International Wildlife articles from July 2001

International Wildlife archives from July 2001

One Woman's Flying Fox Is Another's Nightmare.(Brief Article)
July 1, 2001... Bats everywhere draw their share of human supporters and detractors, and the flying foxes of Australia-bats that can reach three feet or more from wingtip to wingtip-are no exception. People either love them or hate them. One person who...

Grass-Roots Activists 'Keep the Wild Alive' Through NWF Grant Program.(Brief Article)
July 1, 2001... From volunteer turtle watchers in the Florida Panhandle to teenagers creating new habitat for endangered bats in Kentucky, ordinary citizens are using the National Wildlife Federation's Species Recovery Fund grants to help save imperiled...

Pennsylvania Case Affirms Public's Right To Use Waters.(Brief Article)
July 1, 2001... In 1995, when a private fishing club sued angler John Andrejewski for fishing in a section of the Lehigh River that the club had restricted for its own use, members of the Pennsylvania Federation of Sportsmen's Clubs (PFSC) got riled. The...

NWF Demands Continued Support Of Climate Treaty.(Brief Article)
July 1, 2001... NWF is urging its members to let the Bush administration know that they do not want the United States to abandon the 1997 Kyoto treaty, which set forth an international strategy for controlling the greenhouse gases that contribute to global...

Wilderness Oasis To Stay Off-Limits To Grazing Cattle.(Brief Article)
July 1, 2001... A pristine desert spring in Arizona's Arrastra Mountain Wilderness has a new lease on life, thanks to the persistent efforts of NWF, the Arizona Wildlife Federation and other local and national conservation groups. The organizations helped...

Affiliate's Effort To Save Pronghorn Begins To Pay Off.(Brief Article)
July 1, 2001... For 15 years, members of the Arizona Wildlife Federation (AWF), one of NWF's affiliates, have written letters, filed appeals, attended meetings and commissioned scientific studies in attempts to persuade the U.S. Forest Service to protect the...

NWF Fund To Help Landowners Protect Vermont Forests.(Brief Article)
July 1, 2001... Help is now available for small-scale Vermont landowners who want to manage their woodlands to better protect wildlife habitat but may not be able to afford to do so. In a pilot project with Vermont Family Forests, an organization of local...

NWF Wants Corps To Stop Waging War on Environment.(Brief Article)
July 1, 2001... NWF is working hard to persuade Congress to pass legislation that would make the Army Corps of Engineers an ally in restoring ecosystems instead of an enemy waging war on the environment. Corps projects to ditch, drain and replumb rivers,...

New Hampshire Students Boost Butterfly Habitat.(Brief Article)
July 1, 2001... Habitat for the only New Hampshire population of endangered Karner blue butterflies grew dramatically this spring when fourth graders from three Concord schools planted some 400 wild lupines they had grown in their classrooms. The project,...

Wetlands Rule Survives First Major Hurdle.(Brief Article)
July 1, 2001... There's a bright spot amid the discouraging environmental news coming out of Washington recently: The Bush administration has decided to move forward with a rule issued in the last days of the Clinton administration that will prevent the...

Everything you wanted to know about... 'FOXES' THAT FLY - Love them or loathe them? A biologist offers 33 information bites on four fruit bats from Australia.(research)(Column)
July 1, 2001... WHENEVER I am asked how I got involved with flying foxes, I vividly remember that first encounter: Grade Eight, fourth period (biology), just before lunch. Unexpectedly, our teacher had interrupted the class's usual routine and asked us...

FRAIL EDENS - In journeys to the far corners of the Earth, a nature photographer documents the wildlife in rich but troubled places.(ecosystem research, Kevin Schafer)(Brief Article)(Column)
July 1, 2001... TWENTY-ONE YEARS AGO, as an amateur photographer lured by adventure, I accepted a job as mailman for the U.S. research base in Antarctica. One day near the end of my four-month stay, I came face-to-face with a group of emperor penguins on the...

PESOS FOR PARROTS? In a ground-breaking plan on communal lands in Mexico, a controversial new conservation strategy is taking flight.(research)
July 1, 2001... THE SCREAMING starts at dawn, intermingled with the mundane squawks of chickens: a high-pitched and constant kla-kla-kla that begins faintly, like the trumpeting of distant cranes. Then it swells in volume, signaling to a pair of bleary-eyed...

President Bush and Climate Change.(President George W. Bush, environmental policy)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2001... The United States does not have an effective global climate change policy. Without consultation and prior to the preparation of an alternative, President Bush walked away from the Kyoto climate agreement and has failed to promote meaningful...