Category: Conservation News - Practice Praxis

Conservation News ~ December 15 2018

12/15/2018

Los Cerritos Wetlands restoration wins Coastal Commission approval: https://www.dailybreeze.com/2018/12/13/controversial-long-beach-wetlands-deal-approved-more-oil-drilling-expected/
White House to strip protections from up to two-thirds of California streams and wetlands: https://www.latimes.com/politics/la-na-pol-clean-water-rollback-20181210-story.html
Madagascar auctioning a large swath of virgin waters for oil exploration: https://news.mongabay.com/2018/12/madagascar-auctioning-a-large-swath-of-virgin-waters-for-oil-exploration/
Argentina creates two new marine parks to protect penguins, sea lions: https://news.mongabay.com/2018/12/argentina-creates-two-new-marine-parks-to-protect-penguins-sea-lions/
Palm oil giant Wilmar promises to take harder line with errant suppliers: https://news.mongabay.com/2018/12/palm-oil-giant-wilmar-promises-to-take-a-harder-line-with-errant-suppliers/
Indonesian court throws out lawsuit against green expert’s testimony: https://news.mongabay.com/2018/12/indonesian-court-throws-out-lawsuit-against-green-experts-testimony/
Video shows wolves fishing in Voyageurs National Park: https://www.duluthnewstribune.com/news/science-and-nature/4542765-video-shows-wolves-fishing-voyageurs-national-park
15-Year-Old Calls for Global Climate Strike: https://www.ecowatch.com/greta-thunberg-climate-strike-2623294546.html
150 new species discovered in Southeast Asia last year: https://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/meet-the-150-new-species-discovered-in-southeast-asia-last-year-including-the-skywalker-gibbon-/
Washington Governor Jay Inslee $1.1 billion to help save Puget Sound’s critically endangered orcas: https://weather.com/news/news/2018-12-14-governor-billion-dollar-plan-save-endangered-orcas
Unprecedented new map unveils illegal mining destroying Amazon: https://www.ecowatch.com/unprecedented-new-map-reveals-illegal-mining-destroying-amazon-2623200925.html
German government invest $780,000 to make vegan meat texture more ‘realistic’: https://www.livekindly.co/german-government-invests-780000-to-make-vegan-meat-texture-more-realistic/
Devastated by war, African Gorongosa park wildlife is now thriving: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/2018/12/african-wildlife-is-rebounding-gorongosa-national-park/
A massive, never-before-seen cave has been found in Canada: https://www.sciencealert.com/gigantic-unexplored-cave-hidden-in-canada-may-never-have-been-seen-by-human-eyes
Vast Bitterroot ecosystem grows in importance as Grizzly Bear recovery unfolds: https://missoulacurrent.com/outdoors/2018/12/grizzly-bitterrroot/
Golden Eagles keep riding the current; numbers strong during annual survey: https://helenair.com/lifestyles/recreation/golden-eagles-keep-riding-the-current-numbers-strong-during-annual/article_788b55e2-fea1-5121-b7ba-75b6f710c6e2.html
Judge throws out Idaho predator control expansion: https://www.capitalpress.com/ag_sectors/livestock/judge-throws-out-idaho-predator-control-expansion/article_5044e3d8-fcae-11e8-9a0b-0b8297bd7c9c.html
Butterfly sanctuary to be bulldozed for border wall: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/dec/13/butterfly-sanctuary-border-wall-mission-texas
Nearly 150 climate activists arrested in mass demonstration for Green New Deal: https://sojo.net/interactive/nearly-150-climate-activists-arrested-mass-demonstration-green-new-deal
US accused of obstructing talks at UN climate change summit: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/dec/11/us-accused-of-obstructing-talks-at-un-climate-change-summit
Rapidly disintegrating Arctic sea ice leaves scientists ‘shocked’: https://thinkprogress.org/scientists-shocked-that-warming-has-wiped-out-oldest-thickest-arctic-sea-ice-febe927ab619/
Once thought extinct, bizarre horned frog reappears in Ecuador: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/2018/12/lost-marsupial-frog-rediscovered-ecuador-choco-forest/
The Senate just passed an $867 billion farm bill: https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2018/12/11/congresss-billion-farm-bill-is-out-heres-whats-it/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.e27d0be16377
Brazilian regulators deny French oil giant total license to drill near Amazon Reef: https://news.mongabay.com/2018/12/brazilian-regulators-deny-french-oil-giant-total-license-to-drill-near-amazon-reef/
Arctic reindeer numbers crash by half: https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-46516033
Alaska moose poacher fined $100,000, sentenced to jail: https://www.apnews.com/6e1c6c84795b47fc9979fe11ee871ada
White House auctions off 150,000 acres of public lands for fracking near Utah National Parks: https://www.ecowatch.com/fracking-utah-national-parks-2623200218.html
An indigenous Guatemalan community rejects, then accepts, a protected area: https://news.mongabay.com/2018/12/guatemala-an-indigenous-community-rejects-then-accepts-a-protected-area/
New Cascales Municipal Conservation Area in Amazon: https://www.andesamazonfund.org/blog/
London mayor unveils plan to tackle ‘climate emergency’: https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2018/dec/11/london-mayor-sadiq-khan-city-climate-emergency
California Condor chick successfully fledges for first time in Santa Barbara since 1982: https://ktla.com/2018/12/11/california-condor-chick-successfully-fledges-for-first-time-in-santa-barbara-county-since-1982/
Researchers suggest broiler chicken is the hallmark of the Anthropocene: https://phys.org/news/2018-12-broiler-chicken-hallmark-anthropocene.html
Thousands of unstudied plants may be at risk of extinction: https://www.wired.com/story/thousands-of-unstudied-plants-may-be-at-risk-of-extinction/
ExxonMobil launches environmental awareness: https://thepeninsulaqatar.com/article/09/12/2018/ExxonMobil-launches-environmental-awareness-campaign
Giraffes were just added to list of animals facing extinction: https://www.unilad.co.uk/animals/giraffes-were-just-added-to-list-of-animals-facing-extinction/
Taiwanese captain sentenced 20 years for shark finning in Tanzania: http://www.seashepherd.org.nz/news-and-commentary/news/taiwanese-captain-sentenced-20-years-for-shark-finning-in-tanzania.html
Ancient whale named for UW paleontologist Elizabeth Nesbitt: https://www.washington.edu/news/2018/12/10/ancient-whale-named-for-uw-paleontologist-elizabeth-nesbitt/
Ground-feeding birds in Southeast Asia may be going extinct outside protected areas: https://news.mongabay.com/2018/12/ground-feeding-birds-in-southeast-asia-may-be-going-extinct-outside-protected-areas/
Humpback whale freed after being trapped at fish farm near Tofino: https://www.pqbnews.com/news/trapped-humpback-whale-freed-from-salmon-farm-near-tofino/
Developers of Village at Wolf Creek take another hit in attempt to reinstate land swap: https://durangoherald.com/articles/254370
Increasing seal population will not harm largest fish stocks in the Baltic: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/12/181210072530.htm
Banned toxins passed from mother to young in European dolphins: https://phys.org/news/2018-12-toxins-mother-young-european-dolphins.html
Graphic video reveals brutality of pangolin poaching in northeast India: https://news.mongabay.com/2018/12/graphic-video-reveals-brutality-of-pangolin-poaching-in-northeast-india/
Kenya coins replace leaders with animals: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-46523670
CNN gave a platform to climate deniers, then debunked their lies: https://grist.org/article/cnn-gave-a-platform-to-climate-deniers-then-debunked-their-lies/
Illegal dog beach at the Santa Ana River mouth endangers rare birds: https://www.ocregister.com/2018/12/11/illegal-dog-beach-at-the-santa-ana-river-mouth-endangers-rare-birds-experts-say/
Gambia is selling Tuna for 136 Euro per ton to the EU: https://greenworldwarriors.com/2018/12/11/how-gambia-is-selling-its-tuna-for-136-euro-per-ton-to-the-eu/
The Arctic Ocean has lost 95 percent of its oldest ice: https://www.washingtonpost.com/energy-environment/2018/12/11/arctic-is-even-worse-shape-than-you-realize/
World’s largest sea turtle emerges from the sea and it is incredible: https://www.apost.com/en/blog/worlds-largest-sea-turtle-emerges-from-the-sea-and-it-is-incredible/11311/?rd=n
NOAA confirms 42 dead dolphins in Lee and Collier counties: https://www.nbc-2.com/story/39567473/noaa-confirms-42-dead-dolphins-in-lee-and-collier-counties
Youth activists busted up promotion of coal at UN climate talks: https://grist.org/article/team-trump-promoted-coal-at-the-u-n-climate-talks-youth-activists-busted-it-up/
UN conference sets agenda for biodiversity research: https://www.scidev.net/global/biodiversity/news/un-conference-sets-agenda-for-biodiversity-research.html
Interior Dept. officials downplayed federal wildlife experts’ concerns of border wall: https://www.washingtonpost.com/energy-environment/2018/12/11/interior-officials-downplayed-federal-wildlife-experts-concerns-about-trumps-border-wall-documents-show/
Life in deep Earth totals 15-23 billion tons of carbon of micro-organisms: https://deepcarbon.net/life-deep-earth-totals-15-23-billion-tonnes-carbon
196 countries agree to scale up investments in nature, people towards 2020 and beyond: https://www.thegef.org/news/196-governments-agree-scale-investments-nature-and-people-towards-2020-and-beyond
Billionaires are the leading cause of climate change: https://www.gq.com/story/billionaires-climate-change
A NASA prob just found evidence of water on a distant asteroid: https://futurism.com/osiris-rex-spacecraft-found-evidence-liquid-water-in-bennu-asteroids-past
100% of sea turtles in global study found with plastics in their bellies: https://www.ecowatch.com/sea-turtles-plastics-oceans-study-2622572557.html
Surging development dangers in Indonesian New Guinea: http://alert-conservation.org/issues-research-highlights/2018/12/4/surging-development-dangers-in-indonesian-new-guinea
Vegan Lewis Hamilton blasts meat industry for ‘animal torture’ to 9 million followers: https://www.plantbasednews.org/post/vegan-lewis-hamilton-meat-industry-animal-torture-9-million-followers
Tackle climate or face financial crash, say world’s biggest investors: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/dec/10/tackle-climate-or-face-financial-crash-say-worlds-biggest-investors
A botanist criticized Tejon Ranch. So he got kicked out – along with 10,000 of his friends: https://www.latimes.com/local/california/la-me-tejon-blacklist-20181210-story.html
Norway become first country to ban all palm oil based biofuel to protect rainforest: https://www.livekindly.co/norway-ban-palm-oil-biofuel/
The Supreme Court dismisses an environmental challenge to border wall: https://grist.org/article/the-supreme-court-dismisses-an-environmental-challenge-to-border-wall/
A ‘sun in a box’ could be the key to delivering renewable energy on demand: https://www.iflscience.com/technology/sun-in-a-box-could-help-renewables-deliver-energy-on-demand/
The White House eases emissions standards for new coal plants: https://www.washingtonpost.com/energy-environment/2018/12/06/epa-announces-plan-ease-carbon-emissions-rule-new-coal-plants/
The White House plans major rollback of Sage Grouse protections to spur oil exploration: https://www.washingtonpost.com/energy-environment/2018/12/06/epa-announces-plan-ease-carbon-emissions-rule-new-coal-plants/?utm_term=.2746bd823f85
Polar bears to turn to whale meat as their hunting grounds melt: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-018-06989-8
World’s oldest known bird to become a mother for the 37th time: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/dec/07/worlds-oldest-bird-lays-egg-wisdom-albatross
Scientists prepare for ‘the most detailed whale poo expedition ever’: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/nov/26/scientists-prepare-for-the-most-detailed-whale-poo-expedition-ever
Global warming today mirrors conditions leading to Earth’s largest extinction event: https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/environment/global-warming-today-mirrors-conditions-during-earths-largest-extinction-event-uw-study/
US and Russia ally with Saudi Arabia to water down climate pledge: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/dec/09/us-russia-ally-saudi-arabia-water-down-climate-pledges-un
COP24 fails to adopt key climate report: https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-46496967
EJF finds illegal shark finning, dolphin killing in Taiwan’s tuna export industry: https://www.undercurrentnews.com/2018/12/05/ejf-finds-illegal-shark-finning-dolphin-killing-in-taiwans-tuna-export-industry/
White House swaps academics for business executives on National Park Services: https://www.washingtonpost.com/energy-environment/2018/12/06/trump-administration-swaps-academics-businessmen-national-park-service-advisory-panel/
World Bank to invest $200 billion to combat climate change: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/dec/03/world-bank-invest-climate-change
Grey Wolf protections on track to survive the current Congress: http://www.timberwolfinformation.org/gray-wolf-protections-on-track-to-survive-the-current-congress/
Alberta planning eight new parks for land protection: https://theprovince.com/pmn/news-pmn/canada-news-pmn/alberta-planning-eight-new-parks-for-land-protection-and-recreation/wcm/0e506b07-2668-44d2-acf5-405143f1176c

