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Conservation News ~ June 7 2019

6/7/2019

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  • Montana T. Rex to be centerpiece of massive Smithsonian dino exhibit: https://www.abcfoxmontana.com/bozeman/montana-t-rex-fossil-to-be-centerpiece-of-massive-smithsonian/article_dbd8d702-864b-11e9-a235-4b8de7556bbd.html
  • Feds sued to stop use of bear bait by hunters in Idaho and Wyoming: https://www.courthousenews.com/feds-sued-to-stop-use-of-bear-bait-by-hunters-in-idaho-and-wyoming/
  • Deli Paddy Frog (Micryletta inornata) rediscovered in Sumatra after 129 years: http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/57896/0
  • Bolivia to be completely food independent in 2020 by investing in small farmers: https://www.organicconsumers.org/news/bolivia-be-completely-food-independent-2020-investing-small-farmers%E2%80%A6
  • Extreme flooding across Midwest ‘exactly in line’ with scientific warnings of climate crisis: https://www.commondreams.org/news/2019/06/04/extreme-flooding-across-midwest-exactly-line-scientific-warnings-climate-crisis
  • Leaving a car idling while parked could be banned in Los Angeles: https://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/Idling-Law-California-Los-Angeles-Car-Proposal-510876281.html
  • India roasts under heat wave with temperatures above 120 degrees: https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/its-horrid-india-roasts-under-heat-wave-with-temperatures-above-120-degrees/2019/06/05/bd713dea-877c-11e9-b1a8-716c9f3332ce_story.html
  • Controlled burns not only help forest health but human health: https://www.sfchronicle.com/california-wildfires/article/Controlled-burns-not-only-help-forest-health-but-13905362.php
  • Canada – endangered orca pod produces its first calf in three years: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jun/03/canada-endangered-killer-whales-orcas-calf
  • Elephant poaching falls dramatically in Africa: https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2019/05/elephant-poaching-falls-dramatically-africa
  • Brazil’s Congress reverses Bolsonaro, restores Funai’s land demarcation powers: https://news.mongabay.com/2019/06/brazils-congress-reverses-bolsonaro-restores-funais-land-demarcation-powers/
  • High-flying ladybug swarm shows up on National Weather Service radar: https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-ladybugs-on-radar-20190604-story.html
  • Smalltooth sawfish endangered in Gulf: https://fishgame.com/2019/05/a-look-at-sawfish-in-the-gulf-of-mexico/
  • Prince Williams calls for animal traffickers and poachers to be jailed: https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/prince-william-calls-evil-animal-15813342
  • New species of dung beetle found in Tawang: https://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/energy-and-environment/tawang-yields-a-new-species-of-dung-beetle/article27401472.ece
  • Robert Downey Jr. announces project to clean up the environment using robotics at Amazon: https://www.forbes.com/sites/jilliandonfro/2019/06/05/robert-downey-jr-footprint-coaltion-for-cleaning-environment-amazon-ai-conference/
  • Sparkling opal preserved new dinosaur species for 100 million years: https://www.history.com/news/dinosaur-new-species-opal-australia-discovery
  • Reward increases to $10,000 for info on killing of endangered Washington Wolf: https://biologicaldiversity.org/w/news/press-releases/reward-increased-10000-info-killing-endangered-washington-wolf-2019-06-04/
  • Endangered mussels to gain protected habitat in 18 Eastern, Midwestern states: https://biologicaldiversity.org/w/news/press-releases/endangered-mussels-gain-protected-habitat-18-eastern-midwestern-states-2019-06-04/
  • Carnival Cruise lines hit with $20 million penalty for environmental crimes: https://www.npr.org/2019/06/04/729622653/carnival-cruise-lines-hit-with-20-million-penalty-for-environmental-crimes
  • Australian musicians band together to invest in solar farms: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/jun/04/theres-no-reason-why-this-couldnt-go-global-australian-music-industry-invests-in-solar-farms
  • Lawsuit seeks federal habitat protection for central Texas salamanders: https://biologicaldiversity.org/w/news/press-releases/lawsuit-seeks-federal-habitat-protection-two-central-texas-salamanders-2019-06-03/
  • New sub-species of pilot whale identified in Pacific Ocean: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/06/190603102606.htm
  • MN court says PUC didn’t weigh oil spill impact in Line 3 pipeline decision: https://www.mprnews.org/story/2019/06/03/line3-oil-pipeline-minnesota-court-environement-spill-impact
  • Long-term ecological research threatened by short-term thinking: https://news.mongabay.com/2019/06/long-term-ecological-research-threatened-by-short-term-thinking/
  • New nets make shrimp trawling more sustainable in Latin America and Caribbean: https://news.mongabay.com/2019/06/new-nets-make-shrimp-trawling-more-sustainable-in-latin-america-and-caribbean/
  • Clemson workshop explores carbon market’s potential profits for SC landowners: http://newsstand.clemson.edu/mediarelations/clemson-workshop-explores-carbon-markets-potential-profits-for-s-c-landowners/
  • India is losing the battle in saving tigers: 51 tigers died since Jn 2019: https://www.ranthamborenationalpark.com/blog/tiger-deaths-india/
