalists-head-court-effort-block-border-wall-construction/316767002/
  • Montana won’t allow Yellowstone grizzly hunting this year: https://www.bozemandailychronicle.com/news/environment/montana-won-t-allow-yellowstone-grizzly-hunting-this-year/article_0e2874a5-6e25-5a37-bc97-e3da9157802b.html
  • Critical piece of Native Hawaiian plant conservation completed: http://www.hawaii.edu/news/2018/01/28/critical-piece-of-native-hawaiian-plant-conservation-completed/
  • Revealed: Trudeau government welcomed oil lobby help for US pipeline push: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/true-north/2018/feb/09/trudeau-government-welcomed-oil-lobby-help-for-us-pipeline-push-documents
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Conservation News ~ February 2 2018

2/2/2018

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  • Washington state is considering a tax on CO2 emissions: https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2017/11/will-washington-state-pass-the-nations-first-carbon-tax/
  • In New Park, China creates a refuge for the imperiled Siberian Tiger: http://e360.yale.edu/features/china-carves-out-a-park-for-the-imperiled-siberian-tiger
  • Meigs County man charged in operating ‘bearbaiting’ event: https://www.10tv.com/article/meigs-county-man-charged-operating-bearbaiting-event
  • An end in sight for Laos’ Sin City illegal wildlife supermarket: https://eia-international.org/blacklisted-end-sight-laos-sin-city-illegal-wildlife-supermarket
  • Cambodian forest protectors slain after confronting loggers: http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/cambodian-forest-protectors-slain-confronting-loggers-52731855
  • More than 30% of all electricity in the EU now comes in renewables: https://qz.com/1193603/two-countries-are-the-reason-the-eu-is-hitting-its-ambitious-renewable-energy-targets/
  • First new species of temperate conifer tree discovered in more than a decade: https://news.nationalgeographic.com/2018/01/ulleungdo-hemlock-tree-discovered-korea-wooly-adelgid/
  • Farmer saves oldest living Icelandic Sea Eagle: https://www.mnn.com/earth-matters/animals/stories/farmer-saves-oldest-living-icelandic-sea-eagle
  • Orcas can imitate human speech: https://www.theguardian.com/science/2018/jan/31/orcas-killer-whales-can-imitate-human-speech-research-reveals
  • Suspected rhino poachers killed: https://zululandobserver.co.za/163805/suspected-rhino-poachers-killed/
  • Hundreds of polar bears spotted feasting on a whale: http://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/hundreds-of-polar-bears-spotted-feasting-on-whale-carcass/
  • Hong Kong votes to ban domestic ivory sales: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/jan/31/hong-kong-votes-to-ban-domestic-ivory-sales
  • Camera trap captures spotted hyena in Gabon national park, the first in 20 years: https://news.mongabay.com/2018/01/camera-trap-captures-spotted-hyena-in-gabon-national-park-the-first-in-20-years/
  • Three abalone poachers hit with heavy fines, other penalties: https://cdfgnews.wordpress.com/2018/01/30/three-abalone-poachers-hit-with-heavy-fines-other-penalties/
  • London reaches legal air pollution limit just one month into the new year: https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2018/jan/30/london-reaches-legal-air-pollution-limit-just-one-month-into-the-new-year
  • The Whitetip shark was just protected under the endangered species act: http://usa.oceana.org/press-releases/oceanic-whitetip-first-shark-listed-threatened-continental-us-atlantic
  • Once vanished Fishers are making their comeback in Washington: https://kcts9.org/programs/earthfix/once-vanished-fishers-are-making-their-comeback-in-washington
  • UN kicks off international year of the reef in Fiji: https://www.travelpulse.com/news/features/un-kicks-off-international-year-of-the-reef-in-fiji.html
  • Canada pushing G7 nations to sign no plastics pledge to save world’s oceans: https://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/canada-pushing-g7-nations-to-sign-no-plastics-pledge-to-save-world-s-oceans-1.3774479
  • Foxconn wants to tap 7 million gallons of water a day from Lake Michigan: http://www.thestate.com/news/business/national-business/article197233449.html
  • 11 billion pieces of plastic are riddling corals with disease: https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2018/01/plastic-junk-coral-disease/551495/
  • VW, BMW and Mercedes funded dirty diesel tests on monkeys caged in gas chambers: http://www.foxnews.com/auto/2018/01/29/vw-bmw-and-mercedes-tested-dirty-diesels-on-monkeys-caged-in-gas-chambers.html
  • Big game hunter is shot dead as he stalked lions in South Africa: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5325943/Big-game-hunter-killed-stalked-lions-South-Africa.html
  • Newly discovered lemur in Madagascar is so cute: https://www.sciencealert.com/new-dwarf-lemur-discovered-madagascar-cheirogaleus-grovesi
  • Leaked memo shows that politics is replacing science for Endangered Species: http://www.hcn.org/articles/endangered-species-politics-replace-science-at-the-us-fish-and-wildlife-service
  • China’s latest energy megaproject shows that coal really is on the way out: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/china-floating-solar-power-station-megaproject-coal-energy-a8183476.html
  • North of Lake Tahoe, the Pika has gone locally extinct: https://www.yaleclimateconnections.org/2018/01/north-of-lake-tahoe-pika-vanishes/
  • UK yacht makers vow to examine supply chains for illegal Myanmar timber: https://news.mongabay.com/2018/01/luxury-british-yacht-makers-vow-to-examine-supply-chains/
  • Bears’ paws burned in California fires were treated with fish skin: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/animalia/wp/2018/01/26/two-bears-were-badly-burned-in-wildfires-and-fish-skin-helped-heal-them/
  • EPA loosens rules on major air pollution sources: http://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/370786-epa-loosens-rules-on-some-major-air-pollution-sources
  • President of France accelerates timetable to shut down coal-fired power plants: https://futurism.com/france-officially-shutting-coal-fired-power-plants-three-years/
  • Seahorse kebbs sold in Thai market spark anger: https://news.sky.com/story/seahorse-kebabs-sold-in-thai-market-spark-anger-11220580
  • Tesla’s giant battery in Australia made almost a million dollars in just a few days: https://electrek.co/2018/01/23/tesla-giant-battery-australia-1-million/
  • Submersible expedition in Antartica reveals secrets of the deep: http://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/submersible-expedition-in-antarctica-reveals-secrets-of-the-deep-and-why-it-needs-protecting/
  • New species of Handfish from Tasmanian divers’ recent discovery: https://news.nationalgeographic.com/2018/01/rare-red-handfish-endangered-tasmania-hobart-bay-spd/
  • US asks mariners to slw down after report of another NA whale death: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/north-atlantic-right-whale-dead-virginia-1.4503334
  • In 2017, the ocean were by far the hottest ever recorded: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/climate-consensus-97-per-cent/2018/jan/26/in-2017-the-oceans-were-by-far-the-hottest-ever-recorded
  • Florida brewery brings biodegradable six-pack rings to market: http://www.greenmatters.com/food/2018/01/25/Zw5sNj/florida-brewery-eco-six-pack-rings
  • Diesel spilled after barge sinks in Howe Sound: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/port-mellon-barge-sinking-diesel-spill-1.4514102
  • Northern Yellowstone elk herd at highest level in more than decade: https://www.bozemandailychronicle.com/news/environment/northern-yellowstone-elk-herd-at-highest-level-in-more-than/article_44b86caf-db36-57b4-9624-4fad1d19490c.html
  • EPA leader suspends Clean Water rule: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/31/climate/trump-water-wotus.html
  • Wildlife orgs sue Feds for failing to protect the Mexican Wolf: https://www.environews.tv/013018-breaking-news-wildlife-orgs-sue-trump-admin-failing-protect-el-lobo-mexican-wolf/
  • Volkswagen vows to eliminate testing cars on animals: http://vegnews.com/articles/page.do?pageId=10741&catId=1
  • Police say Elgin trapper illegally caught wolf, then shot it: http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2018/01/police_say_elgin_trapper_illeg.html​
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Conservation Jobs ~ February 1 2018