Conservation News ~ December 7 2018

12/7/2018

A new giant salamander species was discovered in Florida and Alabama: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/2018/12/new-species-of-giant-salamander-siren-discovered-florida/
Machine learning helps protect worldwide plant conservation priorities: https://news.osu.edu/machine-learning-helps-predict-worldwide-plant-conservation-priorities/
Amazon indigenous groups and truckers ally to oppose Brazil’s Grainrail: https://news.mongabay.com/2018/12/amazon-indigenous-groups-and-truckers-ally-to-oppose-brazils-grainrail/
Plants re re-sprouting in the burned areas of the Santa Monica Mountains: https://www.nps.gov/samo/learn/news/plants-are-re-sprouting-in-the-burned-areas-of-the-santa-monica-mountains.htm
Australia has cut its plastic bag use by 80 percent in just 3 months: https://www.iflscience.com/environment/australia-has-cut-its-plastic-bag-use-by-80-percent-in-just-3-months/
New butterfly named for pioneering 17th century entomologist: http://news.ufl.edu/articles/2018/12/new-butterfly-named-for-pioneering-17th-century-entomologist.php
Half of Canada’s Chinook Salmon endangered: https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-half-of-canadas-chinook-salmon-populations-are-endangered-scientists/
For decades B.C. failed to address selenium pollution: https://thenarwhal.ca/for-decades-b-c-failed-to-address-selenium-pollution-in-the-elk-valley-now-no-one-knows-how-to-stop-it/
Extreme floods on the rise in the Amazon: https://news.mongabay.com/2018/12/extreme-floods-on-the-rise-in-the-amazon-study/
Culls push endangered bat closer to extinction in Mauritius: https://news.mongabay.com/2018/12/culls-push-endangered-fruit-bat-closer-to-extinction-in-mauritius/
7 convicted of killing Honduran indigenous activist Berta Caceres: https://news.mongabay.com/2018/12/7-convicted-of-killing-honduran-indigenous-activist-berta-caceres/
Deadly parrot virus found in native birds from Asia and Africa: https://news.mongabay.com/2018/12/deadly-parrot-virus-found-in-native-birds-from-asia-and-africa/
Congress considers changing law or pipeline crossing of Appalachian Trail: https://www.richmond.com/congress-considers-changing-law-for-pipeline-crossing-of-appalachian-trail/article_99c33695-eb87-57df-988a-55a0bb9430d9.html
Top US flooring retailer linked to Brazilian firm snagged in timber bust: https://news.mongabay.com/2018/12/top-us-flooring-shop-linked-to-firm-suspected-of-illegal-logging/
Indigenous people wnt to make Amazon rainforest world’s biggest protected area: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/amazon-rainforest-indigenous-people-biodiversity-united-nations-protected-area-a8645086.html
Shell to link carbon emissions targets to executive pay: https://www.wsj.com/articles/shell-to-link-carbon-emissions-targets-to-executives-pay-1543843441
New trout species found in species-rich loch: https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-south-scotland-46411233
US refuses to ban wildlife-killing M-44 ‘cyanide bombs’: https://www.biologicaldiversity.org/news/press_releases/2018/cyanide-bombs-11-26-2018.php
Oreo cookie mker linked to orangutan habitat destruction for palm oil: https://news.mongabay.com/2018/11/oreo-maker-linked-to-destruction-of-orangutan-habitat-in-indonesia/
Bull moose poached north of Enterprise, Oregon: http://nwsportsmanmag.com/bull-moose-poached-north-of-enterprise/
Tokyo Olympics built with wood from threatened forests: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/nov/29/tokyo-olympics-venues-built-with-wood-from-threatened-rainforests
Guam’s invasive bird-destroying snake less unique than thought: https://news.mongabay.com/2018/12/guams-invasive-bird-destroying-snake-less-unique-than-thought/
Forest Service to cancel grazing permit of convicted wolf killer: https://nywolf.org/forest-service-to-cancel-grazing-permit-of-convicted-wolf-killer/
Provincial parks proposal released for Bighorn area of Rocky Mountains: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/alberta-bighorn-parks-rocky-mountains-1.4918209
Australia named as one of the world’s worst performers on biodiversity: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/nov/30/australia-named-as-one-of-the-worlds-worst-performers-on-biodiversity
Discovery of ancient reef off South Carolina is one more reason not to drill the Atlantic: https://www.nrdc.org/stories/discovery-ancient-reef-south-carolina-one-more-reason-not-drill-atlantic
Sea Shepherd’s flagship M/Y Steve Irwin retires: https://www.google.com/search?q=Sea+Shepherd%E2%80%99s+flagship+M%2FY+Steve+Irwin+retires%3A&oq=Sea+Shepherd%E2%80%99s+flagship+M%2FY+Steve+Irwin+retires%3A&aqs=chrome..69i57.294j0j4&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8
Jaguars hunt endangered sea turtles in surprising new footage: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/2018/11/jaguars-eating-sea-turtles-costa-rica-animals-news/

