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"Watching Whales Watching Us" [1]

Scientists are learning that whales are smarter, and more like humans, than they ever suspected.
Biodiversity [2]
Public [3]
International [4]
Source: NYTimes Mag [5], 07/13/2009

"California Water Plan Could Help Puget Sound Orcas Survive" [6]

"A plan to restore salmon runs on California's Sacramento River could help revive killer whale populations 700 miles to the north in Puget Sound."
Biodiversity [2]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [7]
Source: Bellingham Herald [8], 07/06/2009

"Navy vs. Environmentalists Off Florida Coast" [9]

"Perhaps the last thing the Navy is looking for at the moment is a tangle with environmentalists. But that is exactly what it has -- over a proposed $100 million naval warfare training range off the northern Atlantic coast of Florida."
Biodiversity [2]
Public [3]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [10]
Source: NYTimes [11], 07/03/2009

FL Breakwater Could Hurt Sea Turtles [12]

"Two of Florida's top politicians are pushing state and federal regulators to approve a taxpayer-funded breakwater that would slow down, but not stop, erosion threatening expensive Palm Beach County condos. But biologists fear the breakwater will block sea turtles from one of the most important nesting beaches in the state."
Biodiversity [2]
Public [3]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [10]
Source: St. Petersburg Times [13], 07/02/2009

"Researcher Show Farmers How To Save Songbirds" [14]

"A unique partnership between University of Vermont researchers and a federal farm program is providing time and space for grassland songbirds to reproduce on land where their nests usually are destroyed by haying."
Biodiversity [2]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [7]
Source: Burlington Free Press [15], 07/02/2009

"American Chestnut's Revival May Combat Climate Change" [16]

"The American chestnut tree, which towered over eastern U.S. forests before succumbing to a deadly fungus in the early 20th century, appears to be an excellent sponge for greenhouse gases, according to a new study."
Biodiversity [2]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [7]
Source: Greenwire [17], 07/02/2009

"Gray Wolves Get Federal Protection Again" [18]

"Advocates and U.S. government agree to list the gray wolf as "threatened" in Minnesota and to put ones in Wisconsin and Michigan on the endangered list."
Biodiversity [2]
Public [3]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [19]
Source: Minneapolis Star Trib [20], 07/02/2009

Forum on Media Diversity [21]

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A partnership of Louisiana State University's Manship School of Mass Communication and the Reilly Center for Media & Public Affairs, the Forum comprises more than 2,000 journal articles and books; a research database of syllabi of diversity courses from approximately 40 universities and colleges around the country; a directory of state ethnic media; and more.

Useful Links [22]
Visibility: 
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [7]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [10]
Biodiversity [2]
Journalism & Media [23]

"Keeping Panthers and People from Colliding" [24]

Rebecca Williams reports biologists are trying to figure out how to keep panthers and people from running into each other.
Biodiversity [2]
Public [3]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [10]
Source: Environment Report [25], 06/29/2009
August 10, 2009

DEADLINE: SEJ Post-Conference Tour / IJNR Lake Country Institute [26]

The Institutes for Journalism & Natural Resources will, for the first time, conduct SEJ's Post-Conference Tour, Oct 11-14, 2009. Journalists chosen as fellows will explore several newsworthy destinations in northern Wisconsin. Apply by: August 10, 2009.
SEJ Annual Conferences [27]
Workshops and Fellowships [28]
Visibility: 
Public [3]
Topics on the Beat: 
Climate Change [29]
Fish & Fisheries [30]
Air [31]
Planning & Growth [32]
Forests [33]
Water & Oceans [34]
Biodiversity [2]
Region: 
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [19]

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