Conservation News ~ May 13 2017

• Glacier Natl Park has only 26 of 150 Glaciers left: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/may/11/us-glacier-national-park-is-losing-its-glaciers-with-just-26-of-150-left
• Sumatran Biodiversity Trip Planned: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/radical-conservation/2017/may/10/sumatra-tigers-orangutans-myths-legends-hadabaun-hills-munthe
• UN Creates Endangered Species Stamps: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/gallery/2017/may/12/un-issues-stamps-featuring-newly-listed-endangered-species-in-pictures
• The US Navy’s trained dolphins are working to save endangered Vaquita porpoises: http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/opinion/commentary/sd-endagered-vaquita-porpoise-totaba-utak-20170511-story.html
• US District Court finds EPA negligent in allowing pesticides: http://www.lexology.com/library/detail.aspx?g=7ff3fe65-5fb9-4120-b24d-c15989dbea21
• 50 New spider species discovered in Australia: https://news.mongabay.com/2017/05/50-new-spiders-discovered-in-australia/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Mongabay+%28Mongabay+Environmental+News%29
• Barasso to Attack Endangered Species Act in Senate Hearing: https://www.biologicaldiversity.org/news/press_releases/2017/endangered-species-act-05-09-2017.php
• Nine Rhino found massacred in South Africa: http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/nine-rhinos-found-massacred-at-hluhluwe-imfolozi-park-20170513
• Portland Public Hearing on Draft Oregon Wolf Plan: http://www.dfw.state.or.us/news/2017/05_may/051217b.asp
• Extinct Venomous Snake Rediscovered: http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2017/05/albany-adder-venomous-snake-extinct/
• Six New Photos of Arizona Jaguar: http://tucson.com/news/local/new-jaguar-photographed-in-southern-arizona-third-seen-here-since/article_53e1460c-ff6d-11e6-9c8a-b3ad3d2f7be1.html
• Howler Monkeys Booming in Belize Sanctuary 25 years after Reintroduction: https://news.mongabay.com/2017/05/howler-monkeys-booming-in-belize-sanctuary-25-years-after-translocation/
• Hwange Lions were lured out of National Park in Zimbabwe - Killings Undermine Conservation Efforts: http://www.sabreakingnews.co.za/2017/05/12/hwange-lion-killings-undermine-conservation-efforts/
• US Secretary of State, Rex Tillerson, signs international declaration recognizing climate change: http://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/333085-tillerson-signs-declaration-recognizing-climate-change
• White wolf illegally shot in Yellowstone: http://www.newsweek.com/famous-white-wolf-yellowstone-was-illegally-shot-death-necropsy-shows-608659
• EPA destroys Alaskan habitat and puts Pebble Mine first: http://www.ecowatch.com/epa-lawsuit-pebble-mine-2404702705.html
• Two Garamba Park Rangers killed by poachers: https://elephantleague.org/ranger-killed-by-elephant-poachers-in-garamba-national-park-dr-congo/
• Dakota Pipeline has first leak: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/may/10/dakota-access-pipeline-first-oil-leak
• EPA ignores Alabama toxic landfill swallowing historic community: http://grist.org/article/a-toxic-landfill-is-swallowing-this-alabama-community-the-epa-dismissed-its-case/
• France Bans Breeding Captive Orcas and Dolphins: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-39834098
• US Senate Fails to Repeal Obama Climate Policy: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2017/05/10/senates-poised-to-repeal-a-final-obama-era-rule-as-soon-as-wednesday/
• 99% of species protected by ESA have been saved from extinction: http://www.biologicaldiversity.org/campaigns/esa_wild_success/
• Soy moratorium in Brazil slows down deforestation: http://www.anthropocenemagazine.org/2017/05/soy-moratorium-slows-brazil-deforestation/
• Adidas releases new running shoe made from ocean plastic: https://www.forbes.com/forbes/welcome/?toURL=https://www.forbes.com/sites/debraborchardt/2017/05/01/next-week-adidas-releases-a-new-running-shoe-made-from-ocean-plastic/&refURL=https://www.google.com/&referrer=https://www.google.com/
• New butterfly species discovered in Israel: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/05/170505113858.htm
• Washington State has an emergency at nuclear waste site: http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/05/09/527605496/emergency-declared-at-nuclear-contaminated-site-in-washington-state
• Shell CFO affirms company support for Paris Climate Accord: http://www.powerengineeringint.com/articles/2017/05/shell-cfo-adds-to-calls-for-us-to-stick-with-paris-accord.html
• Oregon State Land Board votes unanimously to keep the Elliot State Forest: http://registerguard.com/rg/news/local/35563857-75/state-land-board-votes-3-0-to-keep-elliott-state-forest-publicly-owned.html.csp
• Endangered Canadian Lynx thriving: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/canada-lynx-thriving-new-brunswick-1.4100236
• Study reveals that Earth has 1 Trillion Species: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2016/05/03/earth-may-be-home-to-a-trillion-species-scientists-say/
• Meningitis is killing hundreds of sharks in San Francisco: http://www.mercurynews.com/2017/05/13/major-shark-die-off-in-san-francisco-bay/
• The City of Chicago resurrects EPA website scrubbed of climate change data: http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/rahm-emanuel-recoups-climate-change-info-deleted-from-epa-website/
• Southern California gets bombarded by White Sharks: http://www.cnn.com/2017/05/11/us/25-great-white-sharks-off-california-coast/