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"More Protections Possible for Spotted Owl"

"Federal biologists will consider increasing Endangered Species Act protections for the northern spotted owl, reflecting the bird’s continued slide toward extinction despite steep logging cutbacks in the Northwest. The United States Fish and Wildlife Service said Wednesday that there was enough new information in a conservation group’s petition to warrant looking at changing the owl’s listing from threatened to endangered."

Source: NY Times, 04/10/2015

"Unprecedented Sage Grouse Protection Deal Signed in Nevada"

"An unprecedented attempt to protect sage grouse habitat across parts of more than 900 square miles of privately owned land in Nevada began under a deal Thursday involving the federal government, an environmental group and the world's largest gold mining company."

Source: AP, 03/30/2015

"U.S. Bird Experts Mystified By Midwest Avian Flu Spread"

"A virulent strain of avian flu that has killed turkeys in the heart of the nation's poultry region has been found through molecular testing to be nearly identical to viruses isolated in migratory ducks."

Source: Reuters, 03/16/2015

"'Miracle’ Expansion of California Coastal Sanctuaries"

"After more than a decade of effort by California lawmakers, the Obama administration gave final approval Thursday to a giant expansion of two marine sanctuaries off the coast north of San Francisco that will protect one of the planet’s most prolific ocean ecosystems."

Source: San Francisco Chronicle, 03/13/2015

"U.S. Efforts on Grouse Not Enough To Avoid Esa Listing -- Scientists"

"Leading experts on the greater sage grouse warned the Obama administration today that it must take stronger, more scientifically sound steps to protect the imperiled bird and avoid the need to place it on the endangered species list."

Source: Greenwire, 03/13/2015

Bird Flu in China Could Become ‘Pandemic’ Threat To Humans: Researchers

"The virus causing a second wave of bird flu across China has mutated frequently and 'should be considered as a major candidate to emerge as a pandemic strain in humans,' researchers reported Wednesday."

Source: Wash Post, 03/12/2015

"Top Polluted Great Lakes Sites Decades From Recovery"

"Despite huge progress made in reducing chemical discharges since the 1960s, many birds nesting across the Great Lakes region still struggle to reproduce or they give birth to chicks with twisted beaks or other deformities — signs that a full recovery is still likely decades away for some of the region’s most historically polluted areas."

Source: Toledo Blade, 03/12/2015

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"More Protections Possible for Spotted Owl"

"Unprecedented Sage Grouse Protection Deal Signed in Nevada"

"U.S. Bird Experts Mystified By Midwest Avian Flu Spread"

"'Miracle’ Expansion of California Coastal Sanctuaries"

"U.S. Efforts on Grouse Not Enough To Avoid Esa Listing -- Scientists"

Bird Flu in China Could Become ‘Pandemic’ Threat To Humans: Researchers

"Top Polluted Great Lakes Sites Decades From Recovery"

Over 2 Million Songbirds Slaughtered Over Cyprus Last Year: Birdlife

FWS Urges Protection of 16.5M Acres for Endangered Sage Grouse

Jewell Urges New Wildfire-Fighting Approach That Protects Sage Grouse

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