Tag: Habitat conservation and restoration
Ted Turner to give land to nonprofit but keep paying taxes
LINCOLN, Neb. — Media mogul and billionaire bison rancher Ted Turner is donating an 80,000-acre ranch he owns in western Nebraska to his own...
US sued over road project in Mojave desert tortoise habitat
SALT LAKE CITY — A coalition of conservation groups on Friday sued the U.S. government over the Trump administration’s decision to allow construction of...
US wildlife managers propose protections for rare chicken
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — U.S. wildlife managers on Wednesday proposed federal protections for the lesser prairie chicken, saying its habitat across five states is in...
Groups call for reintroduction of jaguars in US Southwest
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Environmental groups and scientists with two universities want U.S. wildlife managers to consider reintroducing jaguars to the American Southwest.
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Pandemic-hit oyster farmers turn to conservation to survive
DURHAM, N.H. — When the pandemic struck last year, oyster farmer Chris Bertis soon realized the restaurants that bought his oysters had mostly closed....
Group asks US to cut funding to Idaho over wolf-killing bill
BOISE, Idaho — A conservation group is asking the U.S. government to cut off millions of dollars to Idaho that is used to improve...
$302M in BP oil spill money budgeted to restore ecosystems
NEW ORLEANS — Texas can get up to $79 million in BP oil spill restoration money, Mississippi nearly $69 million, and Florida almost $74...
US judge blocks Nevada grazing; sage grouse totals dwindling
RENO, Nev. — A federal judge has blocked a Nevada project that would expand livestock grazing across 400 squares miles (1,036 square kilometers), of...
Africa’s elephants now endangered by poaching, habitat loss
LIBREVILLE, Gabon — Increasing threats of poaching and loss of habitat have made Africa's elephant populations more endangered, according to a report released Thursday...
Conservationists sue to save spotted owl logging protections
PORTLAND, Ore. — Environmental groups have filed a lawsuit seeking to preserve protections for 3.4 million acres (1.4 million hectares) of northern spotted owl...