  • Horror 50c heatwave hits 200 million: http://australia.trendolizer.com/2019/06/horror-50c-heatwave-hits-200-million.html
  • Newborn baby orca spotted swimming with J pod: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/newborn-baby-orca-spotted-swimming-with-j-pod-1.5158194
  • New species of flycatcher discovered: https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chandigarh/dialilaenus/hainanus-a-new-species-of-flycatcher/articleshow/69622939.cms
  • Mexico ranks second globally for critically endangered species: https://www.riviera-maya-news.com/mexico-ranks-second-globally-for-critically-endangered-species/2019.html
  • Wolf rule peer-reviewers find science lacking: https://ladailypost.com/content/wolf-rule-peer-reviewers-find-science-lacking
  • Exotic monkeys, lion cub, smuggled in nylon bags; rescued in Bengal: https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/exotic-monkeys-lion-cub-smuggled-in-nylon-bags-rescued-in-bengal-2046819
  • US Energy Department rebrands fossil fuels as ‘molecules of freedom’: https://www.theguardian.com/business/2019/may/29/energy-department-molecules-freedom-fossil-fuel-rebranding
  • Ethiopia will plant 4bn trees to fight deforestation: https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/ethiopia-will-plant-4bn-trees-to-fight-deforestation-nbqjt5mzv
  • South Korea bans importation of Taiji’s dolphins: https://www.dolphinproject.com/blog/south-korea-bans-importation-of-taijis-dolphins/
  • Lawsuit launched to force US Federal Government to protect endangered species from nuclear power: https://seaturtles.org/lawsuit-launched-to-force-federal-government-to-protect-endangered-species-from-nuclear-power-plant-in-florida/
  • Oregon ranchers blame growing eagle population for livestock deaths: https://www.oregonlive.com/pacific-northwest-news/2019/05/oregon-ranchers-blame-growing-eagle-population-for-livestock-deaths.html
  • Two wolves killed in Stevens County over Memorial Day weekend: https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2019/may/31/two-wolves-killed-in-stevens-county-over-memorial-/
  • Marine snail gains Washington state endangered species listing: https://www.goskagit.com/news/local_news/marine-snail-gains-state-endangered-species-listing/article_d0423a8e-1c7a-5453-96a8-b0dc5e43efe8.html
  • Puffins found starving to death in mass die-off likely linked to climate change: https://www.sciencenews.org/article/puffins-birds-died-bering-sea-arctic-warming
  • Lego is running 100 percent on renewable energy 3 years ahead of schedule: https://www.good.is/articles/lego-renewable-energy
  • NOAA declares deaths of 70 gray whales on US west coast ‘unusual mortality event’: https://abcnews.go.com/US/noaa-declares-deaths-70-gray-whales-us-west/story?id=63405661
  • High radiation levels found in giant clams near US nuclear dump in Marshall Islands: https://www.latimes.com/science/environment/la-me-marshall-islands-dome-is-leaking-radiation-20190528-story.html
  • Tanzania Forest Services agent was slain by poachers in shootout in Nature Reserve:
  • Oregon Senate passed Wildlife Corridor and Safe Road Crossing Act: https://www.billtrack50.com/BillDetail/1044979
  • Brazil green-lights oil prospecting near important marine park: https://news.mongabay.com/2019/05/brazil-green-lights-oil-prospecting-near-important-marine-park/
  • Chile pledges to make its fishing vessel tracking data public: https://news.mongabay.com/2019/05/chile-pledges-to-make-its-fishing-vessel-tracking-data-public/
  • Land grabbing, cattle ranching ravage Colombian Amazon after FARC demobilization: https://news.mongabay.com/2019/05/land-grabbing-cattle-ranching-ravage-colombian-amazon-after-farc-demobilization/
  • New species of rat snake discovered: http://www.sci-news.com/biology/urartian-rat-snake-elaphe-urartica-07236.html
  • Brazil reduces top environment council, trims independents: https://www.foxnews.com/world/brazil-reduces-top-environment-council-trims-independents
  • Albino panda caught on camera in China in world first: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/may/28/albino-panda-caught-on-camera-in-china-in-world-first
  • Niassa Reserve celebrates one year without single elephant poached: https://clubofmozambique.com/news/niassa-reserve-celebrates-one-year-without-a-single-elephant-poached-mozambique/
  • More than a ton of shark fins seized at Brussels airport: https://www.brusselstimes.com/all-news/belgium-all-news/health/57576/more-than-a-ton-of-shark-fins-seized-at-brussels-airport/
  • UK creates ‘blue belt’ of marine protected areas twice England’s size: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/may/31/uk-creates-blue-belt-of-marine-protected-areas-twice-englands-size
  • Brail subsidiary awarded $62 million in US Farm Aid is sued over Colorado Pollution: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/62-million-farm-aid-jbs-colorado-pollution-lawsuit_n_5ceb4c91e4b00356fc244a97
  • DNA barcodes jump-start search for new species: https://science.sciencemag.org/content/364/6444/920
  • Two new species of 'tweezer-beaked hopping rats' discovered in Philippines: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/06/190606101811.htm​
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