Endangered Species Bulletin articles from January 1999

Endangered Species Bulletin archives from January 1999

Maintaining a Healthy Environment.
January 1, 1999... Contaminants enter the environment in many different ways; disposal of municipal wastes, factory discharges, and oil or chemical spills are a few examples. These examples are considered forms of "point-source" (or "end of the pipe") pollution...

Lead and the Spectacled Eider.
January 1, 1999... "Ursus, Come!" No response. Biologist Paul Flint was searching for duck nests on the Yukon-Kuskokwim delta. Again he called to his companion, more urgently this time. "Ursus, get over here!" Like Flint, Ursus, was a veteran nest searcher on...

Fishing for Answers.
January 1, 1999... As Rachel Carson pointed out in Silent Spring,"... one of the most alarming aspects of the chemical pollution of water is the fact that here... are mingled chemicals that no responsible chemist would think of combining in his laboratory..."...

Fatal Attraction: Oil Field Waste Pits.
January 1, 1999... Two million migratory birds are estimated to die each year in oil and mining wastewater ponds in the western United States, according to Gary Mowad, a U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) Special Agent in Lakewood, Colorado. Wildlife mortality...

Fish Creek Preservation and Restoration.
January 1, 1999... Like most midwestern streams, Fish Creek is threatened by pollution from certain land uses within its watershed. In its Fish Creek Bioreserve Project Strategic Plan, TNC identifies the primary threats as those that degrade water quality, water...

CAFOs Feed a Growing Problem.(Concentrated animal feeding operations)
January 1, 1999... Some CAFOs are in locations that may result in take of species and habitats protected by the Endangered Species Act. In California, an 11 million gallon (42 million liter) spill of liquid waste from a large poultry farm damaged a wetland vernal...

Aiding Wildlife on Military Lands.
January 1, 1999... With development eliminating many of the large open spaces and contiguous forests in Virginia, the landscape is becoming increasingly fragmented. As a result, many of the military bases in Virginia have become safe havens for wildlife,...

Restoring Habitat Through Pesticide Management.
January 1, 1999... In addition to better pesticide management, other wildlife habitat improvement activities are taking place as well, such as the conversion of additional agricultural lands into wetlands (600 acres, or 240 hectares) and the restoration of...

Habitat Restoration, Appalachian Style.
January 1, 1999... A high level of biodiversity, particularly one encompassing the rarer components of riverine and mountain bog ecosystems, is the chief criterion in selecting areas for restoration efforts. The primary goals of Asheville's habitat restoration...

Workshop Examines "Lifeblood of the West".(Colorado River)
January 1, 1999... Dr. Stuart Leon, Recovery Coordinator for the FWS Southwest Region, and Glen Gould, fishery biologist for the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation's Lower Colorado Region, spent months planning and coordinating the conference. About 150 people attended,...

Rachel Carson's Legacy.
January 1, 1999... Excerpt from Silent Spring: "...synthetic pesticides have been so thoroughly distributed throughout the animate and inanimate world that they occur virtually everywhere. They have been recovered from most of the major river systems and even...

THE ESA AT TWENTY-FIVE.
January 1, 1999... With these words, on December 28. 1973, President Richard Nixon signed the Endangered Species Act (ESA), a law that has proven to be one of the strongest and most foresighted efforts ever made to protect the delicate web of life. Backed by...

LISTING ACTIONS.
January 1, 1999... During October and November 1998, the Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) published the following proposed and final Endangered Species Act (ESA) listing actions in the Federal Register: Listing Proposals Short-tailed Albatross...

ON THE WEB.
January 1, 1999... The Internet is a great source of environmental contaminant-related information. Here are some Web sites to get you started: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Environmental Contaminants Program http://www.fws.gov/r9dec/ecprog.html, or...

BOX SCORE.
January 1, 1999... Listings and Recovery Plans as of February 28, 1999 ENDANGERED THREATENED TOTAL GROUP U.S. FOREIGN U.S. FOREIGN LISTINGS MAMMALS ...