Conservation News ~ December 1 2018

12/1/2018

Famous Alpha Wolf’s daughter Spitfire is killed by a hunter: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/30/science/wolf-spitfire-killed.html
Feds approve harmful seismic blasting in Atlantic: https://usa.oceana.org/press-releases/feds-authorize-companies-harm-dolphins-and-whales-seismic-airgun-blasting-activities
Snow Leopard shot dead at Dudley Zoo after escaping its enclosure: https://www.cnn.com/2018/11/30/uk/snow-leopard-shot-dead-dudley-zoo-gbr-scli/index.html
Audi releasing electric car with recycled vegan interior: https://www.livekindly.co/audi-releasing-electric-car-recycled-vegan-interior/
Oil pipeline spills 8k barrels of crude in Peruvian Amazon: https://in.reuters.com/article/us-peru-oil-spill/vandals-cause-8000-barrels-of-oil-to-spill-in-peruvian-amazon-idINKCN1NX2LK
Brilliant iron molecule could provide cheaper solar energy: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/11/181130111640.htm
EL Paso to drink treated sewer water due to climate change: https://www.cnn.com/2018/11/30/health/water-climate-change-el-paso/index.html
Feds, state pay deer farmers $330k after wiping out herds: https://www.apnews.com/18fa74de420b438ebddd643746300541
Extinct Denisovan people may have lived on Earth’s highest plateau: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2186984-extinct-denisovan-people-may-have-lived-on-earths-highest-plateau/
USFWS extends red wolf review in North Carolina: https://www.fws.gov/southeast/news/2018/11/service-extends-red-wolf-review-in-north-carolina/
Oregon and California crabbers sue fossil fuel companies: https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Oregon-and-California-crabbers-sue-fossil-fuel-13422887.php
Siberian Unicorn walked Earth with humans: https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-46358789
Effort clarifies major brach of insect tree of life: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/11/181126154113.htm
Another 50 pilot whales die off NZ: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-46395410
Chinese environmental photographer Lu Guang disappears in Xinjiang: https://www.cnn.com/2018/11/28/asia/chinese-photographer-lu-guang-missing-intl/index.html
EU palm oil ban risks lucrative weapons deal with Malaysia: https://www.independent.co.uk/environment/palm-oil-malaysia-arms-deal-eurofighter-typhoon-biofuel-biodiesel-a8342211.html
Teacher and infant daughter dead in Grizzly Bear Attack in Yukon: https://www.vice.com/en_ca/article/zmdz95/teacher-and-her-infant-daughter-dead-in-grizzly-bear-attack-in-yukon
Salmon habitat improvements paying off on one California river: https://www.sfchronicle.com/science/article/Salmon-surge-Habitat-improvements-paying-off-on-13426484.php
Magistrate says no more court delays in alleged rhino poaching kingpin case: https://zululandobserver.co.za/182959/no-court-delays-magistrate-tells-alleged-rhino-poaching-kingpin-dumisani-gwala/
Snaring has become greatest threat to African lions: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/2018/11/lions-snaring-threatens-wildlife-bushmeat-africa/
Amazon deforestation worst in 10 years: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-46327634
Antarctic Island Exploded 4k years ago: https://www.livescience.com/64195-antarctic-island-exploded-4000-years-ago.html
Guyana signs on to new roadmap to save the jaguar: https://dpi.gov.gy/guyana-signs-on-to-new-roadmap-to-save-the-jaguar/
Ecological grief among mental health effects of climate change in Canada: https://www.cpha.ca/ecological-grief-among-mental-health-effects-climate-change-canada-report
Scientists found a new species of wasp that turns spiders into zombies: https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/zmdzgx/scientists-found-a-new-species-of-wasp-that-turns-spiders-into-zombies
Brazil backs out of hosting 2019 climate change meeting: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/28/world/americas/brazil-climate-meeting.html
Critically low Monarch population in California: https://xerces.org/2018/11/29/critically-low-monarch-population-in-california/
Patagania’s CEO is donating company’s entire $10M tax cut to fight climate change: https://www.upworthy.com/patagonia-s-ceo-is-donating-company-s-entire-10-m-trump-tax-cut-to-fight-climate-change
First wild Sumatran rhino in Borneo captured for breeding campaign: https://news.mongabay.com/2018/11/first-wild-sumatran-rhino-in-borneo-captured-for-breeding-campaign/
Hopes of Connectivity as Grizzly expanding from habitat: http://www.wyomingpublicmedia.org/post/hopes-connectivity-grizzly-expanding-habitat
La Jolla gallery charged with selling $1.3M in illegal ivory: https://fox5sandiego.com/2018/11/28/la-jolla-gallery-charged-with-selling-1-3m-in-illegal-ivory/
The European Union announces plans to go carbon neutral: https://futurism.com/european-union-plan-end-carbon-emissions-2050
New research quantifies ecosystem services provided by Amazon rainforest: https://news.mongabay.com/2018/11/new-research-quantifies-ecosystem-services-provided-by-amazon-rainforest/
EPA plans to allow unlimited dumping of fracking wastewater in the Gulf of Mexico: http://www.greenmedinfo.com/blog/epa-plans-allow-unlimited-dumping-fracking-wastewater-gulf-mexico
Conservation group challenges Montana’s bighorn sheep management plan: http://montanauntamed.com/hunting/article_ccbb30a5-4253-5efc-acd0-35b50de557ea.html
Staff at LA Zoo work to save local frog from extinction: http://spectrumnews1.com/ca/san-fernando-valley-ventura/environment/2018/11/28/zoo-staff-work-to-save-endangered-frog-from-extinction
World must triple efforts or face catastrophic climate change: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/nov/27/world-triple-efforts-climate-change-un-global-warming
Court of Appeals upholds US ban on Mexican seafood imports to save Vaquita: https://www.nrdc.org/media/2018/181128
Twenty-eight whales dead in inexplicable beaching in Victoria: https://www.9news.com.au/2018/11/28/07/11/mass-whale-beaching-on-remote-gippsland-beach
Five wildlife conservationists held by Iran could face the death penalty: https://news.mongabay.com/2018/11/four-wildlife-conservationists-held-by-iran-could-face-the-death-penalty/
Oil prospecting may begin in Alaska refuge this winter: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/2018/11/oil-prospecting-may-begin-in-alaska-refuge-this-winter/
Old fashioned fieldwork puts new frog species on the map: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/11/181126142853.htm
A nuclear fusion reactor just set several world records: https://futurism.com/nuclear-fusion-reactor-wendelstein-7-x
Hundreds of flash-frozen turtles was ashore in New England: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/nov/25/flash-frozen-turtles-wash-ashore-new-england
Supreme Court limits habitats protected under the ESA: https://www.latimes.com/politics/la-na-pol-court-endangered-20181127-story.html
Dead Sea Lions with gunshot wounds are washing up in Puget Sound: https://www.cnn.com/2018/11/26/us/sea-lions-shot-dead-trnd/index.html
End of an era as Ireland closes its peat bogs to fight climate change: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/nov/27/ireland-closes-peat-bogs-climate-change
Pirates are poaching Bengal Tigers: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/2018/11/pirates-are-killing-tigers/
Norwegian billionaire funds deluxe deep ocean research ship: http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2018/11/norwegian-billionaire-funds-deluxe-deep-ocean-research-ship
Rhino horn auction cancelled after outcry from public: https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/arts-culture/article/2174611/bonhams-cancels-rhino-horn-auction-hong-kong-after-public
Chile fishers brace for fallout after massive mining port is approved: https://news.mongabay.com/2018/11/chile-fishers-brace-for-fallout-after-massive-mining-port-is-approved/
In Chesapeake Bay, shell mounds show a long history of sustainable oyster harvest: https://www.hakaimagazine.com/news/in-the-chesapeake-bay-shell-mounds-show-a-long-history-of-sustainable-oyster-harvests/
Illegal fishing practices responsible for 20 dead dugongs in Abu Dhabi: https://www.emirates247.com/news/emirates/illegal-fishing-practices-responsible-for-20-dead-dugongs-in-abu-dhabi-2018-11-26-1.676148
IUCN lists 15 new sites as world’s best protected areas: https://www.iucn.org/news/protected-areas/201811/iucn-lists-15-new-sites-worlds-best-protected-areas
Mass whale stranding on Stewart Island: https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/108864894/mass-whale-stranding-on-stewart-island
Pharmaceuticals, illegal drugs showing up in Zebra and Quagga mussels: http://www.michiganradio.org/post/pharmaceuticals-illegal-drugs-showing-zebra-and-quagga-mussels
Finnish wolves suffering from culling and poaching caused by human fear: https://wilderness-society.org/finnish-wolves-suffering-from-culling-and-poaching-caused-by-human-fear/
CWD confirmed in Grand Tetons: https://wyomingwildlifeadvocates.org/breaking-news-cwd-confirmed-in-grand-teton/
Giraffes prefer to dine with friends: https://www.geek.com/news/study-giraffes-prefer-to-dine-with-friends-1762802/
Two iconic bird species make a striking comeback: https://news.mongabay.com/2018/11/two-iconic-birds-make-a-striking-comeback-but-much-work-remains/
Hawaiian residents successfully shut down 2k acre dairy farm: https://vegnews.com/2018/10/hawaii-residents-sue-dairy-farm-for-discharging-millions-of-gallons-of-toxic-waste
Ireland to become world’s first country to divest from fossil fuels: https://www.ecowatch.com/ireland-fossil-fuels-divestment-2621293680.html
Global warming is messing with the jet stream: https://insideclimatenews.org/news/31102018/jet-stream-climate-change-study-extreme-weather-arctic-amplification-temperature
South African community wins court battle over mining rights: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/nov/22/south-african-community-wins-court-battle-over-mining-rights
Carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases in the atmosphere hit another record: https://qz.com/1473125/carbon-dioxide-in-the-atmosphere-hit-another-record-high-un/
German fossil could be an entirely new species of Archaeopteryx: https://gizmodo.com/intriguing-german-fossil-could-be-an-entirely-new-speci-1829995985
Queensland coal mega-mine approval reckless: https://farmtable.com.au/queensland-coal-mega-mine-approval-reckless-conservationists-say/
Plan to control parakeet population draws anger in Spain: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/11/23/plans-use-snipers-control-parakeet-population-draws-anger-spain/
New Study calls for formal recognition of Himalayan Wolf: https://www.downtoearth.org.in/news/wildlife-biodiversity/new-study-adds-to-calls-for-formal-recognition-of-himalayan-wolf-62200
Scientists unveil ancient sea monsters found in Angola: https://www.npr.org/2018/11/08/659551721/scientists-unveil-ancient-sea-monsters-found-in-angola
US Climate report warns f damaged environment and shrinking economy: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/23/climate/us-climate-report.html
WWF says this is the last generation that can save nature: https://www.abcactionnews.com/news/national/this-is-the-last-generation-that-can-save-nature-wwf-says
Conservationists catch Javan rhino in mud wallow: https://news.mongabay.com/2018/11/jaw-dropping-footage-conservationists-catch-javan-rhino-in-mud-wallow/

