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Lagos :: Nigeria | 2 days ago
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The sales tax question could appear on the ballot in the November election...Old Mill restaurant rising from the ashes The Newton Kansan Reba's restaurant, which was damaged in a Nov. 23 fire at the Old Mill Plaza in Newton, is in the middle of an extensive...
Tags: story click, Kansas City, sales tax, prairie dogs, Newton Kansan Reba, Nigeria, Lagos, Topeka Kansas, Kansas, Newton, Shawnee County Kansas, Topeka metropolitan area
Federal agency says prairie dogs not endangered
Albuquerque :: NM :: USA | 4 days ago
Credibility Mont. — Black-tailed prairie dogs were denied protection under the Endangered Species Act on Wednesday. The ruling came after federal officials concluded the once-common ground squirrels show signs of rebounding from decades of poisoning, shootings, the...
Tags: prairie dogs, tailed prairie, Albuquerque, Environment, Gunnison's Prairie Dog, Ground squirrels, Black-tailed Prairie Dog, Endangered species, Prairie dog, Forest Guardians, Prairie, Endangered Species Act
Conservationists sue EPA over prairie dog poison
Cheyenne :: WY :: USA | 2 months ago
Credibility Two conservation groups have sued the Environmental Protection Agency for its decision to register pesticides that curtail prairie dogs, the main source of food for the endangered black-footed ferret.The lawsuit, filed in federal court in Washington,...
Tags: EPA, Audubon of Kansas, prairie dogs, Cheyenne
FAA: Prairie dog plan won't fly
Longmont :: CO :: USA | 2 months ago
Credibility The city's plan to use a fence to hold back the prairie dog population at Vance Brand Airport has too many holes, the FAA says. In fact, the $12,700 fence is making the problem worse because birds of prey are roosting on the structure and could prove...
Tags: prairie dogs, FAA, Longmont
Secretary Salazar could take a wildlife management lesson from NM Governor Bill Richardson
Secretary of Interior, Ken Salazar, has made some popular decisions on restricting oil leases, but has made some very controversial decisions on wildlife management. Governor Bill Richardson (NM-D) is making a valiant effort to protect both, but...
Tags: Ken Salazar, Bill Richardson, Obama, Gary Locke, Secretary of CommerceESA, BLM, polar bears, prairie dogs
Squirrel made famous in couple's photograph is cousin to imperiled prairie dogs
The world has gone nuts over a photograph taken by a couple, as they posed for their camera. The Richardson ground squirrel nick-named “Rocky”, was captured in the photo by Jackson and Melissa Brandts, as they vacationed at Banff National...
Tags: Squirrel, Banff National Park, prairie dogs, wildlife conservation, ESA
U.S. Interior's Ken Salazar under fire again for failing to protect wildlife
The conservation group WildEarth Guardians has filed a law suit to force Ken Salazar, Secretary of Interior, to protect an endangered species of juguarundi cat that is struggling to survive amid habitat lose and development along the South Texas-Mexico...
Tags: Obama, WildEarth Guardians, Ken Salazar, jaguarundi cats, polar bears, wolves, prairie dogs
What do whales, ferrets, salmon, and prairie dogs have in common?
Science versus politics Orca whales and black-footed ferrets are both endangered species, who depend on a main primary food source: disappearing Chinook salmon and imperiled prairie dogs respectively. The Endangered Species Act requires that...
Tags: Orca whales, ESA, Obama, salmon, prairie dogs, wildlife, EPA, conservation
Fort Collins schedules prairie dog kill
Fort Collins :: CO :: USA | 9 months ago
Credibility The city plans to begin fumigating burrows as early as next week, he said. The work will continue through the late winter and early spring. Pellets that release a toxic gas when they come in contact with moisture will be dropped into burrows. Areas sometimes...
Tags: prairie dogs, Collins, fort collins
Inspection reports from peanut plant varied widely
Blakely :: PA :: USA | 10 months ago
Credibility A Georgia health inspector who toured the peanut butter plant now at the center of a national salmonella outbreak noted only two minor violations in October. Less than three months later, federal inspectors found roaches, mold, a leaking roof and other...
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