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Researcher fighting quagga mussels in Lake Mead
... weeks monitoring the Lake Mead quagga population, looking at growth rates and monitoring the mussels' effects on the ecology and toxicity of the lake. He studies the population and mating habits of the quaggas, looking for vulnerabilities, so he ... Comment?
Call to heed warnings and save Nilgiris
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... Ooty-Kotagiri road being temporarily strengthened on Saturday. Udhagamandalam: Serious concern about the hills' ecology, expressed frequently by individuals and organisations both within and outside the district, should no longer be dismissed as ... Comment?
Public concerns heard at CAO meeting
... increased buffers. Bruce Wiscomb proposed there should be an independent study done, outside of the Department of Ecology and specific to the San Juans, to determine if in fact the current buffer zones are not enough before changes to the ordinance ... Comment?
India to move all zoo elephants to wildlife parks
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... the wildlife sanctuaries. It may add to the pressures faced by natural habitats," said Raman Sukumar, a professor of ecology at the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore. Increasingly, research shows that elephants in the wild have longer life ... Comment?
FSU Professor studying impact of Gulf of Mexico 'dead zones' on marine life
... students will take part in the study. "I think our goal is to understand how the low oxygen is impacting the ecology of the system along with the economic aspects. It's a pretty complex issue," Craig said. As shrimp and other marine life move out of ... Comment?
India To Move Zoo Elephants To Protected Parks
... the wildlife sanctuaries. It may add to the pressures faced by natural habitats," said Raman Sukumar, a professor of ecology at the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore. Research has shown that elephants in the wild live longer and have better ... Comment?
Understanding and Managing Human Threats to the Coastal Marine Environment
... New York Academy of Sciences}, keywords = {coastal-ecosystems, coastal\_management\_policy}, number = {The Year in Ecology and Conservation Biology 2009}, pages = {39--62}, posted-at = {2009-11-14 12:48:38}, priority = {2}, publisher = {Blackwell ... Comment?
Researcher fighting quagga mussels in Lake Mead
... weeks monitoring the Lake Mead quagga population, looking at growth rates and monitoring the mussels' effects on the ecology and toxicity of the lake. He studies the population and mating habits of the quaggas, looking for vulnerabilities, so he can ... Comment?
India: All Zoo & Circus Elephants To Sanctuaries
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... the wildlife sanctuaries. It may add to the pressures faced by natural habitats," said Raman Sukumar, a professor of ecology at the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore. Increasingly, research shows that elephants in the wild have longer life ... Comment?
UW's reclamation center offers research, training to reclaim disturbed Wyoming lands
... successful. Its website is www.uwyo.edu/wrrc . "I feel strongly about the center," said Stahl, a professor of soil ecology in the Department of Renewable Resources in the College of Agriculture. He's been working with energy companies conducting ... Comment?
Critics question state's pact with TransAlta on emissions
Are Gov. Chris Gregoire and the state Department of Ecology offering TransAlta, the Canadian owner of Washington's only coal-fired electrical plant, a sweet deal? Sixteen environmental and public health organizations told the state this week that technologies exist to curb the Centralia plant's nitrogen oxide and mercury emissions by far more than ... Comment?
Some Alabama churches going green for God
... mission among churches sustainable? Gebhardt believes it is because it's good economics in addition to being good ecology. "The practical issue is that the cost of energy is so much more than it was will push us to do what we should have done years ... 1 comment
FOTAS to sponsor open house, pet fair
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... free food, Palmetto Dog Club demonstrations, clowns Waynebow and Star, an animal presentation by Savannah River Ecology Laboratory Ecological Scientist Whit Gibbons, free spay/neuter coupon drawings, prizes and more. Pet adoptions will be available, ... Comment?
Home weatherization focus of workshop
... corner of Sisson Road and Parallel Street. The program features presentations by Chris Powicki of Water Energy and Ecology Information Services and weatherization expert John Vaughn of Housing Assistance Corp. Vaughn will demonstrate the use of ... Comment?
Ecotourism dollars in Africa protect wildlife from poachers
... village homestay, through friends with the Organization for Tropical Studies, an educational consortium that offers ecology courses in Costa Rica and South Africa . The OTS friends directed us to Tshulu Trust Administrator Thuseni Sigwadi, an ... Comment?
Cape Cod without cod? It could be
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... hopefully slow, switch to different seafoods." For the study, which first appeared Oct. 30 in the journal Marine Ecology Progress Series, Nye and three other NOAA biologists analyzed water temperature trends from North Carolina to the Canadian ... Comment?
Second honorary doctorate from Brenau for Lessie Smithgall
... on preservation of natural areas, resources and wildlife. a oeShe and her family have done more in the support of ecology, environmental studies and science than most people do in a lifetime,a he said. The 98-year-old matriarch was surrounded by her ... Comment?
... the county commissioners in Island and San Juan counties; the Pierce County Council; the Washington Department of Ecology; and historical societies in Island, Kitsap and Skagit counties. Tribal groups supporting the name include the Colville, ... Comment?
Survey finds health gnawed by pollution in S China's Guangdong
... 2,000 residents in nine Pearl River Delta cities. An official from the center said the province's environment and ecology have been sacrificed to achieve rapid economic growth. The Pearl River, the second largest in flow capacity in China, has been ... Comment?
Spokane Valley launches update of shoreline program
... River and other area waterways has always been current. Wave issues aside, the Washington state Department of Ecology is asking for jurisdictions to update their plans to address issues like environmental protection, shoreline development and ... Comment?