Critter News
JANUARY 30, 2009
In one of his first presidential acts, President Barack Obama has ordered federal agencies to halt all pending regulations until his administration can review them. Tags: Obama wolves salazar endangered species. I really hope Salazar turns out to be a good guy.
10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 8, 2013
(It’s not just eagles, either; other bird and bat species also fall victim to the turbines.) Last week, the President Obama’ administration announced a rule change that will allow wind energy companies to apply for 30-year permits to “take” Bald Eagles (like the one above photographed by Nate Swick) and Golden Eagles.
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10,000 Birds
APRIL 10, 2013
President Obama has a very important decision to make in approving or rejecting the Keystone XL Pipeline. Clicking on the map will take you to an explanation of this important biome, including its climate and its plant and animal species. Tar sands production is one of the world’s most environmentally damaging activities.
10,000 Birds
MARCH 23, 2020
But before we get into new predictions, let’s take a look at what I predicted would be my next ten birds way back in 2015 when Barack Obama was still president, the Kansas City Royals were working their way to a World Series victory, and I was still on the young side of forty. But eBird only has two records of the species in Queens.
Critter News
FEBRUARY 23, 2009
Environmental groups have called on Obama to get rid of the USDA's Dept. Animals killed also include threatened and endangered species, a number which has steadily increased since 2005. Lethal control efforts of WS professionals typically remove less than 5 percent of a species' overall population. Ranchers oppose the move.
10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 16, 2012
President Obama has added 10 new refuges in his first term. Without adequate funding, habitats are not restored, invasive species are left unchecked, poaching and other illegal activities occur and our nation’s wildlife suffers 1. million acres of Refuge lands.
10,000 Birds
JUNE 18, 2013
“The birds” as a whole will be “fine” but many individual species will not. Their remarkable survival skills, evolved over thousands of years, rely on a chain of stopover feeding grounds and habitats for breeding and raising young – but break any one link and the survival of the entire species is threatened.
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