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SOS: 50 Years after the Endangered Species Act (Rebroadcast)
WLRN Miami· 4 days agoIt’s been 50 years since Congress passed the Endangered Species Act in 1973 to protect plants and...
California has officially listed the desert tortoise as endangered. Will it be enough to save them?
Salon via Yahoo News· 1 day agoThe desert tortoise had previously been classified as "threatened" by the California Endangered ...
2 tiny PNW river creatures were common near Tri-Cities. Do they need federal protection?
Tri-City Herald via Yahoo News· 2 days agoThe federal government has been petitioned under the Endangered Species Act to save two tiny and...
Feds greenlight return of grizzlies to WA’s North Cascades
Seattle Times· 1 day agoThe goal is to rebuild a population of 200 bears in a century. In the Lower 48 states, the bears are...
SOS: Reintroducing endangered species (Rebroadcast)
WLRN Miami· 3 days agoSince the passage of the Endangered Species Act in 1973, 11 species on that list have been declared extinct in the ...
Images of injured wolf, muzzled in a bar, draw fury over Wyo. hunting laws
Washington Post· 7 hours agoPhones in Wyoming’s Sublette County are still ringing off the hook nearly three weeks after images...
Southern California steelhead trout now considered endangered by California Fish and Game Commission
KEYT 3 Santa Barbara· 6 days agoThe California Fish and Game Commission unanimously voted the Southern California steelhead trout as...
How a Cloned Ferret Inspired a DNA Bank for Endangered Species
Scientific American· 4 days agoThis black-footed ferret (Mustela nigripes)—the first endangered species in the U.S. to ever be...
Feds: Lake sturgeon not endangered
Wisconsin State Journal· 3 days agoLake sturgeon don't need Endangered Species Act protections, federal wildlife officials announced Monday, saying that stocking programs ...
Mojave desert tortoise officially joins California's endangered list
Los Angeles Times· 6 days agoThe tortoise was designated as threatened under the California Endangered Species Act in 1989 and as...