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Lawyer: There's no need to punish fishermen to protect otters
2+ hour, 4+ min ago (397+ words) (The Center Square) " A law firm has called for the U. S. Fish & Wildlife Service to restore protections for California fishermen. The request comes from the Sacramento-based Pacific Legal Foundation, which is representing the California Sea Urchin Commission. Attorney Nathan Hotes said…...
Washington state close to meeting wolf delisting criteria with no clear path ahead
2+ week, 3+ day ago (631+ words) (The Center Square) - Washington is inching closer to delisting gray wolves as an endangered species. Once the wolves establish a presence in the Southern Cascades, they'll meet all of Washington state's criteria to be delisted as an endangered species under…...
Regulator: LNG expansion likely to affect rare marsh bird
1+ mon, 6+ hour ago (365+ words) (The Center Square) "A proposed expansion of the Sabine Pass liquefied natural gas export facility in Louisiana could threaten the federally protected eastern black rail, a marsh bird, according to new environmental analysis done by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission....
Lawmakers add transparency to conservation land sales
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (287+ words) (The Center Square) " Potential sales or trades of state-owned conservation land would require more transparency under a bill that unanimously passed the Florida House on Tuesday." Rep. Kim Kendall, a Republican from St. Augustine who co-sponsored the bill, said it…...
Yaw elected to lead tri-state conservation group
3+ mon, 3+ week ago (401+ words) Rain falls over a river surrounded by dense green trees. (The Center Square) - Through thousands of streams and waterways, Pennsylvania's Susquehanna watershed supplies about half of the freshwater emptied into the Chesapeake Bay. The stewardship of those waterways is a…...
Judge dismisses challenge to National Park Service cash policy
5+ mon, 4+ day ago (394+ words) (The Center Square) " A judge again dismissed a legal challenge to the National Park Service's no-cash policy at about 28 of the federal agency's 433 parks. U. S. District Judge Timothy Kelly said the plaintiff, Toby Stover, wasn't actually hurt by the policy, so…...
Lewistown hospital workers rally for wages ahead of Thanksgiving
5+ mon, 1+ week ago (461+ words) (The Center Square) "As the Thanksgiving holiday approaches, workers at a Pennsylvania hospital are preparing to strike for higher wages if necessary. Union members at Geisinger Lewistown Hospital, a 133-bed facility in Lewistown, rallied Tuesday to draw attention to their…...
WA Forest Practices Board approves new rule restricting timber harvests
5+ mon, 3+ week ago (491+ words) (The Center Square)" The state Forest Practices Board has narrowly approved a controversial water buffer rule that has drawn criticism from forestry and farming advocates, as well as local counties that say their economies will be negatively impacted. In its…...
After 50 years of struggles to save Spotted Owl, FWS plan is to kill 500k Barred Owls
6+ mon, 1+ week ago (529+ words) (The Center Square) " The Spotted Owl is again in the headlines again. U. S. Sen. John Kennedy, R-La. , filed a resolution to reverse a Biden administration plan to kill nearly half a million North American Barred Owls in the Pacific Northwest. The…...
WATCH: For the birds: Horse Heaven project could shrink to protect ferruginous hawks
6+ mon, 2+ week ago (838+ words) (The Center Square) " The Washington State Energy Facility Site Evaluation Council, or EFSEC, has unanimously voted to significantly scale back the Horse Heaven wind, solar and battery project from its original proposal, in order to protect ferruginous hawks, which are…...