Conservation News ~ November 23 2018

11/23/2018

Tests reveal more weed killer than some vitamins in kids’ cereals: https://www.ewg.org/release/tests-reveal-more-weed-killer-some-vitamins-kids-cereals
House of Representatives voted on Gray Wolf delisting: http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2018/nov/15/house-of-representatives-to-vote-on-gray-wolf-deli/
Large hydropower dams not sustainable: https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-46098118
NY Co-Op solar project will be owned by the community members it benefits: https://www.fastcompany.com/90264043/this-co-op-solar-project-will-be-owned-by-the-community-members-it-benefits
Orangutans are the only great apes – besides humans – to talk about the past: http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2018/11/orangutans-are-only-great-apes-besides-humans-talk-about-past
Oregon State study: Carnivores’ return helps Yellowstone park streams: https://www.apnews.com/9d1e2c3589fc4287a1ad12afbf00ff1c
EU moves to protect big beasts: https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-46153727
Amazon fish contaminated by plastic particles: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/nov/16/sad-surprise-amazon-fish-contaminated-by-plastic-particles
Conservation areas help birdlife adapt to climate change: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/11/181112131615.htm
Google searches reveal public interest in conservation is rising: https://news.mongabay.com/2018/11/google-searches-reveal-public-interest-in-conservation-is-rising/
Brazil could lose Nepal-size area of rainforest due to policy revision: https://news.mongabay.com/2018/11/brazil-could-lose-nepal-size-area-of-rainforest-due-to-policy-revision/
RSPO adopts total ban on deforestation under sweeping new standards: https://news.mongabay.com/2018/11/rspo-adopts-total-ban-on-deforestation-under-sweeping-new-standards/
Peru shares its fisheries surveillance data with the world: https://news.mongabay.com/2018/11/peru-shares-its-fisheries-surveillance-data-with-the-world/
Activists urge end to South Korean funding of Indonesian coal plants: https://news.mongabay.com/2018/11/activists-urge-end-to-south-korean-funding-of-indonesia-coal-plants/
Billion-dollar US energy firm opposes US White House plan to roll back mercury rules: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/nov/15/energy-company-takes-stance-against-trump-effort-to-rollback-mercury-rule
Squid and Gill nets cleared from artificial reef: https://www.oceandefenders.org/news-and-media/squid-and-gill-nets-cleared-from-artificial-reef.html?fbclid=IwAR3B2BQslnlV5SnIVInSEYOzW1aL_PlrB2pQ4HdwwERRfGcONjl9qyyIA-k
US starts process to open Arctic to offshore drilling, despite federal lawsuit: https://insideclimatenews.org/news/15112018/arctic-offshore-drilling-alaska-beaufort-sea-trump-order-federal-lawsuit-obama-oil-spill-concerns
A new DNA study reveals a previously unidentified North American ‘polar wolf’: https://www.arctictoday.com/new-dna-study-reveals-previously-unidentified-north-american-polar-wolf/
Interior Department sued for secrecy about endangered species: https://www.missoulacurrent.com/outdoors/2018/11/interior-endangered-species/
California newts shut down road in Berkeley’s Tilden Regional Park: https://www.mercurynews.com/2018/11/08/california-newts-shut-down-road-in-berkeleys-tilden-regional-park/
Arizona man sentenced in killing of Mexican Gray Wolf: https://kvoa.com/news/2018/11/16/arizona-man-sentenced-in-killing-of-mexican-gray-wolf/
Vessel spills 250,000 litres of crude oil off Newfoundland: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/newfoundland-tanks-oil-spill-husky-1.4909859
Two big new all-electric ferries are coming to Canada: https://electrek.co/2018/11/07/all-electric-ferries-canada/
Scientists create sustainable vegan protein from water, electricity, and CO2: https://www.livekindly.co/finnish-solar-foods-sustainable-vegan-protein-water-electricity-co2/
Plant-based protein company Beyond Meat files for IPO: https://www.cnn.com/2018/11/17/business/beyond-meat-ipo/index.html
PT Barnum’s hometown bans wild animals in circuses: https://www.care2.com/causes/the-greatest-showman-home-city-bans-wild-animals-in-circuses.html
It’s now cheaper to build a new wind farm than to keep a coal plant running: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/its-now-cheaper-to-build-a-new-wind-farm-than-to-keep-a-coal-plant-running/
Northern California now has the worst air quality in the world, thanks to wildfire smoke: https://www.vox.com/energy-and-environment/2018/11/16/18098461/aqi-san-francisco-worst-air-quality-world-epa
Manatees in peril as toxic red tide tests Florida’s resources for rescued animals: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/nov/19/severity-of-toxic-red-tide-tests-floridas-resources-for-rescued-manatees
Rare and diverse giant viruses unexpectedly found in a forest soil ecosystem: https://phys.org/news/2018-11-rare-diverse-giant-viruses-unexpectedly.html
Funding boost for Stockholm Resilience Centre: https://www.stockholmresilience.org/research/research-news/2018-11-20-funding-boost-for-centre-researchers.html
Dead whale had 1,000 pieces of plastic in stomach: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/nov/20/indonesia-dead-whale-had-1000-pieces-of-plastic-in-stomach
Climate change altering direction of water currents: http://www.wshu.org/post/yale-study-climate-change-altering-direction-water-currents
Colorado adopts California’s stricter emissions standards: https://www.cpr.org/news/story/colorado-adopts-californias-stricter-emissions-standards-bucking-trump-administration
Surge in marine refuges brings world close to protected areas goal: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/nov/19/marine-reserves-size-protected-wildlife-five-times-bigger-usa
Oregon aquarium plans a $4.75 million rehabilitation facility for sick or stranded sea animals: http://www.nwnewsnetwork.org/post/oregon-aquarium-plans-475-million-rehabilitation-facility-sick-or-stranded-sea-animals
Closing nuclear plants risk rise in greenhouse gas emissions: https://grist.org/article/closing-nuclear-plants-risks-rise-in-greenhouse-gas-emissions-report-warns/
Mosquito repellant kills salamander larvae: http://wildlife.org/mosquito-repellent-kills-salamander-larvae/
Dead fish to power cruise ships: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/nov/19/dead-fish-to-power-cruise-ships-norwegian-biogas
Grizzly, black, and polar bears found together for the first time: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/nov/19/dead-fish-to-power-cruise-ships-norwegian-biogas
VA Secretary says that experiments on dogs will continue: https://www.the-scientist.com/news-opinion/experiments-on-dogs-will-continue--va-secretary-says-65075
California wildfire smoke spreads to New York: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/nov/21/california-fires-smoke-new-york-east-coast-arrival
Coast Guard orders cleanup of massive 14-year oil spill in Gulf of Mexico: https://www.washingtonpost.com/energy-environment/2018/11/20/coast-guard-orders-cleanup-massive-year-oil-spill-gulf-mexico/
Oregon, Washington state parks will be free for Black Friday: https://www.oregonlive.com/expo/life-and-culture/erry-2018/11/f3f54d540b3034/oregon-washington-state-parks.html
Rock icon Roger Waters denounces Chevron in Ecuador: https://news.mongabay.com/2018/11/roger-waters-denounces-chevron-in-ecuador/
US could cut emissions more than one-fifth through ‘natural climate solutions’ like reforestation: https://news.mongabay.com/2018/11/us-could-cut-emissions-more-than-one-fifth-through-natural-climate-solutions-like-reforestation/
Progress on jaguar conservation in Suriname: https://news.mongabay.com/2018/11/progress-on-jaguar-conservation-in-suriname/
Vegan actor James Cromwell takes dead piglet inside Utah Capitol building in protest: https://www.plantbasednews.org/post/vegan-james-cromwell-dead-piglet-utah-capitol-building-protest
Population of rare Stone’s sheep smaller than previously thought: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/11/181115115334.htm
New whale sounds recorded in Niwa-led Cook Strait study: https://www.stuff.co.nz/environment/108604618/new-whale-sounds-recorded-in-niwaled-cook-strait-study
Amazon indigenous groups porpose Mexico-sized ‘corridor of life’: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/nov/21/amazon-indigenous-groups-propose-mexico-sized-corridor-of-life
Vanuatu says it may sure fossil fuel companies and other countries over climate change: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/nov/22/vanuatu-says-it-may-sue-fossil-fuel-companies-and-other-countries-over-climate-change
Hungary wants end to coal power by 2030: http://www.climatechangenews.com/2018/11/20/hungary-wants-end-coal-power-2030/
Interior Secretary blames ‘radical environmentalists’ for wildfires: https://www.nbcnews.com/science/environment/interior-secretary-zinke-blames-radical-environmentalists-contributing-wildfires-n938671
Termites built themselves a landfill the size of Great Britain: https://www.popsci.com/termites-brazil-landfill-mounds
Canada’s Bill S-203, protecting cetaceans, has passed: https://www.animalalliance.ca/bill-s-203-ending-cetaceans-captivity/
World’s saddest polar bear dies after spending 21 years in concrete pit: https://www.thedodo.com/in-the-wild/polar-bear-tongki-south-korea-dies
Oregon receives authorization to remove California Sea Lions preying on imperiled fish: https://www.westcoast.fisheries.noaa.gov/stories/2018/14_11142018_predatory_willamette.html
Scientists find remains of huge ancient herbivore: https://phys.org/news/2018-11-scientists-huge-ancient-herbivore.html
Whales are perpetually stressed: https://www.google.com/search?q=Whales+are+perpetually+stressed%3A&oq=Whales+are+perpetually+stressed%3A&aqs=chrome..69i57.294j0j4&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8
Florida already reached last year’s record manatee deaths by boats: https://www.clickorlando.com/news/florida-already-reached-last-years-record-manatee-deaths-by-boats
2 endangered black rhinos found dead in Mara: https://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/scienceandhealth/3-endangered-black-rhinos-found-dead-in-Mara/3073694-4862440-p0cgm1z/index.html
Human ancestors not to blame for ancient mammal extinctions in Africa: https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-11/uou-han112018.php
South Korea closes largest dog meat slaughterhouse: http://www.hsi.org/news/press_releases/2018/11/sk-slaughterhouse-shutdown-112218.html
Russia bans its whale jails after international outcry: http://expressdigest.com/russia-bans-its-whale-jails-after-international-outcry/

Conservation News ~ November 16 2018

11/16/2018

Canadian old growth continues to be threatened due to weak government management: https://hashilthsa.com/news/2018-11-06/old-growth-continues-be-threatened-due-weak-government-management-says-ntc
Understanding how elephants think is key to protecting them: https://e360.yale.edu/features/understanding-how-elephants-think-is-key-to-protecting-them
Washington just decided to kill three rare wolf families: https://www.thedodo.com/in-the-wild/washington-state-to-kill-three-wolf-families
Oregon may be over-hunting cougars: https://www.opb.org/news/article/cougar-overhunting-conflict-oregon/
New system opens the door to transforming CO2 into industrial fuels: https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2018/11/new-system-opens-the-door-to-transforming-co2-into-industrial-fuels/
Federal Judge blocks Keystone XL pipeline: https://www.washingtonpost.com/
Scientists argue that BC hasn’t recognized endangered status of Spotted Owls: https://www.fws.gov/oregonfwo/articles.cfm?id=149489595
Researchers capture video of humpback whales ‘trap feeding’: https://vancouversun.com/news/local-news/researchers-capture-video-of-humpback-whales-trap-feeding
Rare dolphin found dead in river conservation area in Myanmar: http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/asiapacific/2018-11/08/c_137591543.htm
Marine Protected Areas overlook a large fraction of biodiversity hotspots: https://phys.org/news/2018-11-marine-areas-overlook-large-fraction.html
Peru cracks down after environmental defenders’ murders: https://news.mongabay.com/2018/11/peru-cracks-down-after-environmental-defenders-murders/
Poaching is forcing elephants to evolve away from having tusks: https://futurism.com/elephant-tusks-poaching-evolution
Scientists discover a rare bird that’s a hybrid of three different species: https://www.forbes.com/sites/grrlscientist/2018/11/09/rare-three-species-hybrid-bird-discovered/
England’s frog populations could jump thanks to new ‘frog ladders’: https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/frog-ladders-britain_us_5be48941e4b0e84388957123
End of funding dims hopes for a Sumatran forest targeted by palm oil growers: https://news.mongabay.com/2018/11/end-of-funding-dims-hopes-for-a-sumatran-forest-targeted-by-palm-oil-growers/
Rare white lion is set to be auctioned off to trophy hunters, instead of going to a sanctuary: https://nypost.com/2018/11/16/sanctuary-fears-rare-white-lion-will-be-auctioned-off-to-trophy-hunters/
Creation of new Congo Ogooue-Lekati National Park: https://newsroom.wcs.org/News-Releases/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/11706/Creation-of-Ogooue-Leketi-National-Park.aspx
Scientists develop liquid fuel that can store the sun’s energy for up to 18 years: https://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-develop-liquid-that-sucks-up-sun-s-energy
Anger over ‘back door’ St Lucia dune mining plan: https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2018-11-08-anger-over-back-door-st-lucia-dune-mining-plan/
Rescued panther meets end 9 months after release: https://www.jacksonville.com/news/20181110/rescued-panther-meets-end-9-months-after-release
Idaho Fish and Game director Moore announces he will retire: http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2018/nov/07/idaho-fish-and-game-director-moore-announces-he-wi/
Fashion designer Jean Paul Gaultier drops fur, deeming industry ‘absolutely deplorable’: https://www.livekindly.co/luxury-fashion-designer-jean-paul-gaultier-drops-fur/
Alaska fishermen sentenced for killing endangered sea lions: https://www.apnews.com/3d283cc18f9c427f8c4a79665f34a283
Beaches at risk due to the increase in atmospheric CO2: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/11/181109101435.htm
Over 600,000 people petition to air banned palm oil orangutan tv ad: https://www.livekindly.co/iceland-palm-oil-orangutan-petition/
Judge orders USFWS to strengthen protections for threatened lynx: http://wildlife.org/judge-orders-usfws-to-strengthen-protections-for-threatened-lynx/
China postpones lifting ban on trade of tiger and rhino parts: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-wildlife/china-postpones-lifting-of-ban-on-trade-of-tiger-and-rhino-parts-idUSKCN1NH0XH
Ancient prairie to be restored at Midlands SC preserve: https://www.postandcourier.com/news/ancient-native-prairie-to-be-restored-at-midlands-sc-preserve/article_a0135314-dd18-11e8-9095-f7d407420c39.html
Herpes-infected monkeys are running wild in Florida: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/2018/11/florida-rhesus-monkeys-herpes-running-wild-invasive-species/
Human-shaped species of mushroom discovered in UK: https://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/mushroom-species-looks-humans/
Climate protestors blockade energy department in UK: https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-46172661
The House Science Committee is getting a leader who believes climate change is real: https://bigthink.com/politics-current-affairs/midterms-house-science-committee
Declining Caribou illustrate the challenges of conservation: http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2018/nov/11/declining-caribou-illustrate-the-challenges-of-con/
Russian Ministry of Environment refuses to export 25 capture beluga whales: https://chelorg.com/2018/11/13/the-ministry-of-environment-refused-to-export-25-belugas-from-primorsky-krai/
Scientists create energy-producing “bionic mushroom”: https://e360.yale.edu/digest/scientists-create-energy-producing-bionic-mushroom
First Monarch butterflies reach sanctuaries in Michoacan, Mexico: https://mexiconewsdaily.com/news/first-monarch-butterflies-reach-sanctuaries/
Landmark children’s climate lawsuit hits new roadblock: https://www.motherjones.com/environment/2018/11/landmark-childrens-climate-lawsuit-hits-new-roadblock/
Environmental activist gives up his life after 111 day fast for a clean Ganga River: https://www.unenvironment.org/news-and-stories/blogpost/environmental-activist-gives-his-life-clean-ganga-river
Leonardo DiCaprio launches vegan clothing line to save primates: https://vegnews.com/2018/11/leonardo-dicaprio-launches-vegan-clothing-line-to-save-primates
World’s largest humpback whale population booming thanks to the Kimberley: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-11-13/worlds-largest-humpback-whale-population-booming/10470862
VW is planning a US$21,000 subcompact electric to challenge Tesla: https://driving.ca/volkswagen/auto-news/news/vw-is-planning-a-us21000-subcompact-electric-to-challenge-tesla
Rare fossil bird deepens mystery of avian extinctions: https://news.berkeley.edu/2018/11/13/rare-fossil-bird-deepens-mystery-of-avian-extinctions/
Chocolate giant Cadbury ‘still pushing orangutans toward extinction’: https://www.independent.co.uk/environment/orangutans-palm-oil-habitat-rainforest-cadbury-mondelez-oreos-indonesia-greenpeace-a8630801.html
Honduras aims to save vital wildlife corridor from deforestation: https://news.mongabay.com/2018/11/honduras-aims-to-save-vital-wildlife-corridor-from-deforestation/
US White House sides with tribes in Badger-Two Med drilling dispute: https://www.apnews.com/4e559f308479487289d36fdadecb4aa3
Feted Zimbabwe women rangers denied visas: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-46194785
For the first time since 2010, people who accept climate change control the House Science Committee: https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/8xp9bx/for-the-first-time-since-2010-people-who-accept-climate-change-control-the-house-science-committee
Papua New Guinea to create 7,500 km of new marine protected areas in Bismarck Sea: https://news.mongabay.com/2018/11/png-to-create-7500-square-kilometers-of-new-marine-protected-areas-in-bismarck-sea/
Chile: Mining waste continues to be expelled into the sea: https://news.mongabay.com/2018/11/chile-mining-waste-continues-to-be-expelled-into-the-sea/
Iceland to let loose animatronic orangutan after Christmas ad ban: https://www.theguardian.com/business/2018/nov/14/iceland-let-loose-animatronic-orangutan-after-christmas-advert-ban-palm-oil
Endangered rhino leaving zoo for wild: https://www.bbc.com/news/av/uk-england-york-north-yorkshire-46201636/endangered-black-rhino-swapping-north-yorkshire-for-africa
Hawksbill turtle poaching to be fought with DNA technology: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/nov/13/hawksbill-turtle-poaching-to-be-fought-with-dna-technology
Arkansas steps up to save endangered Red Wolves: https://blog.nwf.org/2018/11/a-state-steps-up-to-save-endangered-red-wolves/
Portugal bans all wild animal circuses: https://vegnews.com/2018/11/portugal-bans-wild-animal-circuses
Paleontologists discovered six new species in the East African Rift: https://phys.org/news/2018-10-paleontologists-species-east-african-rift.html
Bristol plans to become carbon neutral by 2030: https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2018/nov/14/bristol-plans-to-become-carbon-neutral-by-2030
Massive crater under Greenland’s ice points to climate-altering impact in the time of humans: http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2018/11/massive-crater-under-greenland-s-ice-points-climate-altering-impact-time-humans
Seismic study reveals huge amount of water dragged into Earth’s interior: https://source.wustl.edu/2018/11/seismic-study-reveals-huge-amount-of-water-dragged-into-earths-interior/
Canadian government invests $150 million in vegan protein development: https://www.livekindly.co/canadian-government-invests-150-million-vegan-protein-industries-supercluster/
Belarus, Estonia, Norway, and the European Union sign on to a coalition of the willing to protect pollinators: https://www.ipbes.net/news/coalition-willing-pollination-grows-again
Florida monarch butterfly populations have dropped 80 percent since 2005: https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/science/florida-monarch/
Invasive species cost millions to eradicate from Alaska waters: https://www.ktva.com/story/39455743/invasive-species-cost-millions-to-eradicate-from-alaska-waters
Canada conservation land gets $11m boost: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-46200874
Fusion breakthrough as China’s “artificial sun” reaches 100 million degrees: https://newatlas.com/fusion-china-artificial-sun-east/57237/
Otter fans float plan to bring sea otters back to Oregon coast: https://www.kuow.org/stories/otter-fans-float-plan-to-bring-sea-otters-back-to-oregon-coast-4131
Washington shoots wolf; ends search for others: http://www.capitalpress.com/Washington/20181114/washington-shoots-wolf-ends-search-for-others
Gray Wolf population could lose federal protection under GOP bill: https://www.mcclatchydc.com/news/politics-government/congress/article221647280.html
Diseases spread by ticks hit record level in US: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/record-number-of-tickborne-diseases-lyme-disease-reported-in-us-2017/
Palm oil supplier to PepsiCo, Mars, and Hershey resumes deforesting in Indo: https://news.mongabay.com/2018/11/palm-oil-supplier-to-pepsico-mars-and-hershey-resumes-deforesting-in-indonesia/
Radar helps Kenya map mangroves and other cloud-covered forests: https://news.mongabay.com/wildtech/2018/11/radar-helps-kenya-map-mangroves-and-other-cloud-covered-forests/
Brazil’s new foreign minister believes climate change is a Marxist plot: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/nov/15/brazil-foreign-minister-ernesto-araujo-climate-change-marxist-plot
It is now legal to hunt and kill wildlife in Tanzania: https://www.pulse.ng/bi/politics/it-is-now-legal-again-to-hunt-and-kill-wildlife-in-tanzania-id9103727.html
Americans voted overwhelmingly to protect our wild places: https://www.outsideonline.com/2363781/what-election-meant-public-lands
Fin Whales and Mountain Gorillas are back from the brink of extinction: https://www.independent.co.uk/environment/fin-whales-mountain-gorillas-extinction-endangered-red-list-whaling-poaching-iucn-a8633211.html
Raccoons drunk on crab apples cause false rabies scare in West Virginia: https://www.washingtonpost.com/science/2018/11/14/raccoons-drunk-crab-apples-cause-false-rabies-scare-west-virginia/

