Wildlife & Animal Welfare News
[ Mon, 03 Aug 2009 17:00:57 -0700 - The Daily Democrat ]Fanning the flames of conservationFirefighters from the Willow Oak Fire District conducted a controlled burn last Wednesday evening, at the request of the Yolo County Resource Conservation District and the Yolo County Department of Parks and Resources. Read more[ Mon, 03 Aug 2009 10:51:16 -0700 - Salon ]DNA-like technique may help nab fossil thievesAug 3rd, 2009 | SALT LAKE CITY -- Looters who plundered one of Utah's newest troves of dinosaur bones got away with ribs, vertebrae and part of an ancient legbone they had to bust apart to remove. They also stole hidden scientific clues about the ... Read more[ Mon, 03 Aug 2009 11:14:56 -0700 - Huffington Post ]Standing His Ground at Mount RushmoreRead more[ Tue, 07 Jul 2009 17:57:00 -0700 - PR Inside ]Endangered species' DNA to be stored at NYC museumNEW YORK (AP) - It's not your average library collection: Bits of scorpions and snakes. Tissue from jaguars. Leeches from a hippopotamus. And on Tuesday, officials of the American Museum of Natural History and the U.S. National Park Service signed an ... Read more[ Wed, 15 Jul 2009 15:21:11 -0700 - AG Weekly ]Most USDA Conservation Programs spared from budget cutsOn Tuesday the Senate Agriculture Appropriations Subcommittee largely rejected the Obama administration's call to cut $600 million from six conservation programs administered by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (Agricultural Management Assistance Program, Environmental Quality Incentives Program, Farmland Protection Program, Healthy Forest Reserve Program, Wetlands Reserve Program and Wildlife ... Read more[ Tue, 14 Jul 2009 05:29:04 -0700 - WWMT ]Grants to boost agricultureRead more[ Mon, 03 Aug 2009 07:41:59 -0700 - New York Times ]Big Trees Decline in YosemiteRead more[ Tue, 14 Jul 2009 17:11:33 -0700 - KMIR 6 Palm Springs ]10 Best U.S. National ParksAuthor Wallace Stegner (echoing Englishman Lord Bryce) famously declared national parks "the best idea America has ever had." Travelers wholeheartedly agree: there are nearly 300 million visits to parks each year. In tough economic times, they're one of the best vacation bargains on the planet. Read more[ Mon, 03 Aug 2009 00:04:58 -0700 - Los Angeles Times ]PBS plans: Ken Burns visits the national parks; The Times ...Read more[ Wed, 15 Jul 2009 10:51:22 -0700 - Flathead Beacon ]Is National Park Wilderness a Good Idea?Read more |
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