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"Michigan Loses New Request In Great Lakes Carp Case" [1]

"The Supreme Court on Monday rejected another request by the state of Michigan for an order to close two Chicago-area waterway locks to keep Asian carp from invading the Great Lakes."

Biodiversity [2]
Public [3]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [4]
Source: Reuters [5], 03/23/2010

"Study Backs Efforts To Save Delta Fish" [6]

"A study by the National Academy of Sciences declared Friday that the efforts to save endangered fish in the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta by restricting water delivery are 'scientifically justified.'"

Fish & Fisheries [7]
Biodiversity [2]
Public [3]
California [8]
Source: San Francisco Chronicle [9], 03/22/2010

"Asian Carp Threaten TN Native Species" [10]

An invasion of Asian carp is threatening to overwhelm native Tennessee fish species depended on by the state's $1.3 billion sports and commercial fishing industries.

Biodiversity [2]
Public [3]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [11]
Source: Nashville Tennessean [12], 03/22/2010

"Bees Face 'Unprecedented' Pesticide Exposures" [13]

"A two-year study now provides evidence indicting one likely group of suspects [as a cause of beehive die-offs]: pesticides. It found 'unprecedented levels' of mite-killing chemicals and crop pesticides in hives across the United States and parts of Canada."

Biodiversity [2]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: Science News [15], 03/22/2010

Feds Launch New Tool For Locating Endangered Species [16]

Find out if an endangered or threatened animal or plant species lives in counties of interest to your audience, and cover it in the context of current news developments or some other at-risk-species angle.

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TipSheet [17]
Topics on the Beat: 
Biodiversity [2]
Wildlife [18]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [14]
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Public [3]

Birds: New Listings, Cutting-Edge Research, and At-Risk Assessments [19]

For the first time in 25 years, the US Fish and Wildlife Service has updated the list of federally-protected migratory birds. The net result is the addition of 175 species, bringing the total to 1,007.

SEJ Publication Types: 
TipSheet [17]
Topics on the Beat: 
Biodiversity [2]
Wildlife [18]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [14]
Visibility: 
Public [3]

1 in 7 Wildlife Refuges Has Genetically Engineered Crops [20]

Three organizations file a lawsuit against the USFWS, a new study finds three strains of GE maize likely damaged organs of rats that ate the foods for just three months, pesticide use associated with GE crops may actually be greater than for traditional crops, and GE seed prices skyrocket.

SEJ Publication Types: 
TipSheet [17]
Topics on the Beat: 
Agriculture [21]
Natural Resources [22]
Biodiversity [2]
Policy [23]
Technology [24]
Wildlife [18]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [14]
Visibility: 
Public [3]

"U.N. Meeting Asked To Regulate World Shark Trade" [25]

"Exploding Asian demand for shark fin soup has slashed worldwide shark populations, and global regulation is the best way to save eight species now under pressure, ocean conservationists reported on Monday."

Biodiversity [2]
Public [3]
International [26]
Source: Reuters [27], 03/17/2010
April 9, 2010 to April 10, 2010

28th National Pesticide Forum [28]

The theme of Beyond Pesticide's 2010 event is "Greening the Community: Green economy, organic environments and healthy people."

Professional Meetings [29]
Visibility: 
Public [3]
Topics on the Beat: 
Chemicals [30]
Biodiversity [2]
Region: 
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [4]

"Bees Are Busier Than Ever as Disease Besieges Colonies" [31]

Three years after "colony collapse disorder," a still-mysterious syndrome that kills whole beehives, commercial beekeepers are struggling to provide pollination for the nation's crops.

Biodiversity [2]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: Wash Post [32], 03/16/2010

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