Conservation News ~ November 9 2018

11/9/2018

Researchers say Orangutans are declining, despite Indo government claims: https://news.mongabay.com/2018/11/researchers-say-orangutans-are-declining-despite-indonesian-governments-claims/
Invisible plant-enemy interactions drive diversity in forest fragments: https://news.mongabay.com/2018/11/invisible-plant-enemy-interactions-drive-diversity-in-forest-fragments/
Parrotfish, critical to reef health, now protected under Mexican law: https://news.mongabay.com/2018/11/parrotfish-critical-to-reef-health-now-protected-under-mexican-law/
Australian students plan school strikes to protest against climate change: https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2018/nov/07/australian-students-plan-school-strikes-to-protest-against-climate-inaction
Orca task force recommends a 3-5 year commercial whale watching ban: https://www.king5.com/article/tech/science/environment/orca-task-force-recommends-whale-watching-ban/281-611873318
Wind farm kills off three quarters of predatory birds: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-6354843/Wind-farms-new-apex-predators-kill-three-QUARTERS-predatory-birds.html
Tribe challenges Corps findings on Dakota Access pipeline: https://apnews.com/86b0d5aa9f55420f9d8d0dd692e1b170
Man-eating tigress killed after huge hunt: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-46081484
Brazil’s new president openly threatens genocide of indigenous Amazonians: https://returntonow.net/2018/11/06/brazils-new-president-openly-threatens-genocide-of-indigenous-amazonians/
Australia’s remaining wilderness needs immediate protection: https://www.abc.net.au/news/science/2018-11-01/wilderness-australia-needs-protection/10447816
Russia’s Murmansk shipping signs major Arctic coal shipping contract: https://gcaptain.com/russias-murmansk-shipping-signs-major-arctic-coal-shipping-contract/
Wild sheep and goats in the Yukon to be protected from diseases by control order: https://www.yukon-news.com/news/wild-sheep-and-goats-in-the-yukon-to-be-protected-from-diseases-by-control-order/
Federal judge blasts Fish and Wildlife Service, says endangered wolves cannot be shot: https://www.washingtonpost.com/science/2018/11/05/federal-judge-blasts-fish-wildlife-service-says-endangered-wolves-cannot-be-shot/
Canadian University receives $1 million donation to find alternatives to animal testing: https://vegnews.com/2018/11/canadian-university-receives-1-million-donation-to-find-alternatives-to-animal-testing
Illegal fishing key threat to reefs: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/national/30357033
Russia investigating ‘whale jail’ holding 101 captured Orcas and Belugas in Pacific Bay: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/11/05/russia-investigating-whale-jail-holding-101-captured-orcas-belugas/
New Zealanders working to bring Kiwis back to capital: http://www.thejakartapost.com/life/2018/11/05/new-zealanders-working-to-bring-kiwis-back-to-capital.html
Carp control innovation removes 289,000 fish: http://www.fishingworld.com.au/news/carp-control-innovation-removes-289-000-fish
Ruth Gates, who sought to rescue coral reefs, is dead at 56: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/05/obituaries/ruth-gates-dead-marine-biologist-who-championed-coral.html
The Amazon is approaching a point of no return: https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2018/02/the-amazon-might-be-past-the-point-of-being-saved
AI simplifies statewide study of leopards in south India: https://news.mongabay.com/wildtech/2018/11/ai-simplifies-statewide-study-of-leopards-in-south-india/
Sighting of Sperm Whales in Arctic a sign of changing ecosystem: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/nov/05/sperm-whales-canadian-arctic
Male octopus hatches 10,000 teensy babies in surprise birth: https://www.livescience.com/64013-male-octopus-surprise-babies.html
Radical plan to create world’s largest marine reserve in Antarctica has been blocked: https://www.iflscience.com/environment/plan-to-create-worlds-largest-marine-reserve-in-antarctica-blocked-by-three-nations/
Local fishers oppose $2.7 billion deal opening Madagascar to Chinese fishing: https://news.mongabay.com/2018/11/local-fishers-oppose-2-7-billion-deal-opening-madagascar-to-chinese-fishing/
Baby whale rescued from shark net: https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-australia-45794805/whale-calf-rescued-from-shark-net-near-australian-coast
The ozone layer could be fully healed by 2060: https://www.iflscience.com/environment/the-ozone-layer-could-be-fully-healed-by-2060-un-report-reveals-/
Indigenous Canadians in water crisis as Nestle drains 3.6m liters/day from their land: https://www.theguardian.com/global/2018/oct/04/ontario-six-nations-nestle-running-water
Federal biologists struggle for solutions after grizzly bears again listed as threatened: https://wildearthguardians.org/news/federal-biologists-struggle-for-solutions-after-grizzly-bears-again-listed-as-threatened/
Young activists can sue government over climate change, Supreme Court says: https://www.npr.org/2018/11/03/663887560/young-activists-can-sue-government-over-climate-change-supreme-court-says
Bison are helping rewild the last of the Midwest’s prairies: https://earther.gizmodo.com/bison-are-helping-rewild-the-last-of-the-midwests-prair-1829693894
Paleontologists have traced the origin of Kangaroo: https://koztimes.com/paleontologists-have-traced-the-origin-of-kangaroo-2/1587/
UO scientists uncover a rare Oregon dinosaur fossil: https://around.uoregon.edu/content/uo-scientists-uncover-rare-oregon-dinosaur-fossil
Stunning drone videos of humpback and gray whales aid new UH marine mammal research: https://www.hawaii.edu/news/2018/11/04/marine-mammal-research-program/
Black rhinoceros dies at French zoo following operation to extract its semen: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6345961/Black-rhinoceros-dies-French-zoo-following-operation-extract-semen.html
Ongoing rise in sea levels will increase threats to World Heritage sites: https://news.mongabay.com/2018/11/ongoing-rise-in-sea-levels-will-increase-threats-to-world-heritage-sites/
Fisherman jumps on a thrashing whale’s back to save its life: https://www.mnn.com/earth-matters/animals/stories/california-fisherman-saves-entangled-humpback-whale
South Africa’s invasive species guzzle precious water and cost US$450 million a year: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-018-07286-0
Solar arrays could be used as resources for plant productivity: https://today.oregonstate.edu/news/solar-arrays-could-be-used-resources-plant-productivity-study-shows
Finnish climate scientists are turning food waster into vegan meat and dairy products: https://www.livekindly.co/climate-scientists-food-waste-vegan-meat-dairy/
Johannesburg Zoo ignores calls to free Lammie the lonely elephant: https://conservationaction.co.za/media-articles/johannesburg-zoo-ignores-calls-to-free-lammie-the-lonely-elephant/
Schoolboy, 11, sacked over row with Bear Grylls gets a second bite at his shark job: https://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/news/highlands/1600813/schoolboy-11-sacked-over-row-with-bear-grylls-gets-a-second-bite-at-his-shark-job/
White House concerned Interior Secretary violated Federal rules: https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/white-house-concerned-interior-secretary-ryan-zinke-violated-federal-rules/2018/11/01/e5e4d2f4-dddc-11e8-b3f0-62607289efee_story.html
World first as Scottish tidal turbines connect to grid: https://www.scotsman.com/news/environment/world-first-as-scottish-tidal-turbines-connect-to-grid-1-4822133
China’s search for sand is destroying Mozambique’s pristine beaches: https://qz.com/africa/1430196/sand-mining-in-mozambique-by-chinese-firm-destroys-lives/
Deforestation continues upward trend in the Brazilian Amazon: https://news.mongabay.com/2018/10/deforestation-continues-upward-trend-in-the-brazilian-amazon/
17 new beautiful nudibranch species discovered: https://www.thedodo.com/in-the-wild/new-species-colorful-sea-slugs-discovered
New species mark 1,000 discovered in Great Smoky Mountains National Park: https://www.citizen-times.com/story/news/local/2018/10/18/new-species-discovered-2018-great-smoky-mountains-national-park-lichens-biodiversity-ecoystem/1669321002/
Oceans are warming up much faster than previously thought: https://newatlas.com/climate-change-ocean-warming-worse/57094/
Colombia: dying of thirst, Wayuu blame mine, dam, drought for water woes: https://news.mongabay.com/2018/11/colombia-dying-of-thirst-wayuu-blame-mine-dam-drought-for-water-woes/
South Africa announces new Marine Protected Area Network: https://www.sanbi.org/media/south-africa-announces-new-marine-protected-area-network/
In final effort to revive herds, 6 remaining caribou to be relocated to rearing pen: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/in-final-effort-to-revive-herds-6-remaining-caribou-to-be-relocated-to-rearing-pen-1.4888410
Seed banking not an option for over a third of threatened species: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/11/181102132830.htm
Ottawa wants to create new protected areas for killer whales of BC coast: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/killer-whales-bc-1.4887207
The EPA’s climate change page is just gone now: https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/8xjwpz/the-epa-page-that-provided-climate-change-information-is-just-gone-now
First Coho in 40 years return to Oregon’s Lostine River: https://www.opb.org/news/article/first-coho-in-40-years-return-to-oregons-lostine-river/
Massive dinosaur bone bed found in E. Cape, South Africa: http://www.sabcnews.com/sabcnews/massive-dinosaur-bone-bed-found-in-e-cape/
Bow Valley wolf pack rebounds: https://www.rmoutlook.com/article/bow-valley-wolf-pack-rebounds-20181101

