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Conservation News ~ June 22 2018

6/22/2018

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  • Rare Manta Ray Nursery Discovered: https://news.nationalgeographic.com/2018/06/animals-manta-rays-nurseries-babies/
  • 111 million tonnes of plastic waste will have nowhere to go by 2030: https://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/china-plastics-import-ban-1.4712764
  • Scientists discover new specimen of ancient marine lizard: https://phys.org/news/2018-06-scientists-species-ancient-marine-lizard.html
  • David Attenborough launches wildlife fund for advertisers: https://www.theguardian.com/media/2018/jun/21/david-attenborough-launches-wildlife-fund-lions-share-for-advertisers
  • Long extinct Gibbon found inside tomb of Chinese Emperor’s grandmother:
  • https://www.npr.org/2018/06/21/621487897/long-extinct-gibbon-found-inside-tomb-of-chinese-emperors-grandmother
  • Parliament adopts motion to lift elephant hunting ban: https://africasustainableconservation.com/2018/06/22/botswana-parliament-votes-to-end-elephant-hunting-ban/
  • Grizzly Bear committee delays vote on NCDE Conservation Strategy: http://mtpr.org/post/grizzly-bear-committee-delays-vote-ncde-conservation-strategy
  • Paul Simon says goodbye to Oregon fans with a gift for Outdoor School: https://www.oregonlive.com/expo/life_and_culture/erry-2018/06/582328e6056821/paul_simon_says_goodbye_to_ore.html
  • Greater Yellowstone wildlife crossing plan wins county approval: https://www.jhnewsandguide.com/this_just_in/article_73f782a5-280c-509c-8abc-4fe815e58bf8.html
  • Killing dogs for meat ruled illegal by South Korean court: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jun/21/killing-dogs-for-meat-illegal-south-korea-court-rules
  • Koko, the gorilla, dies at 46: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/koko-gorilla-mastered-sign-language-dead-at-46/
  • Peru’s Bahuaja-Sonene National Park at risk over illegal mining: https://news.mongabay.com/2018/06/perus-bahuaja-sonene-national-park-at-risk-over-illegal-mining/
  • Leaked UN draft report warns of urgent need to cut global warming: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/jun/15/leaked-un-draft-report-warns-of-urgent-need-to-cut-global-warming
  • Puan, the world’s oldest Sumatran orangutan, dies at 62: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/jun/15/leaked-un-draft-report-warns-of-urgent-need-to-cut-global-warming
  • Edinburgh Zoo rhino flies to Indonesia for a mate: https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/976723/celebrity-rhino-flies-Indonesia-mate-Edinburgh-zoo
  • The entire habitat is gone – Hawaii’s natural wonders claimed by lava: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/jun/20/hawaii-volcano-eruption-kilauea-natural-wonders-destroyed-kapoho-bay
  • Myanmar dolphin conservation area decided: https://www.mmtimes.com/news/new-dolphin-conservation-zone-decided.html
  • Humboldt Marten may get endangered species status: http://www.times-standard.com/article/NJ/20180621/NEWS/180629957
  • Nuns resurrect endangered salamanders in first-of-its kind conservation effort: https://news.nationalgeographic.com/2018/06/salamander-conservation-nuns-mexico-animals/
  • Scientists find evidence of 27 new viruses in bees: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/06/180620162415.htm
  • Mining to begin in national monument eliminated White House: http://thehill.com/homenews/news/393540-canadian-company-to-begin-mining-in-land-that-used-to-be-protected
  • US EPA has spent a total of $4.6 million on security: https://theintercept.com/2018/06/20/scott-pruitt-epa-security-total-expenses-foia/
  • There could be as many as 7000 tigers living in American backyards: https://boingboing.net/2018/06/18/there-could-be-as-many-as-7000.html
  • Colorado to join backers of California vehicle emissions rules in face of EPA rollbacks: https://thinkprogress.org/colorado-to-join-backers-of-california-vehicle-emissions-rules-in-face-of-epa-rollbacks-19cc2c233ded/