2/1/2018

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  • Ca- Fallbrook Preserve Manager: https://www.conservationjobboard.com/job-listing-preserve-manager-fallbrook-california/1568756682
  • Or – Marine Mammal Program Leader: https://wfscjobs.tamu.edu/jobs/natural-resource-specialist-4-marine-mammal-program-leader-oregon/
  • Or – Assistant Wolf Biologist: https://wfscjobs.tamu.edu/jobs/natural-resource-specialist-2-assistant-wolf-biologist-oregon/
  • Land Trust Alliance, Program Manager: https://wfscjobs.tamu.edu/jobs/natural-resource-specialist-2-assistant-wolf-biologist-oregon/
  • Ca- CBD, Corridor Advocate: https://biologicaldiversity.applicantpro.com/jobs/676363.html
  • Ca -Conservation Project Coordinator: https://www.landtrustalliance.org/job/conservation-project-coordinator-solano-land-trust
  • Co – Alliance Director: https://www.conservationjobboard.com/job-listing-alliance-director-denver-colorado/444146220
  • EarthJustice- PublicLands Advocate: http://jobs.jobvite.com/careers/earthjustice/job/oSUM6fwo?__jvst=Job%20Board&__jvsd=internalemail
  • Or- Fisheries Observer: https://wfscjobs.tamu.edu/jobs/catch-shares-fisheries-observer-oregon-california/
  • Stanford Conservation Program Coordinator: https://stanford.taleo.net/careersection/2/jobdetail.ftl?job=77699&lang=en
  • Wa – Policy and Technical Project Manager: https://www.healthybay.org/who-we-are/employment/policy-and-technical-project-manager/
  • Ca- Conservation and Stewardship Program Director: https://www.pacificforest.org/about-us/careers/conservation-and-stewardship-director/
  • PDX – Toxics Reduction Educator and Outreach Specialist: https://www.governmentjobs.com/careers/oregonmetro/jobs/1957030/toxics-reduction-educator-and-outreach-specialist-temporary
  • Or – Principal Executive Manger: https://wfscjobs.tamu.edu/jobs/principal-executive-manager-d-information-education-deputy-administrator-oregon/
  • IUCN – Senior Programme Officer:  https://hrms.iucn.org/vacancy/2736
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