The state Division of Fish and Wildlife, a partner in the project, created a feeding pond for the birds by putting in an irrigation pump that fills a depression with brackish water. That area, near the Cold Spring jetties, had a better nesting environment, but Schlegel noted once the two chicks were born the parents brought them to the refuge's beaches to raise them. This allows visitors a place to come for information to enhance the wildlife refuge experience, said Janet Kennedy, a refuge...

The chemicals in the prescriptions get into rivers and lakes that many cities use as a source of drinking water and where fish and other wildlife that are part of the food chain live. One of the unknown and poorly understood aspects of dumping chemicals of all kinds into the environment is the synergistic effect. According to the memo, landfill officials don't monitor the leachate from the water treatment system at the landfill to detect pharmaceuticals, but referred to a current...

Sherman's plan would reduce that to three, while adding one government official, one environmentalist or wildlife expert, one person with experience in soil conservation, one agricultural royalty owner and the heads of the natural resources and public health departments. Jim Isgar, D-Hesperus, who sponsored it in the Senate, told the panel that the plan is not to slow down the drilling permitting process but to ensure environmental and health concerns are considered. Stan Dempsey,...

Environmental groups are ratcheting up their legal fight over wetlands and wood storks the groups say are threatened by development in northern Collier County. A lawsuit, received Monday at the federal courthouse in Fort Pierce, asks a judge to void a 2006 federal permit for Saturnia Falls, an upscale neighborhood proposed for some 640 acres north of Immokalee Road and west of Interstate 75, and to order a more detailed review of the project s environmental impact. A lawsuit, received...

On April 12, a federal judge signed a settlement agreement in which New York City admits that the pesticides sprayed may indeed be dangerous to human health as well as to the natural environment. The settlement agreement states that, contrary to the City's prior statements, pesticides may remain in the environment beyond their intended purpose, cause adverse health effects, kill mosquitoes' natural predators, increase mosquito resistance to the sprays, and are not presently approved for...

Environment Organisation (UNEO) to fight threats like global warming, water shortages and the extinction of species. But Washington says it remains the best forum to help countries comply with a raft of environmental treaties on topics ranging from toxic waste to marine life and hunting. Opinion Poll Would you offer an endangered species a safe haven on your land for a tax credit? Climate experts have issued their starkest warning yet about the impact of climate change -- widely blamed on...

usDiggRedditYahooMyWebGoogle What's this? Print Email Barren fields turn into new wildlife habitat By Arrin Newton Brunson Special to The Tribune Article Last Updated:04/06/2007 01:31:25 AM MDT Click photo to enlarge Three USDA Forest Service workers worked steadily this week to plant 17,000 bitterbrush and sagebrush seedlings on Forest Service land west of Wellsville, Utah. Salt Lake Tribune - Barren fields turn into new wildlife habitat. usDiggRedditYahooMyWebGoogle What's this? Print...

The report also highlights a new factor that must be included in any economic calculations of the cost of dealing with global warming. While the report cites the usual harms--flooding and rising sea levels causing mass displacement and the like, it is perhaps unique in its focus on water shortages. Those of you who have been paying attention won't find much that's new here, unless you find the fact that the report in question was written by six retired admirals and five retired generals to...

The company also proposes separating recyclable materials from construction waste, but some of that can't be incinerated and would have to be landfilled, too. Even with better recycling, the city's Trail Road site would fill up in a hurry and we'd be looking at finding a new landfill, or shipping our garbage out of town. Yesterday, the company said it will consider a smaller landfill expansion than originally proposed and a waste-to-energy incinerator that would make the landfill...