  • Greenville Zoo announces birth of Red Panda cubs: https://greenvillejournal.com/2018/06/20/greenville-zoo-announces-birth-of-red-panda-cubs/
  • Exxon says climate lawsuits violate its right to free speech: https://grist.org/article/exxon-says-climate-lawsuits-violate-its-right-to-free-speech-seriously/
  • 4 Mountain Lion kittens discovered in California: http://smdp.com/4-new-mountain-lions-kittens-found-in-california-mountains/166952
  • Oil hunt damages Everglades’ Big Cypress National Preserve: https://www.nrdc.org/experts/alison-kelly/oil-hunt-damages-everglades-big-cypress-national-preserve
  • Bat-killing fungus spreads to two new species and two new states: http://therevelator.org/bat-fungus-spreads/
  • NASA to host teleconference on near-Earth object preparedness report: https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-to-host-media-teleconference-on-national-near-earth-object-preparedness-report
  • North Dakota oil refinery construction near national park: https://www.apnews.com/39f3848a2a2340db9abdb0958ad23df4
  • Tucson to resurrect river with recycled water: https://www.mnn.com/earth-matters/wilderness-resources/blogs/tucson-resurrect-ancient-santa-cruz-river-recycled-wastewater
  • Southern resident orca L92 missing as community returns to the Salish Sea: https://www.mnn.com/earth-matters/wilderness-resources/blogs/tucson-resurrect-ancient-santa-cruz-river-recycled-wastewater
  • After violence, Congo’s Virunga National Park closes for the year: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/14/travel/virunga-national-park-congo-closed-kidnapping.html
  • Spotted Owl decline continues: https://www.fseee.org/2018/06/18/spotted-owl-decline-continues/
  • Mexico jaguar population grows 20% in eight years: http://www.thejakartapost.com/life/2018/06/15/mexico-jaguar-population-grows-20-in-eight-years.html
  • Maine’s elver season shut down 2 weeks early as off-book sales disrupt quota: https://www.pressherald.com/2018/05/23/suspected-illegal-elver-sales-forces-early-closure-of-fishery/
  • USFWS considers dropping wolf protections: https://apnews.com/0a9027ff419a4b3d9b547968e6042c32
  • Delhi’s air pollution is now so bas it is literally off the chart: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jun/15/delhi-blanketed-by-smog-so-toxic-it-cant-be-measured
  • Golden Andean bear captured on camera in Peru: https://news.mongabay.com/2018/06/latam-eco-review-paddington-bear-captured-on-camera-in-peru/
  • RI club seeks state permission to import exotic animals for hunting: http://www.providencejournal.com/news/20180605/ri-club-seeks-state-permission-to-import-exotic-animals-for-hunting
  • Endangered 10-month old Mexican Gray Wolf killed: https://www.thedodo.com/in-the-wild/mexican-gray-wolf-killed-with-shovel
  • Colombia declares new natural park protecting water for 116,000 people: https://natureandculture.org/paramo-ovejas-tauso-park/
  • In the Philippines, dynamite fishing decimates entire ocean food chains: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/15/world/asia/philippines-dynamite-fishing-coral.html
  • Tourism is four times worse for the climate than we thought: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2168174-tourism-is-four-times-worse-for-the-climate-than-we-thought/
  • Animal rights activist charged in mink farm break-in: http://lfpress.com/news/local-news/animal-activist-charged-in-mink-stink
  • Even in the Bronze Age, humans altered soil chemistry: https://www.the-scientist.com/?articles.view/articleNo/54848/title/Even-in-the-Bronze-Age--Humans-Altered-Soil-Chemistry/
  • Washington University researcher got paid $300,000 to resign after he said shooting wolves is bad: https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/j5knkk/a-researcher-got-paid-dollar300000-to-resign-after-he-said-shooting-wolves-is-bad​
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