Conservation News ~ October 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/​