Court tosses agreement over rare forest species
Source: Associated Press
Grants Pass :: OR :: USA | updated 2013-04-26 12:42:13 -0700 | green-news
A federal appeals court has thrown out an agreement between environmentalists and the federal government that restored protections for rare species in old growth forests...Circuit Court of Appeals was a victory for the timber industry, which was shut out of...
Enviros hail new approach to fishery management
Source: The Herald
Grants Pass :: OR :: USA | updated 2013-04-11 00:14:58 -0700 | green-news
Environmentalists are touting what they see as a major step toward changing the way the federal government manages the ocean. This week in Grants Pass, Ore., the Pacific Fisheries Management Council, an official advisory body to the Department of Commerce,...
Protection considered for bird that needs wildfire
Source: SF Gate
Grants Pass :: OR :: USA | updated 2013-04-08 17:40:52 -0700 | green-news
Ore. (AP) A woodpecker that depends on intense wildfires for the standing dead trees where it feeds on insects is being considered for protection under the Endangered Species Act...Fish and Wildlife Service said Monday it will take a closer look...
West Coast fisheries to see ecosystem approach
Source: Associated Press
Grants Pass :: OR :: USA | updated 2013-04-08 17:26:02 -0700 | green-news
Federal fisheries managers for the West Coast are poised for a major change in the way they make sure that plenty of fish remain in the sea. The Pacific Fishery Management Council is meeting in Portland this week. On Tuesday,...
Feds ask if pot garden poison threat to predator
Source: Sacramento Bee
Grants Pass :: OR :: USA | updated 2013-03-30 13:06:18 -0700 | green-news
For the first time, federal biologists are assessing whether illegal marijuana gardens in the back woods of the West could threaten the extinction of a wild animal. The object of their attention is the fisher, a small but fierce forest...
Oregon considers banning shark fin soup
Source: The Statesman Journal
Grants Pass :: OR :: USA | updated 2011-06-27 15:28:57 -0700 | technology-news
A bill to ban the trade in shark fins used in a traditional Chinese soup eaten to celebrate success is moving through the Oregon Legislature. A House committee this week unanimously passed the bill, setting up a floor vote. Hawaii...
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