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Simpson: New wilderness 'justifies itself'
Idaho Congressman Mike Simpson is addressing the Idaho Environmental Forum today on how the Boulder-White Clouds became a wilderness.
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The Race to Save the Bonneville Salt Flats from a Slushy Demise
Racing fans, the government and a mining company search for ways to save Utah’s natural salt pan and its world-famous speedway
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Rare Walking Fish Population Down to Just 79
The most recent survey of the spotted fish that prefers walking to swimming raises alarms among conservationists.
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This Rare, White Bear May Be the Key to Saving a Canadian Rainforest
The white Kermode bear of British Columbia is galvanizing First Nations people fighting to protect their homeland. By Alex Shoumatoff.
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29 critical "Leave No Trace" tips for wilderness visitors
Even if you are aware of the basic notion of "pack it in, pack it out," leaving no trace can often entail some details you might not think of. So that you can be mindful of all they ways you can impact the wild places you visit, here are some tips based on the seven Leave No Trace principles
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An Ancient Fish Is Running Out of Time
Despite government efforts to expand the population, only perhaps 200 or fewer wild-born pallid sturgeons are thought to inhabit one of its last strongholds — the Montana stretches of the Missouri and Yellowstone Rivers. And now, paradoxically, a federal agency, the Army Corps of Engineers, is pursuing a project that threatens this population, perhaps the most genetically robust of the groups still surviving in the Missouri and Mississippi Rivers.
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Fish habitat protection waning under Harper government, analysis finds
A statistical analysis of the Conservative government's changes to environmental laws and procedures suggests Ottawa has "all but abandoned" attempts to protect Canada's lakes and rivers.
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In California's Protected Waters, Counting Fish Without Getting Wet
Using divers to monitor whether life is returning to the 100 or so marine protected areas is pricey. Now, advances in DNA sequencing mean scientists just need a seawater sample to do a marine census.
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The Messengers
How do we get people to care about the environment? What if we're asking the wrong question? By Brooke Jarvis.
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HOW TO CHANGE THE WORLD - Trailer
The trailer for How To Change The World - Jerry Rothwell's award-winning feature documentary about the founders of Greenpeace.
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Federal judge rules to protect Izembek wilderness
Izembek’s lagoon complex is a globally important ecosystem that contains one of the largest eelgrass beds in the world, providing food and habitat for fish and crabs that feed migratory birds from multiple continents.
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PADDDtracker – explore legal changes to the world’s protected areas
It turns out that although the number of protected areas and the land and waters they cover has been increasing in recent years, there are many instances around the world of changes that have reduced the size or status of protected areas or even removed protection completely.
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4 Ways Polar Bears Are Dealing With Climate Change
A few of these opportunistic predators have found new sources of food as their regular sources diminish—but is it enough to save them? By Rachel A. Becker.
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Mountain gorillas thriving – but a new threat is looming
Although numbers are up, plans for oil exploitation could seriously affect them. By Margaux Lesaffre.
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This child's amazing plan to save the Arctic has impressed Greenpeace
A letter sent to Greenpeace by a seven-year-old makes a lot more sense than most of the Government's green plans
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After 60 Million Years of Extreme Living, Seabirds are Crashing
Jeremy Hance: A new study finds that the world’s seabird populations have plummeted by almost 70% in just 60 years.
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Battle Over Imperiled Sage Grouse Draws to Climax in U.S. West
A long-simmering debate in the American West over an imperiled ground-dwelling bird was headed for climax on Tuesday with the Obama administration expected to unveil a conservation plan lacking Endangered Species Act protections.
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We Leave Half Of All Our Seafood On The Table (And In The Trash)
Each year American consumers buy and then never eat 1.3 billion pounds of fish and shellfish, according to a new study. Fishermen, retailers and processors waste a lot of fish, too.
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Critically endangered sea turtle rescued, rehabilitated and released by Audubon
A critically endangered Kemp’s ridley sea turtle that was rescued from the Gulf of Mexico has been rehabilitated and was released Sept. 30, thanks to the Audubon Nature Institute and the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries.
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Four UK Bird Species Including Puffins 'Face Extinction'
Puffins and turtle doves are among four UK bird species now at risk of extinction, according to the latest revision of a global conservation database.
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