Animal Person
DECEMBER 17, 2009
Black Bear. During a brief moment of insanity after the death of my pet kitty Brady in 1991 (at the age of 17), I attended Vermont Law School to study Environmental Law. City folk and suburban folk apply to VLS not just for its world-renown environmental law program, but also for its rural atmosphere.
10,000 Birds
MARCH 15, 2016
Individually, many NWRs protect crucial bird habitat. Because many NWRs were established to protect migrating birds, they lie along one of the four primary flyways. These protected areas are not merely convenient, they are essential. The Refuge System protects and, in some cases, restores, some of what remains.
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10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 17, 2014
Wuerthner states, “Perhaps the most significant and obvious conflict between the goals of the NAMWC and actual behavior of state agencies has to do with management of predators, particularly bears, cougars, coyotes and wolves. It is protected and held in trust for society by governments or appropriate intergovernmental conventions (i.e.
10,000 Birds
JANUARY 21, 2016
“Below the 40th latitude there is no law; below the 50th no god; below the 60th no common sense and below the 70th no intelligence whatsoever.” (“Antarctica” by Kim Stanley Robinson, 1998). The deal failed due to Russia voting against it, citing uncertainty about whether the commission had the authority to establish a marine protected area.
Critter News
JANUARY 26, 2009
First wolves, then polar bears, now beluga whales. At issue is the population of {the Cook Inlet beluga) whales, which were put under the protections of the Marine Mammal Protection Act eight years ago, which scientists argue hasn't sped their recovery: Palin begs to differ.
10,000 Birds
JULY 13, 2011
btw, I promote equality in all ways, but I don’t bend over backwards protecting any either.&# I travel more than the average bear and I can say that unless I’m in Central America…TSA agents are a mixed bag of race. If only I was a minority, I’m sure that law enforcement would treat me way better.&#
10,000 Birds
JULY 20, 2018
Following passage of the United States Endangered Species Preservation Act of 1966, the California Condor ( Gymnogyps californianus ) was among the first 75 species listed for protection, the so-called “Class of 1967”. Part of its obscurity is due to the fiercely protective relationship Cologne has with its beer.
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