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Group sues feds over lesser prairie chicken
Denver :: CO :: USA | almost 3 years ago
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A conservation group is suing to try to win federal protection for the lesser prairie chicken, a bird about the same size as domestic chickens found in the grasslands of Colorado and neighboring states. A lawsuit filed by WildEarth Guardians
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Hundreds of prairie dogs to be relocated
Hutchinson :: KS :: USA | almost 3 years ago
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Lindsey Sterling Krank, with the Humane Society of the United States, loads a humane prairie dog trap with horse pellets Thursday morning at the site near Lowe's and K-61. Krank hopes to humanely capture and move 200-250 prairie dogs from 2
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Gauteng boom leaves goggas homeless
Johannesburg :: South Africa | almost 3 years ago
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As housing developments spread across the grasslands of Gauteng, insects are being pushed out of their homes...The Gauteng gogga is in rapid decline, a new scientific study has found. It estimates that in the last decade there has been a 30,3% loss
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Africa needs a brown (not green) food revolution
Boston :: MA :: USA | almost 3 years ago
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Stories The Gates and other foundations, leading agro-industrial firms, and some African policymakers are championing a "Green Revolution II" to ensure food security. But despite the fanfare and good intentions, this misguided approach will probably
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Pastures new are the key to farming future
Auckland :: New Zealand | almost 3 years ago
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United Kingdom but there is not a lot of good productive grass. This week, almost 200 delegates from all over the country plus visitors from as far afield as Norway and New Zealand, will see some of the best grassland management in the country...
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Ranchers and environmentalists go to bat for El Dorado grasslands
Los Angeles :: CA :: USA | almost 3 years ago
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Borba and others in El Dorado County are fighting to preserve the ranching way of life and its contribution to the local economy. The struggle is against development pressures, and they've found allies among the environmentalists who have often been
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Burrowing rats ruin pastures in Inner Mongolia 2010-05-28 07:36
Beijing :: China | 3 years ago
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Since early May, all the 12 leagues (the name for prefectures in the Inner Mongolia region) have been hit by burrowing rats, with most of the pasture areas being severely afflicted. "We cannot even ride horses on the plain because horses are easily
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Kansas prairie burns are necessary, but smoke is problematic
Kansas City :: MO :: USA | 3 years ago
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Smoke from this year's spring burning of the Flint Hills prairie drifted all the way to Washington, D.C., according to satellite images...The lofty drift came as Kansas asks Congress to exempt landowners and local governments from federal air quality
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Prairie cradles threatened bird's 'disco'
Evansville :: IN :: USA | 3 years ago
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A century ago, flocks of greater prairie chickens ranged across virtually all of Indiana and Illinois grasslands...Now, 170 birds, roaming across 4,100 acres of managed Illinois grasslands called Prairie Ridge State Natural Area, are the only
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North Texas grasslands being burned to get rid of brush
Decatur :: IL :: USA | 3 years ago
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Three thousand acres of North Texas grasslands are getting the torch this week as federal land managers launch an airborne-led assault on brush and trees that have choked the once-open prairies of the LBJ National Grasslands. The prescribed burns are
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