Conservation News ~ November 2 2018

11/2/2018

Tropical deforestation is the third-biggest carbon emitter in the world: https://psmag.com/environment/tropical-deforestation-leads-to-more-carbon-emissions
Chinese demand wiping out forests in the Solomon Islands: https://news.mongabay.com/2018/10/chinese-demand-wiping-out-forests-in-the-solomon-islands-new-report/
Report identifies China as the source of ozone-destroying emissions: https://futurism.com/the-byte/ozone-destroying-emissions-china
First Nations ‘Deeply Frustrated’ after BC Supreme Court dismisses Site C injunction: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/site-c-west-moberly-first-nation-injunction-1.4877673
Baby dolphins thrown back into sea to die as mothers butchered by Japanese hunters: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/dolphin-hunting-japan-baby-dolphins-hunt-fishing-taiji-sea-shepherd-cove-guardians-a8585356.html
Whales and dolphins change the way they communicate in a noisy ocean: https://news.mongabay.com/2018/10/whales-and-dolphins-change-the-way-they-communicate-in-a-noisy-ocean/
Olive Ridley Sea Turtles make spectacular comeback in Mexico: http://www.latimes.com/world/la-fg-mexico-turtles-20181011-story.html
Habitat of endangered Malayan tigers vanishing: https://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2018/10/23/habitat-of-endangered-malayan-tigers-vanishing/
Bolivian coca crops follow a planned highway through indigenous lands: https://news.mongabay.com/2018/10/bolivian-coca-crops-follow-a-planned-highway-through-indigenous-lands/
Nova Scotia’s Sacred albino moose killed by visiting hunters: https://committeetoabolishsporthunting.wordpress.com/2018/10/25/nova-scotias-sacred-albino-moose-killed-by-visiting-hunters/
Wildlife rescue group ACRES to send 50 smuggled star tortoises home to India: https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/singapore/wildlife-rescue-acres-smuggled-star-tortoises-india-home-10872612
Former Monsanto executive picked to lead Wildlife Agency: https://www.ecowatch.com/monsanto-executive-fws-wildlife-2614834727.html
The oil and gas ban shows NZ as a true leader on the hardest issue of our times: https://thespinoff.co.nz/politics/29-10-2018/the-oil-and-gas-ban-shows-nz-as-a-true-leader-on-the-hardest-issue-of-our-times/
China reverses 25-year-old tiger bone and rhino horn ban: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-46027702
Rescue workers arrive to remove the final animals from the Albanian “zoo from Hell”: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6325765/Freedom-Rescue-workers-arrive-remove-final-animals-Albanian-zoo.html
“Drunken forests” in Alaska are just another sign of melting permafrost: https://news.vice.com/en_us/article/yw98w5/drunken-forests-in-alaska-are-just-another-sign-of-melting-permafrost
Prince William said Buckingham Palace ivory should be destroyed: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6327183/Prince-William-clashed-Charles-Buckingham-Palace-ivory-destroyed.html
Researchers achieve breakthrough in process to produce hydrogen fuel: https://phys.org/news/2018-10-breakthrough-hydrogen-fuel.html
Tsetse fly numbers dwindle in the warming Zambezi Valley: https://news.mongabay.com/2018/10/tsetse-fly-numbers-dwindle-in-the-warming-zambezi-valley/
Canada’s new Indigenous Protected Area heralds new era of conservation: https://thenarwhal.ca/canadas-new-indigenous-protected-area-heralds-new-era-of-conservation/
Huge cluster of Octopuses observed southwest of Monterey: https://www.kqed.org/news/11701363/huge-cluster-of-octopuses-observed-southwest-of-monterey
Vaquitas with calves seen in September 2018: http://www.iucn-csg.org/index.php/2018/10/26/vaquitas-with-calves-seen-in-september-2018-field-effort/
Brazil’s new president will be terrible for the global environment: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/oct/31/the-guardian-view-on-brazils-new-president-a-global-danger
Vietnam launches its first ethical elephant experience: https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2018/oct/23/vietnams-first-ethical-elephant-tours-launch-in-yok-don
Italy’s wine industry is being tested by the effects of climate change in its vineyard: https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/how-climate-change-is-upending-the-patterns-and-predictability-of-italys-wine-industry/2018/10/28/3ae7a9a0-c71e-11e8-9c0f-2ffaf6d422aa_story.html
Vegan chicken named best dish at fried chicken festival: https://vegnews.com/2018/10/vegan-chicken-named-best-dish-at-fried-chicken-festival
Rhino anti-poaching member shot: https://www.ecr.co.za/news/news/rhino-anti-poaching-member-shot/
Coastal Pacific oxygen levels now plummet once a year: https://www.npr.org/2018/10/28/658953894/coastal-pacific-oxygen-levels-now-plummet-once-a-year
Declawing lions, tigers now illegal after Indiana lawsuit against vet who declawed 12 big cats: https://www.indystar.com/story/news/environment/2018/10/29/indiana-lawsuit-makes-illegal-across-u-s-declaw-big-cats/1771835002/
At the edge of Canada, climate change brings ‘ecological grief’ to Labrador Inuit: https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-at-the-edge-of-canada-climate-change-brings-ecological-grief-to/
Northern Fur Seal new and recolonized breeding sites have highest population growth rates: https://dereklee.scienceblog.com/168/northern-fur-seal-new-and-recolonized-breeding-sites-have-population-growth-rates-among-the-fastest-of-any-fur-seal/
California voters may force meat and egg producers across the country to go cage-free: https://www.npr.org/2018/10/29/660605016/california-voters-may-force-meat-and-egg-producers-across-the-country-to-go-cage
The fight for corals loses its great champion: https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2018/10/optimist-who-believed-saving-corals/574240/
Mexico’s new science minister is a plant biologist who opposes transgenic crops: https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2018/10/mexico-s-new-science-minister-plant-biologist-who-opposes-transgenic-crops
World’s biggest pork producer pledges to cover manure ponds, processing into natural gas: https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2018/10/29/661064123/worlds-biggest-pork-producer-pledges-to-cover-manure-ponds
Many palm oil companies aren’t paying their taxes: https://news.mongabay.com/2018/10/palm-oil-executives-arrested-in-bribery-scandal-in-indonesia/
Animal species becoming extinct in Haiti as deforestation nearly complete: https://phys.org/news/2018-10-animal-species-extinct-haiti-deforestation.html
A species revived: How San Diego Zoo helped unlock mystery of panda sex: http://www.latimes.com/science/sciencenow/la-sci-sn-panda-breeding-research-20181101-story.html
Southern Right Whale ‘Superpod’ blows hole in record books: https://phys.org/news/2018-10-southern-whale-superpod-hole.html
Clean coal startup turns human waste into Earth-friendly fuel: https://futurism.com/the-byte/clean-coal-energy-poop
Bitcoin mining along could massively raise global temperatures: https://fossbytes.com/bitcoin-mining-raise-global-temperature-above-2c-by-2033/
Mountain birds on ‘escalator to extinction’ as planet warms: https://www.apnews.com/a4465873dd1f44c1b07bf315caef2493
Global wildlife has declined by 60% in 40 years: https://www.abc15.com/newsy/wwf-global-wildlife-populations-plummeted-60-in-40-years
An island crucial for Sea Turtles has washed away: https://blog.nationalgeographic.org/2018/10/29/an-island-crucial-for-sea-turtles-has-washed-away/
Air Canada, WestJet latest companies to cut ties to SeaWorld ahead of whale bill: https://nationalpost.com/pmn/news-pmn/canada-news-pmn/air-canada-westjet-latest-companies-to-cut-ties-to-seaworld-ahead-of-whale-bill
Utah seeks roadless rule exemption: https://www.fseee.org/2018/10/30/utah-seeks-roadless-rule-exemption/
Virginia hawk first bird in North America found carrying invasive tick: https://www.localdvm.com/news/virginia/virginia-hawk-first-bird-in-north-america-found-carrying-invasive-tick/1560920669
Models suggest injection of sulfate aerosols into the stratosphere could have unintended consequences: https://phys.org/news/2018-10-sulfate-aerosols-stratosphere-unintended-consequences.html
San Diego bids Bon Voyage to Giant Panda Patriarch: https://zoonooz.sandiegozoo.org/2018/10/30/san-diego-zoo-bids-bon-voyage-to-giant-panda-patriarch/
Oregon to craft new proposal for managing wolves: http://www.capitalpress.com/Livestock/20181010/oregon-to-craft-new-proposal-for-managing-wolves
World hunger has risen for three straight years, and climate change is a cause: https://theconversation.com/world-hunger-has-risen-for-three-straight-years-and-climate-change-is-a-cause-103818
93% of world’s children breathing toxic air which ‘stunts brains’ and causes deadly disease: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/health/air-pollution-child-death-brain-growth-asthma-pneumonia-toxic-world-health-organisation-a8606626.html
Hansjord Wyss pledges $1billion over the next decade to help accelerate conservation: https://www.nationalgeographic.org/newsroom/wyss-foundation-launches-1-billion-campaign-to-help-conserve-30-of-the-planet-by-2030/
Wolves may be moving to Western Washington: https://www.kiro7.com/news/north-sound-news/wolves-may-be-moving-to-western-washington/863347341
China is turning the rainforest into cheap furniture for the US: https://returntonow.net/2018/10/29/china-is-turning-the-rainforest-into-cheap-furniture-for-the-u-s/
$10 billion pledged in new commitments to protect the world’s oceans: https://news.mongabay.com/2018/10/10bn-pledged-in-new-commitments-to-protect-the-worlds-oceans/
Five countries hold 70% of world’s last wildernesses: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/oct/31/five-countries-hold-70-of-worlds-last-wildernesses-map-reveals
Three Jasper backcountry zones closing to protect caribou population: https://edmonton.ctvnews.ca/three-jasper-backcountry-zones-closing-to-protect-caribou-population-1.4154345
Greenville leaders call for reauthorization of federal conservation fund: https://greenvillejournal.com/2018/10/31/greenville-leaders-call-for-reauthorization-of-land-and-water-conservation-fund/
Greenville Zoo fund primate conservation in Africa: https://greenvillejournal.com/2018/10/31/118748/
Saimaa seal population climbs to nearly 400: https://yle.fi/uutiset/osasto/news/saimaa_seal_population_climbs_to_nearly_400/10457492

