Publication Items

Tap the Encyclopedia of Life's Vast Reservoir of Knowledge [1]

From the latest issue of SEJ's biweekly TipSheet: EOL, which is searchable by both common and scientific terms, has vastly expanded its content since its launch in 2008 and now provides extensive nitty-gritty on about half of all described species, as laid out in more than 950,000 pages and more than 760,000 images.

SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Wildlife [3]
Science [4]
Biodiversity [5]
Region:
International [6]
Visibility:
Public [7]
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Voluntary Sage-Grouse Protection Efforts Awarded $71 Million [8]

Greater sage-grouse are at just 3% of their historical numbers, and warrant protection, according to the Bureau of Land Management. But since other species are in even more dire straits, the birds haven't been declared a threatened or endangered species. The US Dept. of Agriculture money is a work-around aimed at saving the birds and their habitat.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Wildlife [3]
Biodiversity [5]
Region:
Northwest (OR WA) [9]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [10]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [11]
California [12]
Visibility:
Public [7]
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Interior Probe of Polar Bear Scientist Baffles, Looks Political [13]

Five years after writing about polar bears drowning, apparently from lack of sea ice, a wildlife biologist with the U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement was suspended without a reason. Later he was told it was due to charges of "scientific misconduct" from a party or parties not identified.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [14]
Topics on the Beat:
Wildlife [3]
Government [15]
Visibility:
Public [7]
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FWS Proposes To Expand Hunting at 10 Wildlife Refuges [16]

Hunting, under certain conditions, is already allowed at more than 300 of the 553 sites in the National Wildlife Refuge System. Contact local environmental, animal rights, and hunting groups for opinions for or against these proposals that would allow additional species to be killed at 10 refuges in 8 states.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Wildlife [3]
Region:
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [17]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [18]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [10]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [11]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [19]
Visibility:
Public [7]
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Shark Week To Trigger Media Feeding Frenzy July 31 [20]

Shark Week may once have been an effort to relive "Jaws" — but in more recent years Discovery has used the event as a chance to educate the public about sharks, build awareness of the threats they face, and explain the need to conserve them.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Wildlife [3]
Water & Oceans [21]
Visibility:
Public [7]
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Feds Award Millions for Environmental Projects [22]

There is local news in these USDA and USFWS grants. These on-the-ground projects involve specific groups and individuals, offering prime examples of programs you can investigate to see whether federal tax dollars are being effectively and efficiently spent.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Biodiversity [5]
Agriculture [23]
Climate Change [24]
Natural Resources [25]
Wildlife [3]
Visibility:
Public [7]
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"The Lizard King: The True Crimes and Passions of the World's Greatest Reptile Smugglers" [26]

SEJ Publication Types:
BookShelf [27]
Topics on the Beat:
Biodiversity [5]
Wildlife [3]
Visibility:
Public [7]
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Report: Assessing Public Lands and Survival of Birds [28]

Prepared by a large coalition of government agencies and NGOs, the report generally focuses on the condition of bird species in each of the broad habitat types, as well as the roles of various federal and state agencies and the relationships of species survival on public vs. private lands.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Planning & Growth [29]
Biodiversity [5]
Wildlife [3]
Visibility:
Public [7]
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Parties Near Deal on Endangered Species Listing Speed-Up? [30]

While it's not a done deal, the US Fish and Wildlife Service and WildEarth Guardians have agreed on a list of 251 species that warrant the most immediate attention. Not all environmental groups support the choices, though.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Wildlife [3]
Biodiversity [5]
Visibility:
Public [7]
- Read more about Parties Near Deal on Endangered Species Listing Speed-Up? [30]
FWS: Climate Change Is Affecting Fish and Wildlife in Every State [31]

To illustrate those impacts in each state — and related attempts at mitigation and collaborative projects — the US Fish and Wildlife Service is publishing a new article every weekday for fifty consecutive days. For example, one story is on Wisconsin's innovative native prairie restoration program.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Wildlife [3]
Fish & Fisheries [32]
Climate Change [24]
Visibility:
Public [7]
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