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Former Public Affairs Officers Push Back on Advanced Industry Reaction, Plus Police Scanner Transparency and Ag-Gag Ruling [1]

When the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service issued a press release with favorable industry response to changes in a rule protecting migratory birds — before actually proposing the new rule — a group of former agency officials cried foul. Plus, why encrypted police scanners are a problem and an ag-gag ruling, all in the latest WatchDog opinion column. 

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Topics on the Beat: 
Agriculture [3]
Biodiversity [4]
Disasters [5]
Environmental Politics [6]
Government [7]
Journalism & Media [8]
Laws & Regulations [9]
Wildlife [10]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [11]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [12]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [13]
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Public [14]
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"The Newest Threat to a Warming Alaskan Arctic: Beavers" [15]

"Alaskan beavers are carving out a growing web of channels, dams and ponds in the frozen Arctic tundra of northwestern Alaska, helping to turn it into a soggy sponge that intensifies global warming."

Biodiversity [4]
Climate Change [16]
Water & Oceans [17]
Wildlife [10]
Public [14]
Alaska and Hawaii [18]
Source: InsideClimate News [19], 06/30/2020
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Supreme Court Spurns Environmental Challenge To Trump's Border Wall [20]

"The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear a challenge by four environmental groups to the authority of President Donald Trump’s administration to build his promised wall along the border with Mexico."

Biodiversity [4]
Environmental Politics [6]
Laws & Regulations [9]
Wildlife [10]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [11]
Source: Reuters [21], 06/30/2020
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Endangered Whale, 1 Of Only 400 Left In World, Found Dead Off NJ Coast [22]

"An endangered species of whale, one of only 400 left in the world, was found dead Thursday morning off the coast of Long Branch, officials said."

Biodiversity [4]
Transportation [23]
Water & Oceans [17]
Wildlife [10]
Public [14]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [24]
Source: Newark Star-Ledger [25], 06/26/2020
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Trump BLM Would Open Vast Acreage For Oil Leasing In Alaska Reserve [26]

"A federal agency on Thursday released a final management plan for the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska, proposing to make 7 million additional acres of land on the North Slope open to potential oil and gas development."

Biodiversity [4]
Climate Change [16]
Energy & Fuel [27]
Environmental Politics [6]
Laws & Regulations [9]
Natural Resources [28]
Wildlife [10]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [11]
Alaska and Hawaii [18]
Source: Anchorage Daily News [29], 06/26/2020
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Amid Human Pandemic, Deadly Disease Strikes Rabbit Populations [30]

"A lethal disease that strikes rabbits has been detected in a jackrabbit in Palm Springs, leading veterinarians and animal rescue organizations to prepare for its potential spread to San Diego County and throughout the state."

Environmental Health [31]
Wildlife [10]
Public [14]
California [32]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [12]
Source: LA Times [33], 06/25/2020
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"The World Still Sucks, but at Least Bear Cam Is Back" [34]

"At Earther, we stan the bears. Bears are good, especially when they are fat. They are the hero we all need. That’s why I’m excited to announce that Alaska’s Katmai National Park has set up its live bear cams for the summer. You know what that means: bears, bears, and more bears."

Fish & Fisheries [35]
Food [36]
Journalism & Media [8]
Natural Resources [28]
Wildlife [10]
Public [14]
Alaska and Hawaii [18]
Source: Earther [37], 06/24/2020
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"One Of The Best Nature Shows': River Transformed After Dams Come Down [38]

"Along central Maine's Sebasticook River, the first thing you'll notice are the birds. Eagles are everywhere, wading on gravel bars and chattering from the trees."

Biodiversity [4]
Fish & Fisheries [35]
Natural Resources [28]
Water & Oceans [17]
Wildlife [10]
Public [14]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [24]
Source: NPR [39], 06/22/2020
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Lake Erie Wind Project Faces Big Bird Problems [40]

"The nation's first wind energy project on fresh water has big ambitions. It also has big bird problems. Known as Icebreaker Wind, it aspires to position as many as several hundred turbines on Lake Erie, where strong winds, shallow depths and the proximity of power stations would seem to be a winning trifecta."

Climate Change [16]
Energy & Fuel [27]
Wildlife [10]
Public [14]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [41]
Source: Washington Post [42], 06/22/2020
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Battle Between Off-Roaders And Rare Bird Heats Up At Calif. State Park [43]

"It wasn’t long after Oceano Dunes locked its gates due to the coronavirus that rare shorebirds started nesting in areas usually reserved for off-roaders and their beach-riding vehicles."

Biodiversity [4]
Disasters [5]
Environmental Health [31]
Health [44]
Laws & Regulations [9]
Natural Resources [28]
Water & Oceans [17]
Wildlife [10]
Public [14]
California [32]
Source: LA Times [45], 06/18/2020
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