Conservation News ~ October 26 2018

10/26/2018

New Tiny Frog Species discovered: https://www.the-scientist.com/image-of-the-day/image-of-the-day--new-tiny-frog-64981

Kudzu takes over burn scars 2 years after Sevier County Wildfires: https://www.wbir.com/article/news/local/kudzu-takes-over-burn-scars-2-years-after-sevier-county-wildfires/51-606892648
Rat poison is suspected in deaths of Washington raptors: https://www.kiro7.com/news/local/rat-poison-is-suspected-in-deaths-of-washington-raptors/858561694
After public outcry, Arizona rejects anti-evolution science standards: https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/oct/23/arizona-leaders-adopt-new-history-science-standard/
Camera trap photos confirm discovery of lowland Bongo in Uganda for first time: https://news.mongabay.com/2018/10/camera-trap-photos-confirm-discovery-of-lowland-bongo-in-uganda-for-first-time/
CITES reject another Madagascar plan to sell illegal rosewood stockpiles: https://news.mongabay.com/2018/10/cites-rejects-another-madagascar-plan-to-sell-illegal-rosewood-stockpiles/
Absent for decades, Zebras reintroduced to park in southern Tanzania: https://news.mongabay.com/2018/10/absent-for-decades-zebras-reintroduced-to-park-in-southern-tanzania/
Two Black Rhinos found dead in Chad after move from South Africa: https://news.mongabay.com/2018/10/two-black-rhinos-found-dead-in-chad-after-move-from-south-africa/
Sea Lion takes a stroll through San Diego: http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-sea-lion-stroll-20181023-story.html
New crocodile species found hiding in plain sight: https://www.nationalgeographic.com.au/animals/new-crocodile-species-found-hiding-in-plain-sight.aspx
The European Parliament just banned single-use plastics: https://www.forbes.com/sites/robinandrews/2018/10/25/the-european-union-just-voted-to-ban-single-use-plastics-by-2021/
Canada bill S-203 ends captivity of whales and dolphins passes Senate: https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/tasker-whale-dolphin-captivity-canada-senate-bill-1.4876136
European crime ring netted huge profits trafficking tuna: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/2018/10/wildlife-watch-news-bluefin-tuna-organized-crime/
Elk habitat, research efforts receive $500k grant: https://trib.com/lifestyles/recreation/elk-habitat-research-efforts-receive-k-grant/article_0d1be692-36a6-5cdf-96f9-caea779b7641.html
Hidden Gulf of Mexico oil spill pumping 300-700 barrels of oil per day uncovered: https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/article/A-14-year-long-oil-spill-in-Gulf-of-Mexico-verges-13325061.php
Banff’s last of 10 bison calves born: https://www.rmoutlook.com/article/last-of-10-bison-calves-born-20181018
21 youths are suing the US government over global warming, the trial is set for October 29th: https://www.ourchildrenstrust.org/us/federal-lawsuit/
Cruise ship dumped 27,000 litres of waste on Great Barrier Reef, Senate hears: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/oct/22/po-cruise-ship-dumped-27000-litres-of-waste-on-great-barrier-reef-senate-hears
Scientists gather in Dubai to save world’s crucial wetlands: https://www.thenational.ae/uae/environment/scientists-gather-in-dubai-to-save-world-s-crucial-wetlands-1.782908
UK government backs creation of Antarctic wildlife reserve: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/oct/17/uk-government-backs-antarctic-wildlife-reserve-worlds-biggest
New York just filed a big ‘ol lawsuit against ExxonMobil: https://grist.org/article/new-york-just-filed-a-big-ol-lawsuit-against-exxonmobil/
Octopus moms enter death spiral before babies are born: https://www.livescience.com/63911-octopus-moms-death-spiral.html
Burt’s Bees will partner with EO Wilson to map 6,000 bee species worldwide: https://eowilsonfoundation.org/burts-bees-joins-e-o-wilson-in-moonshot-goal-to-conserve-half-the-earth-for-biodiversity/
Scotland to review cull laws after ‘sickening’ goat hunt tweets: https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2018/oct/25/scotland-review-cull-laws-sickening-goat-hunt-tweets-larysa-switlyk
Invasive New Zealand Mudsnails found near Casper, Wyoming: http://k2radio.com/invasive-new-zealand-mudsnails-found-near-casper/
Eight rhino poachers arrested in Kruger Park: https://www.timeslive.co.za/news/south-africa/2018-10-24-eight-rhino-poachers-arrested-in-kruger-park/
New tiny, 10–13 mm Frog species identified: https://www.the-scientist.com/image-of-the-day/image-of-the-day--new-tiny-frog-64981
BC approved 83 logging cut blocks in endangered caribou habitat in last six months: https://thenarwhal.ca/b-c-approved-83-logging-cut-blocks-in-endangered-caribou-habitat-in-last-six-months/
Cacao analysis dates the dawn of domesticated chocolate trees to 3,600 years ago: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/10/181024122416.htm
Hiker finds first big pawprint from new wolves released on Michigan’s Isle Royale: https://www.mlive.com/expo/news/erry-2018/10/1c2947ae822557/hiker-finds-first-big-pawprint.html
Genome-wide study confirms there are six tiger species: https://news.mongabay.com/2018/10/genome-wide-study-confirms-there-are-six-tiger-subspecies/
ODFW gets federal grant to map wildlife ‘connectivity corridors’: https://www.ktvz.com/news/odfw-gets-federal-grant-to-map-wildlife-connectivity-corridors-/801110385
Male gorillas love hanging around with infants: https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2018/10/male-gorillas-love-hanging-around-infants/572947/
Warmer winters increasing Moose tick populations: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/10/181017080814.htm
Francis Mallmann says eating animals will be obsolete in 30 years: https://vegnews.com/2018/10/carnivore-king-francis-mallmann-says-eating-animals-will-be-obsolete-in-30-years
Oregon’s Gov. Brown issues executive order blocking offshore oil drilling off Oregon coast: https://katu.com/news/local/gov-brown-issues-executive-order-blocking-offshore-oil-drilling-off-oregon-coast
Silicon valley startup raises $18.2 million to create vegan collagen: https://vegnews.com/2018/10/silicon-valley-startup-raises-182-million-to-create-vegan-collagen
Great Barrier Reef likely to be hit with another mass bleaching this summer: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-10-26/great-barrier-reef-likely-hit-by-another-bleaching-this-summer/10428298
Oldest known footprints in the Grand Canyon found: https://www.nationalgeographic.com.au/science/oldest-known-footprints-in-the-grand-canyon-found.aspx
Concerns about Sage Grouse lead to withdrawal of federal oil, gas leases from upcoming sale: https://www.denverpost.com/2018/10/19/blm-pulls-leases-from-colorado-sale/

Conservation News ~ October 22 2018

10/22/2018

Eight Grizzlies have been killed in Park County in recent weeks: https://trib.com/news/state-and-regional/eight-grizzlies-have-been-killed-in-park-county-in-recent/article_ae454ff7-91d1-53c9-8b2a-5925f7c34ecc.html
Feds pledge $2.25M to support conservation education for kids across Canada: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/hamilton/conservation-canadian-kids-wildlifemckenna-1.4852589
The wily wolverine: iconic species making comeback in Washington state: https://www.heraldnet.com/news/the-wily-wolverine-iconic-species-making-comeback-in-state/
Conservancy manager attacked with arrows over water: https://www.standardmedia.co.ke/article/2001298893/conservancy-manager-attacked-with-arrows-over-water
Britain must reconnect with nature to combat ‘mental health epidemic’: https://www.independent.co.uk/environment/caroline-lucas-green-party-conference-nature-mental-health-wildlife-a8570986.html
US conservation groups decry BC decision to allow logging in Skagit River system: https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/british-columbia/article-us-conservation-groups-decry-bc-decision-to-allow-logging-in/
EPA to disband a key scientific review panel on air pollution: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/11/climate/epa-disbands-pollution-science-panel.html
Top climate scientist blasts UKs fracking plans as “aping Trump”: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/oct/13/top-climate-scientist-james-hansen-attacks-uk-fracking-plans
Congo to destroy UNESCO World Heritage Sites in search for oil: https://ghanaguardian.com/congo-to-destroy-unesco-world-heritage-sites-in-search-for-oil
Forests emerge as a major overlooked climate factor: https://www.quantamagazine.org/forests-emerge-as-a-major-overlooked-climate-factor-20181009/
A vaccine created from mushrooms could help save the bees: https://futurism.com/the-byte/vaccine-mushrooms-save-bees
Alaska initiative to protect wild salmon could kill off a massive open-pit mine: https://news.vice.com/en_us/article/kzjxmm/alaska-initiative-to-protect-wild-salmon-could-kill-off-a-massive-open-pit-mine
Study says EU forests can’t help climate fight: https://phys.org/news/2018-10-eu-forests-climate.html
Old-growth forests may help songbirds cope with warming climate: https://www.npr.org/2018/10/14/654760615/old-growth-forests-may-help-songbirds-cope-with-warming-climate
Scientists discover bones of 115,000 year-old Neanderthal child digested by prehistoric bird: https://www.inverse.com/article/49767-neanderthal-child-bird-attack
Science says saving the planet could really be as simple as saving trees: https://www.motherjones.com/environment/2018/10/science-says-saving-the-planet-could-really-be-as-simple-as-saving-trees/
Interior Secretary announces mining ban north of Yellowstone: https://www.bozemandailychronicle.com/news/environment/interior-secretary-zinke-announces-mining-ban-north-of-yellowstone/article_2acac150-279c-57e6-972b-2bc323be3603.html
Wolf hunt quota set to kill twenty percent of Alaska’s rare Alexander Archipelago wolves: https://nywolf.org/wolf-hunt-quota-set-to-kill-twenty-percent-of-alaskas-rare-alexander-archipelago-wolves/
Courts cement states’ authority to advance clean energy: https://www.nrdc.org/experts/miles-farmer/courts-cement-states-authority-advance-clean-energy
India panel rejects years-old plan to introduce African cheetahs in India: https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/sc-appointed-panel-rejects-years-old-plan-to-introduce-african-cheetahs-in-india/story-63b9qiDfpokxh8BByxqWgP.html
Genetically engineered mosquitoes are about to fly free in Africa: https://futurism.com/the-byte/genetically-engineered-mosquitoes-africa
Pipe bomb discovered in Kruger National Park: https://ewn.co.za/2018/10/12/pipe-bomb-discovered-in-kruger-national-park
Idaho wildlife official criticized for posing with dead animals: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6274003/Idaho-wildlife-official-criticized-posing-social-media-dead-animals.html
Dead Maui’s dolphin discovered to be pregnant: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2018/10/dead-m-ui-s-dolphin-discovered-to-be-pregnant.html
Leopards now join guests at lunch table at Emirates Park Zoo: https://gulfnews.com/news/uae/leisure/leopards-now-join-guests-at-lunch-table-at-emirates-park-zoo-1.2289341
300th nutria killed in California as officials worry giant swamp rats are spreading into the delta: https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/nutria-California-swamp-rats-300-dead-hunt-traps-13303143.php
Vorombe titan: Researchers name world’s largest ever bird: http://www.sci-news.com/paleontology/vorombe-titan-06454.html
A billion pounds of pumpkins end up in landfills each year: https://returntonow.net/2018/10/12/3-ways-to-recycle-your-halloween-pumpkin/
Unilever, maker of Dove and Degree products, supports global ban on animal testing: https://blog.humanesociety.org/2018/10/breaking-news-unilever-maker-of-dove-and-degree-products-supports-global-ban-on-animal-testing-for-cosmetics.html
Mammals cannot evolve fast enough to escape current extinction crisis: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/10/181015154435.htm
Climate change will lead to beer shortages and price hikes: https://www.iflscience.com/environment/climate-change-will-lead-to-beer-shortages-and-price-hikes/
Hyperalarming study shows massive insect loss: https://www.washingtonpost.com/science/2018/10/15/hyperalarming-study-shows-massive-insect-loss/
Climate-driven declines in arthropod abundance restructure a rainforest food web: http://www.pnas.org/content/early/2018/10/09/1722477115
Federal Court delivers major victory for oceans, National Monuments: https://www.nrdc.org/media/2018/181005-1
Orca survival may be impossible without Lower Snake River dam removal: https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/environment/orca-survival-may-be-impossible-without-lower-snake-river-dam-removal-scientists-say/
Utah DWR rids Payson Canyon of thousands of invasive goldfish: https://www.heraldextra.com/news/local/south/utah-dwr-rids-payson-canyon-of-thousands-of-invasive-goldfish/article_c5bfa167-5ba4-54e7-a486-44ce3bf3eee9.html
Idaho Fish and Game official resigns over photos of animals killed on African hunting trip: http://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-commissioner-africa-hunting-trip-20181015-story.html
HUD appointee abruptly moved to lead Interior Dept’s watchdog unit amid Zinke probe: https://www.washingtonpost.com/
5 bird species lose protections, more at risk in new Indonesian decree: https://news.mongabay.com/2018/10/5-bird-species-lose-protections-more-at-risk-in-new-indonesia-decree/
Land rights, forests, food systems central to limiting global warming: https://news.mongabay.com/2018/10/land-rights-forests-food-systems-central-to-limiting-global-warming-report/
Microplastics found in 90 percent of table salt: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/2018/10/microplastics-found-90-percent-table-salt-sea-salt/?user.testname=none
World’s rarest fish, the Devils Hole pupfish, gets boost in population: https://bnqt.com/2018/10/12/worlds-rarest-fish-the-devils-hole-pupfish-gets-boost-in-population/
Extremely rare tiger found dead in trap and she was pregnant: https://www.thedodo.com/in-the-wild/wild-pregnant-sumatran-tiger-found-dead-in-pig-trap
Anti-fracking activists appeal against prison terms amid protests: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/oct/17/anti-fracking-activists-appeal-prison-terms-protests
Welsh coal applications set to be rejected: https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-45887196
1500 tonnes of Icelandic whale meat on the way to Japan: https://grapevine.is/news/2018/10/17/1500-tonnes-of-icelandic-whale-meat-on-the-way-to-japan/
WHO endorses traditional Chinese medicine, expect deaths to rise: https://www.forbes.com/sites/stevensalzberg/2018/10/01/who-endorses-tcm-expect-deaths-to-rise/
Elephants take revenge after hunter shoots herd member dead: https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/elephants-take-revenge-after-hunter-13439232
BBC helps bust Nepal chimp smuggling: https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-asia-45820030/bbc-helps-bust-nepal-chimp-smuggling
Half of dead baby turtles found by Australian scientists have stomachs full of plastic: https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-asia-45820030/bbc-helps-bust-nepal-chimp-smuggling
Humans are slowly killing one of the world’s largest and oldest living organisms: https://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/humans-are-slowly-killing-one-of-the-worlds-largest-and-oldest-living-organisms/
The Mafia-style poachers threatening endangered fish: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/oct/13/pirates-of-mediterranean-divers-plunder-endangered-fish-marseille-calanques-national-park
Patagonia gets more political – by publicly endorsing candidates: https://www.cnn.com/2018/10/19/business/patagonia-endorses-candidates/
Not enough fish in the sea for penguin populations: https://www.enca.com/analysis/not-enough-fish-sea-penguin-populations
Benny the beluga whale forces firework display postponement: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/oct/19/benny-the-beluga-whale-forces-firework-display-postponement
In North Carolina, hurricanes did what scientists could not: convince republicans of climate change: https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/in-north-carolina-hurricanes-do-what-scientists-could-not-persuade-republicans-that-climate-change-is-real/2018/10/17/45136c56-d0ac-11e8-8c22-fa2ef74bd6d6_story.html
Biodiversity can also destabilize ecosystems: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/10/181018082647.htm
Leaked US administration memo: keep public in the dark about how endangered species decisions: https://www.biologicaldiversity.org/news/press_releases/2018/endangered-species-act-10-19-2018.php
Sonoma County Superior Court rules in favor of Friends of Gualala River’s second lawsuit over timber plan: http://winewaterwatch.org/2018/10/sonoma-county-superior-court-rules-in-favor-of-friends-of-gualala-rivers-second-lawsuit-over-the-dogwood-floodplain-timber-harvest-plan/

Conservation News ~ October 12 2018

10/12/2018

Guyana records highest tourism growth in Caribbean for first half of 2018: https://guyanachronicle.com/2018/10/06/guyana-records-highest-tourism-growth-in-caribbean-for-first-half-of-2018
IPCC climate change report calls for urgent action to phase out fossil fuels: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/live/2018/oct/08/ipcc-climate-change-report-urgent-action-fossil-fuels-live
UN warns that we have 12 years to limit climate change catastrophe: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/oct/08/global-warming-must-not-exceed-15c-warns-landmark-un-report
Dairy industry attacks vegan butter: https://vegnews.com/2018/10/dairy-industry-attacks-vegan-butter
Hand-reared rhino celebrates birthday with her own cake: https://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/16966345.hand-reared-rhino-celebrates-birthday-with-her-own-cake/
Caledonia’s lost forest to be restored to glory in 23m rewilding: https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2018/oct/07/caledonias-lost-forest-restored-to-glory-in-rewilding-cairngorms
Formerly pristine islands under threat from rafts of plastic bringing alien species: https://www.independent.co.uk/environment/south-atlantic-islands-st-helena-falklands-plastic-pollution-alien-species-environment-a8574861.html
MSU faculty awarded $1 million grant to research tree chemistry in bark beetle battle: http://www.montana.edu/news/18050/msu-faculty-awarded-1-million-grant-to-research-tree-chemistry-in-bark-beetle-battle
Just 100 companies responsible for 71% of global emissions: https://www.theguardian.com/sustainable-business/2017/jul/10/100-fossil-fuel-companies-investors-responsible-71-global-emissions-cdp-study-climate-change
Brazil scraps 11 new Amazon protected areas covering 2316 square miles: https://news.mongabay.com/2018/10/brazil-scraps-11-new-amazon-protected-areas-covering-2316-square-miles/
Former poacher, Shakuza captain, released on bail: https://africasustainableconservation.com/2018/07/17/south-africa-suspected-poaching-kingpin-mabuza-released-on-bail/
Bitterroot National Forest adds 12 acres to Bass Creek Recreation Area: https://nbcmontana.com/news/local/bitterroot-national-forest-adds-120-acres-to-bass-creek-recreation-area
Baby Humpback Whale trapped in shark net off Queensland coast: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/oct/09/images-show-baby-humpback-whale-trapped-in-shark-net-off-queensland-coast
Thieves snatch more than 100 baby giant tortoises from Galapagos Islands: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/10/06/thieves-snatch-100-baby-giant-tortoises-galapagos-islands/4
Plastic trash from the Satchet Economy chokes the Philippines seas: https://news.mongabay.com/2018/10/plastic-trash-from-the-sachet-economy-chokes-the-philippines-seas/
UK fracking rules on earthquakes could be relaxed: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/oct/09/uk-fracking-rules-on-earthquakes-could-be-relaxed-says-minister
Endangered native Oyster is helped by invasive species: https://phys.org/news/2018-10-endangered-native-oyster-invasive-species.html
Arizona, 6 other states, agree on plan to manage Colorado River: http://ktar.com/story/2251221/arizona-6-other-states-agree-on-plan-to-manage-overburdened-colorado-river/
A citizen scientist found a rare “Pumpkin Ash” tree growing in Central Park: https://www.westsiderag.com/2018/10/09/how-a-citizen-scientist-found-a-rare-pumpkin-ash-tree-growing-wild-in-central-park
Refuge areas crucial to saving bird species as climate change: https://nationalpost.com/pmn/news-pmn/canada-news-pmn/refuge-areas-crucial-to-saving-bird-species-as-climate-changes-study
Japan kills endangered whales for ‘science’ and sells the meat, regulator rules that’s illegal: https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2018/10/03/japan-kills-endangered-whales-science-sells-meat-thats-illegal-regulator-rules/?noredirect=on
Trees are wiping out Ireland’s biodiversity: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/oct/10/trees-ireland-biodiversity-sitka-birds-extinction
Shell boss says mass reforestation needed to limit temperature rise to 1.5C: https://www.theguardian.com/business/2018/oct/09/shell-ben-van-beurden-mass-reforestation-un-climate-change-target